Step 9: Appeasement – The 2022 Season Preview Write Up Slash Eno Benjamin Trade Bait

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. Welcome backkkkk (then the beat drops and Mase starts rapping). I think this is version 6.0 of the season preview, and we spared no expense. We have new toys. In addition to the normal random thoughts, I added the Dynasty Score. What’s that? Wait like fifteen sentences and it will be explained. Y’all are some impatient motherfuckers. I wrote some stuff. Illegally downloaded some GIFs. Pretended like I did a bunch of research to be objective, rather than writing shit talking first then finding some stats to mix in. Here’s how I justify it: worst case is that only six of you read this and I finish 9th. Best case, I hurt some feelings and encourage someone to go on a trade binge that implodes their team.

I’m a big fan of background noise on the other TV screen while I write. I enjoyed a random early season episode of Bar Rescue the other night where the drunken floor manager said “I’m all-in” roughly 14 times before the first commercial break, and eventually gets fired during segment 2. I’m also not sure he could see over the bar and managed to pass out comfortably on a loveseat (not a fullsize couch). This certainly isn’t relative or directed at a member of the league. Just letting you know what I was watching while I typed this. Its about painting a scene for the reader.

There are three pretty well executed Dynasty Trade Calculators hiding on the internet amongst the zettabytes of porn. For them to be effective, they assign a value to each player and draft pick. The best one is out of a 10k max per player. So we went ahead and converted all three to that same 10k scale then averaged all three scores to get each players value. Then we added. Real rocket science here but I can get the crayons out if anyone isnt following the progression. Shocking but that numbers basically confirmed exactly what you would expect. An additional note: I originally was going to set the threshold at 2400 points so that third round picks didn’t actually add to the score. I bumped it to 2500 just as a round number. I went back and forth a couple times until I finally found the right confirmation. Darrell Henderson, who is kinda okay to have but definitely shouldn’t count as an asset, was scored at 2495 points. Perfect. Cut, stamp, send to print. Lets preview some shit.

1st Place: Gordon Bombay

20212022Finish
9-5 (4th)12-2 (1st)Finals Loss
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
108271-1200+260
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
3rd6th1st

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

Not sure how we got to where RBU shut its doors and becomes the WR University of Phoenix Online but here we are / Justin Jefferson says Justin Jefferson is the WR1 for this year. Good enough for me. Seems like an expert / I think people are somewhat overrating Trey Lance as a rusher but somewhat underrating him as a passer which means…. something / Trey Lance will have Brian Griese as his QB coach this year now that the Dolphins hired Mike McDaniel. Griese was working at ESPN this time last year and has never coached before / Kyle Pitts has still never caught an NFL Touchdown in the United States / George Kittle has only caught 20 in his career, which honestly seems comically low for what I would have guessed / I think there is a pretty good chance WanDale Robinson has a better Giants career than Kadarius Toney / The Giants had the fewest passing TD’s in the NFL last year with 15 and can’t possibly suck that bad again / Nobody in league history has won a game starting a TE in a WRT spot / “The Ravens have a TE fetish and who else are they going to throw to?” / Deshaun comes back Week 13 against Houston but I actually don’t see him starting a game for you this year so maybe just offer him to Sheed to give his moral compass an enema / Deshaun Watson has 28 career wins and 24 pending civil lawsuits / Oh by the way, when you get a second, go ahead and eat a bag of dicks. Alright. Feels good to be back.

2nd Place: Pending

20212022Finish
10-4 (2nd)12-2 (2nd)2nd Round L
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
102243-1200+290
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
1st2nd4th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

I’m still not sure letting Davante go was the right move but The Menudo Rule hasn’t failed me yet / The Chiefs under Patrick Mahomes have finished in the top 3 of offensive DVOA every year / I’m unsure of what weed and alcohol ratio led to Berry moving on from Henry before Sheed’s “All In” trade binge, but I will happily run to the package store for him if he’d like to offer another / Derrick Henry was the RB1 by 17 points when he got hurt / I may need Murray to help me with the coping mechanisms necessary for enduring Drew Lock being involved in your football fanship. Sorry DK. (Update: GENO TIME) / Aaron Jones averaged 23.7 points in games where Davante Adams did not play / Do I have to get rid of Cole Kmet if he’s good? Or does him being Mr Irrelevant just further prove my TE’s don’t matter mantra / “Kmet has looked like one of Fields’ most comfortable targets- he looks extremely comfortable when he’s sailing the pass 3 feet over his head” / Nominative Determinism is real and Dameon Pierce sounds much more like a late 90’s R&B singer than an NFL running back, which is troublesome / “The Tragic Ending of R&B Group Damian Dameon YouTube is only 5 minutes long so it couldn’t have been all that tragic / I can’t wait to see Darnell Mooney soak up all the “terrible quarterback” sympathy Allen Robinson left behind / Darnell Mooney had more targets last year than JaMarr Chase / My top pick this year has asthma and injured legs and conditioning issues and may possibly be unable to read but still giving myself a B+ for the draft because that just gives him common ground with half our league owners / Ryan Tannehill targets his TE’s at the 3rd highest rate in the NFL, which would be cool if they mattered / My schedule is Charmin soft this year so I got that going for me… which is nice.

3rd Place: The Double Deuce

20212022Finish
13-1 (1st)11-3 (3rd)2x Champion
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
97459-1050+310
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
4th1st2nd

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

It hurts me to suggest that you’re going to win anything but I do like the symmetry of four two time winners without a threepeat / Jakobi Meyers 23% target share was 12th in the NFL last year / Michael Thomas is starting to feel like “the good china” that only comes out for special occasions, but doesn’t get used even when there’s an actual special occasion / CMC and Thomas have combined to play 12 games in the last two years. Total. Combined. Like taking all one guys games played and then adding the other’s to it / It’s becoming annoying to have to wait a decade to really shit on you for acquiring Jordan Love since we can still pretend he might be something someday / Dotson had a 90% dominator rating in college and that sounds cool as hell even if I don’t fully know what it means. Something target share something something / I’m counting your cuts and it might finally be the year where you let go of Corey Davis / “Desmond Ridder looks like he fought in WW2” / Joe Fucking Flacco is currently projected to be QB16 for Week 1, ahead of 11 guys currently starting in our league; Fantasy is amazing / “Pat Freiermuth looked awesome because Roethlisberger could only throw the ball 5 yards, and thats as far as Pat could run before that shit line let somebody get through” / Its adorable that Will Fuller is on your roster as if you expect him to play / Will Fuller actually has 17 more total catches than Michael Thomas in the last two years / I don’t see a scenario where you keep all four of your bench quarterbacks, but I also don’t know how you cut any of them. Its a mediocrity jamboree.

4th Place: Boxnado

20212022Finish
8-6 (5th)9-5 (4th)2nd Rd Loss
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
71067-210+610
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
7th7th3rd

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

Does projecting you to finish 4th mean that I can’t make coackroach jokes? Do they still apply if I’m saying you’re going to do well? / Najee Harris’ 1.7 yards before contact was lowest in the NFL; the Steelers actually tried to improve its awful O-Line / Its weird to me that you’ve moved on from your days of rostering 8-10 slightly above average RBs that you refuse to trade. Now you have 8-10 crappy RBs that nobody wants / “Michael Gallup, when healthy, is going to get more targets than CeeDee Lamb” / What in the fuck happened to Antonio Gibson? He’s about to lose his job to a guy who comes after a random actor from “Two Broke Girls” on a Google name search (Update: well… he got shot. The player not the actor. I think) / “There’s proving to be a reason (Gibson) didn’t get many carries in college. Because he’s just only hypothetically good” / I did not expect a situation where someone who trades away Justin Jefferson still has the #3 ranked WR group, with some good depth as well / “Pittman had a 26% target share with one of the least accurate QBs in the NFL; he now has Matt Ryan” / If you exclude his run in the 2020 fantasy playoffs, Darren Waller might be Logan Thomas with better PR (and has practiced once this preseason)

5th Place: The Trashman Cometh

20212022Finish
8-6 (4th)8-6 (5th)1st Rd Loss
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
56696110+850
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
5th4th6th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

Its more fun when you are bad with delusions of being good rather than being actually good / Your 4th ranked RB’s are the highest you’ve ever had a unit ranked in the preview, and its the position you finished bottom 2 in multiple times / You somehow don’t have any meaningful picks on your entire draft board; that 2024 3rd from Murray is going to have a lone survivor biopic about him / “Eventually, Lamar will have to throw. And there’s literally nobody else to throw to besides (Bateman). Hollywood and his 26.7% target share is playing GTA in the desert now” / You obviously couldn’t have seen the Davante move coming when you sent the dowry to Rich for Hunter Renfrow / “Ezekial Elliott had a serious injury throughout 2021; when he was healthy he was in his normal place as a top 6 RB” / Owning DJ Moore means having to be excited about Baker Mayfield starting over Sam D’Arnold. I’d rather drink bleach / DJ Moore was 4th last year in unrealized yards because of poor QB play. So he’s already ready to play with Tua on your team / JuJu, Kenny G, and DeVante Parker would have you primed for a fantasy playoff push in 2019 / Not fantasy based, but ProFootballNetwork has Kenny Golladay rated as the worst free agent signing of 2021 / You adding Skylar Thompson is irrationally entertaining to me / There are 625,000 results for “Tua Tagovailoa is terrible” / Sam Howell refuses to try a steak or hamburger in his life but routinely eats chicken and that is not a sentence that gets written about a starting NFL QB. Cut him

6th Place: Nemesis

20212022Finish
7-7 (6th)8-6 (6th)1st Rd Loss
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
64700110+770
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
2nd3rd5th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

This is the lowest I’ve ranked a defending champ but your record is projected to actually improve so…. deal with it? I guess? Or don’t. Our official policy is that we don’t care / Take 30 seconds on NFL.com and compare Kirk Cousins’ career stats to Dak Prescott’s. I’ll wait / I did everything with the expectation that Kamara plays and does not punch anyone else before September 11th / Joe Burrow and the Bengals were 19th in the NFL in passing plays because they didn’t want to Joe Burrow to die. Now they added several large humans designed to prevent that from happening / I almost actually rated Justin Tucker and counted him as an asset, which would be the first time a kicker was ever mentioned or considered in the write-up / Your team was actually 2nd in kicker points despite having the best kicker who was actually only the 4th best fantasy kicker…. so thats why we don’t include them / Tim Patrick getting hurt was kind of a sneaky bummer since I had high expectations for him / Mike Williams was 3rd in the NFL in redzone targets / Adam Thielen caught his first NFL pass from Matt Cassel / Thielen’s target erosion has been counteracted by his increased touchdowns, with his only two double digit TD seasons coming in 2020 and 2021 / Gabe Davis had his season high for fantasy points in the 1st half of the Chiefs playoff game / 199 targets are no longer on the roster for the Buffalo Bills and Davis is the primary benefactor / The only regular season game where Gabriel Davis saw 10+ targets in his career – he caught 3 of them / Gabriel Davis’ career catch rate is 55%, which is the lowest out of anyone in the top 100 of targets / Melvin Gordon legitimately isn’t 30 years old yet and yet somehow I remember him in Madden 2002 / The Houston Texans were a league worst 39 rating in that game – time is a flat circle / Nobody has ever passed on a 3rd round pick until you

7th Place: The Ookie Cookie

20212022Finish
3-11 (11th)8-6 (7th)Wk14 Elim
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
44341-110+900
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
6th5th7th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

You keep saying “All In”. That phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means / You won 9 games in your improbable 2019 season, and 7 combined games in 2018, 2020, and 2021 / Was it wishful thinking that we get to witness you lose in Week 14 to miss out on the final playoff spot via tiebreaker? Maybe. / Kliff Kingsbury has called the most rush plays inside the 5 of any coach during his tenure; James Conner was RB2 in the weeks that Chase Edmonds did not play / If you’re curious, I have you predicted to start 3-3, leading to a flurry of self defeated trading, only to win your next 5 and reverse course to another All In buying spree. But alas, you lose three in a row to end the season and fall to 7th, just a few points out of the playoffs. / This is the first offseason in league history where you did not execute the most roster moves / Usually your sprees end when you run out of draft picks to mortgage for short term assets… been pretty quiet over there recently. Shall we check the pick stash? / Dawson Knox was picked by 7 of the 12 ESPN experts as the TE bust for 2022 / You hate Aaron Rodgers but your top defensive player tried to murder a quarterback with his helmet (I wrote this before Aaron Donald upped the ante by leveling himself up to the Dual Wield ability) / If Miles Sanders’ had scored 5 touchdowns last year, he would have been RB12 / Dalton, Foles, Brissett, and Tyrod Taylor sounds like the QB lineup for the debut of the XFL / Austin Ekeler is the same age as Derrick Henry and that feels weird / Hey you’ve got two 4th round picks left; how’d you miss those little guys? / You made five 4th round selections in 2018 and haven’t made one since / Not sure I’ve ever seen someone do so much to load up and miss the playoffs by a game. Good work Vivek.

8th Place: The Micah Parsons Project

20212022Finish
3-11 (DFL)5-9 (8th)Strong Closing
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
50247+490+2200
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
12th9th9th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

Is this a glimmer of hope emerging from a dark cavern of unfathomable failure during your Super Bowl hangover? Probaby not! / “Kenneth Walker having a hernia probably just saves him from getting killed on a bad team with a terrible offensive line” / I don’t have you last but you still have the worst QB’s in the league so that’ll help you transition from your comfort zone / “I don’t think Trubisky starts very long. Any stories about how well he’s looked in preseason belong on the magazines they sell by the checkout lines at grocery stores” / I read someone tweeting that “Trey Sermon is the SF backup to own if Mitchell were to get hurt” and laughed out loud / The 49ers have had a top 8 rushing rank every year under Shanahan but never a 1000 yard rusher / I enjoy that you’re keeping an IR and roster spot open for NKeal Harry. Dude’s been thru enough already; cutting him from your squad would be a new low / N’Keal’s career 57 receptions are fewer than Rae Carruth, Justin Blackmon, Henry Ruggs, or Laquan Treadwell / Remember when I said your team was hard to write about because it’s boring? Hasn’t changed. / Pete has your first, so that’s fun / Sammy Watkins has had one week per season as a top 10 WR for the past 5 years / If Pickett really wanted to be awesome, he should just sign with Burger King and reshoot the Tiny Hands Whopper commercials because it would be funny as hell.

