What’d you think I wasn’t gonna find time to do the write-up this week? I almost didn’t, but luckily I ran out of work to do at 3 on a Friday which is great. I’m gonna take a nap after this. We had A LOT of Double Whammies this week, which doesn’t really mean anything but we like to see everyone making good moves. Unfortunately, there will still be an Ugly section this week because there were some blunderful blunders made as well. Let’s talk to it:
The Good: Before you keep reading, scroll down to the bottom and check out the Waiver Summary (the last table included). Done? Ok, so you see the clear winner of the waiver wire this week was The Commish, Andrew Vigs. This the most free points I’ve seen in my short career of looking at that kind of thing. It really hurts to look at that small difference in the net points acquired and the points that were put into the starting line-up, because one small line-up change would’ve also made him a winner where it really counts. Who would’ve thought that Rex Burkhead would go dummy in a primetime game against the Ravens? Nonetheless, hell of a fight. Keep it up and you’ll be Back before you know it.
Alex, who is done with fantasy football, was the highest bidder of the week. He grabbed John Brown for $10 after I dropped him in the trade with Vigs for Waller and Gordon. Now that I think about it I should’ve kept Brown and dropped Gordon, since it remains to be seen that Gordon will provide fantasy value. Brown scored 10.2, so Alex got what he paid for almost exactly. He also decided to start the Lions defense, who scored -1 point (points?) but didn’t stop the departing owner from logging a win against Max. What section is this again? Let’s move on to a couple of winners.
I’ve been saying it for months, Abie is making moves and should be feared because we are now entering the Endgame. The decision Sunday morning to take Kalen Ballage (after he had been added and dropped many times throughout the week) could be what put his team over the top this week. Granted, removing the 12.7 points still would’ve given him a win, but the butterfly effect is very real. I told him to go for Jamaal Williams, what do I know? I’ll tell you, not too much.
I’m a little short at running back in my other league after losing Saquon and taking a completely failed gamble on Cam Akers. So I picked up J.D. McKissic a few weeks ago, and he did okay. Then in Week 9 he started going off. I didn’t necessarily NEED another RB, but I saw my guy was on the auction block and threw a three dollar bill out there, if anything to keep others (my opponent) from possibly getting a lowkey player with high fantasy value. That’s exactly what happened. Brendan and Brent both put $2 bids on J.D. and lost out to me. Leading up to Sunday, I started questioning his legitness and decided to sit him despite spending the $3. It turns out that all my lineup decisions were wrong, and I left a TON of points from him, DJ Moore, Ronald Jones, and Malcolm Brown on the bench. I still managed to win in a nail-biter thanks to a relatively quiet performance from Dalvin Cook. I’m starting basically all those guys I sat last week and I won’t be surprised if I get screwed over again, especially after the bad omen of spending $4 on Jameis to find out today that he won’t be starting. You gotta wait until next week to find out how that turns out though.
Rounding out the Good is Kris, who had two solid Double Whammies with the Packers D/ST and Duke Johnson, both of whom started and helped Kris get a much-needed win. Can these standings BE any closer??
The Ugly: We skipped the Bad section this week, as there are only two other teams I want to talk about. Beanzy and Lebreezy, both of you guys pretty much reenacted the Simpsons gag where Sideshow Bob can’t stop stepping on rakes that pop up and hit his face (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRq1Ksh-32g). Both of them had decent pick-ups in the FAAB auction, but the waiver wire absolutely demolished both of them. Let’s look at one at a time:
Beans – If you listened to the podcast, you’d know that Ryan Nall was a big topic of conversation. Sadly, he didn’t get a chance to shine because he was dropped for Kalen Ballage. But wait a minute, didn’t Abie start Ballage? You’re absolutely right! Brendan had the bag secured and dropped it for Jared Goof. At the very least, he did better than the alternative of Carson Wentz, and Brendan probably would’ve slashed his own tires if he lost because of Wentz. Then, Beans Corp. terminated Boston Scott due to poor performance only to have him score 13.9. The guy he picked up instead was Hunter Renfrow, who was then dropped for Darnell Mooney, started and ended up doing worse than Ryan Nall. Big oof.
Lebron – Brendan’s paragraph above really read like A Series of Unfortunate Events to me. Lebron’s week can be summed up by one bad move: dropping Nyheim Hines. 26 points. This hurt me too because of the back seat that Jonathan Taylor has apparently taken in the Colts offense. Had Lebron kept NyHeimdall (as I’m sure he’ll be called) in at flex and all other conditions were the same, he would’ve squeaked out a win against Abie by 0.5 points. I did the math. Butterfly effect though. Ts & Ps.
Welp, another week in the books. The biggest room in the world is room for improvement, let’s all strive for that. This race is tighter than ever, and there’s no telling who will be in and who will be out. Let’s see if Taysom Hill really has what it takes to eat a W. Maybe Mike Thomas will have a good game, maybe Austin Ekeler or George Kittle or Joe Mixon or CMC will come back, maybe the Jaguars will cover (not fantasy related). For now, this has been The Wire, Go Bucks.
Must Be Sunday 