Week 9 Recap

Trash Pandas vs SteelCity Mafia

Wow! What a game! This is why I play fantasy football.

I nearly got Flacco’d. Two of my studs didn’t even show up, but my cheat code tight end gave me a chance going into Monday night.

Down 16, Marvin Harrison Jr up against CeeDee Lamb. All week, I had planned on deliberately taking a zero from my team defense by putting the Eagles, on bye, into my lineup instead of risking negative points by facing the Cowboys offense in Dallas.

I had no choice, though. The deficit was too much. I had to play them and boy, did the Arizona Cardinals defense come through! I was able to flip a 16 point loss into a 15 point win.

I thought I had an advantage at QB with Justin Herbert. Herbert was very good, but Joe Flacco nearly doubled him up.

Jahmyr Gibbs had, perhaps, his worst fantasy performance of his career and Rome Odunze got completely shut out. Those two and Joe Flacco put me in a hole I didn’t think I had a chance to crawl out of.

Then, Brock Bowers returned and reminded the world why I drafted him in the second round. Welcome back, Mr. Bowers! I missed ya! You get my MVP for the week.

I’m 5-4 now, on a three game winning streak and a game back in the division. A division, I might add, that I’m undefeated in. I think I’m set up pretty well for the stretch drive.

Week 10 Preview

Trash Pandas vs Shamrocks N Shenanigans

Huge matchup this week. My opponent has been one of the best teams in the league this season, powered by the best running back tandem in the league. I’ll need to be at my best to keep my momentum going.

Here’s the keys to my week:

1. Jahmyr Gibbs: Gibbs was terrible last week and I cannot afford a repeat of that. My opponent trots out Jonathan Taylor & Christian McCaffrey. I have little to no chance of winning the running back duel, but Gibbs can keep it from being a total embarrassment.
2. Rome Odunze: Odunze put up zero points last week, in a game where the Bears scored 47 points and had over 500 yards of offense. He needs to bounce back, big. Finding the end zone for the first time since week 4 would be nice, too.
3. Brock Bowers: Last week is the reason why Brock Bowers was my second round draft pick. He’s a cheat code. He should not only win the TE battle for me, he should put up WR1 numbers. To put it simply, Bowers has the ability to flip losses into wins for me.
4. Bhayshul Tuten: If Rhamondre Stevenson remains out, I may go back to TreVeyon Henderson, but I like Tuten. He’s got a tough matchup, but he’s starting to get a bigger share of the running back snaps. He could be a wildcard down the stretch.