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I've already made one blunder this week. I could've sworn I put in for San Diego's defense against Cleveland this week, but apparently I wasn't paying close enough attention when I did it and instead picked up Pittsburgh, who plays Cleveland next week. If that ends up being the difference in why I lose, I'll be pretty annoyed with myself.
I was rooting for Beantown Champs Monday night since his team scares me less than Los Pollos Hermanos. Beantown Champs has exceeded expectations all year, though. In my post-draft analysis, I picked him to finish last, yet he finished the season as the second overall seed. A lot of that success is due to Melvin Gordon having an insanely good year. Needless to say, I feel much better about my chances this week if Gordon sits. Rob Kelley also scares me after seeing how well the Packers ran all over Chicago last Sunday.
My team is nothing special. I benefited from the glut of mediocrity that made up most of the league this year. However, considering I entered the season with AP and Langford as my starting RBs and dug myself an early hole at 1-4, I think I rebounded nicely to even make the playoffs. I feel like I've been playing on "Hard" difficulty all season, having to rely heavily on the waiver wire and choose a starting line-up from a pool of flex players. Like Yoda mentioned in his excellent write-ups, my team isn't a threat to score a ton of points, but as long as I make the right line-up decisions, I usually have a decent floor due to my depth. I've been the benefactor of some extraordinarily bad luck from my opponents these past two weeks. Hopefully that trend continues this week with Gordon unable to play. I think the Colts-Raiders game could turn into a shoot-out, so maybe Luck has a big game for me. And because I'm a glass-half-full kinda guy, I like to look at Mike Evan's recent slump as him saving up all those points for a monster game this week when I really need it. Fingers crossed.
Win or lose, though, this has been a fun, challenging season.
I was rooting for Beantown Champs Monday night since his team scares me less than Los Pollos Hermanos. Beantown Champs has exceeded expectations all year, though. In my post-draft analysis, I picked him to finish last, yet he finished the season as the second overall seed. A lot of that success is due to Melvin Gordon having an insanely good year. Needless to say, I feel much better about my chances this week if Gordon sits. Rob Kelley also scares me after seeing how well the Packers ran all over Chicago last Sunday.
My team is nothing special. I benefited from the glut of mediocrity that made up most of the league this year. However, considering I entered the season with AP and Langford as my starting RBs and dug myself an early hole at 1-4, I think I rebounded nicely to even make the playoffs. I feel like I've been playing on "Hard" difficulty all season, having to rely heavily on the waiver wire and choose a starting line-up from a pool of flex players. Like Yoda mentioned in his excellent write-ups, my team isn't a threat to score a ton of points, but as long as I make the right line-up decisions, I usually have a decent floor due to my depth. I've been the benefactor of some extraordinarily bad luck from my opponents these past two weeks. Hopefully that trend continues this week with Gordon unable to play. I think the Colts-Raiders game could turn into a shoot-out, so maybe Luck has a big game for me. And because I'm a glass-half-full kinda guy, I like to look at Mike Evan's recent slump as him saving up all those points for a monster game this week when I really need it. Fingers crossed.
Win or lose, though, this has been a fun, challenging season.
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