Assuming no disasters in tonight's game, for the first time this season I will notch wins in both of my leagues in the same week. I am 90% to win here, 91% in the other. I only need 17.3 points, combined, from Lamar Jackson and Latavius Murray tonight and I'll beat Beantown.
I, uh, made my 17.3 points.
As the third quarter started, shockingly, my fate was still in doubt. Lamar had no touchdowns and was only 8 of 11 for 107 yards. Of course as you all know by now The Ravens had an historic comeback from the deep hole they had dug themselves into and Lamar had a career night. His numbers for the second half and OT were 29 of 32 for 335 yards and four touchdowns, plus those pair of 2-pointers, too! My wife and I were at the game. We stayed until the end with all of the what-in-the-Hell-just-happened moments. It was squirrel poop all the way, some truly nutty s
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Check out the 25 to 31 final score behind us!
Above is Mark Andrews second TD as seen from our seats eight rows from the field.
For the first time this season I am in a single digit place in the standings. Number nine, with a bullet! I have a clear recipe for success, now. I just need fifty points from Lamar and thirty from Davante Adams and I'll be in most games. Jackson finished with 49.88 fantasy points, which counteracted Beantown's 42.5 from Josh Allen, while Adams had 32.10 in that crazy Packers/Bengals game which bested his 22.40 from Kyle Pitts. For good measure Antonio Gibson had another strong outing in the loss to New Orleans with two TDs and 20.20. Deebo Samuel came back down to earth a bit in the relatively low scoring 49ers/Cardinals tilt that was supposed to be a shootout but wasn't, salvaging his day with a third quarter TD run for a total of 14.60 points, which was only 0.17 points shy of his projection.
That was about it from my squad with Chase Edmonds, Latavius Murray, and Tyler Conklin only good for another 10.40 points combined. Certainly didn't need them in Week Five as I was still 26 points above my overall projection. Next up: send in the clowns! The Censored Clowns, that is. I sure hope Lamar and Herbert have a big back-and-forth game Sunday afternoon and Jackson stays in video game mode.
Oh, and in the best-of-both worlds scenario I could only have dreamed of, my only remaining player going into MNF in my other league was Colts RB Jonathan Taylor. His 116 combined yards and pair of TDs equaled 31.90 points in that league and were overkill. I cruised to victory there, as well. I am in third place (out of ten teams) in that league.