Hot or Not Fantasy for Week 14 in the NFL

This is it. This one is for all the marbles. Lose this week and it may cost you the playoffs, that bye week, or possibly top score in the league. Either that or you’ve been clinched into the loser bowl for a couple of weeks because you sold your team off in a pseudo-dynasty keeper contract league.

This will not be the last Hot or Not of the season. I will be writing them through Week 17 (January 2nd), which will be the last week of the playoffs for almost everyone. If you play a 2-week final that goes into Week 18, I don’t like your league settings and therefore choose not to help you. Kappa

No long intro this week. If you’re interested, I wrote an update on my leagues in the outro. Other than that, let’s get to what you came for.

As always, this column is not a start/sit column but will give you my opinion’s on players based on their ranks on Goingfor2.com. If you would like to yell at me for my awful takes, you can find me on Twitter @KyleTheCommish.

HOT: QUARTERBACKS

Russell Wilson, SEA @ HOU (Consensus Rank: QB13, My Rank: QB9)

Call me crazy (or just call me at all 😉) but I thought Russ looked much better last week against San Francisco. I know he is hard to trust because the fantasy production didn’t really meet his on-field play. However, he is going up against Houston this week and they can’t stop anybody. Houston has only had three games in which they prevented 3 touchdowns or more. One was against Jacoby Brissett, so basically it doesn’t count. The others were that weird game against the Titans a few weeks back that they won and against the Patriots who scored like 23 FGs.

If you’re smart and don’t just take my word as the holy grail, you’ll notice that the Texans are actually a top 10 defense against QBs this season, as far as fantasy points go. Part of that is due to how poor they have been against RBs this season. They are only giving up 250 passing yards and 1.5 TDs to QBs. But against running backs the floodgates are open. 125 rushing yards, plus another 28 through the air, and over 1 TD a game. So why am I in on Russ? Because Seattle has run the ball only 22.5 times on average per contest. That is 29th in the league.

At this point in the season, Russell is needing to prove to his next team that he is still an elite player and I think that starts with him getting back on track in this game.

Taysom Hill, NO @ NYJ (Consensus Rank: QB9, My Rank: QB2)

11 rushes for 110 yards. Yeah… I’ll take that. Taysom Hill threw 4 INTs last Thursday against the Dallas Cowboys but because of that rushing line, he still managed to put up 24 points and was QB4 on the week. You read that right. The guy who messed up his finger and threw four picks was QB4.

I am bullish on Taysom this week again. I don’t think he will need to throw the ball 40 times against the Jets, which is just as well if that means he runs the ball more. Every single week I have a running back on the HOT list going against the Jets. Taysom Hill is a fullback who throws the ball. And what are the Jets averaging against them? At least 2 running back touchdowns per week. I would start Hill over every QB not named Mahomes this week.

I don’t care that Alvin Kamara is supposed to be back this week. Last year when Taysom got the reins, Kamara was not the goal-line back most of the time. Taysom would take it in from the wildcat and I don’t expect that to change.

NOT: QUARTERBACKS

Both QBs in BUF @ TB

I know this is bold that I have Josh Allen and Tom Brady on the NOT list, especially considering that this game has the highest O/U on the slate. However, I am not going to brand them as NOT players this week. Just QBs that I am a little wary of. Buffalo’s defense has been superb all season, however, they don’t have Tre White anymore and I wonder how Brady will test that defense without him. Possibly going after Levi Wallace more often. Buffalo’s slot CB Taron Johnson has been fantastic this season.

On the other side, Tampa’s secondary hasn’t been fantastic this year but they have gotten a bit healthier since they were getting gashed earlier on in the year. I know they don’t have two weeks to prep as they did for Mahomes in the Super Bowl, but if they bring a similar game plan to this game, I think it will work well. Getting home with your 4 down lineman, make sure Josh doesn’t beat you with his legs, playing 2 deep safeties so the big plays don’t happen. Making sure everything is in front of them will be key.

Two great QBs, but two great defenses await. I am starting both Brady and Allen but I’m kinda scared.

Matthew Stafford, LAR @ AZ (Consensus Rank: QB11, My Rank: QB11)

These teams met in Los Angeles in Week 4 in what we were expecting to be one of the games of the year. The Cardinals broke away in the 2nd quarter and never turned back, winning the game by 17 points. The issue wasn’t the Cardinals’ offense just outscoring the Rams’. Matt Stafford was unable to do anything from the 2nd quarter onwards. Only 10 points were scored and their TD was in the final 90 seconds of the game in total garbage time.