9th Place: The Unfoldable Asses

20212022Finish
5-9 (8th)4-10 (9th)Mediocrity
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
57801+320+2200
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
9th8th11th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

Apathy is death / Russell Wilson had career lows in rushes and rushing yards last year. Those are things not affected by a finger injury / You inexplicably went 11-2 one season, ruining an otherwise otherworldly string of consistency. Your franchise has won between 4 and 6 games every (other) season the league has existed. So really this isn’t a projection but rather a mortal lock. It’s written in pen, not pencil. / Zach Ertz got 6.8 more targets in games that Hopkins didn’t play / Nico Collins is one more year of irrelevancy away from having a black silhouette as his Madden picture / 61% of deep passes to Robbie Anderson were considered uncatchable last year. Baker Mayfield was the 7th most accurate downfield passer in the NFL / You’ve managed to execute only two trades in the last calendar year, the fewest number in the league. Even less than Pete. / You have two QBs drafted in the top 2 by the New York Jets. This is in italic because it is a fact / Thank fuck you hung onto the worthless corpse of Marcus Mariota for 7 years so he can start for you in Week 1 / You took Amon-Ra St. Brown with the same pick you took Will Grier. 19th / Zach Wilson probably would’ve been a great fit to thin the herd of mildly intoxicated middle-age women at Vendetta back in the day. Except we are all old as hell because he was 12 at the time. Reminder that everyone should go take their pills before their back flares up again.

10th Place: The Half Aware Prince

20212022Finish
7-7 (7th)3-11 (10th)2 Good Picks
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
49944+390+3600
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
8th11th8th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

Are we sure Pete is going to read this? You’re the only team with a Dynasty Score under 50k who isn’t “All In” this season. You’re not even partially in. Your fantasy pants are already back in because you finished on her chest (and didn’t bother to get her a towel) / Brandin Cooks has been a top 20 WR in 6 of his 8 seasons in the NFL / I’m not sure how things are going to turn out when Pete has two of the first three picks in the draft – his draft prep is similar to MJ running the Bobcats without the previous success (but including the addiction to onion related gambling) / The Tampa Bucs called more interior run plays than any team in the NFL; they have lost their starting center and both starting guards from that team / I will never move past the the fact that Pete got the best player from a mediocre draft simply because he took the coolest name (and hasn’t changed his draft strategy since) / You have had the #1 WP for 83 weeks /Your first draft pick in two years was so old that Zach Wilson tried to fuck him / Kareem Hunt got double digit touches in five of the eight games he played last year / If it feels like I’m mostly focusing on the draft stuff, it’s because you should too since your team is a mess. You have three empty roster spots and somehow still have 6 more guys you need to cut / Being retired isnt a legitimate IR designation / It’s good to have David Johnson fantasy humor back in our lives. Maybe trade him to Bowski so he can finally have him on his team. Or cut him since he’s retired so he can go play golf with Cole Beasley and Chris Carson and fucking shit fix your roster.

11th Place: Game of Jones

20212022Finish
5-9 (10th)*3-11 (11th)100+ Trades
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
55431+750+2600
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
10th10th10th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

You got your own feature so…. I’ll keep it briefer here / “I think people are assuming after the last two classes that there’s just gonna be multiple stud WRs in each draft. And I think that’s a mistake” / I’m not sure anyone else has ever rostered more nameless random TE’s than your current bench trifecta / Prior to his ACL tear, Courtland Sutton led ALL WRs in redzone target rate in 2019 / You’ve insisted that you have a plan and your own rankings but I definitely wondered a couple times if they were written in crayon (double crayon joke – there’s going to be a pop-up ad for Crayola on all your Facebooks tomorrow) / Davante Adams, Jordy Nelson, and Greg Jennings were all outside the top 40 at WR before their first season as a top 10 WR with Rodgers / There’s a nice symmetry to you having the 10th ranked units at every position. Be cool if your TE’s were also ranked 10th except I don’t care because they’re stupid / “Daniel Bellinger looks like the clear TE1 in New York, but that offense is a mess that I’m not sure even Daboll can clean up” / I see that you’re currently in the Bermanism stage of team names that we all went thru in the early days. Everyone except my cousin, whos been Boxnado since the jump. You don’t mess with perfection / “Rondale Moore doesn’t have much value after Week 7, but try to get someone to give your something for him when he has his one good game in October” / I think right now, five of your six starters are dependent on injuries to their teammates to reach their potential. Flogging your tube steak to the Tuesday injury report is bad kharma. / Tony Pollard was the #1 running back in efficiency the past two seasons / I’m glad you got your “Owned Geno Smith” Xbox achievement out of the way early / How did Pete miss Kevontae Turpin as a name? / 8 of the 12 league franchises have owned Geno Smith. None have won a week with him starting / Sad to see Matt Corral unable to play for you because hes injured, instead of being unable to play for you because he’s terrible / “Davis Mills’ stay as the Texans QB is a lot more about how bad that 2022 QB class was than anything about his actual talent” / Is Terrace Marshall going to be your Stevie Johnson? We haven’t written a good Burn Book in a half decade. Maybe time to dust off the sequel (unless you count the feature, which is more of a short essay than a book). I didn’t keep it briefer at all.

DFL: The Castrated Bandits

20212022Finish
6-8 (8th)2-12 (DFL)Shame
Dynasty ScorePlayoff OddsTitle Odds
53009+1400+3600
QB RankRB RankWR Rank
11th12th12th

Smattering of miscellaneous thoughts, musings, stats, and insults

You’re sitting in a puddle of vomit in the front seat while Pete cackles at you in the background. What the fuck? WHAT THE FUCK? You’ve swapped spots with Muffler, which is to say you’re hopelessly DFL and covered in puke. / Mike Gesicki is expected to spend far less time in the slot this year and serve more as an in-line blocking TE. He was top 10 in routes run in each previous season of his career / At least you have your own pick, which is a facet of tanking that a number of other teams forgot about when they bottomed out / Brandon Aiyuk was the WR20 from Week 9 onwards in 2021 / I did not realize that beating you in back to back finals would send you into this horrendous downward spiral. This is like one of those terrible sliding doors Lifetime or Hallmark movies. “Grass is Greener” and you’re played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan / “Baker Mayfield won the QB competition against Sam D’Arnold when the correct answer was no” / Your seven RBs are projected to combine for 28.31 points in Week 1, which would be great if Orion allowed you to do that. Dude hates parity. / Kadarius Toney was 5th among WR’s in separation versus man coverage / Amari Rogers has received 11 carries in the preseason, so he’s probably your RB1 / JD McKissic is actually the highest paid running back on the Deadskins and Snyder doesn’t spend money on anything he can’t use or bang / You have to go to page 8 of the RWT tab before you find one of your running backs / All your positions are bad, but your running backs are hilariously bad / If you got points for Hard Knocks watchability, you’d have a viable running back in Jamaal Williams / I had to recheck three times to be sure that someone actually had worse QBs than Daniel Jones and Baker Mayfield / “Everyone forgets about Amari Rogers. Aaron Rodgers hates rookies but just because Amari didn’t get targeted last year, we’re just going to write him off?” / I was just kidding about the beer run for you – you don’t have anyone left I’d actually want

Return of the Feature: We Tore Down the SheedCoaster and Built it Back. Faster. Stronger. More Volatile.

What is this? I’m glad you asked. It’s glorious. That’s what it is. Remember that handy metric of Dynasty Evaluation Score we introduced roughly 6000 words ago? This is a scatterplot of the DES of Rich’s team since taking ownership. 43 trades later…. here we are. Right back where it started. He did, to his credit, increase the value of his franchise by 631 from the one that he inherited from TDub. That’s 1.2%! Is that to be celebrated considering his peak value of just under 67k? Well no, not really. Is it better than that short amount of time he joined Pete and Sheed as the only franchises scored under 50k? Yes.

Sheed was fucking slacking. Rich has stepped up and provided us the distraction we’ve all been missing while we stare at the calendar and wait for Scott Hansen to show up on our TV. This was, by far, the busiest offseason in league history (by nearly 30%) and Rich’s itchy triggy finger was the $4 hooker that infected the entire bachelor party. Sheed could never. Sheed’s spending sprees end one of two ways… he stops acquiring picks because he runs out of players, or he stops acquiring players because he runs out of picks. Rich isn’t shackled by such mortal limits. And take notes… when he makes a regrettable trade, he doesn’t get mopey about it in the thread. No, he goes out and makes another more aggressive one to just get the guy back for twice the price. Again, this isn’t about replacing Sheed as the league’s official Transfer Portal. No, this is about improving him. We have the technology to make him better. Mecha-Sheed. It’s 2022. Its all about Building Back Better.

Good luck you bunch of twats. You’re gonna need it.

2021 Season Preview: The Epsilon Variant

Welcome back, ya bunch of dbags. I guess I need to prepare myself to waste hours of my life every week ridiculing your inability to be competent fantasy managers. Jokes on you though; I have no life. I feel like I should charge each of you 5 cents for the purposes of being made fun of so that I can write off NFL Sunday Ticket as a business expense. And also the total footage in Bowksi’s brain that I occupy rent free would probably count as a home office write-off. Its all about thinking ahead for tax time. Business 101. I’m really just hoping for the first ever 0fer. Pete has a chance and it will be riveting. He just announced that he is considering making a trade for a QB since he currently has just one and found out we generally need two. Truthfully… I’m upset that the precipitous shit talking has lessened to the point that the league seems nearly civil. I really hope that I’m able to push some things out there and reinvigorate it. We’re here for the jibjab kids. I’m personally just glad that football is upon us. I want to spend my Sunday waiting for the TV to tell me that the remote has been inactive for 6 hours straight and asking me if I’m still watching. YES I’M STILL WATCHING MOTHER FUCKER. SCOTT HANSEN STILL HAS TO DO THE TD MONTAGE. You will now know exactly where I will be from 1PM-11PM every Sunday for the next 4 months. As always, if you are upset with my expert assessments, remember what Dave Dameshek always said. I didn’t do this to you. You did this to you.

#1 Large Cock Desperados (12-2)
Finals Loss (Again)

2020 Record: 10-3 (3rd)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: Lost in FinalsA (Sheed is jealous)
QB Rank: 6th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 3rdSheed would be proud
WR Rank: 4thPlayoff Odds: -2500
TE Rank: 3rdTitle Odds: +300

Why “Gridiron Gang”?

A feel good story. Very engaging characters that you care about. Berry’s probably the only owner that would hang out with XZibit. Also, they lose in the final game after a triumphant win (in the semifinals). And there’s gang violence.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

You completely revamped your roster, which is a lot of work to come in 2nd again — Darren Waller led all TE’s in catches, targets, and red zone targets last season — You got him off the waiver wire, which is funny since people still try to make trades with TE’s not named Shmavis Shmelce — Despite week to week inconsistency and being a perennial “questionable” designation, Amari Cooper has topped 1000 yards in 5 of his 6 seasons — Since the start of 2019, Ekeler ranks third among all backs in fantasy points per touch — Allen Robinson will likely be suspended after he murders Matt Nagy on national TV once Andy Dalton three hops an out route in Week 1 — Since the start of 2017, Woods is WR9 in total points and WR12 in PPG. He now has Matthew Stafford (9th in FPPA) instead of Jared Goff (27th in FPPA) — Dak was on pace to break the single season passing record by 1000 yards last season until he broke himself. He’ll get to deal with that injury throughout the year, according to doctors — Davis Mills might be worse than Nathan Peterman; you have both possible QBs of possibly the worst football team to ever play (but at least neither one makes their massage therapist check their oil… that we know of) — That’s literally the only interesting thing I can find to say about your bench players — You’ve obviously stolen my approach of frontloading your starting lineup and depth be damned, but you didn’t need to literally pick up all the horrible bench scrubs I added/dropped over the past two seasons. Get off ma’ dick Berry. Don’t look so desperate. None of them were even good enough to get a playbook.

#2 The Renown Rocket Jackson (12-2)
Semifinals Loss

2020 Record: 10-3 (2nd)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: Lost in SemifinalsB+ (those 1sts were a gift you chode)
QB Rank: 5th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 1st(3) 1sts (1) 2nd (2) 3rds (1) 4th
WR Rank: 3rdPlayoff Odds: -2000
TE Rank: 5thTitle Odds: +350

Why “The Blind Side”?

Won a bunch of awards and made a ton of money ($250m gross) and yet nobody likes this wet turd of a movie.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

Fitzpatrick has produced a top-15 fantasy WR in each of the past three seasons in which he started at least 12 games. Looking at Terry McLaurin — “What exactly am I adding in Julio Jones besides 4 good games and two IR trips?” — Zeke was a top 8 RB each year from ’16-’19 and was RB3 before Dak got broken last year —  In 12 games, Miles Sanders had eight games with 15 or more touches. — Ja’Marr Chase got one target in the last preseason game and, fittingly, dropped it — “Everything bad about Chase is the opposite with Jaylen Waddle. He has looked like a PROBLEM so far in the preseason and I don’t like it” — Stefon Diggs had at least 6 catches in 18 of 19 games last season — Todd Gurley isn’t actually on a football team right now and only has one functioning knee — Jeremy Shockey’s rookie TE season would’ve ranked as TE8 last season, which is the pipe dream ceiling for Kyle Pitts — You essentially ruin every WR that you draft so that’s reassuring, though I feel like maybe Ja’Marr just took the entirety of the curse this year and Waddle will actually survive — From 2019–2020, Lamar Jackson has averaged 25.44 points per game. No other quarterback has averaged over 23.20 points per game during that span — This is impressive since he can’t throw the ball, which is important as a QB — I hate you and your team and if we played against eachother in the finals, the whole league might fold from spite. Good thing you’re going to lose in the semis.

