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The injury train just keeps rolling along. No sooner does Rashee Rice start to look capable of filling the WR1 shoes in KC than he finds himself carted off the field. They aren’t calling it season ending. Maybe the swelling is preventing them from fully assessing it or maybe it’s more like the Achilles tendonitis CMC now magically has in both ankles.

In Clan McDonald, scoring remained “moderate” shall we say? Our stragglers steered clear of the fifties and sixties but no one is exactly running away with a scoring title either. Commish leads the way by a nose in totals points. In total points against, Jay holds the dubious honour of having the most scored against him. He has faced an average of almost 140 points per week thus far. For most of us, our win-loss records wouldn’t look too good if we were up against that.

Shark Move of the Week:

Ken seems to be doing the hard work in the corners as well as anyone right now. Whether it’s slipping in to pick up Jordan Mason and Diontae Johnson or getting solid production from some of these overlooked RB committees like Moss and Brown in Cincinnati, the points are definitely there.

We all know there are very few players that command the majority of carries or targets on their teams but I think we still get caught up in trying to figure out if it’s this guy or that guy. Most times the answer is “it’s both guys”. On most teams, there’s more than one RB with value. The trick is trying to figure out who will have the bigger game any given week but sometimes one guy dominates a game and we react by assuming the final chapter in that story has been written. That’s rarely the case and the worst thing you can do is to give up on a player just because the other guy had the bigger week. What goes around, comes around.

Guppy Move of the Week:

We’ve all gotten a hunch minutes before kick-off. I know I have. Something says “get that guy out of there” or “get that guy in there”. I think Andy had one this week with the last minute Jones – Nabers “stack”. Not quite a guppy move but definitely an illustration of how much QBs live or die by touchdowns in fantasy. Jones threw for 281 yards against the ‘Boys but unfortunately, none of his 29 completions were in the end zone and that left him with a chilly 7.67 points. In contrast, Goff threw for 11 more yards but two of his 18 completions found the end zone. Throw in a fluke Philly special and it’s a red hot 29.23 points.

I’m not sure what the moral of the story is but I find it strange that someone like Jones can power Nabers to 26 points while getting only 8 himself. It reminds me of defensive scoring. Something seems wrong with it. I can’t put my finger on what it is but it’s something…

Smack Talk Award of the Week:

It was nice to see Brandon with a little stick work on Neil this week even if Neil did come back with a little face wash with the glove late in that contest. One thing I would say about Jordan Love though. Now and then teams will start a WR as a decoy but I can’t think of too many instances where they’ve done it with a QB. If he’s playing, he’s playing.

Welcome to Fantasy Hell Award of the Week:

I look at the Piper’s roster and it’s a bit like the cast of The Longest Yard, a murderer’s row of guys who are not exactly excellent at football right now. Aiyuk won’t be able to use the “getting in game shape” angle much longer and already some SF fans want their contract extension money back. Also, how does Baltimore drop 35 on the Bills and Andrews gets one target for zero catches? Maybe he and Kelce have been training together in the off season? The trouble is, Andrews is only 29 and he doesn’t have the “Freedom Swifty-five” retirement plan. Hopefully Piper can spin the line-up roulette wheel and get back in the win column this week.