THE MICKEY MOUSE CUP BEGINS TONIGHT! As a reminder, the Mickey Mouse Cup is an in season tournament that provides some key rewards for the winner. Weeks 10 and 11 serve as the qualifying rounds, with the top two scoring teams across both weeks facing off in the championship in week 12 (matchups will be flexed). The winner will receive $15, FAAB, and the ultimate tiebreaker, which gives the team a tiebreaker over anyone with the same record, while the runner up receives FAAB. This week, the pick window opened, letting some major moves be made. In addition, one Jacob stepped down and another Jacob took his place.

-Commish
 

LEAGUE STANDINGS (tiebreakers)

1. SLATTS SLIMES 7-2 (H2H vs Beer Wolves)
2. Bona Vista Beer Wolves 7-2
3. Zark's Sharks 6-3
4. Sacks in the City 5-4 (Points over Skunks)
5. Shit Eating Skunks 5-4 (H2H over GIRTH)
6. GIRTH 5-4
7. For(th)ky Down 4-5 (H2H over Pirates)
8. Parma Pirates 4-5
9. Washington Fantasy Team 3-6 (points over Curritoooo, H2H over Orcas)
10. The Bridge Road Orcas 3-6 (points over Curritoooo)
11. Team curritooooo 3-6
12. Need for K1Speed 2-7

12.Need for K1Speed (📉-1)

A loss in the books, and more pieces sold. Joe has acquired a nice selection of mid round picks, but has not been able to get any top three rounders as of now. It has been a puzzling season for K1Speed, who took over a 10 win team last season. This team could very well be going by "Shit Eating Skunks" next season.

11.The Bridge Road Orcas (📈+1)

The Orcas absolutely smack a top team this week on the back of Brock Bowers, and decide that he's the new franchise player and trade CMC for the first time in league history. Getting a first and second is very nice, and Tet isn't a bad piece here either. I'm a fan of the move, but the competitiveness of the team without CMC may be questionable. I think that the toilet bowl (skunks) title could be in reach, but the team has positioned itself well to get younger and be a top team next season.

10.Team curritooooo (📉-1)

There's little to say about this team right now, as Curry enters his first full day on the job as manager of this franchise. He inherits a team who's struggled this year, and has dealt with injuries. Bucky is still not practicing, and Burrow is still on IR. This team has enough talent to be safe in the toilet bowl, but I'm curious if Curry sells any pieces for picks as he can only keep three players anyways. It's a good chance for Curry to learn Super League without stressing about his team succeeding, because that ship has sailed.

9.Washington Fantasy Team (📉-1)

Fantasy Team is on the verge of doing something they've never done: selling pieces for next season. Curtis has been openly shopping Jonathan Taylor to the league, and a massive package should be sure to come from him. You have to wonder about the other producers on this team, as Curtis has proven he's not shy of trading anyone. Imagine Curtis with extra picks next year instead of negative picks. That's the thing here that hasn't been talked about enough. WFT always finds a way to stay in the middle of the conversation.

8.Parma Pirates (📉-1)

Come get your depth pieces! David Montgomery! Keenan Allen! Low prices! Everyone must go!

7.For(th)ky Down (📈+3)

For(th)ky Down gets one over on the Pirates and now looks like THE bubble team as the Pirates also sell pieces. Good news for For(th)ky Down, the franchise seems to have patched things over with WR1 keeper JSN. This team is honestly good enough to find a way in to the playoffs, and a win vs the Slimes this week would propel the team to .500 with winnable games left on the schedule. For(th)ky Down fits in more with the top six than the bottom six.

6.GIRTH (📉-4)

GIRTH reminds me of the Packers. When they're in a big game, they can get it done. When they should win, they can't do it. GIRTH now drops to the 6 seed as they lose the tiebreaker to the Skunks. The good news is they should have their Eagle duo for the rest of the year, and Perine shouldn't sniff the starting lineup again. The Saquon trade has yet to pay massive dividends for this team, but it could start to pay with the Mickey Cup opening this week. While Dowdle was a nice addition, you have to wonder, as a win now team with a remaining tradable first, will they make another big move?

5.Shit Eating Skunks (📈+1)

The Skunks might be the streakiest team in the league, but right now they're all the way back. Getting to 5-4 before the pick window fully opened gets them in the top 6 outright, and with the Pirates selling pieces, the only team they need to worry about catching up is For(th)ky Down. They have a key matchup this week against the Beer Wolves, but a winnable one as Mahomes is absent. I am very curious to see how this team moves with the pick window opens, as there have been rumors of this team trying to make a big splash in the trade market. What a fun season this has been for the team who won 2 total games last year.

4.Zark's Sharks (📉-1)

The Sharks lose in shocking fashion in week 9, getting hosed down by a Brock Bowers led Orcas team who dropped a cool 175 points. The Sharks dropped 127, which is a good number, but just below the Sacks, Wolves, and about 25 below the Slimes last week. The Sharks do bring in Javonte Williams without moving a pick, which is an excellent low cost addition, but with the Sacks adding CMC and GIRTH adding Saquon in the past couple weeks, I'm not sure if this move positions them to take a big leap with those teams. Still, this team has a top two offense in the league for now, and should be a team that is in contention for the Mickey Cup Finals.

3.SLATTS SLIMES (📈+1)

The Slimes get win number 7 on the season, tying a franchise best and holding onto the 1 seed. These Slimes time and time again have managed to put up numbers and get wins, even after losing their arguable best keeper in Malik Nabers. It will be interesting to see what moves can be made with this team to get them to the level of the top two teams on this list. The Slimes have to be very pleased with how this season is rolling.

2.Bona Vista Beer Wolves (📉-1)

Bona Vista has been stellar this season, but a number 2 ranking is in order after Sacks in the City has shaken up the league with such a big move. Bona Vista still sits at the league best record, tied with the Slimes, but will have to face the Sacks in Week 14, and possibly in week 12 if both teams make the Mickey Cup finals. Things are looking a lot more interesting, but I still wouldn't be surprised if the Beer Wolves bring home their second ring in three years. The Mickey Cup becomes incredibly important now as a divisional title and BYE could be on the line.

1.Sacks in the City (📈+4)

Nathan has done it again. After winning the championship last season without trading any real pick capital, he has decided to go all in on the back to back effort. The previously used management methods in Super League involved either going all in one year, and being bad the next year, or going all in every year, and having to make trades to un-fuck the previous season's work. This is verging on historic territory for Sacks, as they acquire CMC to their already great keeper core, and add Higgins to strengthen the depth. Sacks should be favorites to make the Mickey Mouse Cup championship, and have now made the BYE and divisional races much more interesting.