Mfw it is Wednesday my dudes:
We had some fun this week fellas, and by we I mean me because I didn’t lose to Owen. There were two games that were pretty close that we’re gonna talk about but first I’ll reiterate something that was said on the podcast last week: Almost everyone got who they bid on, so y’all spent too much again. There was one competitive bid after the initial Tuesday-Wednesday rush that could have had some big implications on the week, let’s get into it.
Andrew vs. Ryan: 18.32 point win by Ryan
If you check the #4 slot of The Wire chart there, you’ll see that our Commish grabbed the Dolphins defense for $3 (too much) and actually LOST a point. Dude basically paid to get his ass kicked. I’ll have to look up how many times that’s happened. He dropped the Broncos D which by the rules of The League means they go to Waivers. None other than his opponent, King Marzy, steps up to bat and delivers a perfect bid of $3 to beat out Owen’s $2, relishing in the 13 points of glory come Thursday. Even though it was the Colts D who were dropped and they themselves ended up scoring 12 points in Free Agency Land, this meant a 14 point swing for Andrew, accounting for over 75% of his loss Margin. Say you decided to give Kenneth Walker III a shot instead of Diontae Johnson at Flex, your prophecy would be halfway to becoming true. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Pittsburgh is not a reliable team for fantasy players. Just my two cents.
Brent vs. Kris: 4.42 point win by Kris
I saw something on the board yesterday while putting everything together that made me go “oof”, as they usually do when I think I can write something about the transaction. You can see above that this was a close game, but you might be wondering where the fire is in relation to the moves made on The Wire. Brent didn’t make any moves, and Kris sat all the players he spent (too much) money on or picked up? Well, you have a good eye my friend. Nothing that happened on The Wire would have affected the outcome of this matchup. I mistakenly thought that Kris had picked up and started Derek Carr (17.94) over the dropped Carson Wentz (21.86, [+3.92]) and then LOST to Brent by that 4.42 margin! Instead, Kris lengthened his winning streak and is low-key on the rise! Apologies for my unconscious mind assuming that Brent had won, I was still recovering from the gallon of vodka and IPAs that I had on Saturday.
Now even in that scenario with everything else happening exactly the same, the margin of win would have still been half a point. In real life, Brent is probably equally pissed whether it was half a point or 4.42 points. Even with Kelce hitting a 30-burger, it wasn’t enough to overcome the margin from Sunday and Daniel Carlson’s impressive 16. I hope Brent didn’t see that tweet that was like “Some fantasy managers’ already going into MNF were ‘I can still win if Kelce gets 4 TDs’.” Not In This League. Either way there was a path for Brent that would have had him sitting pretty by Sunday night and floating across the GWB come Monday. However, instead he decided to have some… BENCHBOOMS!
Yes, that’s right folks! Welcome back to BenchBooms. The Back to Back Champ did make this comment in the GroupMe and I mistakenly dismissed it, but it’s true. With a combined total of 45.5 points between Tyler Lockett and Jacobi Meyers, Brent is officially the winner of Week 5’s Golden Bench. These 7 BenchBooms bring his overall score to 13, but he’s still runner-up to Tommy Bonez (17) after Gabe Davis’ outstanding outing while sitting out. And if you’re wondering, players that score points while in the IR slot ARE still considered BenchBooms.
Lastly, all this talk of wins and losses further leads me into a tiny little section where I revisit some of the Historical Matchup Records of The League and let you know how things are going. If you remember my preseason column, there were three overall records that were tied going into 2022. Here are the outcomes so far:
Kris vs. Brent: 4-4 (now 5-4)
Is the Champ on a decline? Can he trade his way out of it? It looks like the scales may be tipping a bit…
Ryan vs. Andrew: 3-3 (now 4-3)
This isn’t that shocking to anyone paying attention, Ryan is really good.
Jack vs. Andrew: 3-3 (now 4-3)
This match-up was so bad back in Week 1, let’s not remember it.
As of right now, 8 of the 45 possible match-ups are in a stalemate. I won’t say which, although some are related to Tom & Brad since they just got here. Keep your eyes peeled though, you may have an important week coming up…
That’s my spiel! A little different but I like talking about different things and they waiver players doesn’t really stand up on its own. As always I love to hear suggestions for graphics and things you want to know about related to the stats so say it on the Pod or in the GroupMe or slide into my DMs! Consider me the Amazon Web Services of The League. Hope you liked it!
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