I know it’s a divisional game, so we will get the best from both of these teams. I actually think the Rams are a better team overall regardless of the standings. But the Cardinals defense has been a real surprise to me. Against QBs and WRs this season they are in the top 10 in terms of fantasy points against. They are only allowing 220 passing yards per game and are actually causing more turnovers than they are total TDs by the QB. This is just not a good matchup and they have already shown us that they know how to stop Stafford and McVay. Arizona is at home this time and if they win this game they have an easy path to the division title.

HOT: RUNNING BACKS

James Conner, AZ vs LAR (Consensus Rank: RB11, My Rank: RB5)

Week 6. That was the last time James Conner did not get into the end zone in a football game. Weeks 1 and 2 were the only other times all season he did not score at least one touchdown. That is the consistency we salivate over in fantasy football. This is why I was so confused as to why Conner was not ranked inside the top 5. Chase Edmonds isn’t returning until next week against the Lions, so it is still Conner’s show exclusively with a little Eno Benjamin sprinkled in.

Since Week 9, when Chase Edmonds got hurt, Conner has hit 20+ touches every game but once. In each of those games, he got 99+ scrimmage yards. He also had 12 catches in those games. And finally, he scored 19+ fantasy points in each game. The lone exception game was against the Panthers where Cam was back but then he wasn’t actually back it turned out. Conner scored 15 fantasy points in that game. Bottom line, Conner’s floor is extremely high because of the volume and almost near perfect odds to score a touchdown every week.

This is the final week you can view him as a don’t worry about him RB1 so enjoy it while you can. Although, he may be back on the HOT list next week against Detroit.

Kareem Hunt, CLE vs BAL (Consensus Rank: RB22, My Rank: RB16)

Kareem was worked in slowly the last time we saw him in Week 12 (also against the Ravens). He only played 38% of the snaps and D’Ernest Johnson got some work ahead of him since Hunt was on a bit of a pitch count. After having no setbacks and a bye week, I expect Hunt will be back to his normal workload and the snaps will return to just Chubb and himself getting the bulk.

Prior to his injury, Hunt was an RB1 for fantasy purposes. He only had 2 games under 16 fantasy points and only one of those games (6 and 10 points) would have been considered a true dud. He scored 5 touchdowns through seven weeks. He was averaging just under 3 catches per game but was taking a good portion of the carries as well. He had over 10 carries in every game but Week One against the Chiefs.

That’s all well and good, but you’re gonna tell me that Chubb is still the Browns RB you want. Are you sure? In the five games that they shared the field together, Hunt outscored Chubb in 3 of them. In those five games, Chubb put up an impressive 81.8 fantasy points. Hunt scored 93.4… just saying. Hunt has scored 25+ points twice this season. Chubb only did that once and only when he was splitting carries with D’Ernest.

I do have Chubb ranked ahead of Hunt this week because I do want to see exactly how Hunt is worked back in before slotting him as an RB1 again. But he is an amazing RB and will get the touches this week to easily bring you back RB2 numbers. Start him if you got him.

Devonta Freeman, BAL @ CLE (Consensus Rank: RB26, My Rank: RB20)

What a weird world we live in that Devonta Freeman is not only the starting RB for the Ravens but is back on the fantasy radar again.

Since becoming the lead back, Devonta Freeman has scored 15+ fantasy points three different times (out of five). In each of those five games, he has touched the ball 13+ times. He is out-touching every Ravens offensive player besides Lamar himself. I think he could have been even better during this stretch if the Ravens hadn’t been struggling on offense. In the Dolphins game, they couldn’t get anything going (I’m still not sure how this happened). Against the Steelers, the only thing that actually was working was Freeman. And even though they squeaked by the Browns a few weeks back, the offense looked abysmal. If the Ravens offense around Freeman can get on track, Devonta might become a running back that could carry you to a fantasy title with his volume and propensity to score.

Cleveland’s defense against running backs has faltered as of late. They are only the 22nd best against the position in terms of fantasy points given up over the last five weeks and that includes a game where they slowed Devonta down to only 7 fantasy points. They are averaging a touchdown per game to the position and over 4 yards per carry on the season. Devonta hasn’t been fantastic with his efficiency (averaged under 4 yards in every game except one), so this could be a week where he finds some more open running lanes.