#3 Turd Turd (10-4)
Semifinals Loss

2020 Record: 11-2 (1st)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: Lost in SemifinalsC (Just a duck on the pond)
QB Rank: 2nd2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 4th(3) 1sts (3) 2nds (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 5thPlayoff Odds: -1200
TE Rank: 1stTitle Odds: +400

Why “Little Giants”?

One ne’er do well brother is trying to overcome the shadow of the unlikable brother who’s more successful. Does The Market have a water tower? Also IceBox does porn now. Spike don’t play with girls.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

Urban Meyer said DJ Chark “plays small”. That’s never a good description. — I imagine you’d like the season to hurry up and start before you lose any more players to injury; thanks for not entertaining my offers for Akers — After his major injury, Dalvin Cook has played 14 or more games in the last two seasons — If Travis Kelce were a WR, he would be WR11. — Michael Thomas was WR47 last year. I know you can see that but figured I’d mention it. Aren’t you glad you paid so much for him? — Last season, Mike Evans caught a touchdown at 11.9% of his targets. Prior to 2020, his career touchdown rate was 5.7%. If he had scored at his career rate last season with the number of targets he received, he would’ve been WR24, not WR10. Last season, Chris Godwin missed four games, Antonio Brown missed eight games, and O.J. Howard missed 14. All of those players are healthy this season. — Ronald Jones II averaged more yards after contact per attempt than every other running back in the NFL. He averaged three yards after contact per carry. He also averaged 5.1 yards per carry. — Week 1 hasn’t even kicked off yet and your two IR spots are already filled for the season, which isn’t ideal — Travis Kelce scored 20+ points in 10 games last year. Tight ends who finished 3-10 also had 10 such games. Combined — The Patriots ran the ball on 76.81% of their plays inside the 10-yard line and 83.87% of their plays inside the five-yard line; they just traded Sony Michel so unless you’re scared of Rhamondre, Harris will eat — For his career, in games in which Barkley does NOT have a 25-plus-yard run, he averages just 3.3 yards per carry. — You may have given up on the season, but you shouldn’t. The league semifinals are a long way away. Then you can give up.

#4 The Prejudicial Gluteus (10-4)
Tom Emanski. Back to Back to Back.

2020 Record: 9-4 (4th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: The CHAMPIONB (Trevor cant get under a B)
QB Rank: 1st2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 2nd(2) 1st (2) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 1stPlayoff Odds: -1250
TE Rank: 9thTitle Odds: +210

Why “The Longest Yard”?

Because its the best. And you mother fuckers better not forget it.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

“Aaron Jones is a lock for double digit touchdowns. The Packers had a historically great passing offense in the redzone last year; they won’t this year” — I will be busy getting fully bent over without lube during Week 12 and 13 by my bye weeks. Enjoy the gift Orion (and maybe Muffler) — Matthew Berry has Logan Thomas as his TE6, one spot ahead of Kyle Pitts — Jamaal Williams averaged 151 touches over the last two years; AJ Dillon had 21 career receptions in college so someone else will have to get them. Its probably the guy who just was given a huge contract extension — The #2 receiver for the Packers still sucks — Patrick Mahomes had one game under 20 points and three games over 40 — Having Sheed’s pick this year isnt nearly as exciting as previous years… yet — Jimmy Graham would annoy me with his presence if TE’s mattered — Trevor Lawrence has delightful heavenly locks behooving a future superstar QB — Tyler Boyd was WR11 when Joe Burrow was under center; he ran the 4th most routes out of the slot in the NFL — Dwayne Haskins fucking sucks and y’all can happily pick him up off the waiver wire in a couple days — If Kyle Shanahan gave 70% of the carries to a single back in his offense, that back would be RB6 over the last four years. They traded up to get Trey Sermon. Jeff Wilson is out for 6-8 weeks. Raheem Mostert has ongoing back problems and is 28 years old. Neither are signed past 2021 — When films are successful, they pump out sequels that basically just rehash the same plot. I know y’all hate it but we are doing the exact same thing. Threepeat incoming.

#5 ARCHRIVAL (10-4)
1st Rd Playoff Loss

2020 Record: 8-5 (5th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: 1st Round LossC+ (You get the “+” for cutting Lev)
QB Rank: 3rd2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 6th(0) 1st (3) 2nd (2) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 2ndPlayoff Odds: -520
TE Rank: 4thTitle Odds: +750

Why “The Replacements”?

Obvious reasons. Except you are very clearly Eddie Martel and Feltes will always be Falco. #16 in your programs, #1 in your hearts.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

“Mike Williams has a 10 TD season. And a 1000 yard season. I think this year he combines both” — No. He won’t. — Among running backs with 100-plus touches, Jacobs ranked 46th in fantasy points per touch — I know you like Michael Carter but… the last 4th round RB to finish in the top 25 was Roy Helu in 2011 —  In the games in which Dak Prescott played and finished, Lamb had at least five receptions in each and averaged 16.3 PPG — Calvin Ridley average 104.3 yards when Julio did not play (which was often) and only 76.3 when he played. Unless he gets traded to the Titans, he no longer has to worry about that — AJ Brown has two top 15 receiving seasons for fantasy, despite not being in the top 30 in targets either season — Its fascinating that giving up multiple firsts for a guy who started one game for you and got dropped… doesn’t make the top 5 worst trades in league history — Hey in case you didn’t hate Leveon enough, CEH was averaging 18 carries and 5 targets per game before the Chiefs added ole’ Lev — Josh Allen had 9 carries inside the 5-yard line and Moss had 8. Josh Allen is now worth $260 million — Josh Gordon loves weed and enjoys hanging out on someone’s IR and smoking said weed (a lot more than he likes actually playing football) — Mark Andrews was TE4; he’s closer to TE21 than he is to TE1 or TE2 — You love 2nd round picks more than Bowski loves 5ths — Russ Wilson is the only QB with 30-plus TD passes in each of the past four seasons, and he has finished top 10 at the position in total points every season since 2013 (and top six in three of the past four campaigns). — Joe Burrow looks really good when he’s not getting manpiled by multiple 300lb defensive lineman who tackled him before he could complete a three step drop — Benny Snell and Larry Rountree sounds like they should be your attorneys when fighting your “possession with intent to distribute” charge

#6 Delightful Songs of Sheed and Kenny G (7-7)
WHO CARES – PLAYOFFSSSSSSS

2020 Record: 2-11 (DFL)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: You got me another QBB+ (You matter again!)
QB Rank: 4th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 9thFucking. None.
WR Rank: 6thPlayoff Odds: +120
TE Rank: 2ndTitle Odds: +1900

Why “Rudy”?

We are all rooting for you to succeed. All his perseverance and hard work as an adorable underdog finally culminates in him playing 2 plays and making a tackle. Or making the playoffs as a 6 seed and getting teabagged by a Binney Brother. Or you can blow it up with a series of terrible trades and I’ll switch this to “Encino Man”.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

I think you’re relevant, but as I’m typing this you are just ITCHING to do something absolutely ridiculous and plummet down the rankings. So consider this a rough draft — Since taking over as the starter in Week 7 of 2019, Tannehill is QB4 in total points, is QB7 in PPG, has the third-most TD passes over that stretch — Since 2010, only 1 RB aged 27 or older has gotten 300 carries (AP); Derrick Henry has gotten 340 plus carries the last two seasons — DK Metcalf had 14 end zone targets last season, sixth most in the NFL — “Ryan adds nothing with his legs, and that matters a lot given Ryan had eight games last season with zero or one touchdown pass. So there’s downside, but not a ton of upside? Yeah, that’s a pass. But the kind that goes like 4 yards to Russell Gage. Blah.” — The first search result for Raheem Mostert is a video of a doctor explaining his chronic back issue — You have one 4th round pick as your only currency in the next two drafts so I don’t know why you bother trying to trade with me — Golladay has played in just 36 games since 2018 and he’s already dealing with a leg injury this year in camp — Chase Edmonds was Feltes’ favorite tanking device and I’m not sure he’d know how to handle him as a viable fantasy asset — George Kittle has lost 6 touchdowns to penalty/review in the last three seasons, 3rd most in the NFL — Almost your entire team ended up on Matthew Berry’s Hate list which…. is probably a good sign because hes a pandering twink — Why do you have Haason Reddick? — TreQuan looks appropriately placed right below Nelson Agholar and MVS. But I’m sure this hype is real — I in no way feel good about this; I have you in the playoffs but it just feels wrong

#7 Boxicane (6-8)
Eliminated Week 14

2020 Record: 6-7 (7th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: Final Week EliminationC- (“-” for adding Lev Bell)
QB Rank: 11th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 5th(0) 1st (2) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 10thPlayoff Odds: +190
TE Rank: 10thTitle Odds: +2000

Why “Remember the Titans”?

The only way you’ll succeed is overcoming your horrendous racism. Duh. Superman can’t be crippled.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

“Fields reminds me a lot of what happened with Hurts last year, trying to make it work in a bad offense and taking off running as a 2nd or even 1st option” — I make fun of Jameis Winston for his 30/30 accomplishment (rightfully) but he also broke the season record for passing yards and was QB5 his last time starting — JD McKissic spent the preseason still handling 3rd down duties for the Deadskins; he had 106 targets last year — Justin Jefferson’s ridiculous rookie season came on just 125 targets as a 2nd option; the Vikings have made it well known that he will be the focal point of the passing game this season — More on fields: not only does the Ohio State rookie have a rocket arm and 4.4 speed, but he would be stepping into an offense that last season finished eighth in pass attempts and 12th in offensive plays run (and aren’t very good so will be behind again… a lot) — “Offensive line is overrated for fantasy if the running back can catch passes. There’s not a single guy on that team that is going to steal a goal line carry from Najee” — In every season from 2013 through 2018, the Steelers’ lead back averaged more than 20 touches per game — Kenyan Drake was fourth in carries inside the red zone with 56 for Arizona, where James Conner now plays —  Marvin Jones Jr. is the only wide receiver in the NFL with at least nine touchdown receptions in each of the past two seasons — But he’s still Marvin Jones and your WR depth is still a festering pile — I should probably just go ahead and put you ahead of Sheed because he will absolutely fuck this up

#8 The Sturdy Turd Cutters (6-8)
Eliminated Week 14

2020 Record: 6-7 (6th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: 1st Round Playoff LossB (Showed up for the draft)
QB Rank: 9th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 11th(2) 1st (0) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 9thPlayoff Odds: +220
TE Rank: 8thTitle Odds: +2500

Why “Leatherheads”?

Looked up “football movies” on the google machine. Legitimately forgot this movie even existed. I often found myself forgetting your team existed when creating the rankings and previews. Clooney was 46 when they filmed this so basically the same age as your #1 QB.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

“Zach Wilson is going to accumulate stats simply because the Jets will have the worst defense in the non-Houston NFL” — Darnold threw deep at the seventh-highest rate in 2020 despite having bad receivers and a horrible offensive line; now he has good receivers and at least an average line — “Javonte Williams has basically been a fantasy circle jerk all preseason while pretty much ignoring what they committed to getting Melvin Gordon into Denver” — Tyler Lockett had 5 games with 18+ points (31%), 7 games with 12+ points (44%), and 7 games below 9 points (44%) — He’s your highest ranked player in the FFTop100 at #41 — D’Arnold with DJ Moore and Robby Anderson might be the saddest “stack” thats ever been stacked — David Montgomery was one of only four running backs with 300 or more touches last year. He was also the eighth-most targeted running back. However… In 2019, Montgomery averaged 2.3 targets per game. In 2020, post-Cohen injury, he averaged 4.9 targets per game. Cohen is expected back sometime in the early season in 2021 — Will Grier is still on your fantasy team — Hayden Hurst was one of two top 12 TEs who did not have a game where they scored 20+ points — Zach Wilson is on the Jets, where that locker room is basically the Swamps of Sadness for NFL players — Tom Brady is old. I’ll just keep writing it every preview and it’ll be more and more true each time.

#9 Likely Splooge on Initial Courting (5-9)
Eliminated Week 9, Notices Week 11

2020 Record: 5-8 (9th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: Was told it didn’t go wellA+ (Got the new Pats QB)
QB Rank: 10th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 7th(1) 1st (1) 2nd (1) 3rd (2) 4th
WR Rank: 7thPlayoff Odds: +440
TE Rank: 11thTitle Odds: +3500

Why “Necessary Roughness”?

Completely forgettable and utterly mediocre (which could be written on Scott Bakula’s walk of fame star if they gave those to C+ List actors) with a lone bright spot. Alvin Kamara is your Sinbad. Sinbad in a secondary role has NEVER not been outstanding. Fight me.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

You reading this? I’m gonna say 60/40. We aren’t that far removed from you being 7-0 and in sole control of first place. You are 5-14 since that moment — In eight games last year without Michael Thomas, Alvin Kamara averaged 27.32 points per game. Even if we exclude his Week 16 game with 54.7 points, he still would have averaged 23.41 points per game in half-PPR scoring — No non QB posted more points that Kamara last year; he’s never had less than 1400 scrimmage yards in his NFL career — I’m saying a bunch of stuff about Kamara cuz the rest of your team isn’t very interesting — Cooper Kupp was 11th among WRs in targets per game last season and tied for eighth in red zone target share — He’s averaged 93 catches for 1068 yards the last two seasons — Mac Jones will be giving you your Pats QB fix for the next decade so go ahead and tap that vein kid. Get that fix — Antonio Brown averaged 20.1 PPG in his final four games of 2020 and apparently “looks like the prime Pittsburgh version of himself” in training camp — He’s Antonio Brown and could be arrested tomorrow for spitting in the face of a meter maid in the greater Tampa downtown area — Your team made the playoffs and I still can’t figure it out so I’m just gonna assume it was an outlier and move on

#10 Delightful Cankle Tunes (3-11)
Thanks for Showing Up

2020 Record: 2-11 (11th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: FuckB (Tank commander)
QB Rank: 8th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 12th(1) 1st (0) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 8thPlayoff Odds: +2350
TE Rank: 7th#1 Pick Odds: +210

Why “Air Bud: Golden Retriever”?

