WEEK 4 RECAP
“The broadest type is existential nihilism: The belief that life has no inherent purpose.”
“I have come to believe
that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by
our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.” And
Samuel Beckett describes what I tell myself after losing one of my first two
picks for the season, “I can't go on, I'll go on.”
Without further ado.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Best Manager
Nic, Alex, and Chris all had 0.0 possible additional points
possible to win. Of course, two of them won and the third did not but that’s
not important to me.
Worst Manager
The worst manager this week was Jake, leaving 38.62 points
possible on his bench. Most of that was Hockenson just completely exploding
while Njoku was just mediocre. Honorable mention to Val, he came in at 37.14.
Biggest Blowout
Matt’s Griddy Grinners really turning things
around with a mammoth 162.6 score to earn the rights to biggest blowout against
Brian’s Neon Samurai. That 162.6 to 99.72 score was enough to secure victory by
62.88 points, or a Goff-and-a-half. I guess everyone that thought he reached on
Jacobs is eating cake now, and bold move playing Josh Reynolds. Enjoy this win.
On the other side Brian left some serious points on the board by rostering two
kickers and playing an injured Kamara. That’s why those London games stink.
Narrow Victory
Andrew’s much maligned team, Lick mine McManus, beat Val’s
Owen Four team the Greenbowl Packers. The difference was 2.9 points. If only
Val had thought that playing the QB that he paid a bunch of FAAB to get in
Jared Goff he might have won. And here we have the pitfalls of playing the
waiver wire to block other players from picking up pieces, when you lose and
have the player on your bench you look a little Jared Goofy.
Lowest Score
Jake’s DonHockenson’s Underdogs made a good point by showing us
that benching your namesake can really hurt your team. I mean your TE in game
did okay for a TE, but Hockenson dropped 40 on your bench. I guess you can take
solace knowing that just swapping in Hockenson wouldn’t have been enough for
the win, it just would have got you almost there.
Highest Score
Chris’ 5 Yard Fullers blew up and scored 185.56
points. I feel like this score, and the ones from the weeks prior just further
re-enforce that Cooper Kupp should have been 1.01. Shoot, your QB only scored
6.76 and you made the highest score easy.
Top QB
Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions. Did this without
Swift and without Amon-Ra. Is that Lions
offense for real? He had 41.22 points.
Top RB
Austin Ekeler, lovingly referred to as Awesome
Excellent, almost did enough do make Herbert less than stellar. Almost. Good to
see the TDs pour in for once. Ekeler scored 34.9 points.
Top WR
Justin Jefferson is back. He scored 31 points
and proved that every player can take his griddy and use it, but not many can
truly earn it.
Top TE
TJ Hockenson scored 39.9 points and secured his spot in the
top 12 of TEs at the end of the year. 40 points from a TE that has been underwhelming
thus far. Is it because of the Lions or is it because of the Seahawks? Keep an
eye on Juwan Johnson for a definitive answer.
Trades Made This Week
POWER RANKINGS
1.
Steve (Previously 3)
2.
Chris (Previously 2)
3.
Alex (Previously 6)
4.
Gary (Previously 1)
5.
Brian (Previously 5)
6.
Matt (Previously 9)
7.
Andrew (Previously 7)
8.
Jake (Previously 8)
9.
Yuriy (Previously 4)
10. Nic
(Previously 10)
11. Dan
(Previously 11)
12. Val
(Previously 12)
“The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that
prevents you from killing yourself.”
― Albert Camus
