This is long overdue, much like The Wire which will be coming out some time early-ish this week, but I mentioned I would look into the archives and see if anyone has had a worse two week stretch than Beans’ start to the current season. The Corporation scored 151.6 over the course of these two weeks, a total which may not even guarantee you a win if scored in only one week (see the first graph at https://mustbesunday.com/2021/09/15/the-wire-week-1-2021/).
This claim was made by our frequent podcast contributor and Hoboken resident, Tommy Bonez, who can be forgiven for not knowing about the rough patch undergone by The Martian himself, Ryan O’Connell. This skid actually carried over across two seasons as you’ll see below:
2018 Week 15 (vs. Alex Vignali): 76.74 points
2018 Week 16 (vs. Jake Devin): 69.2 points
2-Week Total = 145.94 points
2019 Week 1 (vs. Beans): 73.8 points
2-Week Total = 143 points
If we want to count multi-season streaks (which I usually do) and ignore the fact that the first two games were in the losers bracket of the playoffs (I also usually do), this is most likely the worst 3-Week Run in LeagueStory. The last match-up against Beans also saw the Corp. scoring 164.82, making this one of the widest recorded margins as well. Just when you thought we were done though, there’s one more…
2019 Week 11 (vs. Kris): 95.62 points
2019 Week 12 (vs. Andrew Lebron): 51.5 points
2-Week Total = 147.12 points
This one is certainly more bona fide and comparable to what we see in the current year – no playoffs, no carryover, just a historic collapse at the end of a historically bad season. I’ll further remind everyone that this was the season that gave us the TikTok dance punishment. On the other side of the coin, Ryan has since never scored that low and ended up in the Championship Game of 2021 and is currently a frontrunner for Most Points in 2022. It’s based on this Reversal of Fortunes that I can justify bringing up his past failures, and it just goes to show that the Fantasy Gods giveth as much as they taketh away. Stay humble everybody, and Go League. More content coming soon…
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