Let's go! The Destroyers went out to Minnesota and got their 4th consecutive win to go up to 7-5 on the year, and due to the Raptors' loss (thanks again, Cyclones), San Diego now finds themselves alone at the top of the West. We now head home for our last home game of the regular season to take on the aforementioned Raptors in a duel that will most likely crown the division winner. We will need everybody, including our featured player of the week, DB Budda Baker, who got nine total tackles last week in the win, to perform well and come out on top. The Destroyers will wear navy from head to toe to take on the Raptors. #SDvsUTA #BattleReady 

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What's that? A competent offense? Guess it took us some Thanksgiving Day turkey to get an offense going, as we took a lead on Thursday and never looked back against the Raptors. New acquisition Raheem Mostert ran for 2 TD's, Zay Flowers got in for 2 of his own, and featured player DB Johnathan Owens returned a fumble from Utah QB Lamar Jackson to the house as well as combining for 12 total tackles. We're now back at 6-6 and just a game out of a playoff spot, but we'll need to win out and get some help from other teams to get in. To do our part, we'll have to win our final game on the road against Kansas City, who are also 6-6 and fighting for the playoffs. It will be a fierce divisional matchup fighting for either better draft position or one step closer to the playoffs. We'll wear the standard road combo of white/white/red/white for the final game away from home. #StormWatch

It's time for power ranks! Our big upwards mover was Tennessee. That'll happen when you score a boatload of points and get a win. On the flip side, Kentucky moved down the same number of spots. That'll happen when you don't score a boatload of points and take a loss. Here's the full breakdown!

Well, we all kind of knew it already, but that loss to the Copperheads officially eliminated the Steelheads from playoff contention. With one more game left on the schedule, we'll look to end 2023 on a high note, which we'll do by either beating the rival Grizzles or losing and clinching a top-5 pick in the rookie draft. Featured this week is WR DeAndre Hopkins, who has been excellent since coming over in a trade with Birmingham and went for 75 yards and a touchdown last week.

The good news for the Cyclones? We won our game against division rival Kansas City and are now one win away* from a playoff spot. The bad news? There's an asterisk there so we need a lot of things to go our way in order to sneak our way in. We can at least clinch a winning season with a win over our new opponent for rivalry week - the Minnesota Voyageurs, who are trying to clinch the top spot in the rookie draft. If both teams do their jobs then the Voyageurs will get the top rookie pick and the Cyclones will miss the playoffs on based on points for the second straight year. Helping us get to an offensively-capable state is acquisition RB Raheem Mostert from the Nightriders, who combined for 52 total yards and a TD last week against the Scarecrows. We'll wear the traditional home set of white/red/tan/red for potentially (but realistically) the final time this year. #StormWatch