Please say a prayer for Tucker Kraft. Did you hear the news? I need exactly 5 points from him in Freezer League in order to beat Game Time Decision because I got too cute with my QB choice. I will never learn.
Fallout:
-Ja’Marr Chase just gets better every year. He’s only one TD from matching Carl Pickens’ (I liked that guy) 17 scores and just 5 grabs from tying T.J. Housh-etc’s 112 catch mark.
-The solution for the Falcons recent woes? INSERT PENIX HERE. Despite Cousins’ league-leading 16 INT’s and 12 fumbles Atlanta was still in the hunt. Talent-wise they’re good enough to be game-managed into the first round of the playoffs but not beyond that. Is GM Fontenot a rearview smartypants or did he backup into a good decision?
-Another kid that I like (not in a Gaetz way) Tank Dell is having a rough go of it. Word is that he dislocated his knee and tore his ACL-this after breaking his leg last year. His game is predicated on exploding out of his breaks (he’s listed at a very slight 165 pounds so he’s never going to outmuscle anyone) so I fear that this injury may rob him of that ability.
-Are the Bears waterfalling on good decisions? Fans of the team are of course replying in the negative but bear with me. Drafting Caleb still seems to me to be smart. Now word has it that Chicago will be the first suitor in line for Lions OC Ben Johnson (the guy that has taken Goff to another level) when he comes on the coaches market-he’s the perfect dude to mentor the young fella. If successful they’ll be stealing talent from an in-division rival. If all this comes good the division will be more top-heavy than Marika.
-Jerry Jones is sunk-costing like a boss. The Boys won a squeaker yesterday so JJ is crowing that Coach McCarthy kept the team motivated. I wish I could invent my own reality like that.
To The Game!
Saints/Packers:
-Is Josh Jacobs the NFL’s most overlooked rb? He was jettisoned by the Raiders after giving them four 1000 yard seasons and never anything below 805. He catches anywhere between 20 and 54 balls a year. What more could a team want? I guess because all rb’s are interchangeable, Mattison was going to deliver the same production. Oh my.
-And you thought you’d seen the last of Spencer Rattler in any prime time game. smh…
-Not starring for the Saints this evening? Take your pick-Emo Carr is unavailable (headed to a Cult concert?) as is Olave, Bub Means, Kamara and MVS. Ok, I threw Bub in there for giggles.
-Green Bay is a very quiet (outside Wisconsin) 10-4 what with the Lions and Vikings and their gaudy records. Beware the Pack though-they’ve won 8 of their last 10, one of those losses was by a field goal to Detroit.
Have at it.
