Your Titanic AFC West Showdown Open Thread

This would appear to be the day of hastily scribbled posts and this one is no different. I was actually thinking last Sunday, “Damn, it took me four hours to put all the game intros together, sometimes it doesn’t seem worth it.” Well, there are a lot more ones like this than there are multi-hour undertakings, that’s for sure. As seems fitting for my fantasy year, I’m playing in The Toilet Bowl without a QB because Herbert gone and Dobbs was benched. Nailed it!

Tidbits:

-The Room Temperature Express, Joe Flacco, is an official member of the Browns rather than a callup from the practice squad. He’ll get 75k per win and the love and adulation of milquetoasts across the nation.

-Remember Rolando McClain the linebacker that was the 8th overall pick in the 2010 draft (the Raiders, of course) who showed a proclivity for off-field shenanigans, drug suspensions and inferior play? Well, he received some good news today-his eight year suspension has been lifted! He’s 34. Way to twist the knife, Roger.

-So. Many. Flags.: It’s not just you that noticed. Teams have been averaging more penalties per game than at any time since the 2019 season. God, we were so young back then.

To The Game!

Chargers/Raiders:

-More hot backup qb action than you can (literally?) shake a stick at! The Battle of Who Sucks Less will be remembered down through the ages.

-Stick doesn’t have a Keenan Allen to bail him out so his #1 wr is going to be a gimpy Josh Palmer along with the likes of “Lead Hands” Johnson and Jalen “I Got One Target Last Week!” Guyton. (I’m going to start him in Toilet Bowl)

-Fantasy downer Ekeler has run for 50+ yards four times this year. One would think that his number might be called a little more often, given the circumstances.

-Hills and Valleys: O’Connell has posted QBR ratings of 88.6 and 82.1 alongside figures of 8.1 and 16.4.

-Will Jimmy G see the field? The guess here is no given that if he gets injured at any point in the season and can’t pass a physical next March, his 11.25 mil salary will be guaranteed for 2024. Silly contract vagaries.

Enjoy.