It’s an awful start to week 11.
I walked down to my local sports bar to watch the Thursday Night Jets/Patriotsgame with a couple of friends. I am always excited to be able to watch my Patriots down here in the DC area and the Jets game is one of those rivalry type games that gets everyone extra excited.
In preparation of the game I had to make some tough fantasy football decisions. I own Thomas Jones in all of my leagues plus I was using Brett Favre in place of the injured Tony Romo. I also own Jerricho Cotchery in two leagues as well. As much as the Patriots fan in me doesn’t want to root for the other team, you can’t bench the players that give you the best chance to win.
Luckily I could reason that the matchups weren’t in T.Jones favor. New England has a stout run defense and he didn’t run very well during their last matchup. I benched him in my TMG league. Also Brett Favre hasn’t been playing very well in recent weeks and Tony Romo is back in action- so I benched him as well.
Well the game was certainly exciting to watch as the Pats climbed back to tie the game in the second half… only to lose it in overtime. Favre’s 20+ points and T.Jones’ 100 yd/1 TD performance didn’t make things any better. I definitely left some points on the bench in my TMG league but luckily I earned some in my other leagues where I left T.Jones in. It was great to see Matt Cassel perform really well despite the loss- did anyone start him in their leagues? He probably scored around 35+ points as he passed for 400 yards/3TDs. He was also the team’s leading rusher. During the game I texted my friend Mike- the only guy I know that owns him and he benched him an hour before the game. As much as it appears to be the bad decision he made at the time the right choice. This was Cassel’s breakout game and nobody saw it coming.
Now on to the rest of week 11:
TMG Sportsline League (7-3)
Last week was a great week for me in this league. I rolled Lisa’s team in whopping 142 point performance. This week I hope to do well and continue to fight for a playoff spot. I am a little concerned about how Tony Romo will perform off his injury- I hope he does well so I won’t be regretting sitting Brett Favre. Also by sitting Thomas Jones I have decided to start Larry Johnson… and I hate Larry Johnson… However I am excited that I was able to grab Chris Cooleyoff the waiver wire (he was on a bye last week.) I think my team is in ok shape to get me through the playoffs.
Yahoo! League (6-2-1)
Bye weeks are over and my team is at full strength. Last week’s acquisition of Ryan Grant helps me out at RB but I still have a mess at WR. I still don’t trust Braylon Edwards-it seems that every time I start him he’ll drop 10 passes and catch 1. But when I bench him he’ll go off and rack up some yards and a TD.
Diet Yahoo! League (7-3)
Donte’s $37 Million vs. Oh Hey You!
My opponent this week also plays me in my other Yahoo! league- however this is the one he actually pays attention to. Also off to a good start thanks to the crummy Jets…
So with the Patriots already done for the week I can pay some more attention to the Cowboys/Redskins game Sunday night. As much as I’d love to see the local team win- I need Tony Romo to score major points… oh the conflicts of fantasy football!
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