Yo yo. We had some stuff go on this past week, you were all there. You listened to the pod so you largely know if anything significant happened but here’s another recap for your face to look at:
We started off the week of new teammates with an interesting development – we had an Add/Drop before the waiver claims went through! Who knew that could happen? Not me, that’s for sure. I guess you can only drop in preparation for a later pick-up, thanks for the tip Bonez. Not sure how useful it really is but good to know. We’ll be seeing more of these in the future.
The BIG story of the week was the man who would replace the number 1 pick in nearly every fantasy football league in existence. It would be useful to remember, however, that the man replacing the #1 is in fact NOT the #1 himself. Perhaps it’s a bit of a placebo effect or some form of Murphy’s Law that had more than half the league thinking the big shoes of CMC needed to be (and would be) filled by the man with a name sounding like the combination of a nursery rhyme and a Ben & Jerry’s flavor. $144 FAAB was offered up in total for this man, who I had just heard of the previous Sunday, but in the end it was Kris who ended up taking the cake with a whopping $41 out the door. Chubby Hubby returned the favor by putting up a measly 8 points, we know this already. Lost to Max by about 12, Jared Cook being added to the line-up kept this loss from being more embarrassing. Looking at the table now, it almost seems like everyone else who bid put in progressively higher amounts just to get Kris to overpay like in a classic eBay scenario. At least you can take solace in the fact that he played better than the player you dropped for him – no one.
My pick-up of Dalton Schultz seems like more and more of a good move as the days go by, we’ll see if that extends to weeks as George Kittle is dealing with some more injuries (which is the exact thing I was afraid of when I stuck his nametag on my spot on the draft board). Kinda sucks that no one else even went for him and I spent $21 though. It made by total budget afterwards $69, so I got that going for me, which is…wait for it…wait for it…nice. Moving on:
Sports betting, NFTs, and now FAAB? Is there anything Abie can’t do? Our man Baberaham Leider continues his series of calculated moves to get exactly what he pays for, if not more, in his acquisition of Hunter Renfrow for $11. The 13.5 points he grabbed on Monday Night were just what he needed to knock The Commish off the top spot in the Power Rankings. We should really start thinking about how we’re gonna beat this guy before it’s too late and he’s wearing that championship belt all over New City. When no money is involved, Abie can afford to drop Quintez Cephus (10.3) for a shot at Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (4.4). We’ll see if that move plays out long-term in an upcoming project I’m working on, but I’m sure Abie will still be taking care of his chickens by the time that drops later in the season.
Speaking of Abie, he’s playing Brad in the upcoming week. Beans and I speculated what they would talk about if they were the only two in a room together. After relistening this morning, I realized it’s pretty heartwarming to think that a New City Jew and an Honorary Congeroid would actually have a lot to discuss. Aside from the obvious topics of fantasy football, hockey (I’m convinced without any inquiry that Brad’s a Penguins guy despite the Philly football loyalty) and golf, they could both talk about having dark hair and being Big Burley Boys. That’s really all you need in life. Anyway, Brad picked up the Titans Defense ($8, 2 pts.) who did nothing for him. He also pulled the move I mentioned last week where he put the same player to be dropped for multiple pick-ups, so the offer for the Bengals D ($8, 1 pt.) fell through, not that it would make a difference. I actually decided to do the same move on my offer for Tim Patrick ($5, 5.4 pts.), so you’re welcome Brent.
With all of this other stuff going on, it’s easy to see how this next claim flew a bit under the radar. Longtime Martian mainstay, Mike Gesicki, is starting to get hot (more hot than he is to begin with lol). He may as well be the Dolphins WR1 until we hear back if Jaylen Waddle is good or not. Tommy Bonez, the Comeback Kid, picked up the boy for $2 and got a very handsome 14.2 points out of it already. Those points stayed on the bench, but in the end it didn’t even matter (RIP Chester Bennington) because he had defeated Brent Flandrews by a solid 15 points. On top of that, he outbid Vigs by just a dollar, and even if the losing bid in question was itself one dollar, that could’ve been a gamechanger if it went the other way. Sneaky sneaky, I’m keeping an eye on this.
My roommate has mentioned a few times that he picked up Dawson Knox for free and was rewarded with 18.20 points. I’d like to imagine if someone from 1820 was transported to today, they’d be impressed by this pick-up, but sadly it’s less impressive when you also lose, so here’s to another strong showing next week.
Last thing I’ll say is, surprisingly, a compliment to Max. It’s not terribly significant, but he picked up the Colts defense, who got him 10 points in his 12.6 point win against our top spender of the week. Mike Williams. By the way, I listened to that Paul Pena song you sent me and then a few others on the album afterwards. Pretty good stuff.
Alright, that’s about it for The Wire this week, remember not to spend it all in one place! Check out the charts below, have a happy Friday, and Go League.
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