Collusion absolutely sucks. Until last week, I had not dealt with cheating in any money leagues. Man, do I wish that it was still that way. To be completely honest I thought of collusion as two different owners in cahoots together, but that situation was not the case in my case.

Basically, someone gave up. In my opinion, that’s almost worst than ACTUALLY cheating. Cheating shows you care, while giving up shows you don’t.

Other members of the league said that TJ (his name has been changed to protect the identities of the guilty and innocent) had deleted his fantasy app and, “was done wasting his money.” I told them that based off of my current knowledge TJ would be booted from the league as soon as the season was over. Anyways, I asked TJ  what the deal was in order to get his side of the story. He stated that he was having a tough day, and apologized profusely for his collusion. I forgave him, but he’ll be on thin ice for the remainder of his existence.

Had I kicked him out directly after I heard other league owners’ stories, I would have acted too soon. It’s important to not rush to judgement in tough situations. Say your RB (Mark Ingram) just got benched for Tim Hightower? Don’t. Give. Up. Ingram’s side of the story would be him running MUCH better than Hightower (he actually has had much more efficiency than Hightower).

Hear both sides to every players stories before you cut them, because you don’t want to be dropping a player that will become the most improved athlete the second half of the season.

Cut’em or Keep’em Week 9

Rashad Jennings, (NYG) 70.2% owned

Rashad Jennings finished the 2015 season on a strong note, but didn’t continue the streak into 2016. Jennings has yet to put up over 75 yards or 20 touches this season, and missed three games due to injury.  The 31-year-old RB is also averaging a career low 2.6 YPC. My two factors for evaluating a RB in fantasy are workload and efficiency, and Jennings has neither. Cut him.  Verdict: Cut

Julian Edelman, (NE) 95.4% owned

What has two thumbs, sick hair, and no games with over 60 yards when Tom Brady is throwing the pigskin? Two thumbs pointing at Julian Edelman. Man, this guy was a BEAST in PPR last year. This year, Edelman has a big ole donut hole for games with over ten targets. To put that in context, AJ Green has four such games, and Mike Evans has six. I would definitely attempt to trade Edelman, because he definitely has some value solely on the trade market. If that doesn’t work, I would have no issue with him being cut for a good waiver pick up.   Verdict: Cut

Russell Wilson, (SEA) 95.2% owned

Wilson’s 2016 season is a display of  good real life NFL production, but a bad fantasy performance.  Pro Football Focus ranks him as 2016’s 3rd best QB, and is on pace to post a career high in completion percentage and INT percentage. Once Wilson returns to full health and Seattle starts to rely on the passing game Wilson will return to QB1 form. Verdict: Keep 

Eli Manning, (NYG) 69.7% owned

HAHAHA. Manning just posted six points against LA. C’mon man! LA literally one week before surrendered 28 points to Detroit. I’ll be including this sorry excuse for a QB in the column weekly until his ownership drops below 40%.   Verdict: Cut

TJ  Yeldon, (JAX) 72.7% owned

Guess who has more carries. TJ Yeldon since week 4, or Matt Forte in week 7, alone. Forte had 30, Yeldon had 29. I don’t know how Yeldon is still the first string back in Jacksonville’s system with that volume.   Verdict: Cut

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