Cook's Landing/DFL

Pam just came in for the first time since the Hash Christmas party, which seems to freak her out a bit more every year. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's an age thing. It's cold and windy out, and now, at 11:17 a.m., it's starting to snow. They say we might get four inches. It was dry, but overcast and freezing as I walked and jogged the River Trail and its auxiliaries for 1:09:20 this morning. I think I went about five miles.

It's 2:35. Hard rain is freezing across Levy. My trees are coated. Pam is in my lap. Sam is on the front porch. I don't know where Jo is (not that I'm worried. She's Jo). The lower limbs of my cherry tree and crepe myrtle are touching the ground. The last time we had a  significant ice storm here, in December, 2000, this part of Levy lost power for nearly two weeks. I'm interested.

Jo walked into the house at 4:45, and meowed as if she were mad that I'd left her outside. Now she's gnawing fried chicken bones.

The ice stopped falling hours ago. At 8:05 p.m., snow is pouring down. An inch and a half has fallen so far. This is the fourth white Christmas I have seen in Arkansas, and at 9:22, the snow is three inches deep. The sky is dark orange. I hear sirens. It's wonderful out.

OVERHEARD

"Hey, it's fucking Perkins! Hey, man, merry Christmas!"

—Sam Hardcastle, walking with his wife Donna and big dog this morning on the River Trail

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Week 16

Powered by Automated InsightsChampionship: Green Bay Packers Picks Up Victory over K-SQUAD

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  Green Bay Packers(12-3)155.38
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  K-SQUAD(9-7)134.11

Green Bay Packers registered the highest point total this season (including playoffs) and beat K-SQUAD 155.38 - 134.11. Green Bay Packers has been a powerhouse and has now won five straight. This makes it two in a row for Green Bay Packers against K-SQUAD. Their last matchup was an 84.41 - 81.29 nailbiter in Week 8. Green Bay Packers started one player with zero points while K-SQUAD served up two goose eggs, meaning both sides missed scoring opportunities.

Green Bay Packers Smooth Moves

• Aaron Rodgers led the league in scoring and had the 13th-most points in the league this season with 41.60.
• Jamaal Charles ranked eighth in the league in scoring with 29.33 points.
• Picked up the Indianapolis Colts Defense, which beat their scoring projection by 91.9%, with 18.00 points against a projected 9.38.
• Green Bay Packers had 8 of their 10 starters exceed their projected points.
• The 19.17 points scored by Demaryius Thomas was the third-highest score by a WR in the league this week.

K-SQUAD Regret Tracker

• Should have started Ryan Succop, who underachieved, but still had more points than the starting K with 7.00 against a projected 7.29.
• K-SQUAD tried to fight through 2 of their 10 starters getting zeros, but could not overcome it.
• BenJarvus Green-Ellis had a season-low 1.73 points against a projected 8.11 and underachieved for the ninth time this season.
• Even though K-SQUAD lost, only 5 of their 10 starters scored less than their projected points.
• K-SQUAD lost even though both of their WRs scored above their projected points.

What If

• Green Bay Packers would be 8-7 if they played K-SQUAD every week.
• Green Bay Packers would have beaten six other teams besides K-SQUAD this week.
• Green Bay Packers would be 8-5 if they played the same schedule as K-SQUAD.
• If Green Bay Packers had played every team in the league each week, they would be 143-70.
• K-SQUAD would not have lost to any other team in the league besides Green Bay Packers this week.
• Green Bay Packers would have lost to K-SQUAD 137.16 - 109.70 had they played each other last week.
• If they played the same schedule as Green Bay Packers, K-SQUAD would be 7-6.
• K-SQUAD would be 144-76 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Green Bay Packers has had four wins this year where their opponent beat their average score.
• Three of the seven losses for K-SQUAD this season have come when their opponent had their highest-scoring week of the season.
• This matchup featured the two highest-scoring teams in the league this week.
• K-SQUAD scored 134.11 points and lost. It is the highest losing score in the league this season.
• Green Bay Packers is on the longest active win streak in the league, winning five straight games.
• K-SQUAD bested their projected points again, the ninth time this season they have done so, including a streak of three straight games.
• Green Bay Packers won even though K-SQUAD performed better against their scoring projection. K-SQUAD beat their 105.67 projected points by 26.9%, while Green Bay Packers outscored their 126.31-point projection by 23.0%.
• The best group of RBs in the league this week was on Green Bay Packers, which got 63.61 points from the position.