The season is over. Heck, the ‘seasons’ may be over. I lost in both leagues despite moments where I thought I could win in both. The loss in the money league dropped me to 8th. Only the top six make the playoffs, which begin week 16. In the beach born league the playoffs begin week 15, which means, at 2-10, I am officially out. That is a hard fail for the season. Again only the top 6 make it and I am hard 8.
I thought I would do better this year. I thought I would do significant research once the season got closer, but as it did, I did little but purchase one magazine that I never actually opened until post draft. I didn’t put in the work and the results are telling. Sure, injuries could’ve compounded the situation, but they did not. I just sold the bag. Kinda like the Giants for the first two months of football. They’ve won 4 in recent weeks, and that may be enough to shift the conversation from ‘let’s draft a new QB’ to ‘Let’s get some linemen!’ where it belongs. I don’t think Jones is the guy anymore. I was on the fence and fell right off when I realized how timid he (or the playcalling) is in terms of playing to the team strengths of taking shots downfield. Don’t even get me started on that TE room.
Unlike the Jets, there is no aging hero waiting in the wings to make it all okay. These guys are rebuilding. They may need to rebuild with a new playcaller on offense or at least straighten things out between Daboll and Kafka. There’s a lot in the news about the Wink tension, but that D is cooking. What isn’t cooking is the O. They’ve yet to go full Deion and pull people, but who knows what is coming down the pipe…
Some Thoughts:
- Jelle’s Marble Run is still the purest form of sport. I can’t even get mad when my Rasberry Racers lose. I mean, well I DO get mad but there is no one to blame but circumstance. Better luck next season.. unless they can score big in these next two events.