Week 15 Player Spotlight (2024)

One win. One win was all the Rams needed (probably) to make the playoffs. Jeff sat back in his chair and looked out the window. The chill of a wintery 65 degree day hung in the LA air, but luckily for Jeff he was sitting warm in his house. Too cold to go out to a bar, he thought. Besides, Christmas had just ended a few days ago and he wanted to bask in the ambiance of his post Christmas home. Opening his phone, he checked the Call It playoff rankings- the Rams were just about eliminated from playoff contention there, it seemed pretty hopeless; but Jeff was determined.

One hour until kickoff. Jeff checked his fridge, he was out of beer. Bundling up in his warmest winter clothes, Jeff braved the frigid and smoggy outdoors to visit his nearest convenience store. Shoot, his budget pilsner was on sale! 24 cans for 70 bucks! After grabbing 2 cases (because why wouldn’t you with such a bargain) he raced home and turned on the T.V.

He would have to make up a lot of ground if he was to get his team into the Call It playoffs.

Rams > Touchdown > 100

Sitting back, Jeff watched his Rams drive the field, making the Cardinals look like a local high school football team. Instantly, Jeff was up almost 1000 points!

Cardinals > Interception > 950

Jeff was getting bolder, he desperately needed to carry his team to victory, and into the Call It playoffs. The Cardinals drove the field, but an untimely throw by Murray netted Jeff his second victory of the day. Almost 100,000 points. He checked his team’s rankings, and added his points to it. They were still short by almost a million.

Rams > Touchdown > 99,820

Stafford moved effortlessly down the field, throwing strike after strike. Almost as if it were magic, he threw the most beautiful touchdown pass the NFL had ever seen.

Jeff was now sitting on a pretty 520,000 points. He needed to double it to get his team in. Jeff was getting better at the game, even as his beer supply dwindled.

Cardinals > fumble > 520,000

Almost as if God himself had given the Rams the divine right for everything to go perfectly for them, the Cardinals ball popped out of the running back’s hands, scooped up by the Ram’s middle linebacker, and ran back for the touchdown.

Ten Million points for Jeff. The Rams were a done deal, they had dismantled the Cardinals, booted the Seahawks out of the playoffs, and most importantly, Jeff had single handedly sealed their trip to the Call It playoffs.

Minutes later there was a loud knocking on his door, he opened it up to see what seemed to be half of LA filling the street and disappearing over the horizon. The men at his front door grabbed him, hoisted him on their shoulders, and everyone paraded Jeff down the road singing “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”. The festivities went on late into the night.

And then Jeff woke up.