Day: October 6, 2015

I decided, on a bit of a lark, to move the waiver to Tuesday’s this season. The thought behind this is that it makes more sense to talk about players being added and dropped when the information could prove useful as opposed to after the wire has already ended on a Wednesday. Now I will probably reflect on some losses and gains come Wednesdays, but for now I am content with discussing player movements at a more relevant time.

One player move that worked in the short term was the pickup of Dunbar (RB) for the Cowboys. He was a PPR pickup and paid out some as a flex this week. It wasn’t terribly much but it floated me and my partner to a win. Of course, he tore his knee up in that game so he will be on the IR moving forward. Who should I replace him with at flex? There are a handful of choices.

Eric Decker/Leonard Hankerson, WR
Flex is about a playmaker who gets points. Decker has fit quite naturally into his #2 position, and generates +10 points each time he plays, with a possibility of breaking 20 every game. I mean EVERY game. Hankerson is a feast or famine option based on how well Julio Jones is being held in check. I’d go for Decker if available.

Kick Pick
The kicker is an oft overlooked position that has increasing value this season, given the proliferation of sputtering offenses. To that end I suggest bringing in a streamer. There is still enough talent out there that you are best off taking the week by week look for the best possible D. Matchup. Few teams are getting shut out. Most are putting up 9, and we know how they get there.

D-Nice
Don’t fret if you cannot get the Broncos or the Seahawks. Odds are the Giants are available. I’m serious. Though often laughed at due to a lack of real starpower on the D-line, the Giants have quietly become a force to be reckoned with. Considering their schedule moving forward, I think there is real hope here.

 

My mid-kid was flipping through some of my books today, eyeballing stuff i’ve published and growing more and more curious with each turning page. It helped remind me that I keep my boys out of a great deal of my life, peeling back the layers of onion at a rate I find appropriate. Perhaps what I find appropriate isn’t the way to go. These are curious boys who deserve to know more about their pop (nope, can’t say pop and feel like I belong to this century–dad it is) and what he does when they aren’t around.

I started reading around them more–monkey see monkey do. It half-worked for the kittens when their mom attempted to train them. I figure it ought to work for the boys, but so far the 50/50 rule applies. Maybe introducing them to the writer’s life will work at that same rate or better. I’m hopeful.

Some Thoughts:

1. Before long I’ll have outpaced even the Shadowrun years with this post…
2. Giants and Jets and Bills remaining schedules are conducive to winning. What if these three teams wind up in the playoffs (with the latter two being AFC wildcards behind those dang Patriots)? Best FB year ever.
3. What would make it better would be if Landry was traded to the Giants, giving us Cruz, Landry, Randle, and Beckham. The trade seems very unlikely, because Landry represents talent and heart, but the G-men need that 4th wide and then need a TE and maybe a few DE to be really tough.
4. 99 Homes looks very interesting… or really stupid. The director, Ramin Bahrani is the real deal.
5. Refs stole the game from the Lions tonight. The VP of officiating straight up admitted it.
6. All day McDonalds bfast is a thing. Wait… I don’t care.