News: Thirteen down and one to go. Only one play-off spot locked down and the other five will be determined by some combination of wins, losses and points scored. The teams at 8 – 5 appear to be in good shape but with the scoring volatility we’ve seen, there most certainly could be some movement up and down the standings. Random thought of the week: When I reflect back on this season it will be with a particular emphasis on…
News: There’s a lot going on in the NFL’s weekly news cycle so it’s very easy for me to miss stories but the ones that jumped out were Shedeur Sanders and JJ McCarthy. A lot of people dislike Sanders but to be fully transparent, I don’t know enough about him to dislike him yet. He has been branded as cocky, seen by many as someone with a mouth that “writes cheques” his talent can’t cash. This week’s post game interview…
News: Another week in the books and another week closer to teasing out the top and bottom six. We have a three way tie at the top and five teams right on their heels. A fantasy season is like a triathlon. The swim is invigorating. The bike is a different level of strain but at least you’re sitting down. Now comes the run. You’re already tired, suddenly the burning sun comes out and there’s nothing but 26 long miles between…
News: Apparently this was “Rivalry Week” according to Yahoo and I’ll admit to understanding the concept but not really understanding the attempted execution. It would seem to me that rivalries are based on the teams, not a randomly selected week of the season and a schedule randomly determined in early September. I prefer to think that either no weeks are rivalry weeks or all weeks are rivalry weeks. What matters is we’re down to four weeks and like Scott Hansen…
News: The distribution curve of wins and losses in Clan McDonald is going to make for an interesting finish to our fantasy regular season. We have eight teams above .500 and while every season is different, I tentatively predict it will take at least eight wins to have a reasonable shot at the play-offs. The time to take stock is now, to assess what you need to do over the next five weeks to be part of that conversation. To…