The steaming remnants left on the lawn by a franchise that had two wildly successful versions early on and then just churned out abominations that went straight to DVD. That’s your team. But at least you made those free throws after that sociopath kid flagrant fouled a dog.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

OK this should be sad but actually there’s some hope here beyond you having your own first round pick for the first time in a long while (not you personally; the whole bottom feeder collective) — The Lions vacated 240 touches in the offseason and brought in Jamaal Williams; he won’t get all of those 240 touches so more reps for Swift — The Lions are going to be a horrific offense — “I’m personally on the more optimistic side of Swift – he only played about 50% of the snaps last year and was top 20 in all formats.” — Higgins had 14 receptions of 20-plus yards and was targeted seven times in the end zone in nine “full” games with Burrow — OBJ hasn’t cracked the top 30 in fantasy WR the last two seasons; the Browns threw the ball 28th most in the NFL last year — Daniel Jones and Mitchell Trubisky in your QB room is starting to feel like a self help group meeting — Royce and N’Keal might be asking to join as sponsors soon — In 7 games without Gerald Everett, Tyler Higbee essentially was Travis Kelce — Singletary is a distant third for carries near the goal line after Allen and Moss — I almost picked you to sneak up to 8th or 9th but your bye weeks kind of fucked you over, though you get a gift at the end of the year from bye schedule to even it out a little

#11 The Waste Management Engineer (2-12)
All Out Effort to Cost Me #1 Pick

2020 Record: 6-7 (8th)Offseason Grade
2020 Result: As expectedB? (I mean…. you did stuff)
QB Rank: 7th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 10th(0) 1st (0) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 11thPlayoff Odds: +1350
TE Rank: 12th#1 Pick Odds: +275

Why “Big Fan”?

One of those little indie films that used football to make commentary on social and political issues on toxic fandom. Critics loved it but they forgot to actually be successful ($235,000 box office). Could totally see you doing a Star Wars related Filibuster too.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

Laviska Shenault is only playing in 3WR sets so far in the preseason — Justin Herbert had 234 yards and 5 TD’s rushing last year, which was a big part of his QB1 finish — Diontae Johnson received fewer red-zone targets than Chase Claypool, Eric Ebron, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and only three more red-zone targets than James Conner. — Emmanuel Sanders is in Buffalo now. He’s starting for you so I want to mention him. — Kenyan Drake reached RB17 last year on the strength of 56 redzone carries (4th in the NFL) and 21 inside the five (3rd). He is now backing up Josh Jacobs who is bigger, faster, stronger, and has more facial hair — “The problem with Jonathan Taylor isn’t the talent, its that I’ve watched Carson Wentz play and he fucking sucks. They’re going to see way more loaded boxes than against Rivers, who wasn’t great but still commanded respect as a passer” — From Week 13 on, Taylor averaged 130 yards and a touchdown per game — It has to be great for Tua’s confidence that the Dolphins are constantly linked to every available QB because they are looking to upgrade — I’m sorry, he’s wonderful. He’s the future of quarterback. If I could remember the news blurb being typed by Reporter Dr. Cox I’d use it here — At least you can rejoice when Gardner Minshew takes Hurts’ job in five weeks — “Tua got stuck playing in an offense crafted by a grandfather dragged out of his rocking chair to build a scheme for Fitzmagic and then changed nothing when they changed QB” — OK I can’t go any further without mentioning this: what in the fucking fuck is a Kylen Granson? Like thankfully I already had you ranked dead last in the meaningless TE ranking but were you that worried about the Mo-Cox jokes? Did Jimmy Graham do something to you personally? Shouldn’t you enjoy watching him vulture redzone targets from me binkie Cole Kmet? Maybe you can trade your 1st or 2nd round pick for an upgrade

There is literally no gif that exists of this movie. So…. here’s this

DFL The Quarter Jizz Queen (1-13)
Over Before it Began

2020 Record: 3-10 (10th) Offseason Grade
2020 Result: Hard LD? (Hard to rebuild without picks)
QB Rank: 12th2022 Draft Capital
RB Rank: 8th(0) 1st (0) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) 4th
WR Rank: 12thPlayoff Odds: +6000
TE Rank: 6th#1 Pick Odds: +140

Why “All Things Fall Apart”?

The lowest rated football movie I could find. Much like your team, there are no stars. 50 Cent is the leading man and his acting is roughly comparable to your fantasy management. And his rapping is comparable to your long lost acapella covers on Facebook.

Thoughts, Quotes, Insults… Other Stuff

“Mike Davis is going to have a better season that Josh Jacobs” — You are 2/3 of the way to a historic QB failure; your last hope is Jimmy G holding off Trey Lance for the starting role to ensure you actually have a single starting QB to utilize — “Taysom Hill is old and fucking terrible. He’s a much worse Cam Newton, who’s already pretty awful” — “Oh look, the Broncos finally figured out what we all already knew: Drew Lock is awful” — Brandin Cooks’ primary quarterbacks have been a competent bunch; he’s now in Houston where none of the options can be described as even that — Mike Davis is entering his age 28 season and 41.1% of his career production came last year in 12 games filling in for Christian McCaffrey — From a rest and geographic location advantage statistic, the Falcons have the worst and most grueling schedule in the NFL this year — James Robinson has pretty much sole possession of the Jags backfield again in a better offense; he averaged 2.6 yards after contact which was 6th in the NFL — You won’t have to work too hard to find your four preseason cuts since you have four players who aren’t actually on an NFL team —  Carson was top 10 last season (min. 100 touches) among RBs in fantasy points per touch, and in the eight games last season in which he had at least 14 touches, he averaged 16.7 PPG —  David Johnson serves as a somber reminder to the Texans that their horrible cult pedo GM chaplain gave away their franchise star for a lemon; that will be a lot like watching Orion make the #1 pick next summer after DJ manages a sterling RB41 finish.

Well I’ve got Gridiron Gang on in the background to help me remember that even some of you societal nuisances may someday be redeemed by a combination of juvenile detention, CTE, and the physical presence of one Dwayne Johnson. I wish you all the best of luck this season. That’s actually completely inaccurate. I hope that all the worst things happen to all of you and your teams, like your dreams, crumble into misery and failure. I wish irrelevance on all of you, because that is the single worst fate you can experience in fantasy. Just ask seven of the teams in our league. They’ll tell you exactly what it feels like. Lets do this shit. Kickoff in 72 hours. I give this season preview….

Mock… yeah. Ing… yeah. Bird… yeah. Yeah… YEAH

Here we go again. The one time where the incessant mocking of your shitty teams is traded out for acceptable mocking. Of your draft picks. Do I mean I’m going to make fun of them? Or that I’m going to predict them? Yes. Yes it does. Do I think I’ll get any right? I honestly don’t care. I’m really just doing my best to manipulate you fuckers into letting good talent fall to me at picks…. well wherever Sheed is supposed to pick each round. Hoping I can get an aggressive phone put down from at least one reader. I don’t have patience to do a full intro because Orion has been telling me I’m on the clock since Goodell swaggered his robotic ass up to the podium to announce pick number one. Which reminds me….

Pick 1: Les via Sheed (Willie Snead)
Trevor Lawrence (QB) – Jacksonville Kahhhhhns
It literally can’t be anyone else. For the record, Sheed also gave me Nathan Peterman and Kevin White in that trade way back in October of 2017.

Pick 2: Orion via Sheed (Lev Bell)
Trey Lance (QB) – San Francisco Sheedles
Well… risking that Pitts biscuit as the kids say (no, they don’t say that). But you like Trey. You even sent me some cockamamie tweet about Lance being a better #1 pick than Trevor. Not gonna fall for that nonsense this time. Or am I? No. Over/under on use of the word “cockamamie” in this write up was 0.5, so drink up Vegas.

Pick 3: Box via Pete (Derrick Henry)
Justin Fields (QB) – Bears
He’s from a college in a midwestern state that Box is a fan of. This is a repeat joke. Moving on.

Pick 4: Westover
Mac Jones (QB) – New England Patriots
Westover, the first guy to have his own pick in this draft, completes his Patriots QB room set. Groovy.

Pick 5: Orion via Bowski (Tevin Coleman)
Kyle Pitts (TE) – Falcons
A tight end who might matter is a rare breed. There’s like two of those around. I hope you have to take him second. I kinda wish you had to really sweat it out that he’ll still be there at 5, but the QB thirst is too strong. You get your guy. Lame

Pick 6: Orion via Bowski (2nd round PuPu Platter)
Ja’Marr Chase (WR) – Bungles
If you take enough 1st round WR’s, you’ll probably find a good one eventually. Downside of everyone being desperate for QB is that you get your pick of the…. everything else. Fuck. Cut it out.

Pick 7: KohLin
Zach Wilson (QB) – Jets
You need a QB. Somehow the guy who went 2nd for real falls to 7th. I’d say this is a problem and that the guys in the real NFL know better than us but… its the Jets. This is pretty easy so far.

Pick 8: Box via Murray (Melvin Gordon)
Najee Harris (RB) – Steelers
I think you do this just because you know Orion likes him. This is the first pick I actually get to pretend I researched. The Steelers were 29th in Offensive Line run creation DVOA (some fancy nerd thing that says they suck at run blocking) in 2019 and dead last in 2020. Just saying. Then again, the only other available RBs are Benny Snell and Anthony “Not Booger” McFarland. 29 carries for 77 yards and a TD is still 15 points.

Pick 9: Orion
DeVonta Smith (WR) – Philly Cheesesteaks
Just wanted to get this in writing that Orion loves him and is going to take him (unless Box snakes him at 8). I think a guy who is 6’1″ and weighs 170 pounds in pads is going to struggle in the NFL. Sidebet approved.

Pick 10: John
Travis Etienne (RB) – Jags
We are on a run of teams making their own picks! Back to back. Etienne is a home run swing. John loves his bench and can afford to take a swing on upside. Oops he just left the chat. Guess he doesn’t like this choice. Tough shit. You get Etienne. His coach announced that he profiles as a really great 3rd down back. OK then.

Pick 11: Orion via Box (Jameis Winston)
Jaylen Waddle (WR) – Dolphins
“I can’t pick the wrong 1st round receiver if I pick them all.” I really have no idea if the math checks out on that but sure.

Pick 12: KohLin via Muffler (N’Keal Harry)
Javonte Williams (RB) – Broncos
N’Keal Harry. Oof. Somehow Colin and Kohler luck into the guy who might be the best RB in this draft class. He’s not much of a receiving threat but there’s only Melvin Gordon to contend with. One DUI checkpoint away from being a starter.

Pick 13: Les via Sheed (Cameron Meredith)
Tre Sermon (RB) – 49ers
OK nevermind. N’Keal was a haul by comparison. He’s a running back. He might be good. Sure. If someone in the first round wanted to go rogue, that’d be fine. There’s a defined top 12 and I’m not in it. Until I am.

Pick 14: Box via John (Jalen Hurts)
Rashod Bateman (WR) – Ravens
He’s a great route runner and potentially a more polished potential #1 receiver for Lamar Jackson. I’ve seen him inside the top 10 in a lot of mocks and as high as 5th in non-superflex mocks. Box is too pissed that I took a Buckeye to notice.

Pick 15: Bowski via Berry (OBJ)
Elijah Moore (WR) – Jets
Slot receiver. Won’t see much of the field until something happens with Crowder. Wide receivers as picks will provide more years of usefulness than running backs. Someone told me that once.

Pick 16: Murray via Sheed (Kenny G)
Rondale Moore (WR) – Cardinals
Kliff Kingsbury is his coach so he will be terrible.

Pick 17: Murray via Sheed (Kenny G)
Terrace Marshall (WR) – Panthers
Nobody tell Murray that this dude failed like 15 physicals and missed most of his last college season. Just like nobody told his parents that Terrance has an “n” in it. And he’s a Jr as well so… apparently his father wanted him to live the same horrible name life as him.

Pick 18: Bowski via Box (Michael Gallup)
Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR) – Lions
Pete is PISSED he doesn’t have a pick with that name available to be drafted. I’d rather have Gibson, Aiyuk, and Waddle personally.

Pick 19: KohLin
Kellen Mond (QB) – Purple People Eaters
Tom Brady is 43 after all. When he retires at 51, Mond should be an established starter. Or working at the local Chili’s. Either way, a valuable asset.

Pick 20: Box via Murray (Melvin Gordon)
Kadarius Toney (WR) Giants
Just because the Giants took him way too early doesn’t mean he’s bad. Mid 2nd seems about right. Stash.

Pick 21: John via Bowski (Anthony Miller)
Pat Freiermuth (TE) – Steelers
Heath Miller 2.0? Was Heath Miller good enough to be considered a 1.0 version? I don’t know. TE’s don’t matter.

Pick 22: Muffler via Sheed (Pick Swap)
Davis Mills (QB) – Creepy Child Sex Cult Team
Well he only has one pick and needs QB. Sure. If Watson keeps getting his oil checked by innocent massage therapists, kid might be starting sooner rather than later.

Pick 23: Berry
Michael Carter (RB) – Jets
Because Berry is a dickhead and would do this.

