Situation
We are entering crunch time! Every win and every point matters. Gary continues to build his juggernaut. Another week, another monster trade. This time he gets an injured CMC and Mike Davis for James Robinson and Kittle who is on IR. You have to love Kittle. The doctors say 6 week recovery. He says he will be back in two! The dude is an animal, but I doubt he is back this year.
This was a future trade for Justin since this was the last year he could keep CMC. Justin will try to rebuild for next year after injuries decimated his championship team from last year. CMC is getting a second opinion on his shoulder which doesn't sound good about the first opinion. We will see. All I know is that we must all be so happy to have Jordan in the League, instead of The Team That Shall Not Be Named, that we want to see him have success and a good time by trading him all our studs.
The key matchup this week is between Mother Tucker and Its On Like Donkey Kong. Dana needs to win to catchup with Travis while Tracy tries not to tank over the next 5 games. He has built up a nice lead in the win category in the Beards division thanks to some fortunate wins the last two weeks when his team underperformed. Kind of like the Steelers last week vs Dallas. Dana is still mad about her Steeler D performance even in a win to keep her Steelers undefeated this year.
Intelligence
Dark Lord Commissioner vs EW Black
Most years it is fun to face my brother regardless of record or history of success. For the record, I am 3-2 against him. Who can forget the first year of the League when I had to change my name to Mini Tacos because he beat me. I still won the Ship, but that name is now etched in history on the Belt and Trophy.
This year, it doesn't appear to be a close matchup due to the Chiefs being on bye. This removes Kelce and CEH from his lineup. Big Bear doesn't do side bets when he knows he is going to lose. Smart Bear. This means no side bet again this year.
For me, I need to win out to have any chance at winning my 6th straight Beards division. There are better odds winning the Power Ball Lottery. My pride still wants to finish with a winning record and hopefully the points and records fall into place for me to squeak into my 6th straight Championship playoff.
As for EW Black, he is just trying to avoid the Crapper Playoff.
Just Beat Gary vs The Jedi Master
Even without Mahomes and Tyreek this week, Jordan is still projected to trounce Jedi Justin. These are dark times for the Jedi. He has resigned himself to go off into seclusion as he prepares for the Return next season.
Jordan is now set for the future with CMC as his keeper for the next 4 years! Not only did he secure his relevance in the League for years to come, he off loaded Robinson who he knows has a horrible playoff schedule this year vs BAL and CHI. This Jordan is one smart cookie which is why he is a Principal. Unless CMC has a season ending shoulder issue that isn't being mentioned, he should have CMC back in time for the playoffs when it counts most. Can anyone stop this lineup?
QB: Mahomes
RB: CMC
RB: Swift
WR: Adams
WR: Tyreek
TE: Ebron
FLX: Hopkins K: Slye DST: Ravens
Lord, have mercy on us!
Mother Tucker vs Its On Like Donkey Kong
The outcome of this matchup can have significant impact on both the Beards and Bros division. The matchup is razor thin. Dana is still undecided on who she will play at RB. Her two Bucs strategy didn't really work last week, but she is unsure about playing either of her Bengals RBs vs her beloved Steeler D. I doubt Tomlin is going to let his team look past a divisional matchup against the Bengals. Mixon's status is still up in the air, so will have to wait to see if he is out again. If Justin Jackson is Out this week, she has a viable option with Kelley. Dana needs to get the lineup right. No margin of error this week.
As for Trickster Tracy, he needs his magic to continue. TBD if Carson plays with the foot sprain this week. He does have DJ Dallas as a backup, but DJ is no Carson. You can't count on Malcolm Brown unless it's Week 1. I know. Based on the weekly pattern, this week should be a Lockett week. At least that is what I am hoping for. It really comes down to the QBs and Tracy has the better option with Deshaun over Lock. Who knows. Lock look like trash for 3 quarters last week and then ended up with over 30 points by end of game.
Hays Blaze vs Check Out My Lightsaber
Travis should get Chubb back this week, but it won't matter. His team is no match for Paulie. Rodgers shouldn't have to throw as much versus the pathetic Jags defense. Taylor has been a huge disappointment. TB12 doesn't look towards Evans for some reason. He's been open, but you don't get fantasy points for getting open. Hays Blaze will be lucky to break 100 points this week. Looking like another Poopsie Award to me.
Paul pretty much has his Championship Playoff spot locked up with regular season high points to secure the wildcard spot. If anyone can screw it up, it's Paul. Much of my success is the ability of Tracy and Paul to overthink things and screw up their teams. Hard to lose when you have Dalvin and Henry, though. Hockenson is stepping up at TE in a position that is dreadful unless you have Kelce. Probably not going to be another high score this week for Paul, but he will score plenty of enough points to squash Travis.
Rolling Dunder vs King of the Crapper
It's a preview of the Crapper Bowl this year. Both 1-8 teams face off to see who is truly the suckiest team in the League this regular season. David had a good team to start the season, but traded away Tyreek and Hopkins earlier in the season. That and the Barkley injury sunk him. Now he is lucky if he can get just one of his players to score 20 points.
Krug was able to snatch Dukie from the waiver wire. Duke will be a nice RB2 this week if DJ is unable to get cleared from his concussion. Allen is heating up again and with MT back, this game is easily in the bag for Krug. Only hope for David not sitting on the Crapper next year is if he gets lucky during the Crapper Playoff.
Roodiculous vs Underestim8ed
Two teams which are on major losing streaks. Gary has lost five straight. Linda has lost 4 straight. Since Gary does not have a kicker nor defense to play yet, he may just be throwing in the towel this week. Hard to predict the outcome when you don't know if a team is going to have all their roster positions filled or not.
As for Linda, Kamara has a tough matchup vs the 49ers. Tannehill has another tough matchup vs the Colts. I will assume she will play Kupp this week in a good matchup with Seattle. While not a great lineup this week with the matchups, it should be plenty to whoop up on Gary and keep her slim hopes alive in Broads division.
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