Another week, some losses, some wins, some ‘Rona. It’s 2020. Improvise, adapt, overcome😘. We as a league have decided to just roll with the punches that the pandemic has thrust upon us. Keep an eye on waivers, keep an eye on the news and set your lineups. And pray. It’s 2020.
As our title hinted at (actually said it), IamBetter wrestled away a loss from the jaws of victory. 95-83 as DSVP gains another gutless W. Joe Burrow made his FFL debut for the newbie, who has been furiously churning her roster since day 2 (she bought into an auto-drafted team), and he tossed 15. McKinnon, waiver wire, 15. Amari Cooper, drafted, 21. MVS, waiver wire, 4. Tyler Boyd, drafted 9. Some guy named Smith for da Saints, 17, waiver wire, but sitting on the bench. Could have been the difference in a close, if boooooooorrrrrriiiinnnnggggg game😂. Making waiver moves can go right or wrong we all know that. Playing a week by week roster can be exciting but most GMs who do it are “chasing the dragon”, and that bastard is hard to catch (just some advice that TBIAC gave this writer years ago. He also said “I’ve never liked Grider” but that’s a story for another day)…. DSVP got 12 from Matty Ice, Kamara 17 (should be injured any time now), the Cheetah 12 ( should be in jail any time now) and Carson back from an knee injury with a big 22. 13 points left on the bench with Singletary but it wasn’t needed as the newbie continues the search for the right lineup.
Another example of wrong team wrong week. TBIAC 120-93 over Pigg. Nice game from Pigg (should have played IamBetter, just sayin) Mahomie 19, AJones 17, CeeDee 19 and some guy who plays for the Washington team of footballness, A Gibson 19. Edelman, Gronkowski, and Henderson all showed up late and hungover, scoring a combined 8. TBIAC, as usual, showed up ready to play. Russ only had 20, but Melvin Gordon appeared from nowhere with 23. ARob 16, Rams D 12 and Joe freaking Mixon had one of his 3 good games this season, rushing for 36 monster points. Good game from Pigg, bad luck running into the Mixon freight train this week.
In the first, but not last battle between 2 FFL heavyweights, Grider versus Cats. Lots of bad blood between these two ever since the “TBIAC I never liked Grider story” (for a later time). As usual this was a slugfest. The winner had one thing the loser didn’t. A point. One damn point. It all came down to Monday Night Football, a Corona virus double header, with Grider up 9 and Travis Kelce and the Cats down 9 and playing Crosby at K, CEH at RB and the #1 scoring WR in all FFL, Calvin Ripley. Seemed like another easy W for the Leagues favorite team. Kelce caught 7, countered by CEH’s 8. Crosby kicked in 7. Down 1 for the Cats. Calvin Ridley, final stats 5 targets, 0 catches, 0 yards, 0 points. Grider wins 97-96. Fun game. Proof no lead is safe and no deficit is insurmountable (unless your DSVP). And another case of Grider paying off the refs, or ESPN or someone. This rematch should be fun!!!
-side note, Grider’s landscaper keeps his job another week with the W, so that’s good.
In the finale, DFUN fought New Tanner for the lead in the Sacko playoffs. It was actually a great game, I know, it surprised me too! Leads evaporated, big scores, disappointment, sadness, tears, joy, happiness….this game had it ALL! In reality it was as exciting as two team fighting for the Sacko can be😂. It looked like a New Tanner blowout going into MNF, but between these two teams, anyone can lose at any time. New Tanner had a yyyyyuuuuuugggggeeeee 37 from Dak, 12 from Zeke and whoever R Jones III is, Mike Evans grabbed 18 and Kicker Bullock booted in 17. So a 12 point lead going into Monday for Steph. The GOAT tossed 32, defying Father Time. Mike Davis ran for 16, defying a lack of talent. Kupp with 12 despite being a white WR. Dalton Schultz snagged 13 for the ‘Boys and the Philly D got 14 despite being terrible. So it all came down to the Gurley-man. ESPN projected him to fall down and hurt his knee, or ankle or labrum. Instead he ran for all of 57 yds….And 2 TDS. 17 points. DFUN wins, something that isn’t written or read often. New Tanner loses 116-111, something written and read often. Great game from both clubs. Another case of wrong team on the wrong week.
Some dramatic loses and wins, some booooooooring games, some ‘Rona fun. Week 4 was exciting, week 5 should be even better! Next week we will break down the numbers behind the scoreboard and see who is lucky, who is prepared and who is doomed to be in the Sacko-Bowl. Stay tuned, “This IS Serious Business”!
Final words for the week, from DSVP’s new QB. I think we can all learn something from this gentleman…
This is Serious Business FFL 