Being back in the fantasy game has been a mixed bag of experiences. In the family league I have finally risen to the #1 spot, which worries me because it is tough to stay on top given the way the league tends to either front or backload team schedules. I’ll be needing some trades/waivers should things start to turn there. In the other league–the money league–things are not going as well. I am 2-2 and haven’t been scoring nearly as high as the other players. That puts me in 6th place and playoff bound, but at the very bottom of that wildcard look. It isn’t stressful or anything and is actually kind of fun, but I don’t have any answers on how to improve there. I’m streaming as discussed, and that helps but will it be enough to push me up the rankings?
In the money league teams 4-6 are all 2-2. I face the 5th ranked Fantasy Baller this week in a game the optimizer figures say I should win by 10. For the record: the optimizer is never right. At least not about the margin or point outcome. The top 2 teams in that league are undefeated and the #3 is 3-1. They are scoring a clean 30 points above me each week, which leaves me feeling like I have little chance to clean up my act. Of course, I was victimized by the injury bug, so maybe I will get at least 1 starter back in time to matter.
In the family league I am the Last G Standing. Both in name and spirit. I’m in 1st at 3-1 and the loss came on a day where I scored the 2nd highest points. I’ve scored the highest points twice. I expect that trend to continue this week, but the schedule suggests it may not. I have Lamar Jackson at Pit along with Chubb at SF and Gordon (who I plucked off waivers last week) hopefully getting minutes against a really bad Denver run defense. Still, he is not in football shape and they are at altitude, so I may have to bench him this week.
For the most part the failure to soar has been on me in this latter league. As such I need to step up. It feels good to know these kids haven’t surpassed me at quite everything yet.
Some Quick Picks:
- BAL over DEN
- NO over TB
- CLE over SF
- SEA over LA
- NE over WASH
- NY over MIN (you know I had to)
- AZ over CIN
- IND over KC (this game is gonna be CRAZY)