If you watched that wild ending to the Raiders-Ravens Monday night game, you saw a see-saw 4th quarter, some epic "Raidering" in overtime where the Raiders first appeared to win the game, benches cleared, only to have the ball placed on the 1... long story short, a boneheaded false start, interception, fumble, delay of game on the kicking team run-on, and completely busted coverage allowed Raiders to overcome their Raider-ness actually walk away with the W.
Erin was sad because another FG by the Ravens might have put her ahead of Kendra. Instead she lost 120.12 to 118.56.
Well, as it turns out, Kendra was bit by the stat-correction bug when George Kittle had a fumble taken off the stats, which causes a 2-point swing, just enough to give Erin the win 118.56 to 118.12.
According to the NFL, balls to the face does not equal a fumble. Here's the play in question... on-sides kick, muffed by Kittle, recovered by the Jets in a worthless blow-out loss.
Well, that didn't work. Click it I guess. Not a fumble... catch that Kendra?!?
I don't know if Kendra knows she lost, but because she hasn't texted me yet complaining, so I'm guessing that a no. Sorry Kendra, this is the first time I think I've actually seen a stat correction result in a game change.
Also, Fuck the Raiders. I forgot to say that before.
Thanks to everyone for joining The Upper Deckers again... draft was fun, maybe next year Ron will check his email.
I think Kendra might have actually drafted live this year, I only say that because of some really interestingly timed picks. That said, with exactly 1 game down this season she's already got 83 points with another 21 on the bench. Yikes, watch out! Kendra is back!
Here's how everyone stacked-up per Fantasy Pros...
Once again, auto drafters at the top... Kenneth looking strong at #2, and your favorite Taco rounding out the top 3.
One could look at past draft results to see how the final rankings work out. But then again, I said someone could, not that I was going to, because that would require effort. I spend all my effort shitposting this blog.
With that said, Pay up people...
I've gotten money from Kendra, Erica and Mark.
Everybody else, send your 20 American Freedom Bux to Jeremy-Hirsch-5 on Venmo (last 4 of my phone # 8698 to confirm). If you'd rather do zelle or something else, let me know.
I was feeling good after a nice performance out of TE Hunter Henry on Thursday night, but then the weekend quickly soured. Murray tried to keep me in it, but it just wasn't meant to be. Erica scored a nice upset and took me out with a solid 123 pt score. That made me 0-2 on the weekend in Fantasy Playoffs (I almost had a chance in my other league).
I'm still debating on what to do with the Bears jacket. I said I was going to burn it, but then how would I stay warm playing Xbox in the basement?
Perhaps the jacket is just unlucky after all... If I send it to Erica as she requested, maybe I'll be better at Rocket League? Maybe Mitch wouldn't be so Mitch-like? Food for thought.
Erin knocks out Kendra with a massive 143 points. This is the 2nd time she's put up 143 points... and they were hard earned points, not some sort of silly auto-draft magical points.
7th Annual Toilet Bowl!
Erin (2) vs Erica (5)
Both teams peaking right now, but Erin is definitely the favorite, having outscored Erica for the past couple of weeks. You have to go clear back to week 10 to find a score where Erica beats Erin... and then by less than a point.
As of right now, Erin's sitting at a 57% win according to ESPN, with 3 of her dudes outscoring their projections, but Brady had a huge game on Saturday afternoon and only played 1/2 the game! Erica's going to need a couple more high scorers if she's going to keep up.
I'm not saying who I'm rooting for, only pointing out that I'm going to be really disappointed if my wife takes a title in my own league before I do.
I'm not bitter.
But it sure would have been nice if Alvin Kamara-claus had shown up like this last week.
Erica takes out Cory. Cory's comment... "... the most points she has scored all season, ouch." I didn't bother to check, he sounded just bitter enough for me to believe him.
Kendra outlasts Brandi... a mere 4 point victory to get revenge on the week previous. Just when she had planned to change her team name to "From First to Worst." I vote it's still in the works.
Week 2 Matchups!
Erica (5) vs Me! (1) ... If Erica wins, I'm burning the Bear's jacket that I got randomly in a Woot 'Bag of Crap' a couple of years ago. Right now, it's my lucky Bears jacket. Take that!
Kendra (3) vs Erin (2) ... Erin's flying high right now. Winner gets 4th Grade LTE bragging rights.
Important message from Ron
Ron submitted stuff to the message board, but apparently you can't see it unless you use the ESPN Fantasy app. I'm reposting it here, so it can also go un-read in multiple places.
I hope you feel like your voice is heard. Now send me your 20 bucks.
Jackson's Jog... to the restroom
I mean, technically speaking, it's cramping when you are trying to hold back some massive diarrhea... and if that doesn't look like diarrhea jog, I don't know what does.