Pick 24: Me
Dyami Brown (WR) – Deadskins
Great name. Bad team. Sold.

Pick 25: Me via Sheed (TreQUAN)
Amari Rodgers (WR) – Packers
Falls because we may actually never get to see Rodgers to Rodgers. Except we already had that when they had Richard at TE.

Pick 26: Berry via Muffler (James White)
Chuba Hubbard (RB) – Panthers
This is where I swear loudly because I’m pissed I forgot the Chub a Dub Dub.

Pick 27: Westover via Pete (Last Year’s Nonsense)
Rhamondre Stevenson (RB) – Pats
Too easy. Westover and Pete just alternating taking the draft off. Looking forward to seeing Pete again in 2022.

Pick 28: Westover
Nico Collins (WR) – Texans
Just so he has someone to hang out and smoke weed with Will Fuller.

Pick 29: Murray via Les (Jamaal Williams)
D’Wayne Eskridge (WR) – Seahawks
Murray will take a guy named D’Wayne 10 times out of 10.

Pick 30: Bowski via Box (Michael Gallup)
Josh Palmer (WR) – Chargers
Gets a WR to go with the young QB he has that is good.

Pick 31: KohLin
Kenneth Gainwell (RB) – Eagles
Sounds like a lawyer. Another useful way for the Eagles to not give Miles Sanders the ball.

Pick 32: Murray
Elijah Mitchell (RB) – 49ers
The 6th RB on the 9ers but an opportunity to root against the guy I took 13th. Not bad for late 3rd.

Pick 33: Orion
Larry Rountree (RB) – Chargers
Wanted Gainwell to slip to him. Takes a RB because in times of chaos, stick to what you know.

Pick 34: Bowski via John (TY Hilton)
Tutu Atwell (WR) – Rams
Just seems like the most Bowski pick ever, for some reason.

Pick 35: Les via Berry (Jamaal Williams)
Kyle Trask (QB) – Bucs
I love QB’s.

Pick 36: Box via John (Jalen Hurts)
Jaelen Dardon (WR) – Bucs
Brady guy.

And then the 4th round –

Wallace
IDP
Smith
Jordan
Felton
Powell
Pass
Fehoko
Smith-Marsette (another Pete would-be pick)
Pass
Schwartz
and Mr Irrelevant…. Sam Ehlinger

It’s a Rematch. Was There Ever a Doubt?

Hey look! 29 months of 2020 later, and we are right back where we started. Me and the BerryMan facing off for a championship. I’m sure he won’t want me to discuss too much what happened in the title game last season. Let’s look forward instead of back. Maybe. I don’t think Berry’s approval rating has ever been higher. Pretty sure some teams would give away their 1st round picks to see The Big Dick Bandits hoist the trophy. Luckily they don’t have any to give. I personally think you are ignoring the most important element of the contest. It’s another Binney-Free Finals! That’s all I wanted for Christmas. We only have a single week of fantasy football left. I’m not sure I can deal with that. With Disease X or the Super Strain of CoVid or whatever version of AIDS has been created by Pete’s cross-pollination…. we need Fantasy Football. So, I would formally propose that we do a playoff fantasy. $10 or $20 a piece… one player at each position (to level the playing field a little bit). Total points thru the Super Bowl; winner takes all. No free agent additions allowed. Or you can all go fuck yourselves and I (or I guess, possibly, Berry) will just take a bath in our winnings like Cartman while looking down on your teams from our ivory towers. A final note… pretty fucking impressive that the “four butt buddies” all topped 200 last week. Impressive final four.

THE FINAL MATCHUP
LES vs BERRY – THE REMATCH

THE Racist Ass
Les Lynch

(9-4)

2821.98

445.25

137

257.9

11

197.95

1

1

2

None

1

THE TALE…. OF THE TAPE

Record

Points Scored

Playoff Points

Bowski Meldowns Started

Highest Score 2020

200 Pt Weeks

Projection

Binney Bros. Defeated

Career Championships

Starters Stolen from Sheed

TE’s Who Matter

# of Pat Mahomes on Roster

The Biggest of Dick Bandits
Jason Berry

(10-3)

2385.55

365.43

14

260.1

5

170.7

1

0

4

Ever

0

ITS A REMATCH. I’m having difficulty in figuring out a movie reference for this. It’s kinda my thing so I feel obligated to stick to it. Empire Strikes Back doesn’t work since I’m fairly certain the league isn’t rooting for me and the age thing doesn’t really work for me to be Berry’s father (even if I am intending to prove that I’m the BDB’s daddy). Rocky is out since that would require blackface by one of us; Halloween already passed and it seems like its frowned upon outside of that exception. Maybe one of the CareBear movies from the 90s? Not super familiar with their plot but with all the parents in the audience, I’m sure one of you could fill me in. Or Pete.

Berry is the crowd favorite for good reason. He’s the Cinderella story, having never tasted the sweet champagne of championship victory (have I used that line already? Fuck. Good thing the season is almost over. I’m repeating material). You lost the season matchup, but have your entire compliment of players available this time around. Your only player note is James Robinson, and its just reminding you that he’s planning to play (albeit for a really crappy Jaguars team). De’Andre Swift even came back; kinda big since this is probably the closest a Lion will ever get to winning a championship in our lifetime. We will talk about Darren Waller in the next paragraph. Robert Woods and Amari Cooper have excellent matchups. Then again, I would’ve said that about Woods last week but the FUCKING JETS BEAT THEM. So who knows? I can’t imagine Amari Cooper getting 2 points again, so that does raise your ceiling. Godwin gets a cake matchup against a terrible Lions secondary. They allow the 2nd most points to WR, so he might look like 2019 Godwin again. There’s a small chance that Aaron Jones and Tyreek Hill both sit this week.

Its a better story when the bad guy wins. The patron saint of “TE’s don’t matter” taking down the top two TE’s in consecutive week with a guy he picked off free agency in Week 8 (and not even from waivers – that would be Dalton Schultz, who I discovered sucks. Or maybe just has Andy Dalton as his QB.) Or more likely, he will lay an egg because that is what TE’s do. The Chiefs get to play the Atlanta Falcons, who are the single worst defensive team in the NFL against the pass. Unfortunately, Green Bay looks like it will be doing the Frozen Tundra thing against Tennessee with snow and high winds. I honestly don’t know what that means for Adams or even Jones since the Packers makes zero fucking sense this entire year anyway. No MNF players for either team means neither of us have to sit thru that nonsense to figure out who won. At least I get to see Chubb against the suddenly competitive Jets. Chubb Status: Fully Erect.

Prediction: Survey Says… bad guys win again. By 9.25 points

Saying Goodbye

Orion: Eliminated (Semis). Downfall: Used the Stones to destroy the Stones
You have four first round picks, including #2. Also, someone will probably buy one of your washed up has-been running backs for another future 1st. I don’t feel bad for you. I’m glad you lost. How come every time I get the #1 pick, you have to have #2 and make me think about who I’m leaving on the board for you to take? Seriously, all three times I’ve gotten #1 (thanks Sheed!!!!), you’ve had #2. I’m gonna go read some Mel Kiper stuff. One last time… eat a bag of dicks.

John: Eliminated (Semis) Downfall: Brought a knife to a gun fight
You do not have four first round picks. You are pretending to be a legless veteran on the front steps of the league’s offices begging for extra roster spots, so the last thing you need are more young players on your bench. You put up a valiant effort and even made the weird decision to publicly take the loss with grace and dignity. To borrow a question once asked by John Malkovich…. W T F to that? I’m sure you’ll be fine and make another run next year. You’ve made the playoffs 4 straight seasons and the haves and have nots don’t flip too easily in this league. Unless Box makes good on his promise of domination. I’ll see you Wk15 next again next year. All about rematches.

And Then There Were Four: The Usual Suspects Face Off

Did we really need 14 weeks to come up with Binney, Binney, Berry, and Me? Fuck; I don’t fit the alliteration. The favorites for the last four standing wind up as… the last four standing. How anticlimactic. But a twist for the sake of the a twist is just lazy. Sometimes the obvious answer is the best one. And other cliches. WE LOVE CHALK! Top four seeds. Top four scoring teams. 75% of last year’s final four – the BoxRoach taking down John prevented a full repeat. Hey look, 75% of the 2018 final four as well (sorry you couldn’t make the trip this year Bowski). Its gotta be pretty hard to root for anyone in this bunch. Cavalcade of assholes. Berry is the only one of the four yet to taste the sweet champagne of a championship so he’s probably the Cinderella story you fans are looking for – and the only one with the gams to pull off clear heels. He even has a pair or two in the closet from his old days at the Whately Ballet. Lets make some predictions, bid adieu to our fallen opponents beginning their long offseason, and likely shit on the Binney brothers.

Round 2 Matchup: 1v4
John (p206.06) v Les (p199.92)

#1 John (11-2, 203.77avg) ; #4 Les (9-4, 217.08avg)
Season Matchup (Wk 4): John (248.89) > Les (193)

It’s on. Two teams averaging 200 a week. Highest scoring teams in the league. First the good news: Ronald Jones has the ‘Rona so there wont be any RoJo revenge game. Ekeler, Keenan, and shiny new toy Michael Thomas are all questionable. Normally I’d ignore it since it’s Wednesday and no veterans seem to bother to practice midweek if they can avoid it. Buuuuuuut the Chargers play on Thursday so those two guys not practicing may actually matter. Be a shame really if they couldn’t go. Could really go for a Corey Davis sighting in that lineup (be careful what I wish for? Nope. I’m good with betting against Corey Davis). Now the bad news. Every single player on my roster is projected to score below their season average. What in the fuck is that? What does Vegas know that I don’t? Are they telling me to play Wayne Gallman? In huge news, this is the first time in 25 games that my team is entering the week as a projected underdog. You know what that means. NOBODY BELIEVES IN THE RACIST ASS. There’s no way to double capitalize but that “the” should be double capital. Blue checkmark. THE Racist Ass. My biggest concern? Brandon Aiyuk cos-playing the Flacco Elite version of Anquan Boldin. Remember that little two month stretch? Just killing it. Except Anquan was way more efficient. Aiyuk has 50 catches on 81 targets. His last three games he’s got 22 catches on 39 targets. If he ever gets to where he’s not leaving half his targets on the turf, I might be fucked. Or maybe his quarterback is Medium Dick Nick Mullens and therein lies the issue. Either way I really like him and I fucking hate that he’s on your team. Suck it John. The #1 spot is cursed and so are you.
Prediction: Down goes #1. My team hasn’t had that one holy shit week where everyone goes off. Its about to happen. Whatever. I’m gonna lose with some optimism.

Round 2 Matchup: 2 v 3
Orion (p186.91) v Berry (p186.53)

#2 Orion (10-3, 187.15avg) ; #3 Berry (10-3, 183.5avg)
Season Matchup (Wk 12): Orion (200.6) > Berry (174.3)

Ooh getting juicy. Projections mean absolutely nothing but its still kinda fun to see a matchup expected to be that close. I have to be honest with you Berry. I’m having a tough time talking myself into Matt Ryan and Ryan Tannehill. I want to predict the upset because its Orion and because a rematch of last year’s finals would be great. Especially when the result is identical. The best pass thrown by a Falcons player was by a WR and when Matt Ryan slammed his helmet after his…. however many-th interception (I think 4th) I thought it was a glitch in the matrix. The Eli face may get all the attention in the meme world but I think that was the first time I ever saw Matt Ryan show emotion. He’s like a desperate housewives cast member who’s had too much botox and can’t actually make facial expressions. Ryan averages 20 a game…. but hes just as many games with single digit points as he has with 30+ this season. God dammit. I never like to bet on Matt Ryan with real money and now I am stuck betting something much more important…. my credibility as the accomplished author of this weekly(ish) piece. So the hell with it, lets talk about Orion instead before I change my mind. Zeke Elliott missed practice today. I watched the entirety of their game last week and I’m pretty sure he skipped that too. Who knew we’d be in the Tony Pollard era so soon? At least Zeke’s contract only has (looks)… hahahahahah. What’s going to push you off the deep end first, Zeke’s relative futility (1 game with 100 yards) or Dougie P deciding he’s just going to save Miles Sanders for the postseason before he takes the training wheels off? Nobody tell him that the Eagles aren’t making it. I really enjoy making fun of your team because it distracts from looking at Nyheim Hines in the lineup of the team I am picking to win. Grow a pair and start Baker any maybe we’ll reconsider.
Prediction: Berry sends you home. Re-Re-Rematch. Whatever QBs you pick, it’ll be the wrong one.

Saying Goodbye

Murray: Eliminated (Rd 1). Downfall: Pick your friends better
In with a roar, out with a whimper. Such a promising start. Such a disappointing finish. That Burrow/CEH/Lamb thing basically mirrored your downfall. Cincy’s OLine got poor Joe murdered. The Chiefs ran the ball for like 2 weeks then went back to just chucking it everywhere and going back to being a passing juggernaut. And poor CeeDee has a collection of quarterbacks that even Larry Fitzgerald winced at. You don’t have any picks and the one team with young assets prone to making ill-advised moves has a trade embargo on you. At least you have Lev Bell still. By this time next year, Burrow might be walking again and CEH can carry Damien Williams’ luggage. I was momentarily worried about that Kenny G, AJ, Ridley, CeeDee quartet someday threatening my receiver pool. I am no longer worried. Except AJ. That dude is a fucking animal and I wish I had pushed harder when you hated him and were considering trading him.

