less than 24 hours before the start of week two games I find myself in the middle of the pack in two leagues. In the big money league I am in 6th, having defeated my week one opponent but scored an atrociously low number of points. But hey, I won! I was the #2 scorer in the family league and still lost. In fact I was blown out by the #1 scorer and quickly discovered that the league’s algorithmic indicators of success didn’t take into account just how bad some of these NFL teams really are. So now I’m #5 out of 8 in a league where there are 4 players at 1-0. It makes perfect sense. What doesn’t make sense is are the number of injuries accrued in week 1, leaving me to comb the wire.
I drafted fairly well in both leagues. So well in fact that outside of Sammy Watkins I didn’t try to pick anyone up. Caveat–I had to grab Lutz to be my kicker because I had the Colts superstar kicker and a very bad feeling. That feeling proved to be right. He went potty on the field. This tells me that my instincts, a year rested, are still sharp. This also tells me that I cannot drop anyone I have, because I am not sure what else is out there. Well, I can drop Allison (Green Bay) he isn’t doing jack this season. I just haven’t found anyone to replace him with yet. I feel like weeks 3-4 are solid waiver weeks because players start to emerge, creating a sense of opportunity for hungry teams such as mine. Bye weeks also start kicking in, so there’s that.
I’m not ready to call games as I did the last few seasons, but I will make some standard predictions. Miami will suck against NE. The Giants will rebound against a really good Bills D. Oakland and Arizona will both lose hard. Yet somehow that rookie Murray and that Raiders wideout Williams will turn in monster games.
These are the things I think. These are the things I believe. I also believe I will win in both leagues this week. No more scoring 150 and losing by 30.