Cute Running Backs (Others Receiving Votes):

It looks like Melvin Gordon is going to be back this week after his last injury. And he needs to be back if he wants to save his job. Yes, the bomb officially started ticking when the Broncos traded up to select Javonte Williams in the draft, but Gordon had maintained a very respectable timeshare with the rookie. About a 50/50 split on snaps and a guaranteed 10 touches per game. With his injury last week, Javonte had the house to himself and he took advantage. I don’t think Javonte’s stellar performance will totally cut Gordon out of the game plan though. I expect this to go back to their same 50/50 split.

This is for your super deep leagues only… but Ameer Abdullah is likely going to steal some work from Chuba Hubbard the rest of the season with CMC done for the year. In their last game against Miami, Abdullah ended up playing 49% of the RB snaps. Hubbard only ended up with 20%. Part of that was because CMC played most of the first half and then returned sparingly in the 3rd quarter. Hubbard is also more of the 1st and 2nd down guy, Abdullah more of the pass catcher. With the Panthers down big in the game, they were needing to throw the ball more, and thus Ameer was playing. I expect Chuba will lead the pair in snaps this weekend against Atlanta, but Abdullah will be involved. He got 6 targets in the game vs Miami.

I know I talked crap about the Rams offense against the Cardinals in the Stafford section. But if Darrell Henderson doesn’t play (I believe he is supposed to play at this point), I would be starting Sony Michel again. Last week when it was his show, Sony ran for 121 yards and a TD and also added 3 catches. If Henderson is active, Michel and he will split the workload and that will probably hurt both of their fantasy stocks for the week.

NOT: RUNNING BACKS

Javonte Williams, DEN vs DET (Consensus Rank: RB9, My Rank: RB24)

If you haven’t already, go back and read the Melvin Gordon blurb in the “Cute Running Backs” section. It will explain why I am low on Javonte Williams compared to consensus.

Diving in further, I love Javonte. I wanted the Dolphins to draft him so badly and they would have if it wasn’t for those meddling Elway’s. But as far as fantasy goes, Javonte has only outscored Melvin Gordon thrice this season. Melvin has 7 total TDs compared to Javonte’s 3, in games in which both were active. The yardage discrepancy? Melvin Gordon – 771. Javonte Williams – 761. They like to use both guys. Both guys have been effective for them this season.

The one spot that Javonte edge’s out Melvin is in the receptions category. 33:22. 11 PPR points there. However, the Lions haven’t been great on defense this year except for one category. Receiving work by RBs. They are top 5 over the last five weeks in giving up the least amount of fantasy points in that category. Maybe I’m wrong and they just ride the rook, but Denver hasn’t done what they should be doing on offense all year. Why would they start now?

Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC vs LV (Consensus Rank: RB16, My Rank: RB21)

CEH has returned from injury and posted two solid outings. 15.6 and 11.2 points in respective weeks while still sharing the snaps with Darrel Williams. He even had a 1-yard rushing TD in this time, which is huge considering Williams was mostly seen as the goal-line back earlier in the season. Clyde has out-touched Darrel in back-to-back weeks and might be ramping up his snaps back to around 60% or so, where it was earlier in the season. So everything is great right? Just start CEH going forward? Were you doing that before his injury?

Clyde has played in 6 full games this season. In two of those games, he reached the 100 rushing yard plateau (vs PHI and LAC, both are good matchups for RBs). In the other four, he didn’t reach 65. In the games in which they have both appeared, Darrel has two rushing TDs compared to CEH’s one. So maybe you can count on CEH as a pass-catcher??? No, he only has 13 catches on the season. He has turned two of those catches into touchdowns, but that seems a bit flukier than a rushing touchdown.

The matchup for CEH is actually quite good this week. The Raiders are in the bottom 10 against RBs in fantasy points and are averaging over 100 yards per game on the ground to them. Their DL is a bit smaller than you might see with other teams and I believe Orlando Brown and Trey Smith are going to be throwing kids out of the club this week. I just am having a hard time trusting it given how well Mahomes looked a few weeks back when they played in Vegas. 400 yards and 5 TDs. I trust their passing game more than one specific RB this week.

Jamaal Williams, DET @ DEN (Consensus Rank: RB24, My Rank: RB31)

Don’t look now but the Lions are on a winning streak! 1 in a row!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!! PARTY!!!!

