Now THIS, this is the Wire I like to see folks. Three of five games were close enough that these roster moves could be said to have made (almost) all of the difference between a sweet dub and a lowly L.
Before we get into it, I wanted to use my platform to say my piece on the Taysom Hill debate: The fact of the matter is that half of The League bid on this player, and because of this it’s hard for any of them to deny that whoever won the auction would not have played him in the TE spot. After all, that’s the only spot ESPN is allowing him to be played in. It’s also worth repeating that there was no talk of him being “ineligible” until after Ryan had already spent the money, which is unfair to him and anyone else who might have won the auction had different offers been made. I don’t know if it’s easy to manually adjust FAAB, but if Andrew as the Commish is using executive power to disallow Ryan from slotting Hill in the TE spot then he should definitely be compensated the amount he spent. I personally think he should be allowed to play him, the Saints are kind of a mess so if you want to take that risk then go for it. That’s why I didn’t bid. I applaud Ryan for making a smart move with his FAAB in a season where he’s already a favorite for the belt, hope we can all level up like that.
Anyway, with that meaningless opinion out of the way, here are the games we’re breaking down on The Wire:
Kris vs. Ryan: 3.4 point win by Kris
While the big debate among us (lol) was over a guy Ryan picked up, we should have been paying attention to Kris and his game of Musical Kickers. From Matt Gay to Greg Josephs, finally landing on Jason Meyers got him a very solid 13 points. Ryan was hoping for some defensive action Monday night, but Kris hung on for the 3.4 point victory thanks to the Seattle leg man. Guys, I said this last week but Kris is coming for blood. We’re getting to that point in the season and I for one am kind of scared. Spooky season.
Tom vs. Brendan: 11.9 point win by Brendan
This one was a matter of defenses, as many of these are, but there’s a bit more to it than just picking up the right guy. Bonez bid $4 on the Rams defense, but woke up to an empty bench on Wednesday of last week when he found out that his roommate had stolen Aaron Donald from right under his nose for just a dollar more. Tommy eventually landed on the Bengals, who unfortunately hit him with a goose egg while the Buffalo Bonez lost one to Beans Corp. (a company whose stock was recently upgraded by Jim Cramer from a “Sell” to a “Don’t Buy”) by 11.9. While those 10 points wouldn’t have put Tommy in the win column, it certainly would have made things much closer. Last piece of the puzzle is surprisingly Brent, who picked up the Patriots defense (13 points) but didn’t start them? Did Brent know something and, wanting to throw Beans a bone, stash this defense on purpose? I just asking questions here, folks. Beanso also spent $25 on Geno Smith and $4 on Rondale Moore who contributed to his win, hopefully that FAAB was worth spending because you now have the lease amount in The League
Brad vs. Andrew: 3.4 point win by Brad
After keeping Thomas from having the Rams defense and a 1.9 point loss margin instead of an 11.9 point one, Vigs hit the free agency pool and grabbed Kirk Cousins for free, who scored 16.5 on Sunday. He opted instead to keep in the slowly disintegrating Tom Brady, who got himself a 13.72 between berating his linemen and bloodletting so he can look his very best. At the end of the week, buddy ended up losing to Brad by a slim 3.92. Cousins would have needed to start and get at least 1.15 more points somehow to make it a win, so it wasn’t a game-losing mistake by any means. You can’t blame the guy for not going for Cousins, he’s not a Targaryen for Seven’s sake! Nah but really, when Barstool has a tier in their power rankings called “Kirk Cousins” that’s between D & F tier, you’re probably not going to start him over the guy with the rings. That’s all good and fine, but the REAL mistake is on all of us letting Brad get hot! We all knew he had the power inside him, and quite soon last season will be a distant memory because the hits keep on coming. Juuuust before kickoff on Sunday, the South Jersey Devil scooped up Deon Jackson who went off for a 23.1 point payday. That’s a very nice look and something we love to see on The Wire.
I almost forgot, BenchBooms!
As you can see, Buffalo Bonez still has a commanding lead which only got bigger thanks to Brandon Aiyuk (24.3). There was a tie for second place this week due to Andrew having the third most (Cousins, see above) and fifth most (Allen Robinson II, 14.8) bench points. Tying with fellow Hoboken resident and local silly boy Brendan Cahill, who benched Juju with 19.8. I think I’m starting to see a bit of a pattern of who’s doing this more than others… We’ll see how it pans out at the end, but only one person can receive The Golden Bench.
I’ll hopefully be joining League Talk tomorrow, so I might throw in a few other tidbits I’ve collected in my research. Be sure to listen in, and start leaving the show some reviews huh? We’ll generate some more engagements for the algorithm, and that’s good for all of us. Go Yanks.
Must Be Sunday 