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What a day Sunday must have been for Steve Kultzow. He got to watch Mike White resurrect his hall of fame career and lead the New York Jets to a win over Chicago. He also got to watch himself get revenge on me for watching the New England Patriots take down his gang green in person last week.
Nothing is sweeter than sweet revenge, and this dessert for Steve involved putting my playoff hopes on a dangling thread that is slowly being untwined by a malicious curly mustached carnival man.
I had a chance going into Sunday night. I had a 103.5-102 lead with two games to go. I had Allen Lazard and Michael Pittman, and he had Jalen Hurts.
In the end, it wasn’t very close.
Jalen Hurts went off in the first quarter on Sunday, and I knew I was royally fucked. He had fifty yards rushing in the first five minutes. It was a recipe for disaster. He ended the day with 157 rushing yards. He only had 153 passing yards. I mean, he didn’t need to throw much because the Eagles ran for a season-high 363 yards.
All that meant was that I could go to bed early on Sunday. And that my fantasy season was over.
Jalen Hurts is not the MVP of this matchup. It is New York Jet wide receiver Garrett Wilson. You get the MVP title when you score two touchdowns and help your favorite team get to a real life win and a fantasy win. 23.9 points for Wilson, and none of them came from Wilson throwing. It is his second 20+ point game this season, with the other coming in week two against the Cleveland Browns.
For myself, you have to look at the running back position. I had Rhamondre Stevenson who had I had to play on Thanksgiving. Needed more investment to watch, and he did well with 15.7 points. I also played Ezekiel Elliot, who scored 16 points on Thursday, which is not something to snoot at. Lastly I chose to play Jeff Wilson Jr. because he was going up against the shitty Houston Texan defense. I did not expect Jeff Wilson Jr. to get hurt, miss two quarters, and then for the Dolphins to sit their starters for the last 20 minutes. He scored 11.7 points. Meanwhile I have Samaje Perine on my bench with 17.3 points, Brian Robinson with 19.5 points, and Rashaad White with 15.4 points.
Just tough. If I sub out some players and play with the puzzle pieces now, I could have strung it together. But that is hindsight.
*note to self, I didn’t type about how Justin Fields and Ja’Marr Chase both were ruled out Sunday morning and that really made me unhappy until right now*
Ritz knew he was in trouble when he checked the scoreboard after Thursday night’s games. Dak Prescott, who was up against Ritz’s New York Giants, scored only 14.84 points. Not the best point total, but Stefon Diggs had 17.7 points in the opening Turkey game against Detroit. Diggs and Dak cancelling each other out, so we turn to Dalvin Cook?
All the cooks were in the kitchen that day because Dalvin scored just 7.6 against the Patriots on Sunday night, putting Ritz on the defensive.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the matchup Lobo was not only drooling over the food spread, but also Josh Allen’s 29.92 point total. Add in the MIchael Gallup 8.8 point game, which is his second-best of the season, and Lobo is ecstatic. (We can ignore his decision to play the New York Giants defense against the Cowboys and them scoring zero points)
Come the rest of week 12, Lobo’s faint playoff hopes stayed afloat with strong performances from Foster Moreau with 10.8 points, and 17.4 points from Aaron Jones. Jonathan Taylor scored 17.3 points on Monday night for extra icing on the cake, even if it was just padding.
Ritz’s team struggled this season, but if this was a dynasty draft, then he would be in a great position for the future.
Just noticing a couple things on Lobo’s bench this week. Kyle Pitts is still on his bench and not dropped even thought his season is over. Also he had Trever Lawrence on his bench this week with 24.94 points, and also Chris Godwin with 23.0 points.
The MVP contest is going to be Josh Allen. It isn’t flashy, but most points in a week where no one else impressed grants him that title. I would be lying if I said that I also didn’t wanna use this MVP moniker to see if Allen will not be superhuman against the Patriots on Thursday.
McGinnity hung up the cleats. Sure he could have checked his roster over Thanksgiving weekend, but he decided to keep his comfy slippers on and not worry about a god damn think. And you know what? Good for him.
Well not really, I would like people set their lineups every week for accountability sake, but I do know that life gets in the way.
Regardless, this is one of, if not the largest margin of victory this season. 78.98 points. Good lord almighty. 78.98 points. But the most hilarious part is that it was nothing compared to My Glockz Out’s 91 point victory last week. The season’s best team is on an absolute tear right now. he is the run-away number one seed, and rightfully so.