KohLin: Eliminated (Rd 1). Downfall: Eventuality
I had this prewritten. Congrats on making playoffs. It was a fun run. You may need to consider a new QB. D’Arnold is about to get thrown out of Jersey like he’s Sammi’s bed. And Tom Brady is still 43. That number gets bigger not smaller. You have two mid round 1sts. Probably a good idea to acquire a quarterback with one of them. You had 4 players score double digits in a playoff game and only one player top 20. I would advise against going into the offseason with a “playoff team reloading for another run” as your strategy. Maybe consider paying Westover off to do your draft for you. He’s really good at it, he has a couple picks this year so he’s likely to actually participate, and I’m fairly certain he won’t draft a 3rd string quarterback for the Panthers in the 2nd round. It’s my obligation to bring that up for as long as he’s on your roster. Which is already 8 months longer than it should have been. You did prove me incredibly wrong as far as my preseason predictions. So that’s something. Fucking rude.

OK. Almost time for kickoff. Lets watch some football. Lemme know how it goes. I’m watching a leaked pirate copy of the first episode of the new Mighty Ducks Netflix series. Looks like Averman starts a sex club called “Triple Dyke” and is worried that his decision to hire Goldberg may have been a huge mistake when meth threatens to destroy his dream. Also Guy Germaine tells the story about how he was about to bone Connie, but then Charlie showed up and blew the whistle, so then she said daare was no waaay.

The Binneys Can Fuck Off this Week: The Dynasty League Round 1 Preview

Obligatory

Alright chodes. Playoffs are here. It matters now. The regular season is just a 3 month attempt to pretend that All Teams Matter. They don’t. The have-nots can fuck off and begin tinkering with all the draft pick choices that they don’t have. Rumble young men, rumble. And also Berry. You can rumble too and then regale us with tales of the first forward pass before you fall asleep sometime during the 2nd half of the 4pm games. I’m still not entirely sure how we got here, or how the hell Murray lost to fucking Sheed, but we are going to press forward regardless. Welcome to the playoffs Kohler and Colin. We didn’t set a seat at the table for you because we didn’t think you were coming. But we can slide some plates over and move Bowski to the kids table (even if just for the hilarious Buddy the Elf visual where his knees are above the tabletop) and make it work. Lets do the laziest content we can: a preview!.

Round 1 Matchup: 4v5
Les (p199.25) vs Murray (p171.95)

#4 Les (9-4, 217.4 avg) ; #5 Murray (8-5, 175.08 avg)
Season Matchup (Wk 6): Murray (171.19) > Les (159.95)


Let’s dance, mother fucker. Is it a good sign that I will be installing window trim in your house while our teams meet in the playoffs? No. That seems like a disaster waiting to happen. And I honestly don’t like that you just somehow managed to lose to Sheed, the patron saint of the unintentional tank. Your term is legitimately falling apart in front of our eyes. Burrow is dead. Josh Jacobs seems to disappear weekly. AJ Brown limped off the field. CEH is an unwitting disaster. And Mark Andrews has the ‘Rona. You know what all that means? That I’m going to walk into a horrific collapse of a loss and have to listen to you for the next 6 months of my life. The fact that every piece of baseboard will say “Murray eats cock” on the back will be no solace. There is no crevice; no cave; no shitty apartment over an antique store in rural Vermont where I can hide. Everything good in the world of fantasy… do not do that to me. Which, the more I think about it, is probably what’s destined to happen. ‘Rona. An economic collapse. A geriatric liberal in the white house. Lockdowns and rioting. Losing to Murray in the playoffs in his first year of the league…. by far the worst thing to happen in 2020. Really no contest. Oh look, Kyler Murray is doing that weird shoulder rotation flinch thing on the sideline again. Great. I’m sure he’s fine. (PS – still undefeated when I score 200 and… whatever the opposite of undefeated is when I don’t).

Prediction: Les wins but has to sweat it out with Chubb on MNF

Round 1 Matchup: 3v6
Berry (p178.66) vs KohLin (p144.69)

#3 Berry (10-3, 183.43 avg) vs #6 KohLin (6-7, 156.86 avg)
Season Matchup (Wk5): Berry (163.6) > KohLin (145)

Ohhhhh KohLin. Never doubted for you for a second…. it was more like days really. Weeks even. I didn’t expect to see you here. It’s kind of awkward. I wrote you off completely given your scoring differential being 150 points in the negative. So… this is weird. Like seeing an ex at a coffee place. Especially since coffee is terrible. Just like my ex. I’m not necessarily writing you off this week, but then again Week 14 would be a hell of a time to suddenly start to believe in your squad. My only pause? Literally every matchup on your lineup sheet is basically cherry. Seattle? The Jets? Houston? Denver? All nice things to see if you’re going to talk yourself into having a chance. The fact that you’re players are also from all these teams is… less optimistic. As for Berry? I mean you’ll have to do more than just show up. I think. Your little scoring binge has not gone unnoticed. 186. 201. 218. A little 4 game winning streak as well. Coming into the playoffs hot. Nyheim Hines is green. Top 15 RB. Jesus. How 2020 is that? That 2022 2nd may not have been that ridiculous a trade. Guys scoring touchdowns and doing backflips and roundoffs and other Simone Biles shit in the endzone. I’m not gonna write too much more about your squad cuz I think I’ll need to leave some material for next week.

Prediction: Berry wins because KohLin is playing Dante. He’s not even supposed to be here today.

In Memorial

Boxnado: Eliminated (Wk 13). Downfall: Apathy. Apathy is death.
Didn’t go out with a bang. Or a whimper. Just kind of… went out. Acceptance stage is not a lively one. Is already looking forward to adding a QB this offseason that doesn’t make him want to stab an ice pick under his fingernails. You have two rookie studs to build around. Problem is, most houses have four corners and you’ve got two. Hopefully those three 1sts will provide the additional cornerstones necessary for this overdone house metaphor of mine to work.

The Trashman: Eliminated (Wk 13). Downfall: Prayers unanswered.
A snugalicious soul. Always there to help young rookies find their way in the fantasy landscape. Rarely able to find his own. Last seen sheltering his dual rookie QBs from the negativity. Michael Gallup paid his respects by mattering for the first time in months on the day of his passing. If guilty of anything, it was believing in people too much. Like Travis Fulgham. Perhaps running backs do matter. At least he hopes you think so when he attempts to foist Kenyan Drake off on you.

WillJizzOnFirstDate: Eliminated (Wk 13). Downfall: Forgot to set his lineup
Well he was golfing. What did you want him to do? Hey, everyone played when it mattered. Rampant PED use allegations really put a damper on your season. Pretty scandalous that the commissioner is allowing his roided out explosion the week before to stand. Your team is pretty good. Way better than 5-8. My suggestion would be to actually use your picks this year. You know that thing where we get together two months before the season and select rookie players. Like the way you get all your good players. If you’re gonna just give them to Pete instead again, can I at least get you to do my draft for me? The thing that you are empathically best it is selecting players in the draft. Could use some of that mojo because I kind of sneaky suck at it. Like Cam Newton at throwing footballs. Best of luck next year. Way to fuck up my predictions. I’ll see about getting the season moved so it doesn’t interfere with fall golf.

The Half-Blood Prince: Eliminated (Wk 11). Downfall: Injuries. Ill-conceived onion bets.
I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed. I had such high hopes. Like potential 6th place type hopes. Injuries. Bad luck. The realization that having no QBs in a 2 QB league is a problem. Just completely unpredictable but disastrous situations. How were you to know that the best accomplishment Jimmy G would have in 2020 is getting off the field so that the 49ers could complete a pass more than 10 yards? You gave first round picks for David Johnson and Derrick Henry. Lets say you batted .500 on those? Kinda already dreading 2022 and realizing Orion has your pick. At least David managed to still to put up numbers rivaling Wayne Gallman, Cordarelle Patterson, and Rex Burkhead. You don’t have any picks so… see you in June?

Sweet Chinn Music: Eliminated (Wk 10). Downfall: Took a 10 year mortgage to win a title.
At least you’ve got something to show for this. A dusty championship trophy sitting on a shelf above the mantle. A decade of two win seasons can’t take that away. You have a pick this year. Not yours. But… a pick. That’s progress. Let’s be honest. This season was over before it began for you. At least DK Metcalf is really good. Nice being able to say that about one asset. A dollar bill can be the most lovely thing you’ve laid eyes on if its the only one you have.

The Inconvenient Jizz: Eliminated (By choice). Downfall: Himself?
Do I just copy and paste this from last year? You got frustrated, exploded your team like a toilet in a rugby fraternity, and coasted thru a disastrous year of going thru the motions. You accepted your fate, which is a new wrinkle. Only one tear down in a calendar year? You’re losing your grip. Do better. Can’t wait to see what you turn your assets into once they all come back from the ER. Cheers

So good luck to everyone except Murray.

So You’re Saying There’s a Chance: The Playoff Scenario Half-Stravaganza

OK so just reviewing is boring. All apologies to Pete and Matt for not celebrating their highly unlikely wins but… well you were mathematically eliminated before Joe Biden rigged the election so I won’t be praising your shocking efforts. Box was going to ruin everything and make Week 13 a boring nothing, but he went full BK Kim and blew it in the 9th. So now I have to dust off the abacus, the TI-83, and stop myself from playing BlockDude long enough to figure out this fucking mess. Somehow, 9 teams are alive for playoff contention and 4 are sword fighting at the urinal for the 6th and final spot. Now granted, the ‘Rona is threatening to ruin everything and force us to watch more Phillip Lindsay wildcat carries. Hopefully the Democrats take office soon so the pandemic will magically go away. Ok two political jokes in the opener. We are at quota. If we are being completely honest, I’m going strictly playoff scenarios because I am tired and because none of you want to read multiple paragraphs of me detailing how awesome it is having both Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill (hint: really fucking awesome). So lets do this. If anyone finds me dead of a brain aneurysm at my desk, just know I died doing what I hate. Math.

The 6 Seed Manage-A-Quad of Dodgeball

Current #6: KohLin

Scenario: KohLin pulls the upset against John (-67.68) and he’s in as the 6 seed and would… travel(?) to the 3 seed for the wild card round. Traveling in a pandemic is incredibly selfish, you two. A loss means you’re out… almost. Box winning the matchup slides him past you with 7 wins while Bowski winning would tie you at 6 wins with him having the tiebreaker. Unless they tie… which would be fucking hilarious, to be honest. But not considering that. Win and you’re in, lose and IT begins.

Current #7: Box

Scenario: Kohler has to lose, as covered above. Then you’re going to have to handle business against Bowski (+9.23). Or firstly. I guess simultaneously? Pretty straightforward route to being the BoxRoach that you are. Because you just refuse to fucking die in this league. If you lose… well this isn’t your only route. As a furry little green dude in a swamp once said… no, there is another.

Current #8: Bowski

Scenario: Once again to start…. Kohler has to get ground and pounded by John’s bunch. Then you’ll need to beat Box (again) to carry the tiebreaker against his bunch. If Westover then loses, you’re in. If Westover were to win, however… it gets a little complicated. See below because its a lot to figure out and my inner ear started bleeding a little.

Current #9: Westover

Scenario: Um… ok… I’m gonna be honest. I couldn’t figure out how in the fuck you’re not eliminated. You lost to both Box and Trashman so no matter who wins that matchup, you’d be eliminated. But not quite, apparently. I finally figured it out. And mother fuck… I hope it happens. I introduce to you readers:

THE POINTSPOCALYPSE

Oh fuck yes. I am mathematically aroused right now. This is the doomsday scenario we deserve for 2020. I want the random IDP carousel on Monday night to decide everything. Or a 42 yard field goal in the Ravens Tuesday afternoon game. Or a Carson Wentz pick six. Not so much because its going to be relevant but because its just a guarantee and he’s involved in the scoring. So lets lay this shit out…

( ) Kohler has to lose. We’ve covered this.
( ) Bowski has to take down Box
( ) Westover has to pull the upset on Berry

And suddenly… we have a four way tie at 6-7. And a walking clusterfuck of a scenario begins. Bowski would hold the tiebreak over Westover and KohLin but be split with Box. Westover took down Kohlin. But Kohlin beat Box. Who beat Westover. But split with Bowski. God dammit. There goes that ear again. Lemme get a napkin.

Ok we’re back. So this is where it starts to make sense. Because of the giant shitshow tiebreaker, it would advance to points scored. So technically everyone would be in play at that point.

(1) Westover – 1,937 points
(2) KohLin – 1,906.11 points (-30.89)
(3) Box – 1,857.15 (-79.85)
(4) Bowski – 1,799.15 (-137.85)

Best of luck outscoring Westover by 140 points Bowski. You may want to hope for your straightforward scenario. Somehow Westover managed to have the clearest route to the playoffs in the Doosmday Scenario. Who knew?

Some Other Notes for Teams Not in This Fucking Mess

John: Win and you’re the 1 seed and get a bye. You could drop as low as the three seed if Orion and Berry both win, you lose, and you end up with the lowest score of the three.

Orion: You need to win to hold the 2 seed and the bye. If you lose, a series of events could drop you as low as 4th in a series of tiebreakers depending on the outcome of Berry’s and my games.

Berry: You split with Orion in the regular season, so if you could win and have him lose, you could take the 2 seed if he literally trips over his own face and you outscore him by at least 112. However, a 3 or 4 way tie involving Murray, Orion, and/or Les could drop you all the way to 5th because of tiebreakers. You would, of course, have to lose for this outcome to play out.

Murray: If you win… you could advance to 3rd with a Berry loss. However, if Berry and/or Orion were to both lose and I win – you could end up dropping to the 4 or 5 seed with tiebreakers even with a win. In that scenario, you would play Berry in the 4/5 matchup. A straight loss drops you to the 5 seed where you play me, unless Berry chokes and I win. Confusing.

Les: Well…. can’t drop below current spot with a loss. As for winning, coupling it with a Berry collapse would push me to 3rd. A Murray loss would push me to 4th and swap home field advantage for the playoffs. And losses by Murray, Orion, and Berry all combined actually opens a path where I end up with the #2 seed and a bye. Well then.