What a time to be alive. The Lions lose their best player in D’Andre Swift and immediately win their next game. (As a Swift owner, I am Phoebe in that GIF.) If you didn’t watch the game or look at the box score, you may think that Jamaal Williams had a huge role in their victory then. You would be wrong. Jamaal only played 47%(!) of the snaps… in a game in which they were leading for most of the time. Unreal.

The only positive to his insanely small snap share is that when he was on the field, he was heavily involved. 17 total rushing attempts for 71 yards and a catch. A total of 8 fantasy points on 18 touches. Es no bueno.

Williams ranked as a possible flex play is all about his volume but without any catches and no increased snaps, there is no way I could feel confident starting him in the final week of the regular season. I think he is still smart to hold on to if you are going to be in the playoffs, but I need to see him get some increased usage in the passing game or just more snaps in general. I assume he would be the goal-line back but the Lions don’t score TDs very often so I can’t rely on that as a factor. Don’t start him unless you’re absolutely desperate.

I also am obliged to dislike everyone that is named J Williams in the DEN-DET game this week.

HOT: PASS CATCHERS

Tyreek Hill, KC vs LV (Consensus Rank: WR4, My Rank: WR2)

A few weeks back I highlighted Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes because of their awesomeness against the Raiders and the favorable matchup. Shame on me for not including Tyreek as well. I mean you knew he was going to go off. 7-83-2 good for 26.5 fantasy points. I apologize Tyreek, go off this week. You have my permission.

I’m not sure if anyone reading this has ESPN+, but if you do, I highly recommend reading the WR/CB Matchups column that Mike Clay does every week. It is a really good read and always has a lot of great nuggets. For example, Mike wrote this week about the KC wide receivers. Here is an excerpt from the piece.

“The Chiefs have faced two-high safeties a league-high 58% of the time this season, which has been the way opposing defenses are trying to eliminate their explosive plays. However, when these teams faced off in Week 10, the Raiders used two-high 28% of the time (the least Kansas City has seen it this season), instead sticking with their Cover-3 scheme.”

This is why Mahomes played so well and returned to his crazy self. The Raiders didn’t adjust their scheme to what had been working on Mahomes all year. I don’t know if the Raiders adjust this week, but if they didn’t take the time to last time, I’m not sure why they would now.

The only WR I am more confident in this week is Justin Jefferson without Adam Thielen (This sentence was written before the Thursday game and I will not edit it no matter what. @ 3:58pm ET) but I realize that Tyreek can score 15 points on a single play and honestly I’d be shocked if he didn’t get a 50-yard play at some point in this game.

Tee Higgins, CIN vs SF (Consensus Rank: WR13, My Rank: WR13)

I haven’t figured out if this is a pro-Tee Higgins or a neg-Ja’Marr Chase blurb. I’ll just start talking and hopefully find it along the way.

25. 17. 267. 2. 0.
17. 11. 123. 1. 4.

What are these numbers? What if I told you this was Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase over the 3 last weeks? Targets, catches, and yards are easy enough to figure out. What are the final 2 numbers though? And who is who? Tee Higgins is on the top line and has two touchdowns compared to Chase’s one. The final number? The number of times they were ranked in the top 12 by the bulk of fantasy experts, including this upcoming week.

Higgins has the 7th most receiving yards over that 3-game span. Behind only Waddle, Jefferson, Lockett, Diontae, Mooney, and Adams (not in order). PUT SOME RESPEK ON THIS MAN’S NAME! Burrow is showing him the ball and he is cashing in for the Bengals.

This game against SF is a very favorable matchup. Over the last five weeks, the 49ers are 28th in fantasy points against the WR position. In that time frame, they have allowed at least one 80 yard receiving performance per week except once. Cue Jacksonville sad fan gif.

An extra cherry on top of this game is that the 49ers are coming in banged up… on offense? Yep. I think their offensive gameplan may change this week a little bit without Deebo Samuel again and they may also be missing Elijah Mitchell who had surgery midweek. Jeff Wilson is also a bit banged up and they could be down to JaMichael Hasty as their best RB. They leaned heavily on Kittle last week against Seattle and that again may be the case. If that happens, expect less possession for the 49ers and possibly more situations for Jimmy to make a mistake and start turning the ball over or punting earlier in drives.

DK Metcalf, SEA @ HOU (Consensus Rank: WR20, My Rank: WR11)

Russ is HOT so it only makes sense that DK turns it around this week too.

