I am more confused with the NFL than I was last week. The Chiefs seem to be very bad this year, the Ravens lost again, and the Chargers seem to be the luckiest team int he league. From fantasy perspective, teams have now swung back to my original predictions. Let's begin.
Trade Alert
The first trade has been this season. Let's take a look.
That's right everyone, I officially have given up on yet another Titans receiver. For sure this is the last time I draft a receiver on the Titans right? This is clearly a win now trade for me. Jared seems to be shifting towards getting ready to rebuild, while also banking on the upside that I'm sure Ridley still has. Depending on who Jared drafts with that pick though, I might lose this trade. I do have a theory that in a dynasty draft that picks after the 1st round don't actually matter, but we will see.
Week 3 Before I begin this week, I would like to officially announce that none of my picks will count for the rest of the season. I am going to throw injuries under the bus here, but I really blame myself. These fantasy football teams seem to have collapsed and swung back to my original predictions. I should have never doubted myself.
I put my BALLS on the table this matchup. I knew I would win this matchup, but I didn't know how good my team really was. Even with the injury to Mike Evans, I scored the most points this week by far. Good thing is I have the depth on my bench to keep this party going. This is most definitely the year I take another championship home.
Jake won by default here. Private Joe is away fighting for our freedom here, so he had some players in the lineup that didn't play. I looked at the data here, and it appears that it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Jake needs to cherish this win however, because he appears to have a glaring hole beginning to grow on his team. King Henry has now become the king of fumbles. Something to monitor.
Jack has finally floated down to earth. With the injury to Najee, Hampton has finally put up the points that Joe needs to be successful. Although he still has a problem with Jeanty potentially being a flop, Sam Darnold appears to be picking up the slack in the meantime. Jack's team seems to finally be playing as predicted. he did strike gold with Quentin Johnston, but none of his other players are showing an signs that they will be successful this season. If you add the James Conner injury on top of that, well that spells disaster for you (real ones know that reference).
This is a classic Sam loss here. Ryan seemed to have given up this season with the Joe Burrow injury. All seemed lost. Little did Ryan know, he forgot he was playing Sam this week. The funniest part about this week for Sam is that based on my predictions, his team should fall even more. For example, Nico Collins will not put up 30 points each week. I'm sure Sam's will respond by wanting me to show how many points his bench scored this week, but to me that doesn't matter much as well. I do not think that Hunter Henry will continue to score 33 points each week. Please leave him on your bench.
A true battle between two rebuilding teams in this matchup. No matter the score, I'm always a fan of close games. This loss is going to haunt Stephen for a little bit. He could have had his first win of the year if started Tre Tucker, instead he scored 44 points on his bench. Caleb Williams won Alex the week, but it also cost him Tyrone Tracy. This seem like one of those injuries where Cam Skattebo takes over that backfield and doesn't look back.
I think it's time we say it, the dynasty of Jared is over. Jared scored the least amount of points out of everyone that checked their lineups this week. I blame the draft, but that wasn't really Jared's fault. Players like Hall and Harrison fell to Jared after sliding way down in the draft. I would of done the same thing if I were him. Let's keep an eye on how Jared will bounce back from this. I'm sure his team will be amazing next week.
Week 4
A tough loss for Jake here. Jake just doesn't have the starting depth that I have. I also think the
Rams defense is going to lock down
Pittman. What sucks for Jake is that I have a response for most of his players. For example,
Bo Nix has a favorable matchup, but I have
Sutton and
Dobbins. This is going to be a funny week for Jake. Jake is going to lose to the RB that he blocked for in high school.
Pick: RJ
Ryan has a chance to continue the comeback here. It's a very bad sign that Jack is starting a RB projected 5 points. This matchup is going to come down to the Bengals here. Can Browning perform for Ryan without throwing it to Chase? Is it better for Ryan for Browning to be terrible so Chase doesn't score any points? Let's watch how this plays out. I'm rooting for the comeback story.
Pick: Ryan
This is a good tune up game for Joe. With Tracy being out this week and
Travis Hunter looking more like a defensive player, it's not looking good for Alex. This matchup is going to come down to a lot of unproven talent. Joe's team is essentially all rookies and Alex needs to rely on players like Hunter and Luke McCaffrey. I think Joe pulls this one out on the back of Justin Herbert.
Pick: Joe
It's not looking good for private Joe here. Ryan 2 has James Connor's backup, so add that to his already deadly lineup. Private Joe always has one big card to play, the Eagles. If the Eagles go off, so does he. The Eagles have a tough matchup against the Bucs, so it's not looking good this week.
Pick: Ryan 2
This is the exact matchup that Jared needed. It's looking like Coach Doug had a bad draft. McLaurin and Purdy are hurt, Harvey appears to be more of a backup, and Ladd McConkey seems to have dropped in the depth chart for some reason. It be OVER over for Jared if he loses this week.
Pick: Jared
This would be such a funny Sam loss. I think it might actually happen here. This week is going to come down to 2 players for Sam. First is Josh Allen. The Bills might dominate the Saints so much that they might give the backups some reps. The second is Bucky Irving. He's got a tough matchup against the Eagles this week. For Stephen, it's going to come down to QB play. Dak has a tough matchup and Stroud hasn't been very reliable lately. It will also be interesting to see how Jefferson does with Wentz playing against the Steelers. I will enjoy rooting for the underdog story.
Pick: Stephen That's all I have for this week. There might be another newsletter that comes out at some point about how my take from years ago about how Zion Williamson could be the goat might be all the way back. As always, I leave you with the this weeks rankings. As always, these are unfortunately not up for discussion.
1. RJ
2. Ryan 2
3. Jake
4. Joe
5. Sam
6. Stephen
7. Ryan
8. Private Joe
9. Jared
10. Alex
11. Jack
12. Coach Doug
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