Pete, Muffler, Sheed: I get the #1 pick. Orion gets #2 via Muffler. Box gets #3 via Pete. As far as your matchups this week affecting your seeding…

Butt Buddies International: A Week 9(ish) Write Up

It’s getting to be that time of year. Looking at other scores. Checking the standings. Considering tiebreak implications. Making fun of Sheed’s destitute roster. It’s time to pucker up those sphincters and prepare for playoffs. There are going to be some apocalyptic trades by teams trying to talk themselves into a playoff push. Except I’m not sure thats going to happen. Sheed is usually playing as Grima Wormtongue (there’s an obscure reference only three of you will understand – coming out of the gates hot tonight) and talking people into making deals. Except, Westover fulfilling his Pats fix notwithstanding, Sheed has nothing to trade this year. The playoffs are essentially decided. Three teams will race for the final spot in an outright bloodbath except… like with paper cuts rather than mortal wounds. Should be a wild ride. Mount up.

#1 John (7-2)
Last Week: W vs Murray (65.1)
Remaining: Matt, KohLin, Box, KohLin
Playoff Odds: (-2000)

Dalvin Cook picked a hell of a time to go on a one man crime spree just as the fantasy grind begins. Probably better for you if he had waited for like the playoffs but beggers can’t be choosers. Plus you finally got Michael Thomas to actually do…. stuff. So that’s nice. Most of your team is past their byes and you’ve got a pretty cushy schedule left, playing only non-playoff teams. The playoff fates of Colin and Kohler will probably be more or less in your hands, which I’m sure is not a situation they are excited about. They’ve met you. They know the kind of person that you are. A helpful hint: don’t start Corey Davis anymore. An area of concern: after Cook, things are a little questionable at the running back position. Akers, despite a couple early games, has only an 8% share of the touches in the Rams backfield. Damien Harris seems decent until you remember that his fate is tied to which of the 9 Patriots running backs BB fancies that day. And Ronald Jones fumbled a couple times so he may never see the field again. That doghouse door is one way. We’ll see you in the playoffs.

#2 Orion (7-2)
Last Week: W vs Sheed (117.44)
Remaining: Murray, Muffler, Berry, Muffler
Playoff Odds: (-2000)

It would take a mini miracle for you to miss the playoffs so we will just ignore that. I haven’t got much to add. You’re essentially the same team I bitch about every week. You’re probably a lead candidate for the better end of a horrendous win now trade by one of the middle class teams featuring one of your older assets like Todd Gurley who, for the love of shit, nobody should fucking pay for. He’s got one functioning leg. Stop it. How’d you end up with the stockpile of mediocre one game replacement running backs? Don’t you have anything better to do at 9AM on Wednesdays? You could lose out and still make playoffs so fuck it. Not actually sure why they don’t have you clinched.

#3 Murray (7-2)
Last Week: L vs John (-65.1)
Remaining: Orion, Sheed, KohLin, Sheed

Playoff Odds (-1500)

65 point loss to one of the brothers grim isn’t exactly wonderful but once again its a spot where it doesn’t really matter. Other than this weeks matchup with the other brother, its a relatively cake schedule. Especially given the two bye weeks. Rough week to be short CEH, Bell, and CeeDee but nothing that would put the playoffs in jeopardy. Unfortunately, given the tiebreakers being factored in, a loss this week will probably doom you to having to pay attention the first weekend of playoffs – even if you run the port-a-potty trifecta cleanly, the tiebreaks will prevent you getting a top two seed. Having that first round bye is no fun anyway. You didn’t join in to take weeks off. Still kind of wild that Chase Edmonds has turned into a wildly legitimate asset. Even Mike Williams had a big week. Feltes’ guys were with you. And you still lost by 65. He’s definitely laughing at you. Dick.

#4 MEEEEEEEEE (6-3)
Last Week: W vs Berry (88.95)
Remaining: Box, Pete, Bowski, Pete

Playoff Odds (-900)

Hey, three game winning streak! What’s up! Tiebreakers aren’t exactly in my favor after the 1st place jinx fucked my team to death like President Garrison for about a month there but its cool. We are back. Leading the league in points is nice. Even from 4th place. Tiebreakers held over Berry and Bowski and a matchup with Box this week. Bowski in three weeks will probably determine who winds up as the 6 seed. And two matchups with Pete will probably determine who gets the #1 pick. Lottttta control for the big guy, is what I’m saying. One last week of bye shittiness to get thru (Box avoids Mahomes and Tyreek). I’ll see you taints in the playoffs.

#5 Berry (6-3)
Last Week: L vs Me (-88.95)
Remaining: Bowski, Tyler, Orion, Tyler

Playoff Odds (-550)

Bad loss but not a catastrophic one. Until this week. Actual huge matchup with an Orion meeting still lingering in two weeks. Your only matchup with 6 seed Bowski will be a massive tiebreaker. Whoever wins that will likely be guaranteed a playoff spot with the other trying to hold off Box and Kohler. A 300 point lead in the points scored tiebreaker means diddly dick if you lose the head to head – fortunately you took down Box in Wk 1 and KohLin in Wk5. I’m not going to doomsday prophesize and claim that you might miss the playoffs, but you’re at least going to have to earn it. Two matchups with Tyler would’ve been a lot more interesting before he demolished his team. We’ll all be watching intently when you battle Engine. You’re projected to win by 40 but we all know it won’t be that easy. Never is. May also want to consider seeding and whether you’d like to throw down with Murray in the wild card weekend or me. These are things. Life of a fantasy team manager. It’s a shame our epic rematch likely won’t be in the finals this year Berry. Unless it is. Oooh. Intrigue.

#6 The Big Engine That Could? (5-4)
Last Week: W vs KohLin (25.3)
Remaining: Berry, Box, Me, Box
Playoff Odds (-110)

I’m making you a pick ’em. Well…. almost. Gotta include the vig. The house always wins, kids. It’s me. I’m the house. Because I always win. These jokes suck when I have to explain them. Keep up, people. Do I think you’re going to beat Berry this week? Nope. Your critical win against KohLin this past week is a huge tiebreaker in determining that 6 seed and probably gives you the proper leg up on him – but the real battle is going to happen in the final week. Box, only a game behind you for that 6th and final playoff spot, has two shots at getting a win. You’ve suddenly got two very intriguing quarterbacks in the lineup with Tua and Herbert, but at what cost? A very saddening loss of your Florida Man… your team’s magical mascot…. the cocksman at the helm of your, well storied isn’t applicable but your franchise. His bearded benevolence saw over your final, long awaited climb to mediocrity. It’s a little unsettling that you threw him away like garbage. To rot. Not great for your fantasy karma.

#7 KohLin (5-4)
Last Week: L vs Bowski (-25.3)
Remaining: Tyler, John, Murray, John
Playoff Odds: (+250)

Oof. That schedule does you no favors. Even Tyler is projected to lay down the hurt on you, and it only gets worse down the stretch. 0-4 against current playoff teams. No tiebreakers. I’m not saying you are in trouble but… you’re in trouble. Dropping a winnable game to Bowski may have been the last gasp of your Unfoldable Asses. It might be time to begin your draft prep.

#8 Box (4-5)
Last Week: W vs Pete (32.49)
Remaining: Me, Bowski, John, Bowski
Playoff Odds (+190)

Box… I think I’ve compared you to a cockroach in years past. If you somehow pull this off and sneak into the playoffs, I’m going to permanently label you as such. Its nearly inconceivable that you’d wind up the 6 seed, and yet here we are. Two matchups with Bowski are the path. Its not exactly linear, as KohLin holds the tiebreaker with you (but has a much harder schedule). But its still fairly straightforward. If you sweep the doubleheader with Bowski, everything Engine has built towards will crumble to dust in savagery of the Boxnado. The middle of the league is your little trailer park.

#9 Westover (4-5)
Last Week: W vs Muffler (39.95)
Remaining: KohLin, Berry, Pete, Berry
Playoff Odds (+290)

Now here’s where you raise an eyebrow. All the way in 9th place and yet…. a chance to take down KohLin. The most points among the 6th spot contenders. A winnable week 12 matchup against Pete. And the consistent possibility that Alvin Kamara could single handedly win a week for him. You’re going to need to take care of business this week (you’re favored by 40) and then somehow steal one of the matchups with Berry. It’s not implausible. Berry has scored 160 or less three times, including the last two weeks. Would this make up for your incredible collapse last season, where you fell from an undefeated first place juggernaut to missing the playoffs after a 7-0 start? Well no. I’m still going to bring that up for years to come because its fantastic. But it would at least stitch the wound up a little bit.

#10 Muffler (1-8)
#11 Sheed (1-8)
#12 Pete (1-8)

Eliminated & Don’t Own Their 1sts. Good Times.
#1 pick odds
Muff (+160)
Pete (+210)
Sheed (-180)

It’s a menage-a-trois of futility at the bottom with the trifecta of 1 win teams. A neat little sowing circle of failure that will, unfortunately, be broken up when two meet this week. Sheed is in the driver seat for the DFL title. He already handed Muffler his first win and heads into this week’s clash of the titans with Pete having only, approximately, 4 active players on his roster. There’s also the distinct possibility that he trades OBJ for three draft picks, a guy on IR, a kicker, and a handjob. Undisclosed whether he is giving or receiving. His rematch with Muffler will be lucky to break 50, as anyone who manages to actually score points is immediately shipped out for whatever asset Sheed can acquire to feed his addiction. Sheed’s downfall has been so steep that he is even closing in on surpassing Pete’s once insurmountable advantage… disadvantage?… lead in fewest points scored. It’s gonna be a wild four week sprint for the poors in the league too, guys. There’s entertainment everywhere.

Intently watching will be Orion, Box, and myself as none of these bastions of managerial effectiveness have remembered to keep their 1st rounder when they planned to tank.

Demanding Recounts: Week 8 Dynasty Review

It’s a shame that the results of the week won’t be processed and counted til at least January. I was up 100 on Bowski in the polls but they just called the election and highlighted the state in blue. Now my lawyers are gonna sue while I make my stank face. We may simply be deciding the coming weeks by who has the most healthy players. The ‘Rona is decimating half the teams in the league. The only one seemingly unaffected is Sheed, since he’s destroying the roster himself before CoVid can get to them. GB and SF might play a 7v7 game like they’re a rural Montana high school. So lets get some jabs in while everyone is still punching at relatively full strength.

Murray 175.2 > KohLin 121.45

Important question: who desperately needs Russell Wilson to cover up their inadequacies better? The Seahawks or Murray’s squad? I mean Gio Bernard was your non-QB MVP this week. Wins are wins. Zach Moss was the primary back for Buffalo for the first time this year, but only has a total of eight targets on the season. Tough to justify starting him with his inconsistency, but its never fun to see 20 spots on the bench. Also Ridley is now hurt and so is Kenny G. Enjoy the first place curse.

1-3 against projected playoff teams is a rough look. Huge matchup as the #6 seed against Bowski’s bunch this week. That tiebreaker may likely decide who gets the final playoff spot. George Kittle limping off the field obviously caused a panic, as desperation brought you to where we all end up. In Sheed’s DMs hocking a trade. Hayden Hurst and a 1st isn’t a bad haul. It’s still very surprising that he’s TE5 this year. A relatively full roster this week for the showdown. Lets see what happens.

John 232.65 > Box 116.4

Having the top score is usually a recipe for success. Lets start with the biggest note. Welcome to the 50pt Club Dalvin Cook! While my gambling interests didn’t particularly enjoy him running through, over, and around the Green Bay Packers, it was still pretty impressive. When Cook plays, he’s an overlooked elite talent. For the 8-10 games a year that happens, its a real nice value for John. He’s the RB version of Keenan Allen. Quick sidebar…. all the trade activity you recently engaged in and not one of them made your roster this week.

Your TE’s outscored your WRs. I don’t think anyone would have to check the result if they knew that stat. Kirk Cousins and Teddy Bridgewater have become a low-scoring oreo and the music stopped with you holding the ookie cookie. Hope for the final playoff spot is all but gone, despite Bowski’s insistence on including you in the race. Really, he is devoutly inclusive in all things. There’s plenty of hope with every mounting loss for Pete though. Fields or Lawrence could join your team tomorrow and be the best player in your QB depth chart. Certainly better than Chase Daniel at least. I honestly had overlooked how much draft capital you have this offseason. I hope you are scouting everyone and not just hoping enough players declare from Ohio State to justify 8 picks. I already have Fields written in the draft of the mock draft in pen.

Orion 139.5 > Berry 133.9

A loss to Koh-Lin… a narrow slap fight victory over Berry’s walking wounded. What happened? A damaged goods fire sale in the thread may not save you. Suddenly struggling to produce points from the running back position and your WR’s on going on Twitter to complain that the NFL MVP isn’t throwing to them enough. You lost the running back battle to Boston Scott and D’Andre Swift. But more importantly…. we said no chemical warfare. Sending AJ Dillon into Jamaal’s social distance bubble is nonsense. I know you are upset that you spent a valuable pick on a guy who seems incapable of even getting on the field, but you don’t need to take it out on me. I might be upset that your two QB’s had bottom 3 worst weeks ever and yet you still won.

Which is the real reason I’m upset. Because Berry couldn’t get it done. Orion was bleeding out in a ditch, but you hit the wrong button and gave him a health pack instead of performing an execution move. Didn’t we just have a talk about how fucking bad Carson Wentz is? I know that it’s Dallas. I started Greg Ward for the same reason. But we just had this talk. Wentz is becoming an abomination. A fumble and a pick in the red zone would be a shitty week for most QBs. If all he had done was that, you’d have won. 4 turnovers. Carson Wentz is becoming ginger Jeff Garcia on national television. Just start Matt Ryan please. I feel a little bad for your Amari Cooper investment since how did we know that the Cowboys QB in Week 9 would be the guy who refilled the popcorn shrimp in the buffet at the gentleman’s club Jerry was at this morning…. that is a lengthy hypothetical and possible run-on sentence. Next. Have fun playing whatever is left of my roster.