I mentioned how the Texans were pretty good against QBs but awful against RBs in that Russ section. Ironically though, they are very bad against WRs as well. In fact, over the last 5 weeks, they are 30th against the position in terms of fantasy points. Here are the #1 WRs on those teams the Texans have faced over the last 5 weeks and their stat lines.

Pittman 6-77
E. Moore 4-46
Westbrook-Ikhene 7-107
Waddle 8-83 (with Jacoby)
Kupp 7-115-1

The only QB-WR connection I like better than Russ to Metcalf on this list is Stafford and Kupp. I know DK has been struggling recently. However, we finally saw a little bit of light last week from Russ and their connection got a tiny bit better. Five catches on eight targets for 60 yards. 11 fantasy points are not what we expected a good game to be from DK back in August but honestly, we need to remember to walk before we can run. I really like how even though Russ has struggled, he hasn’t shied away from targeting DK. 8 targets in every game since his return from injury except once.

If it doesn’t happen this week, I don’t think you can trust him the rest of the way. This is the Texans though. Everyone has been able to score on them. One last ride for good time’s sake?

Mark Andrews, BAL @ CLE (Consensus Rank: TE3, My Rank: TE3)

There aren’t a lot of obvious HOT matchups this week for tight ends but let’s rewind a couple of weeks. The Ravens are hosting the Browns at home. Lamar is off the entire game. 4 interceptions. Throwing it off his back foot, throwing it into double coverage, just not a good game of decisions for him. Mark Andrews still got you 16.5 fantasy points on the day. When all else fails, Mark Andrews still works.

Over his last five games, Andrews has over 8 targets in every single outing. His efficiency normally goes how Lamar goes. If Lamar is having a good day it is normally because of Andrews. But the targets are there whether Lamar is on or not. He only brought in more than 5 catches twice in that stretch. Yet, he only turned in one game of under 50 receiving yards. He is that dude.

I believe this game will be close most of the way through. Both teams leaning on their ground game to keep it close until the fourth quarter. However, Lamar has been throwing the ball more than he was earlier on in the season because of their offensive struggles. If their game plan of running the ball isn’t working, Andrews will be the guy they turn to when they need to move the chains and when they get into the RZ.

It’s not necessarily bold to say that Andrews will be TE3 this week but I think he will have a repeat performance of over 15 fantasy points against the Browns this week.

Cute Pass Catchers (Others Receiving Votes):

Keep an eye on the statuses of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams this weekend. Both are currently on the COVID list and if both of them miss this game, Jaylen Guyton and Josh Palmer will be the beneficiaries. I really liked what I saw out of Josh Palmer in college at Tennessee and in the Senior Bowl, but he is a rookie and doesn’t have as many reps with Herbert as Guyton does. Guyton is a big play waiting to happen and I’d have him in my top 25 at WR if both other WRs are out.

Check out my write-up on Russell Gage in this week’s waivers article. It gives a little longer blurb on why I think Gage is a FLEX player going forward.

You’ll read very shortly that Hopkins has made the NOT list. I won’t repeat myself a lot in two places, but I think AJ Green is the reason why Hop may not bring you WR1 numbers this week. In their last matchup, AJ lined up on the outside against neither Darious Williams nor Jalen Ramsey for most of his snaps. This season it has been hard to predict which WR for the Cardinals is going to go off, Green is my choice this week in a tough matchup.

Logan Thomas just can’t catch a break, man. In his second game back from injury, he goes down from a cheap shot that may end his season. Unfortunately in fantasy, we just have to move on as best we can. Ricky Seals-Jones filled in for Thomas the first time around and it seems like he is back from his injury as well. From Weeks 4-8 (when RSJ was healthy and Thomas was out), he scored above 9 points three times. In those games, he got 22 targets. Heinicke wasn’t shy about looking his way. Unfortunately, he only found the end zone once in that 5-week period. If you’re desperate, Dallas isn’t the worst matchup against tight ends this season.

NOT: PASS CATCHERS

Deandre Hopkins, AZ vs LAR (Consensus Rank: WR10, My Rank: WR19)

The one other time I had Hop on the NOT list this season, he ended up grabbing two touchdowns and 20 fantasy points so keep that in mind. However, I feel stronger in my conviction this week against the Rams. In their first meeting, Ramsey did not shadow Hop. Instead, Jalen mainly lined up in the slot (as he has done for a good portion of the year) and let Darious Williams cover Hop when he was aligned on his side. That isn’t really much of a better matchup. When Hopkins aligned against Williams/Ramsey, he only got 2 catches for 28 yards (again shoutout Mike Clay’s WR/CB matchup column this week). When he was matched up on other players he did manage to grab 2 catches for 39 yards and get out of there with 10 fantasy points.

