Alrighty, I’ve got a lot to go over and some new stuff to talk about so we’re keeping the Wire talk pretty brief. In Week 3, everyone got who they bid on except for me who wanted the Saints Defense. It would not have mattered because I got whooped by Ryan the fantasy football Gawd. This is to say that aside from Brent and anyone who bid only $1 and got their guy, y’all spent TOO MUCH. We’ll see if that comes back to bit ya later in the season.
The only transaction in the above table that even remotely matters it Kris, who paid $1 for a Chargers defense that took 6 points from his total and got rid of the Broncos’ 17 point payday. For the math geniuses out there, that’s a 23 point swing and Kris lost to Tommy by around 26. A few potential roster moves and things would be looking a little better for the “Someone Call 911″(?)s. I might need Kris to explain that one if I ever see him around Hoboken Town…
Onto Week 4. It’s so crazy because this column/format doesn’t really make sense to talk about unless games are close AND roster moves that are made in the week leading up have a effect as big as those close game margins. Max has lost two weeks in a row by less than 3, yet there were no roster moves by either teams that week where the player started and had any effect on the match-up. So that’s just great. Instead, let’s talk about myself.
Remember I said Kris made a bad move last week and lost? Well this week I made two bad moves and Kris won. I spent FAAB on David Njoku, which wasn’t a bad move in itself, but I dropped Donovan Peoples-Jones who outscored Amari Cooper 9.6 to 1.4. I lost by 6, so you can see it clearly would have gone another way if there was a single lead pass-catcher in Cleveland. Also, Devonta Smith! What’s up with this guy? I picked Rachaad White back up to handcuff Playoff Lenny and dropped Rex Burkhead to make room. Either ones of these guys in the RB/WR spot over Smith would have won me the week, womp womp.
Lastly, I want to mention that Brendan was a madman on the Wire this week. Jared Goff? More like Jared Godd with the 33-burger, plus Romeo Doubs putting up a respectable 11.20. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite enough to best The Commish (as I’m sure they’ll discuss on League Talk), but a valiant effort I wanted to mention nonetheless.
NOW… I’d like to introduce a new feature of The Wire that is currently in beta stages. As of now I’m calling it “BenchBooms”. Basically in an effort to more seamlessly put these Wire and LeagueStory articles together I have begun fully importing the starting and bench players of every team into the Excel, which affords some fun opportunities to compare many different things. One of the things I thought would be interesting would be to see who left the players with the most points on the bench each week. So that’s what this is; I assign the Top 5 benched players of the week a point value from 5 to 1, and the team who has the most points at the end of the season will receive The Golden Bench. Through four weeks, here are the current teams in the running:
- Buffalo Bonez (12 points)
Week 1 Kareem Hunt – 21 pts. (4) [i.e. 2nd highest benched player of the week]
Week 3 Jamaal Williams – 23.7 pts. (4)
Week 4 Clyde Edwards-Helaire – 21.9 pts. (4) - South Jersey 4th ‘n’ Schlong (10 points)
Week 1 Michael Thomas – 20.2 pts. (3)
Week 2 Jaylen Waddle – 34.6 pts. (5)
Week 3 Devin Singletary – 19.6 pts. (2) - Beans Corp. (9 points)
Week 1 Cordarrelle Patterson – 21.1 pts. (5)
Week 1 James Robinson – 19.4 pts. (2)
Week 1(!!) Kirk Cousins – 19.08 pts. (1)
Week 2 Curtis Samuel – 19.4 pts. (1)
So that’s my new thing I’m doing because The Wire is getting Boring! If you’ve made it this far, please let me know how you like it, also if you think we should keep track of the Top 10 benched players and give them Golden Bench points accordingly instead of just 5. I’m gonna put a poll in the group with vague options so you have to read the above to know what I’m asking.
Last of all, here’s a few little charts through four weeks as a treat for me missing a week. Enjoy!
Must Be Sunday 