Just kidding, we miss it though! What is there an election going on or something? Nobody wants to only read this, it’s a supplement to the game recaps either in podcast or article form. By the way, who’s working on the article analyzing all the trades from this season? And does anyone want to write this for me next week? I promise there aren’t a lot of players who got bidded on and I’ll even send you the charts. Let me know! Anyway, let’s get it started in here:
The Good: Our Founder Beans, who was just given a good-natured ribbing by Yours Truly, redeemed himself from last week when he found himself in the Ugly section. This week was quite different, and Beans Corp oversaw an under-the-radar Double Whammy with a late bid on Brandin Cooks (a familiar face) and a “Same-Start-Win” with his pick-up of the Rams defense. See the charts above and below for why those are two of the best moves of the week, things turned out overall pretty bad in most of the few transactions that went on. We’re getting into the nitty-gritty here. The win against Brent in Week 9 was much needed, but now a running back is what’s needed. We’ll see if he gets one next week…
Max grabbed Jerick McKinnon (another familiar face) for $8, outbidding Brendan by $2. The San Francisco RB scored 14.3 points in a matchup that was won by Max by only 6.5. Lebron made a bunch of moves on the waiver wire that didn’t really work out, one in particular we’ll discuss soon, but if all else stayed the same, it really was this smart bid that put Max’s team over the top. Just watch your back because as I’ve told Brent before, the view from the top is nice but the fall is that much longer.
I was about to write about how Abie offered a total of $22 and none of it was actually spent, but I just realized he paid $16 for Devonta Freeman (a third familiar auctionee). My formulas didn’t pick up that amount as spent because Freeman had 0 points this week out with an injury. The Giants didn’t need him to win, but Abie might’ve needed this valuable player in order to win this week. Hopefully that $16 was well spent and Devonta comes back and leads the G-Men to a division championship, regardless of how pathetic the division in question may be. I fixed the formula by giving him 0.000001 points and calculated that Kris actually saved the most this week with $8. Good job Kris.
The Bad: Vigs, the Commissioner we all know and love, was this week’s big spender, balling out for 2019 Heisman hopeful J.K. Dobbins (the fourth and final familiar face). If you haven’t noticed, when you bid on someone who was already bid on this season there’s about a 50% chance they’re gonna be a bust. The key is to bid low on these guys, like Brendan and Max did. J.K. knows how to run, he does his job well there’s no doubt, but the Ravens running game has not really panned out this year. Dobbins is also a rookie, and I know I drafted him but he definitely needs a few years to get his footing before he becomes the next Ray Rice (but less abusive). 4.5 points for J.K. on a $20 bid, 7.9 points for Tre-Quan Smith who was dropped, double saddness. Andrew also dropped Brandin Cooks (15.8) for a hurt Matt Breida, adding insult to injury and helping his podcast co-host in the process.
Rounding out the Bad section is the other Vignali twin. Alex’s team performance definitely belonged in the Ugly section, but I’m not here to discuss all that. He dropped the Titans D (13) for the Cardinals D (2) in a “Same-Start-Loss”. Keeping the Titans onboard wouldn’t have secured the dub, but it would’ve made it look a little closer.
The Ugly: Standup Alert! This move really couldn’t have come at a worse time for Lebron. I don’t want to get into all the drama since I wasn’t present at the Owners’ Retreat and the Secretary didn’t take the best notes. That’ll all be discussed in the soon-to-be-greenlit reality show/webseries called League Watch. We’re shopping it with Viacom, they want a funny animal sidekick/ref but I don’t know if that would really fit the dynamic we have right now. But I digress…Lebron saw CMC was coming back and decided that Teddy Splashdown would just hand the ball off the rest of the season instead of slinging dimes to Curtis Samuel and my nearly acquired friend Robby Anderson (anyone want DJ Moore?) Unfortunately for Lebu, that’s simply not the case. Plus, the #1 overall pick is out once again. Big Ben did well for sure, idk how that guy is still playing outside of maybe using that deer antler shit, but leaving Teddy in the starting line-up would’ve gotten The Big Lebuski three points closer to a much-needed win. Crunch time, buddy.
Well, that about wraps it up for this week. Thanks for playing along, and think about what I said in the first paragraph. If you’re thinking about it, just start doing it and you’ll make time for it. Lots of different aspects of The League to be covered and discussed ad nauseum for an audience of 9. We love to see it. For now, this is The Wire. Happy Armistice Day!
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