Addressing the drastic nature of this throttling, we have to point to Matt playing Raheem Mostert and Leonard Fournette, both of whom were inactive for their respective teams. I understand that Matt didn’t have anything on his bench…but there is waiver wire and free agents. He has only spend four dollars in FAB. Could have picked up somebody or something. It would have helped him in the battle to not finish last and pay double come end of the season.
But for Tom, all things are still tracking well. Justin Jefferson was absolutely dynamite on Thursday night against New England. He had a touchdown in the first quarter and then didn’t stop, scoring 24.84 points. Kyler Murray did his fantasy thing while losing, which he does really well. Murray had 25.24 points, which is his third highest point total of the season.
Tom’s day could have been even better if Tony Pollard didn’t have his worst game in weeks. Only 7.1 points for the Dallas running back, his first single-digit outing since week six. Tom also played Tyler Higbee with a back-up quarterback for Los Angeles instead of Hayden Hurst of the Cincinnati Bengals. These are the little things that can make huge difference in the playoffs.
But you know what else is huge? Defenses that come to play, and that is what the Miami defense did against the Houston Texans. 20 points from the Dolphins, aided by a defensive touchdown. Their defensive score could have been ever better if the coaching staff didn’t pull all the starters in the third quarter. Miami defense/special teams get the MVP nod from me.
What we have here folks, is a playoff preview. Buzzi and Tommy are more than likely going to be matching up in the semifinals. This was a feeling out match.
For the victorious team, his version of thunder and lighting helped spark a big win. Justin Herbert and Austin Ekeler combined for 48.26 points. Pretty solid outing for the two. It was a relatively sloppy football game against Arizona, but Buzzi does not care.
Besides that, these two teams matched up evenly. No crazy performances from Tommy’s squad; his highest scorer was Nick Chubb with 19.7 points. Tommy may write to Christian McCaffrey’s parents to ask how their son is doing health wise and give him a little pep talk to play better.
Since McCaffrey joined the 49ers, he is averaging 16.03 points per game. Pretty good right? Take out his 36.26 point game against the Rams and he is averaging just under 11 points per game. One could say that Christian is ready to rise again, but he has to have healthy knees for that.
The biggest discrepancy in terms of positional matchup comes in the tight end position. Travis Kelce had somewhat of a pedestrian 13.7 points, but it was still substantially better than Greg Dulcich’s 2.1 points.
Is anyone on the Denver Broncos offense fantasy playable? I have no idea man. They stink.
The MVP is Herbert. This is the Herbert that Buzzi expected the entire season. His 28.76 point total is his season-high, and it is his first 20+ point fantasy game since week four against Houston. Right place at the right time for Buzzi. Now Buzzi is just hoping Herbert kept some ammo for the playoffs.
You have to feel for Jimmy. You put up 136.2 points and you expect to win.
However, Jimmy was matched up with this week’s highest scorer…Mr. Ronan McClorey.
Ronan was fighting for his playoff life and needed a win in week 12. And that he got. His team came up huge, and he really has one man to thank for it.
Josh Jacobs. Las Vegas Raiders. Number one fantasy running back. Week 12 MVP.
45.3 points. He ran the ball 33 times against the Seattle Seahawks and had 229 yards and two touchdowns…none bigger than the 80 yard touchdown to win the game in overtime. That is 14 fantasy points. He only beat Jimmy by 11.06.
Jimmy, this is where you have permission to scream until your lungs give out.
Ronan needed everything he needed from Jacobs because his other running back Alvin Kamara score just 4.0 points and borderlines on bench warmer. Yowzers.
Alright, Jimmy. Have you recovered your breath yet? You had a damn good week. You even made things interesting on Sunday night! And imagine if Najee Harris didn’t get hurt on Monday night…
Miles Sanders scored 29.5 points on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. That makes up for his 5.4 and 5.3 point performances in weeks 10 and 11. Right?That is a damn good game! He had a career high 143 rushing yards! You can’t be angry at that!
Also Najee Harris, he scored a touchdown for a second straight game! He got hurt and needed to rest in the second half. Totally understandable. Can’t be risking that abdomen. He gave you his second back-to-back double-digit scoring effort of the season!
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