I was very lucky Sunday having an all-time best day in my 15+ years of playing Fantasy Football. My 3rd team which has not been good all year and done the bare minimum to stay alive. Burned an early draft pick on Etienne who I dropped. Drafted other disappointments in Calvin Ridley and Keon Coleman. Injuries always factor in. Also some of my players saw their fantasy value impacted by their QBs hurt in the case of Tua or garbage QB situations in LV & NYG now down to Drew Lock. I had a 16% chance to make the playoffs going into the Week at 7-6. Been snakebit too taking losses by as few as 0.14 points to the #1 team. To even be in the equation for a playoff spot after all of that is crazy. Felt that if this team could get healthy, utilize the waiver wire along the way and stay in contention, it will have a shot to win it in the end.
The two teams ahead of me were tied at 8-5 taking the 3rd & 4th spots for the playoffs going into the week. Only one team did I have an outside shot at catching in overall Points Scored on the season if they were to lose this week. Trailing them nearly 80 Points For on the season going into Week 14 with them having 1619 to my 1542. My team has the 2nd fewest points allowed all year, only behind the team ranked 2nd in the league. The 8-5 team I could catch is losing this week is losing by 73 points and I beat them H2H this year though overall
Points For gets the preference in a tiebreaker. That team has put up a measly 59 points as of now with Luke Schoonmaker being their only player left. Cowboys official site says Jake Ferguson has cleared concussion protocol and
expected to play vs Cincinnati. Even if Ferguson were out or limited on MNF. Schoonmaker would have to get over 60 fantasy points with Cooper Rush throwing to him and Ferguson, along with the other receivers to be a non-factor.
The other 8-5 team I can't catch in total points is my opponent this week. Beating them this week 204.68 to 95.92 with their only player left being Ceedee Lamb.
Won the waiver claim for Guerendo, grabbed Charbonnet as soon as the alert went out on Kenneth Walker being downgraded. Same on Breece Hall and stashed Braelon Allen on the bench while starting him in another league. The performances by Josh Allen, Tyreek Hill, Charbonnet & Guerendo carried my team this week and thankfully no one was a bust.
In hindsight, I should have started Jaylen Waddle & Juaun Jennings over Myers and Giants QB mess for Nabers. Never been big on starting two WRs on the same team like Waddle & Hill in fantasy. Definitely not benching Tyreek Hill and was not going to let Jaylen Waddle stay on the waiver wire when someone got impatient and dropped him during Tua's injury. My bench TE Zach Ertz, RBs James Conner, Chuba Hubbard, Nick Chubb, Braelon Allen, IR Spot Kenneth Walker. My gut feeling was to roll with Zach & Isaac with the volume they would be getting. Zach may be a one game opportunity if Walker is back next week but the longshot paid off so far. Zach earned more work regardless of Walker's return. Wasn't even getting 10 touches before.