Author:
Terententen
Nov
20
As I get older, I’m reminded more and more of how old I actually am. Despite drinking beer quite a bit for more than a decade I haven’t thought once of bottle caps other then tossing them directly in the trash or snapping them at violent speeds across the room so that they either hit someone in the eye or just get hopelessly lost behind the couch. This morning though I was reminded of Bottlecaps THE GAME! Think about it. Here’s some help: Bottlecaps. That should bring you back. So many times these childhood memories pop up and I’m just shocked at how I completely forgot about them. I’m almost mind blowing either how bad my memory can be or how very long ago those moments were. All I know now is how I want to play Bottlecaps.
What I’m watching: Fantasy Football Now
Author:
Terententen
Nov
4
I’m going to start this post by stating up front that I was going into the matchup fully realizing that I was starting Alex Smith and Curtis Painter. I didn’t have much of a chance which is why this week ended up being quite an interesting one. I never feel out of it however with Aaron Rodgers and Michael Turner on byes and Beanie Wells very questionable… those are my top 3 players… I didn’t think a WR was going to help me very much. That is why I played this week without a 2nd starting WR.
Did I also mention I started “how is Shanahan going to screw me over?” Ryan Torain and Bernard Scott? I looked, I did the math, I did more math, I carried ones and double checked my work… the only thing that added up was that Antonio Gates gives me a way better shot at winning Week 11 than a WR gave me winning this week. I thought about dropping Bernard Scott and rolling with a WR and an injured Beanie Wells against the Ravens Def however I think Scott gets me more points than a WR/Wells combo. Wells is active but they’re saying limited role. Limited role against the Ravens just doesn’t sound good. And again, I got 5 total points from my WRs last week total so I’m never too excited to start anyone at that position.
The only way this backfires is if I lose this week by something like 5 points and Antonio Gates re-injures his foot before Week 11 or just has a miserable game in Week 11. So did any of this really matter? (I may or may not have written this while I was driving myself crazy setting my lineup before the games started. I mean really driving myself crazy.) Were there any lessons to be learned from any of this?
Yes. I learned… who cares? You can’t win em all. Sure, if I had started Beanie Wells and picked up one of the few WRs I was eyeing, I would have won easily. But I didn’t. I left Beanie on the bench and he scored 18 points against that tough Ravens Def and I left my WR spot empty; both WRs I would have picked up found the end zone.
So in the end, it looks like I Andy Reid’d myself this week. I overthought and just needed to do a better job of putting my team in a better position to win. Man, oh, man, did I overthink myself to death. Actually it’s probably more like a Denny Green moment. I let him off the hook. I guess it’s time to hop back on the horse and move on to next week. Time to start building my UFL Fantasy Squad.
What I’m watching: Beavis and Butthead
