2024 pretty much ran this back after 44 years.
If Week 1 was a blood bath, then Week 2 was the invasion of Normady.
My league started at 901 entries and we now have just 223 currently alive.
How does it feel to make past the first two weeks of death?
Yeah, that about sums it up.
But even though I made it across the beach, I’m well aware the journey has just begun.
Going into Week 3 I have the Seahawks and Chargers used as laid out in last week’s blog.
Let’s talk a little game theory here.
I keep hearing people say “don’t overthink it - you could’t plan too far ahead”.
I’m guessing these are the same people who took Cincinnati in Week 1 or Baltimore in Week 2.
I do agree with this to some extent though.
Injuries are going to happen - like with Tua in Week 2.
So you might be able to take advantage of situations like this that arise.
But man, there’s some tough weeks out there with one “rock solid” favorite.
For instance Week 10 at the moment is my Chiefs week.
And because of that, I’m reserving Chicago at home vs Carolina in Week 5.
And the Eagles are stamped into Week 14 vs Carolina as well on byemageddon.
But here’s a fun wrinkle us survivors find ourselves with.
We hoped it would happen once.
No one imagined it would happen twice.
With this in mind - is the sneaky play to actually pick the favorite this week?
I mean - that’s pretty much what I did.
Are the favorites the new hipster picks?
The battle of wits has begun!
Before I reveal my pick, let’s map out the rest of the season based on Week 2.
Alright everyone, huddle up.
Let’s talk out this week’s viable options.
Bengals (-7.5) vs Commanders
I think this is going to be the darling pick of the week.
Meanwhile the Commanders couldn’t muster a touchdown vs the Giants.
In a way, I wish I was taking the easy road here.
I wish I were taking the Bengals.
But I have to stick with the gameplan.
That’s a brutal week of matchups.
49ers (-7.5) AT Rams
This is your other largest spread of the week as it stands now.
I’m just not quite sure how good San Francisco is this year.
Certainly better than the Rams.
Tampa Bay (-7) vs Broncos
Baker Mayfield is for real.
It’s time to embrace this fact.
Haven’t heard a peep out of Colin Cowherd lately on him.
Just remember - they’ve faded the big spreads twice before.
But the Broncos may just be a team to follow.
Bo Nix looks pretty damn bad.
Like a fly going around in circles with no plan.
I think another matchup might make itself available.
Definitely putting the Bucs as a contender for Week 3.
Jets (-6) vs Patriots
This was my original pick before last week, but I’m balking.
The Patriots have shown themselves to be a gritty team which is much better than everyone was expecting.
I need to see more out of Rodgers and less out of Jacoby.
Raiders (-5.5) AT Panthers
I could easily see this being the most popular pick this week.
How many players in the pool have just faded the Panthers as their only line of logic?
It also isn’t the biggest spread either.
I’m staying away from this game, but for a different reason.
Quite simply, they benched Bryce Young.
Make all the jokes about Andy Dalton you want, but this leaves a big unknown.
Just like Malik Willis last week.
Hopefully Andy gets it done and a large swath of the pool perishes under the water.
(probably not though)
Browns (-6) vs Giants
Another contender.
I’m not sure if I can use the Browns in another week.
This would take some balls with the other cupcake selections at my disposal.
Plus, I can use them in Week 13 in Denver if they get playing to their potential.
Oh yeah - as you’ve got the option to see - I think Denver stiiiiinks.
Bo Nix is the new Mitch Trubisky.
A severely over drafted first round QB who’s coach inexplicably fell in love with.
Maybe he’ll get better.
But he’s not now.
I’ll tweet any change I make.
But these blogs will come out Thursday morning after hearing most pools close before the Thursday night game.
That is - if I’m still treading.
See you all next week.
Keep kicking those legs.
