Well, I'm at the car dealership, waiting for them to finish doing some maintenance on my car, so I guess I'll do what I can to provide you all with some pernicious nonsense.
For starters, I'd just like to say that I am great at identifying breakout QBs, but not always great at drafting them. Two years ago, in another league, I was targeting Patrick Mahomes --- I want to say it was in the 8th round. But no, THREE PICKS BEFORE MINE, dumb old Matt went ahead and sniped him from me. But I won that league that year anyway.
Last year, I actually managed to draft Lamar Jackson in three leagues --- but succeeded in winning none of them.
This year, I correctly identified Josh Allen as the sleeper QB to draft, but no, dumb old Pete went ahead and sniped him from me in the 10th.
And so, yes. I am blaming my poor showing thus far this season on Pete stealing Josh Allen from me in the draft, and not the fact that I forget to make waiver wire claims.
On the other hand, I am quite literally stunned to find myself ahead of Merrill in the standings, considering that he successfully acquired Mahomes in a trade which seems heavily weighted in his favor, and then dealt him away in another trade which seemed just as heavily weighted against him. But honestly, even if I finish 11th overall this season, I will consider it a success if I finish ahead of Merrill, especially considering how shamelessly I've been phoning it in this year.
I mean --- holy crap! Not only is he behind ME in the standings, but he's trailing the league in scoring! It would appear that the champions' curse has returned!
Who else can I make fun of? Well, the obvious next target is Jody, who has managed the amazing feat of scoring the second-most points in the league, and converting them into a league-low two wins. I mean, you would think it would be mathematically impossible to be second in points scored while losing to me and Merrill, and yet, there he is. And as bad as it is, it could have been worse. If Pete had managed to put up just another 1.4 points in week 4, Jody would be 1-8 (and if Taylor had additionally scored just a hair more than 4 points last week, Jody would be winless).
Truly, a stellar display of inefficiency, Jody!
Eh, that's all I've got. I do like the fact that, with 4 weeks left, it appears that literally everyone is still in contention for a playoff spot --- and literally everyone is still at risk for missing the playoffs. Matt is leading the league in points scored by a fair margin, but we all know he has shown a Taylor-like ability to fold in the stretch.
Good luck, no one!
