2022 - Week 9 Recap

In case you're wondering what's with the name changes, in our group chat, Little Giants had an autocorrect fail that changed whatever he was saying into Bromberg chunky. We got a laugh out of it and I figured it would make for a great Fantasy Football name. Then we decided to make a bet. If I won, Two Words: Crap Team's new name for the rest of the season would be Bromberg Chunky's Bitch. If he won, I'd have to change my name to Pioli's Bitch. This is my crowning achievement for the season and I'm very happy with it. Anyhoo...now ya know.

The story for me is that aside from Henry (23.5) doing Henry things, the Carr-Adams combo is what helped me get by in this one. Carr (18.36) threw for only 259 yards and 2 TDs. Luckily for me, 10 of those attempts and 146 of those yards went to Adams (36.6). If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have won.

Chunky's Bitch still had a good day at the office but a couple hiccups cost him. DeVonta Smith (4.2) really screwed him considering how well Smith was doing earlier in the season. However, Smith hasn't had a TD since Week 6 and against Houston, the Eagles decided to give more opportunities to Dallas and A.J. instead. It worked out for them as they pulled out the win but it really screwed Chunky's Bitch over.

Also, I was fortunate he had David Montgomery (5.4) in his flex instead of putting in Curtis Samuel (17.1) from his bench. That one little swap and I still would've lost while putting up my highest points total on the season.

Also, I think I've said "Bromberg Chunky's Bitch" enough for one recap. We get the point.

I'm really happy my highest points total on the season was in Week 9.

This one was a little surprising and not because I didn't think The Couple would do well but more so because Not shaving was almost the dud this week. This is part of the reason as to why Not shaving has fallen to second in Points For, which isn't a bad position to be with only five weeks left to go while touting a 7-2 record.

It doesn't help that she didn't have her precious Chubb to play with this week. (That came out wrong... or did it?) Chubb averages 20.4 per week. That's an ouch considering Josh Jacobs (11.7) and Jamaal Williams (10.1) combined for about what Chubb's average normally is. Sure, Jacobs (18.9 avg) usually does better but it would've been nice to put a Chubb in (heh) her lineup.

And Detroit is doing Detroit things again. All of a sudden Amon-Ra (9.5) and Josh Reynolds (out) ain't shit. If one is hurt, the other is mediocre at best. So, that didn't help Not shaving's effort either.

Really, The Couple had three players pull them through: Mahomies (37.14), Travis Etienne Jr. (26.6), and Tyreek Hill (27.3). Other than that, the rest of the players didn't really stand out, at all.

Tyreek already has over 1,000 yards receiving on the season at 1,104 and Waddle has racked in a surprising 812 yards already through 9 games to put him in the five spot of top receivers. To put that into perspective, Waddle had 1,015 yards through 16 games played last year.

It's obvious what's happpening. I mean, shit, when you have Tyreek on the other side of the ball, that's going to leave Waddle on one-on-one coverage very often, boosting his production. Reminds me of Calvin Ridley when Julio was still good.

Waddle is on pace to reach 1,533 yards this season, which would be nuts for a guy in his second year.

Also, last year Tyreek had 1,239 yards through 17 games. If he keeps up his current pace, he'll reach 1,915 receiving yards. And everyone thought he was crazy for going to Miami.

What's interesting is that with as much crap as people talked (me included) about Tua, Miami has Tua the top five receivers in the league when it comes to passing yards.

Punny flex, bro.

Little Giants have been the Points Leader two weeks in a row. Last week, he had 210.66 followed up by another good performance this week. The thing about last week though is that there were four teams that racked in 189+ points, two of those had over 209 points. (That's nuts.)

Last week, Little Giant's did it by having Kamara (42.8) and Hopkins (33.9) go off for him and nine of his 11 starters rack in double digits. This week, Mixon (55.1) decided to be a video game character and get 5 TOTAL TD. Yes...five with 211 TOTAL yards. That's insanity. That's more Fantasy Points than his previous three weeks combined.

He also accounted for 29.4% of Little Giant's's total points. Did Carolina say to themselves, "Ya know, he's already scored three touchdowns. There's no way he goes for two more. We'll just continue to let him roam free." The week prior, Mixon was still human and had just 12.9 points. Shoulda, coulda, woulda but had Mixon not been a cheat code for the week, Little Giant's would've been in the 140s-150s and would've taken the L. Either way, nice TE had to eat that 50 burger and like it.

