2022 USFL Week 13 Standings & League Leaders

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Pick your favorite dual threat QB in a Week 13 that had offensive explosions across the schedule. Do you prefer Cam Newton, who threw for 326 on only 11 completions and then added 128 rushing, with 4 total TDs (1 passing, 3 rushing)? Or would you go with Lamar Jackson, who destroyed Michigan with 173 yards passing, and 20 carries for 210 yards, putting 3 total TDs on the board? We could not decide, so we are giving these two amazing QBs a shared POTW honor.

PLAYOFF PICTURE: Chicago becomes the first team to lock in a playoff spot, thanks to a 5-game lead over the cluster of 6-6 teams battling for the 6 spot. With 4 weeks to go, Chicago has not yet won the Central, but they are in the postseason and have a 2-game lead over the Wranglers and Skyhawks for the 1 seed. In the East, Tampa Bay is close at 10-2, but with 3 teams at 7-5, only 3 games back, they have not yet locked up anything.

We do have 2 more teams locked out of the postseason, as both the Atlanta Fire and Philadelphia Stars are now too far back to do anything but tie the 3 clubs at 7-5, and with only 2 conference wins each, the Stars and Fire would lose on the 2nd tiebreaker, so they have no mathematical path to a Wild Card, which really is not surprising for teams that have 9 losses with 4 games left to play.