I have a confession. These thoughts have been on my mind for a while, constantly reminding me of my past mistakes. I lost a league last year. It wasn’t even some 3 ppr, IDP, salary cap league, but my kryptonite was a 10-team standard scoring league on ESPN. My team didn’t deserve the loss and the pain. I assumed having two top 10 RBs (Lamar Miller and Latavius Murray) along side Allen Robinson, Greg Olsen, Amari Cooper, John Brown, and Jeremy Langford would at least get me out of the Sack-Offs! Apparently not. I have no excuse, I shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

All this pain was a year removed from leading a team with the strongest DPS (a mathematical scoring system I created to weigh how talented a team actually is). I went from extremely high, to the lowest of lows in under 12 months. That’s all changed going into this year.

Right now my cumulative record within my main four leagues is 15-9, with the highlight being my 6-0 16 team 3PPR “Washington Redskins”. In the 1o-team league where I failed miserably last year I’m riding the successes of AJ Green, Amari Cooper, Lamar Miller, Hunter Henry, Derek Carr, Brandin Cooks, and DeMarco Murray to a 4-2 record. And yes, I did have to name all those players… my team is THAT good.

Where I thrived was the selections I made on draft night. I have cut zero of my top 11 draft picks, but they may change soon. Derrick Henry looks to have a minimal role in the Titans’ offense, and Zach Ertz has a been a complete disappointment. Maybe I’ll check out this column to see exactly what I should do, I mean you are right now!

Cut’em or Keep’em Week 7

 Zach Ertz, (PHI) 81.1% owned 

Philly TE Zach Ertz hasn’t put up over 6 points this season. It’s true that he has missed 3 games due to injury/bye but his usage is worrisome to analysts everywhere. While he has struggled, basically the entire TE group aside from Greg Olsen hasn’t been great. Jack Doyle has averaged just over 6 points so far, and ranks as TE9. Ertz is extremely talented, but his abilities aren’t showing on the stat sheet. If you don’t have a spare roster spot and aren’t confident at TE, keep’em. If you find yourself in any other situation, let him loose.  Verdict: Cut

Arian Foster, (MIA) 78.4% owned (use whatever percentage you have in your leagues)

Everyone knows Arian Foster doesn’t believe in God, but do you believe in Arian Foster? I don’t. The former Texan RB has been riding a hype train since 2014 and it looks to be coming to an inevitable end in Miami. Foster is always injured, and never consistent. His last back to back 1000 ALL PURPOSE YARD season was 2011/2012 (granted he was absolutely insane those years). In my humble opinion, if Ajayi AND Foster’s injuries were eliminated, he would be a fringe RB3. Given that the injuries do exist, and Ajayi just had a career highlight reel of a game, Foster’s stock just hit rock bottom Verdict: Cut

Hunter Henry, (SD) 66.3% owned

Bold prediction of week 7: Hunter Henry both talent and fantasy wise is a top 5 TE. This kid can just flat-out play football. I have beyond enough confidence that he’lll be getting 75% of the TE snaps in San Diego by week 10, so don’t you worry about Antonio Gates. TEs in three straight games? one of two TEs. 60+ yards in four straight games? one of two TEs to do so.  Verdict: Keep

John Brown, (ARI) 77.6% owned 

There are so many great receivers in Arizona, it seems as if it’s impossible to consistent production out of any of them. Brown has fallen victim to this cycle which is clear through his TD-less 2016 season. You’ll never get production of Brown, sorry to say so. Verdict: Cut

Eli Manning, (NYG) 76.6% owned 

I don’t care if he threw for over 400 yards, I don’t care if he jumped to QB16. Cut Eli, always cut Eli  Verdict: Cut

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