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I’ve never been to Las Vegas before, but, after last week, maybe I should consider going! As we continue a special insider’s view of my fantasy football team, Swamp Gas, my 5-2 Methane Marauders are winning with a combination of skill and pure luck.
OK, it was pure luck this past week.
How lucky? The “average” score for a winning team in our Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football league is usually around 100 points.
Despite going up against another 4-2 club, my team was only able to cobble together 83 points for the week. Fortunately, our opponent’s team decided to do their impression of the 2019 Miami Dolphins and tanked for us by only scoring 44 points.
My 5-2 team has been quite lucky this year as this marks the second contender who had their worst week of the season while playing Swamp Gas. Sometimes it IS better to be lucky than good!
After seven weeks of the season, we are now in third place out of the ten team league:
General Manager Comments – Another week, another set of injuries for our battered squad. Starting running back Kerryon Johnson (Lions) and starting wide receiver Adam Thielen (Vikings) both went down in the first quarter of their respective games on Sunday. I’m not expecting either one to return this week, so it’s off to the “unclaimed blessings” junkyard again this week to check who is available to patch-up our roster.
Ageless running back LeSean “Shady” McCoy is now 31 years old and plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. We’re going to take a shot at acquiring him after his solid 64-yard performance last week against Denver. To make the deal, we’ll put newly-acquired wide receiver Zay Jones (Raiders) on the block to complete that transaction.
At quarterback, we still are stashing Drew Brees (Saints) and are carrying two other active quarterbacks. Both Josh Allen (Bills) and Gardner “The Mustache” Minshew (Jaguars) have been solid back-ups, but we will drop one of the back-up QB’s once Brees returns to the Saints roster in a few more weeks.
Let’s show you our bench so you can see the number of injured players on our roster:
Coach comments – We probably made a poor decision to sit down our standout versatile running back, Austin Ekeler (Chargers), last week. He proved me wrong by scoring 17 fantasy points as he sat on our bench for the first time this season. I’ve learned my lesson, and Ekeler will return to the line-up this week.
A “good” decision is coming at quarterback this week as Josh Allen (Bills) will be at home against the reeling Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles defense was shredded like Swiss cheese by Dallas last week. Gardner Minshew’s Jaguars will be at home to play the hapless New York Jets on Sunday in Jacksonville. I’ll make the QB decision later in the week after checking the weather forecasts and evaluating the intangibles this week.
We’ll probably flip a coin to determine whether to keep rookie tight end T.J. Hockenson (Lions) in the line-up or bring Saints TE Jared Cook back this week after a brief ankle injury. Both have been “average” performers thus far in 2019.
This week’s opponent is my dreaded arch-enemy, Dead Crab!
This crustacean competitor has taunted me and battled me for the past six years. He is the defending league champion but has struggled out of the gate in 2019. Dead Crab is 2-5 and would love nothing better than to knock-off our Swamp Gas gladiators.
It’s time for my squad to rally in support of their management team and bring home another victory this week!
Let’s now introduce this week’s starting line-up for your Swamp Gas Methane Marauders!
Just win, baybee!