So he was just barely good enough to not kill you the last time these two teams played. I don’t believe the Rams are going to switch up anything because they haven’t all year. So that means you are relying on a TD this week for Hopkins to pay off. The good thing is that he has 8 touchdowns in 8 full games he has played in this year. He has been incredibly consistent at finding the end zone. However, his target share is quite worrisome.

Over his last 4 games, Hopkins only has 5+ targets in one game. He hasn’t reached 70 receiving yards since Week 5 and only did once before that in Week 1. He has 4 games above 18 fantasy points, and 4 games below 12 fantasy points. Gone are the days that you don’t have to worry about Hopkins. You already know that I like AJ Green this week because of how much Kyler spreads it around and James Conner is tied for 2nd in the league in rushing touchdowns with 12. I think this is a down week for Nuk.

Brandin Cooks, HOU vs SEA (Consensus Rank: WR26, My Rank: WR38)

This is fairly obvious at this point but you cannot start Brandin Cooks or any other Texans player the rest of the season. It looks like Davis Mills is going to be getting more reps at QB going forward. That is not a good sign for Cooks.

When Mills was the starter, Cooks scored 20+ points twice, which isn’t so bad. He also scored between 10-19 points twice, which doesn’t kill you. But he scored under 10 points three times, which does kill you in the playoffs or final week of the season.

Not a lot of analysis because this is less about the game/matchup and more about the circumstance. If you start Cooks going forward, good luck to you.

Dawson Knox, BUF @ TB (Consensus Rank: TE7, My Rank: TE13)

In the four games since Knox has returned from injury he has had two great fantasy performances, yet three uninspiring games.

In his first game back, he caught his lone target for 17 yards. Yuck. He played 84% of the snaps in the game. But it was against the Jets. They ran the ball like crazy that game, no biggie.

The Colts played the Bills the following week. Indy is far and away the worst team against the tight end position as of late. Jeremy Shockey could come out of retirement and put up 50 yards and a score against them (I don’t know why I chose Shockey, it was just the first name that came to mind.). Knox nabbed 6 balls for 80 yards and made me some easy money on his receiving prop.

Thanksgiving week and traveling to New Orleans. Knox only gets three targets but is bailed out in that 2 of them ended up being touchdowns. We take those in fantasy all day long, especially for tight ends and Knox is a big RZ target for them. It just didn’t feel great that Josh only looked his way three times all night.

Last week they played in a freak weather event against the Patriots. I’d normally give him a pass for the weather but he looked awful in this game. A couple of drops, plus a penalty (I know it doesn’t matter for fantasy) made people remember why he didn’t break out sooner than his 3rd year.

You already know that I am a little bit worried about the QBs in this game and the Bucs aren’t incredibly strong at defending the TE position. But call this a gut feeling, I just don’t want to need to rely on Knox this week.

Good luck to everyone this week. If anyone cares, here is an update on the 4 leagues I am in this season.

In the Big Money league, I have the most PA and have been fighting an uphill battle with injuries all season. Have been out of the playoff race for a bit there but have a chance at making some money back in the loser bowl.

My keeper contract league was set up well this season but my team could never put it together. I had some key injuries in Week 12 and decided to sell my team for future draft budget and keeper options like Trey Lance, Chuba Hubbard, and Mike Gesicki to supplement my other keepers of Josh Allen, Jordan Love, and D’Andre Swift. However, I have to make sure I at least get one win in the loser bowl to make sure I avoid the “punishment”. I love Patrick Laird and will take that punishment all day long if it happens. (If anyone wants to know more about this league it is insanely fun and I love to talk about it. Just send me a message.)

My good friend and old Boss at the Buccaneers is the commish of a league that I am in and we have been doing quite well. Both of us are 9-4 right now and in a 3-way tie for the #1 seed. I am the lowest on PF between the 3 of us but I am not too far behind. Need a win and some help to clinch one of those byes and get home field throughout the playoffs (which gives a few bonus points plus cash).

Finally, my Twitch buddies and I started a free league this year for fun. I’ve got a killer team but have again been unlucky with PA. I was tied for 1st in the league a few weeks ago and now have dropped 3 in a row. I am clinched into the playoffs but won’t have a chance for a bye. I still like my chances to win it all if the cards are dealt well.

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