Tuesday, October 28, 2014

WEEK 8 RESULTS

The last-minute pick-up of the Miami Dolphins turned out to be a wise move.

But I pretty much did everything else wrong this week.  I was full of indecision and, at last-minute, inserted Eddie Royal into the Thursday Night lineup. My thinking was that Peyton was going to light up the Chargers and San Diego would have to throw a lot.

But even after Royal's no-show, it really looked like Team THUNDER was still in it!  After all, Captain Muff had started Ronnie Hillman and Demaryius Thomas -- and only led by five points.

But I made more mistakes...


Player of the Week : 






After Captain Muff's tight end, Gronkowski, had a monster game early Sunday -- I did a last-minute switch.  I replaced Mark Ingram and Gavin Escobar with Ben Tate and Jordan Cameron.  Another flop.  Cameron left the game with a concussion.  Ingram would go on to have the best game of his career!  I suck.




Not much of an improvement over last week except for two hopefuls.  It's my new "New Orleans Connection" of Brandin Cooks and Mark Ingram.  It's looking like a hope and a prayer that these guys will carry the team for the next two weeks as everyone else goes on a downswing.



BIG THREE
WR
Brandin Cooks
27.8
RB
Mark Ingram
24.5
QB
P. Manning
23.4




I drop again to 3rd place with a mediocre 4 - 4 record.






The great thing about having 6 playoff spots up for grabs is that a team like mine can still be in playoff position!  Incredibly, I am...



But Week Nine is an incredibly important game.  Division match-ups!  I need to improve my division record against the last-place team, 209, while Operation Domination takes on Benchwarmers.  If I can win this one I could probably even split my last four games and still have a shot...