Recent content by Golden Gopher

I'll glance at them and use it as a tie-breaker if something sticks out that I didn't realize prior. But, yeah, they're mostly a crapshoot, and I would never use them as "gospel" in setting my lineups. Too many factors (scoring, lineups, league size, etc.) that those articles don't/can't take...

After sort of a ho-hum week, I'm sitting at 135 with Bill (-7.5), Lane (-10.7), and Ertz (-12.8) going tonight. Feel cautiously optimistic about moving on, but who knows. Would really love to get Pearsall back soon, especially with Egbuka's upcoming bye next week. I'm also hoping that Geno...

Well, I had four survivor lives left going into the week.... One large contest (6K+ contestants), one medium (around 100), and two others smaller ones. As of Saturday night, my plan was to "diversity" and go with IND in the big one, and split between NE/CIN/ATL in the other three (having...

A few of these hit home for me. This. Not often, but on rare occasions, I'll settle in to binge-watch a show with a sleeve of saltines, a few slices of colby, cheddar, and/or pepperjack cheese (usually folded/cut into quarters), and if available, some sliced up Johnsonville (or whatever brand)...

Good info. TB is 3-1 on the road, Saints 1-3 at home. I mean it's not a lock, but none of the games in this conversation are. I can see the possibility that the Saints pull off the upset, but is it really any more likely than CAR, CLE, MIA, CHI or either NY team? I don't know.... I can poke...

Outside of IND, I'm not sure I "trust" anyone this week. Probably KC if I had them at my disposal, given how they've played the past couple of weeks. Other than that, I think it's more a matter of who I dis-trust less than who I trust, unfortunately. They could all lay an egg and lose. It's...

I'm taking IND in the one contest where I haven't already used them. Used KC pretty much everywhere last week. Other than that, it seems like there are a half-dozen or so teams favored by about a TD (plus or minus a half point or so) who are all in the same range.... SHOULD win, but you can...

Reichard quietly having a pretty solid season on what is amounting to a pretty mediocre/poor offense in MIN. He's 13/13 on PAT's and 14/16 on FG's, including five FG's of 50+ yards. His long so far this year is 62, and he now holds not only the record in MIN, but three of the four longest in...

That thought (about Darnold and Jones) certainly crossed my mind last night. I'm not sure it's fair, though, for a couple of reasons. One, hindsight is 20/20. Literally nobody saw this coming from Jones. As for Darnold, he literally wilted under pressure at the end of last season. So...

We have several of the same players, from the sounds of it. At least the ones in bold below, based on your comments. Funny thing was I considered several QB's in that $9-14 range, and ended up deciding that Geno was the safer bet over Darnold. Tua scared me because of his concussions, and I...

Well, after sweating out last week, I'm at 40% of last week's score with just Rodgers and Warren so far. Not a lock by any means, but a good start.

Maybe the greatest reverse jinx of all time.

And, of course, now Freiermuth scores. :lol:

I'm also in the camp that hoped I could rely on Freiermuth to at least be a serviceable TE2, or maybe even low-end TE1. I also grabbed him a bunch as a 3rd option in best ball leagues. Turns out he's been mostly useless. The somewhat surprising part is that the shift in snap share has had...

It's close. Good news is all three have good matchups. So, it might be less about "what's the right choice" and more about "all three are good options." CIN is worst in the league in giving up pts to RB. CHI and ARI are bottom half-dozen in terms of pts allowed to WR and TE, respectively...