Week 5: fantasy kings (for now)
I am sitting at 4-0 in sole possession of first place in the league and, as a result, am obviously the only undefeated team left.
Last week, I had to go play the second highest scorer in the league and a fellow 3-0. I went in and took it home, although it took me a moment to get there. My QB woes with Joe Burrow severly injured have been halfway fixed by picking up Justin Fields and trading for Dak Prescott. I went into Monday Night Football last week down roughly 50 points and De’Von Achane, Garrett Wilson and Fields came through.
Unfortunately, the grind is not over. I’ve got the third highest scorer and a 3-1 team this week. To add extra fuel to the fire, this is my brother, who’s one of my absolute best friends. I also consider him a serious rival, because we are insanely competitive. He’s also the reigning league champion. Fortunately, he has five players on bye and another injured, so that rather balances the tables, if not slightly tilts them in my favor. I currently have three injured, including my no. 1 QB and WR. Then another player is suspended. It’s hard to say until things happen, but I feel rather decent about this week. Better than last week at least. My biggest weakness right now is WR. Currently, Tre Tucker is WR3, but I have no idea if he gets the start or if I pick up the best guy I can find on waivers. Tucker was rather disappointing last week.
Good news is, regardless of this week, Rashee Rice and, hopefully, CeeDee Lamb are not that far off from returning. With Burrow injured, QB is always going to be iffy for this team, but once I get those two back, the rest of the roster will look insanely good.
I did get a chance to play a bit of defense this week. Normally, this early in the year I wouldn’t really care, but being up against my brother and him being a waiver wire spot behind me, I took the liberty of wasting my waiver priority to grab Woody Marks, the Houston RB. His options at RB no. 2 right now are Michael Carter for Arizona and Isiah Pacheco for Kansas City. Judging by the choice words he had for me, I think I stole his easy start and play for this week.
Also, a random thought, but me and Luther Burden, the Chicago WR, are having a very weird adventure this year. I drafted him, dropped him, picked him back up and, just recently, dropped him again. It’s not really relevant to the team, but he puzzles me and, at this point, I’m sure I puzzle him too. I so want him to be good and still somewhat believe in him, but I also cannot justify having him on the roster when its his bye week coming up.
