Week 8:
What a matchup!
I struggled with whether or not to play Rodgers this week and finally pulled him at the last minute. I had no choice; feelings needed put aside and I had to make the smarter play. I have to be clear the decision was not made because I didn't trust him, I just had to play the numbers this one week. The Broncos D has been outstanding; Rodgers could have a good game and still be held to a low fantasy score. Situationally, it was simply a risky move at an important point in the season. Rodgers is unquestionably our guy going forward.
This would have been a great week
to chat because it came down to one player in one game: my kicker. It would have really been something to experience that play out in real time with other league people.
As soon as I saw what the win rested on I was nervous. I never want a game to be decided by the kicker, in real football or fantasy. That is the most fickle position, entirely dependent on the random flow of the game; whether or not their team gets far enough down the field to try a kick, whether they're held to a kick and you get three points or they get a touchdown and you only get one; so many variables at play.
And sure enough, this one could have gone either way multiple times. It looked early on like I should be able to get the win, I only needed two kicks, but after getting one quickly the offense was suddenly shut down for most of the rest of the game. Our fantasy game ended up dead even, we were looking seriously at the possibility of a tie for only the second time in our league, the only other one being all the way back in our first season. But then I had a kick blocked late and went down by one point so it looked like gia would take it. But on a last minute drive they got back down to the red zone and looked like they would score a touchdown and we'd tie again; but they were actually held to a field goal so I won by two! And get this: if it had gone to the tiebreaker I still would have won, but only by a single point! (36-35)
What a week! The hardest fought matchup I've had so far this year; actually one of the hardest that I've had ever! Well done gia!