Les 204.08 > Bowski 116.25

My defense fucking sucks. Offense has to score 200 points to get a victory. Did I think the Chiefs were going to pull the starters and open the door for a Bowski victory? Yes. Did I think he was going to score more than 60 points when the matchup was decided? Also yes. Davante Adams has been a top 2 WR in every week he has played a full game. Pretty great all around week…. whats that you say? Darrell Henderson is hurt and Orion’s black ops infiltrator gave my other healthy running back the ‘Rona? Swell. All is swell. At least this week is my last matchup with a playoff team.

That’s not gonna get it done. I was worried you wouldn’t even get a write up before Herbert and Fulgham made enough plays to get you over the threshold. I’m sure you wanted to win this one over anything, but this is the week to focus. A split (at best) with my squad means that tiebreaker is long gone. You gotta take the head 2 head against Koh-Lin. Let’s go to a breakdown with our keys to the game, since there’s not much to talk about regarding your 90 point loss. Bowski teams only think forward and never dwell in the past. You need bad weather in Buffalo. You need the Cardinals to throw up 40 against Miami to make Tua actually do stuff. And you need Jonathon Taylor to stop giving up carries to Jordan Wilkins. Other than that, you’ve got this.

Ty 143.57 > 120.1

Alvin Kamara, your last Saint standing, basically went as the lone watch at the northern gate. He carried you to victory. Perhaps even dragged you to victory, if we are striving for accuracy. But nobody cares about that. Because we just made history folks. AVALANCHE IN WALPOLE! The first all-white receiving core in Dynasty League history. And victorious in their efforts. Proud Boys stand up! A legitimate white wash right in Pete’s hippie face. Its alright, cuz its all white. Cooper Kupp got 21 fucking targets. 21. Thats insane. He’s the first receiver in 2020 to get over 20 targets. There have been, during regular target tracking, 13 players to get 20 targets in a game. Every one scored at least 33 points. Except Kupp. The fuck????

Box’s pick is going to be pretty prettay good Pete. Remember when you had 6 starting RB’s? Pepperidge Farm remembers. You are now down to 2 and a half. Its cute that both of your D. Johnson’s were on bye this week. I’m a little surprised you haven’t done more bait and switch trying to offer the shitty one in trades. Especially since both are on Houston and people in our league are far from bright. And further from sober. Your bench scored 14 points? So…. yeah. That.

Muffler 179.3 > Sheed 84.4

He’s on the board!!!!! Once again here in 2020, there will be no winless team in the Dynasty League. Muffler gets in the win column. And impressively, I might add. Narrowly avoiding a 100 point victory and throwing down the 3rd best score of the week. Probably the highlight of the year for the downtrodden franchise. Like when the Jets show up on Berman’s fastest 3 minutes and he’s not making fun of them for a change. DK Fucking Metcalf though. I still say he looks like the reverse negative of the lifeguard dog from Tiny Toons. Absolute stud though. Daniel Jones is a turd sandwich and really had no claim to get 20 points for the steaming pile he left on the field Monday night, but fantasy is fantasy. Who cares. DK is awesome and Orion won’t get the #1 pick. All is happy in Nottingham.

You know the rules Sheed. You disappoint me. (No you don’t. Love everything you’re doing. Go Sheed Go).

That was a lot of research to pick through but…. this appears to be the definitive list of the 50 point club for the Dynasty League. Scores are adjusted. Yahoo scoring is… a whole thing. Don’t wanna talk about it. I had to be reminded that I picked Montee Ball, Dez Bryant, and Cordarelle Patterson with my first 3 picks. Fuck. I need (another) drink.

  1. Jamaal Charles (Kohler) – Year 1, Wk 13 [62.5]*
  2. Will Fuller (Tyler) – Year 6, Wk 5 [57.7]
  3. Tyler Lockett (Kohler) – Year 7, Wk 7 (57.36]
  4. Todd Gurley (Orion) – Year 4, Wk 16 [55.6]
  5. Lev Bell (Orion) – Year 3, Wk 14 [54.8]
  6. Julio Jones (Orion) – Year 4, Wk 12 [54.8]
  7. Derrick Henry (Titans) – Year 5, Wk 14 (52.3)
  8. Dalvin Cook (John) – Year 7, Wk 8 [52.6]
  9. Aaron Rodgers (John) – Year 6, Wk 7 [52.05]
  10. Deshaun Watson (Feltes) – Year 6, Wk 5 [52]
  11. Julio Jones (Berry) – Year 3, Wk 4 [52]
  12. Lev Bell (Orion) – Year 1, Wk 14 [50.7]*

The Write Up: So He’s the Assistant to the Regional Manager…?

Well…. fuck. It’s Wednesday night and I’m exhausted. My shoulder is killing me and yesterday I located a massive yellow jacket nest while on a 32′ ladder. Other than that it’s been a great week. I can’t think of anything else negative that has happened to me. Pretty much purely positive. I’ve even got some women’s college volleyball on the TV in the background. Ah… shit. It’s the SEC. Nevermind. I better make sure I make my deadline for this piece or else I might get a strike. Or a ball? I think its a balk. I hope my 5th round pick doesn’t get confiscated. All right, lets get this done. I have a food catalog to peruse so I can stock my post election apocalypse shelter with all the foods one needs to survive. Mostly Hostess and Coke products. Maybe some Slim Jims. Send me that CNS letterhead PDF Pete! Gotta load the pantry! Oh and here’s some recaps.

John 126.8 > Ty 122

When the scoring is that sad… you share a gif. I’m not even taking the time to find a second one. Well John… you hung onto first place so… thats good. I guess? This looked like a big battle between the traded pieces but was basically a slap fight. Aaron Rodgers sucked, Mike Evans sucked, Damien Harris sucked… your team sucked. Cam Akers is a 3rd string running back. Probably shouldn’t start him. But luckily for you, Westover’s squad sucked just a little bit more. I’m only using one word per point scored and I’m already over budget. You kept first place but lets not hurt our shoulders further patting you on the back.

Yikes. I thought when you made your big trade, I’d have to look deeper than just whether the Saints had a good game. Nope. Big relief there. If we are assessing management… either of your bench QBs would’ve gotten the job done and saved us from a first place John. But you had no way of knowing that Goff would lay an egg or that Roethlisberger would need to do basically nothing to get the win. 0 points from Gesicki would be alarming but… they were playing the Jets. Didn’t exactly need to empty the playbook. Oh shit I’m almost out of

Orion 193.25 > Bowski 150.2

So we are back to this… bag of dicks it is. Sheed is doing his best to destroy your hope for the #1 pick, so we’ve got that. You lost Sanders for a while… the Infinity Gauntlet is pretty worn out. Looking like it did after Thanos used the stones to destroy the stones. Putting a hat on a hat, a little bit. Julio is back, Deshaun looked like Deshaun again for a change. Lamar scored well despite once again looking pretty pedestrian. Baker Mayfield looks like a big ole’ turd. And there isn’t much on the bench to plug the holes. Am I grasping at straws because I’m just sick and tired of seeing your name near the top of the standings? You can’t prove that. Just like I can’t prove that you molest Border Collies, but I have a reliable source. Unrelated: there was a time when I was really upset you wandered into Juju Smith-Schuster. I’m no longer that upset. I don’t know if he just got outmoded by the continual Pittsburgh receiver assembly line? Does anyone remember the terrible movie Robots where they were all worried about being out-moded and melted down? No? Fuck.

So now that Tua is starting… does that mean you’ll have to play Herbert? I know the Florida Man Tandem has been a great marquee tag team at the top of the card for you but… it was time. I appreciate that Florida did it for you. For a guy obsessed with rookies, your reluctance to just roll with Herbert has been puzzling. Some Larry Brown shit. But now that he’s past his bye, its time. I have no shit to talk about you leaving Drake on the bench because he sucks. 30 whatever points and a pointless 70 yard touchdown notwithstanding. How did Bailey only get one point when his team scored 23? Did he get hurt? Legit curious but not enough to actually look.

Murray 169.99 > 159.95

I mean, you were flat out told that you were going to win. Your response was “fuck you”. So… there’s that. I’m not really sure how you won but you did. You only played one QB. Most of your team went under projection. I dunno. Win is a win. Calvin Ridley scores 25% higher when Julio is in the lineup. I enjoyed CeeDee Lamb better when he had zero receptions during the meaningful part of the game. Garbage time… the foundation of a successful fantasy output. Kinda nice if Dalton Schultz could’ve partaken. Little selfish on his part. I’m actually pretty insulted that AJ Brown was your top scorer since you hate him and try to trade him daily. Fucking Sheed. If he had made a real offer, you wouldn’t have had him. Or you would’ve learned the hard lesson that if you trade someone during the games they disappear from your team and you lose the points.

3 in a row… seems like I should solemnly take the beating and move on. Maybe eat some humble pie. Accept that my team isnt the juggernaut that I thought it might be. Even more than that. Assumed that it would be. Because it is! Fuckkkkk that meek nonsense. We go down guns blazing, middle fingers in the air. Yeah Ryan won. Big deal. Still leading the league in scoring. Still have green numbered studs all over the board. Even the #1 kicker who I just dropped. Because kickers are stupid. ‘Nuk leads the NFL in catch rate on catchable targets over the last 5 years. And somehow he went of 2/8 Sunday. Did I throw anything when he was tackled at the 9 yard line rather than getting into the endzone for a 26 point play? No, but only because I wasn’t watching live. Work is fucking stupid.

Berry 190.05 > Sheed 125.6

Gonna just bring back a huge pet peeve. I don’t care if the other team doesn’t play a 2nd QB, put the 2 QB’s at the top. Seeing Matt Ryan down at the bottom fucks me up. Speaking of which… your two QB’s carried the day. Plus Garbage Time Amari Cooper, which is one of my favorite Amari Coopers. Not sure a win over Sheed was worth getting Joe Mixon hurt. You probably could’ve rested your starters. Kinda wish you traded me Swift before he actually had a huge week. Gonna be more expensive now. He’s actually had the most touches of any Lions back in each week of the season so far. Be nice if they stopped giving the vulture TD’s to a retirement home resident on a minimum contract. Now somebody go get my switch.

Well… you started a QB. But it was Kyle Allen so only kinda. You made the correct last minute pickup but didn’t play him. Bevy of last second acquisitions but the best one rotted on your bench. Tre Burton had two TD’s. And now Boston Scott is the starting running back for the Eagles after being on like 5 teams this year. So we are all ready for the inevitable 220 point explosion this week. I’ll score 209 and lose, maintaining my grip on the overall scoring lead while dropping out of the playoff picture. Serendipitous. I’m upset that you haven’t gone all in on the rebuild and unloaded the rest of the assets. But I know you’re just edging the league. Eventually it will come. In buckets.

KohLin – 169.3 > Box 168.15

Pay your dues. This service is part of the paid portion of the Dynasty League. Impossible! Well no… but… improbable. Budda Baker and Lavonte David for the win. Only one starter over 20 but still eeked out a win. Your team is tough to explain. I haven’t figured it out yet. You’re the only playoff team with under 1,000 points. You actually average more points against than points for. Yet you have a winning record and are in 5th place. Why the hell not? Its 2020. Just win. The rest of your schedule features 6 games against playoff teams and just one against a team at .500 or worse. Prepare to face the gauntlet. Time to find out if Old Man Brady can carry you to the playoffs again. At least you already surpassed your preview win total.

Quite the kick in the dick Box. Your win probability went as high as 81% before that ginger dickhead on the Cowboys decided to keep handing the ball to Budda Baker. Lets be positive for a minute though. Justin Jefferson, anyone? Looks like Box finally found a wide receiver. 4 years of jokes about starting seven running backs and how terrible Marvin Jones Jr is… and here we are. A potential stud that’ll be on your team for the near future. Wild. I didn’t think we’d get to a point where Cousins to Jefferson was a marquee hookup. Were you more upset about the loss or about Pete losing to Muffler and moving you out of the pole position for #1? Trevor Lawrence… better than Teddy Bridgewater or Kirk Cousins. Expert analysis.

Pete 191.5 > Muffler 136.45

Pay your dues. This service is part of the paid portion of the Dynasty League. Pete with the highest output of the week. First win to get off the zero train. Is this the beginning of a Rambo like swath he’s about to cut thru the unsuspecting teams in the league? I mean like later Rambo. Body count Rambo. Not sneaking around in the woods threatening Brian Dennehy Rambo. Definitely the version that disembowls the Burmese general with a taste for young boys (seriously, thats a thing – watch that movie and pay attention). We all should tremble before the vengeance tour of the Half Erect Prince. Sorry Bowski. You’re standing on the tracks this week and the train is coming thru. Choo Choo motherfuckers.

A loss in the toilet bowl. Woof. You didn’t have the lowest score this week so at least there was the potential for a victory. Nobody has ever gone 0 for the season in the league. You’ve got two shots at Sheed so I assume that’s going to continue to be the case. And hey, if you wanted to go ahead and assert your dominance in those two weeks and push Sheed down to the bottom of the barrel, that would be fine too. DK Metcalf is really good though. Positivity.

Alright twats. Another week down. See you in 7 days. Well not see you. These are just words. That I typed. That you’re now reading. I mean you probably dismiss most of what I said. That’s cool. This is less socially frowned upon than just speaking outloud to myself on a street corner about how terrible Muffler’s waiver claims are. I’m not saying I won’t get there someday though. Especially if my stupid team keeps fucking losing.

Additional Fancy Segment: Playoff Odds

John (-1200)
Orion (-1200)
Murray (-1100)
Berry (-850)
KohLin (-300)
Les (-750)
Bowski (+250)
Westover (+200)
Box (+550)
Sheed (+1800)
Pete (+2000)
Muffler (+3200)