YAHOO DF$ WEEK 15 LINEUP REVIEW
JAY CUTLER $20
YEAH, I KNOW. WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU PLAY SMOKING JAY CUTLER? HE ALWAYS LEAVES YOU LOOKING LIKE WILLIE LUMP LUMP!! WELL, SMOKING JAY CUTLER WAS ONLY $20 BUCKS….UH, YEAH….THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT! HE WAS A PLAYER I DIDN’T EXPECT MUCH OUT OF BUT HE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE SOLID POINTS. HE HAD THREE PICKS AND AQUA JULIUS DROPPED AN EASY TOUCH DOWN BUT HE ALSO THREW FOR CLOSE TO 300 YARDS. ALSO, OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS BEFORE THE BILLS GAMES, THE DOLPHINS RANKED 12TH IN TOTAL YARDS AND 11TH IN POINTS. I EXPECTED MORE FROM SMOKING JAY BUT I STAND BY THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
LATAVIUS MURRAY $20
“LATIVUS” WAS A CHEAP LAYUP/ MUST PLAY FOR ME. THE NARRATIVE MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME EVEN BEFORE WORD GOT OUT THAT MARVIN LEWIS WOULDN’T RETURN AS HEAD COACH. THE VIKINGS WERE COMING OFF A TOUGH LOSS TO THE PANTHERS, WERE IN A MUST WIN SITUATION AND PLAYING AT HOME. THE MARVIN LEWIS NEWS JUST ENDED UP BEING ICING ON THE CAKE. IT WAS ALMOST A CERTAINTY THAT MURRAY WOULD RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN SO I KNEW I’D GET ADEQUATE VALUE FOR $20.
LE’VEON BELL $37
REALLY DON’T HAVE TO JUSTIFY WHY YOU PLAY LEV BELL. YOU JUST DO BECAUSE THAT CAT IS A MONSTER. IN A MATCH UP AGAINST THE PATS COMING OFF A MONDAY NIGHT LOSS, I EXPECTED LB TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE RUN AND PASS GAME. SOME MAY SAY LEV RECEIVED MORE OPPS WITH AB GOING DOWN BUT THAT’S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAINTS VS FALCONS GAME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, KAMARA GOING DOWN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED MARK INGRAM AND I BELIEVE THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR LEV THIS WEEK.
STERLING SHEPARD $17
HE WAS DUE. STERLING HAD DEALT WITH MIGRAINES AND INJURIES THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND WAS BARELY TARGETED VS THE RAIDERS. WITH THE EAGLES COMING TO TOWN, YOU KNEW ELI AND THE BOYS WOULD HAVE TO THROW A LOT AND SHEPARD HAS BEEN A TARGET MONSTER EARLIER IN THE SEASON. IT WAS A DICE ROLL AT $17 THAT I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT AND IT PAID OFF.
DEDE WESTBROOK $18
THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF STERLING SHEPARD. DEDE HAD 27 TARGETS OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS AND SEEMED LIKE AN EASY CANDIDATE FOR CLOSE TO 10 TARGETS WITH LEONARD FOURNETTE GOING OUT. YET, THE JAGS SELF SCOUTED AND SAW THE SAME THING EVERYONE ELSE DID WHICH LED TO BIG GAMES BY KEELAN COLE, ANOTHER RECEIVER I REALLY LIKED THIS WEEK AND PLAYED ON DRAFTKINGS, AND JAYDON MICKENS (WITH MARQISE LEE GOING DOWN). IN HINDSIGHT, I WISH I COULD’VE PIVOTED OFF OF WESTBROOK ONTO COLE AND MAYBE SELECT A QB IN A BETTER POSITION BUT SHIT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PARTY NAKED.
TYLER LOCKETT $14
I EXPECTED A SHOOTOUT BETWEEN THE RAMS AND THE SEAHAWKS BUT SEATTLE JUST GOT SHOT. I REALLY THOUGHT THE SEATTLE OFFENSE WOULD DO MORE. JUST MISSED THIS ONE ALTOGETHER. IT HAPPENS.
ROB GRONKOWSKI $26
PATS COMING OFF A DIVISIONAL LOSS. GRONK COMING OFF A SUSPENSION. BRADY GOING “0 FOR” ON 3RD DOWNS. THIS GAME WAS SET UP FOR GRONK TO GO OFF AND HE WAS WAY TOO CHEAP NOT TO FIND A WAY INTO MY LINEUP. I CALLED FOR TWO TUBS BUT I GUESS I’LL TAKE 9 FOR 168 YARDS AND A 2 PT CONVERSION.
TODD GURLEY II $34
I SAID IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO; TODD GURLEY IS THE 2017 DAVID JOHNSON. TOUCHES THE ROCK A TON AND HAS A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE RUN AND PASS GAME. DID I SEE THIS EXPLOSION COMING?! NAH, UNFORTUNATELY NEGRODAMUS DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING BUT HE WAS A PLAYER I HAD TO FIT IN MY LINEUP, WHICH IS WHY I ROLLED WITH JAY CUTLER AT QB. SO MAYBE I DID SEE IT COMING AFTER ALL….
MINNESOTA VIKINGS DEFENSE $14
SEE ALL THE REASONS I DECIDED TO PLAY LATIVIUS MURRAY AND THEN APPLY IT TO THE CINCINNATI OFFENSE LED BY THE GINGER FIST, ANDY DALTON. WHEN I SAW THE VIKINGS D/ST PRICED AT $14, I COULDN’T GET THEM INTO MY LINEUP FAST ENOUGH!!
THIS WAS A QUICK RUN DOWN OF MY WEEK 15 LINEUP AND I'M HOPING TO IMPROVE ON MY 164.76 SCORE IN WEEK 16! TIL NEXT TIME….I’LL HOLLA!!