Which leads me to my next point - nice TE (6-3) did really well at 167.46. He might be fourth in the standings but he's third in Points For. So, don't sleep on his team. Now, in fairness, he had several underachievers in his starting lineup, which means his overall performance was carried by just a few players, but that's also because he had five players on a BYE, which included Barkley and Amaric Cooper. Again, don't sleep on hiis team.

Speaking of, Justin Fields (42.72) had himself a day. It's really unfortunate when you have players go off for their highest total of the season, giving you hope for a win, and you still can't pull in the dub.

People like Drake London (3.3) and DJ Moore (4.4) really did nice TE no favors in Week 9. So, nice TE benched Drake London, and rightfull so because he's totaled just 10.4 from weeks 8 and 9, and then what does Drake do? He scores 14.8 on nice TE's bench this past Thursday while hauling in his first TD since Week 2. Go figure.

Again, don't sleep on his team, though.

Oh, and about last week's amazing scores, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that here's another score that's amazing - 85.02. That belonged to the Rev. He sucks. He frigging sucks. The reason why I say he sucks is, well, because he does, and because that's the LOWEST DUD OF THE YEAR! Hahahahhaaha. Who scores a sub-90 in a two-QB league?!?! Hahahahahaa. This isn't golf, bro. Though, you suck at that, too. If you combined his starters and his bench, he would've had 120.02 and still would've lost. That's like using two hands in an arm wrestling match and still losing. Anyway, enough about that loser.

Vu hands Tay his first loss since Week 1. I wish I had only my second loss come in Week 9. Instead, I have only my second win. Hahaha. I'm terrible at Fantasy Football.

Either way, Tay still leads the standings...for now. He's facing nice TE in Week 10 and that's who handed him his first loss in Week 1 (165.68-176.68). Tay has dropped to the fifth spot in Points For but he's been fortunate because he also has the lowest Points Against.

So, it looks like Tay's team has cooled off just a tad. But, I mean he had three starters total him 10.1 points. Oof. Big oof. However, going back to Waddle, he got Tay 19.5 in his flex, which he can move to a WR position considering he gets Kittle back from his BYE week and he has the top two TEs in the league. I'm looking for him to bounce back in Week 10.

Vu had himself a pretty good week with the exceptions of Higbee (0) and Foreman (4.1). Foreman is a weird play. His performances go as such for weeks 8, 9, and 10: 31.8, 4.1, and 19.0. The guy is showing some major upside going forward, though.

And Vu doesn't have to rely on Zach Wilson (10.56) since he also has Dak. I think Vu is also a force to be reckoned with going forward considering he's fourth in Points For.

Lotta Love went from almost first to worst in Points For between Week 8's performance (209.9) and Week 9's (115.9). That's a seesaw Not shaving grouping if I've ever seen one. Haha.

SoOOoOO, I don't know what's going on here but it seems that people want to start benching players in order to guarantee a victory. The Rev. left a RB spot and his D/ST spot open while scoring 130.7. Why didn't you just go ahead and bench Justin Herbert (12.1) as well, ya sissy? You still would've won.

Makes me wonder, is there a way to lock in the maximum amount of bench spots you use even if you're putting people from your starting lineup there? I thought the max was locked and that's why if you pick someone up from waivers, you have to drop someone if you're maxed out. The Rev. was able to expand his bench to eight instead of the normal six, which means using this strategy, he didn't have to drop any players. Sooo..

Anyhoo, look at Kenneth Walker III (27.9). I'll be honest, I didn't really know who he was until a few weeks ago when he started slanging big numbers all over the place. From Weeks 5-9, he's averaged 20.52 per week. That ain't peanuts. Dude is killing it. Let's see what he does on Sunday in Germany.

Lotta Love has lots of losses with a few wins peppered in over the season. Consistency has not been key for you, man. Luckily, you have the second lowest Points Against but you can't guarantee that kind of luck. I helped with that in Week 6. No need to thank me but you're welcome.

The moment you traded for Aaron Jones, he gets 28.6 and then 19.7 to look like his old self again. And then boom, in Week 9, he gets 6.5. (That's partly why I got fed up with him.) Hopefully for you, they figure out what the Hell they're doing in Indy and Michael Pittman (5.2) will be consistent as well.

And Hell, your score is a little inflated (which sounds weird because you were the dud) due to the Patriots D/ST (26.0). That's definitely not something you can rely on.

I guess the only advice I really have for you is, I mean, I don't know. Don't suck?

Even if I had advice, would you really listen to a guy that didn't get his second win until Week 9? Nah, didn't think so. Haha.