WEEK 5

 WEEK 5: Is He Man or Monster, or Is He Both?

The first issue of Incredible Hulk (1962) posed the question "Is he man or monster, or is he both?". Is the team you picked this week just a puny human waiting to get run over? Or are they an unstoppable Jade Giant ready to swat opponents away at moments notice? Or are they a combo of two? Let's play Human or a Hulk.

1. PATRIOTS - BANNER

I'm sad to say it, but it feels like this Pats team is just a puny human, BUT a puny human with a degree in gamma radiation like Bruce Banner. So there is potential that a gamma bomb goes off and the offense and defense put together a consistent performance to become a hulking monster.

2. DEM' COWBOYS - JOE FIXIT HULK

Every year the Cowboys claim they are back, but this year with the way Dak Prescott is playing, the NFC EAST is theirs to take. They are like JOE FIXIT. An unreliable mob enforcer version of the HULK. They are not the OG Hulk, but they're formidable.

3. TITANS - SASQUATCH

Classic case of a Jekyl/Hyde team. They lost to the puniest team of all, the goddamn Jets, but some players are putting their faith in them again this week anyway. They are definitely not a HULK, but they have enough fire power to be a gamma monster. They're a Sasquatch, a lame off-brand Hulk.

4. PACKERS - DOC GREEN

Doc Green is a smug asshole Hulk who thinks he knows everything. He is ultra powerful and uber smart, but hubris always gets in his way. Who does that remind you of?

POOP OR PEE:

Lexie Lou and I welcomed a new player to the pool this week, Teddy. He is helping his mom make her picks from now on. Lexie picks two teams she'd like to play and then Teddy decides who she'll play with whatever is in his diaper to closest to kickoff. Today the Bucs are PEE because Tom Brady can never be number 2 and Dallas will be POOP. 

Pour one out for our Departed: Andy, George, and Bobby

WEEK 5 PICKS

1. Billy - COWBOYS WIN

2. Marie - COWBOYS WIN

3. Patrick G - BUCS WIN

4. Lexie/Teddy - POOP = COWBOYS WIN

5. Bobby - ELIMINATED

6. Gloria - TITANS WIN

7. Andy - ELIMINATED

8. Pat C - VIKES WIN

9. Lisa - PACKERS WIN

10. Brian - TITANS WIN

11. Brady - PATS WIN

12. George - ELIMINATED

13. Adam - PACKERS WIN

14. Andrea - PATS WIN

15. Matt - COWBOYS WIN

16. Christian - COWBOYS WIN

* Highlighted Name = Mulligan Used

*Highlighted Red = Elimination