Wisconsin Rapids Bro League
Bro...
That's more like it. Week 7 of the 2023 NFL season saw a lot more quality football than the previous week despite unpredictability like the Vikings upsetting the now 5-2 49ers after Brock Purdy threw two interceptions (apparently post-concussion with his week 8 status in doubt). Outside of the NFC North having a terribly weird week, we saw Jonathan Taylor look like the clear RB1 in Indianapolis again, Bill Belichick coaching his ass off against an AFC East rival, Patrick Mahomes re-enter the MVP discussion and the Falcons winning a game by way of Younghoe Koo's last-second heroics. The Hypothetical Standings at the bottom of the weekly WRBL recaps seems pretty cut-and-dry as to which three teams are serious contenders, meanwhile Lord Pretty Flacco Joey continues to lead the Shooter McGavin division thanks to consistency more than any sort of overwhelming success. All in all, my team is pretty well... Whelming. Trevor Lawrence? Never atrocious but the standout games after week one simply do not exist, I tried swapping in Brock Purdy and he had his worst game as a professional. Younghoe Koo? The week I cut him, he goes off. This is why I've made so few waiver moves this season but with six teams on bye and a win needed to keep Nick and his illness away from me (Thoughts and prayers to the Zurawski family who will likely be missing Nick this weekend at something called the "Zurawski Minnesota Weekend". I sure hope they didn't rent Goldy Gopher from Tanner Glaza.). Looking at point totals through seven weeks and Nick should be in championship consideration but, this is Cole's and Nathaniel's league and we're just juicing up the waiver wire for them. It's gross and with zero teams on bye this week, their lineups will be even juicier.
This will be a very busy week with every team active, Halloween 'round the corner and the NFL's trade deadline on Tuesday. Will anything happen besides safety Kevin Byard leaving the Titans and taking his 27 career interceptions to the Philadelphia Eagles. Gee wiz, like that team needed more help after making Miami look pedestrian!? With the Giants and Commanders o-lines looking like swiss cheese and the Cowboys living and dying by Dak Prescott's proneness to turn the ball over, the Eagles look just as scary as the Hash-Slinging Slasher. Speaking of taking out the trash at night, the Chargers will be looking to bounce-back (OR ELSE!) from a 2-4 start under Brandon Staley against the Chicago Bears, likely led by the surprisingly successful check-down agent Tyson Bagent. Hopefully T-Bag stays caffeinated enough to find open receivers in the L.A. Chargers' frequently busted coverage. Win or lose, the only result that truly matters to Bears' faithful anymore is what becomes of the 0-6 Carolina Panthers, now turning over playcalling duties from head coach Frank Reich to OC Thomas Brown in an attempt to rebuild Bryce Young's confidence after their bye week. Remember, Chicago has two first-round draft picks after Carolina traded up for Young at the 2023 NFL draft and after every 1-win team took home a W in week 7, not only do the Bears have pick #1 but, they also hung on to pick #2 for another week! They should be stockpiling weapons around recent prodigy and fantasy rollercoaster ride QB Justin Fields with those picks. The only problem is the rollercoaster aspect of Fields's results as a pro to this point, what is he really? Is this a coaching issue or does the team really stink that poorly around him? All that and more are to be determined in the coming weeks and not only for Chicago.
In the Bro League, Nick and I will tussle over first place in the Shooter McGavin division with Trevor Lawrence and Breece Hall back in my lineup and Joe Mixon back in Nick's backfield off the bye. Cole seeks to successfully sneak in a sixth win in succession as Brett hopes to grab hold of any nearby flotation devices with the 96ers favored at every position besides the smallest of gaps that separate Lamar Jackson (Brett's red-hot QB) and Josh Allen (turnover prone and playing on a Thursday night for Cole). Our highest scoring team (LIVE.LAUGH.OLAVE.) faces our lowest scoring team (Stoltzya's Electric Orcas AKA: DIE.CRY.TAYSOM?) with Gabe looking for the randomness of the NFL season to go in Austin Ekeler and DeVonta Smith's favor instead of against them like it has every week since Ekeler returned from IR and speaking of IR, our 2-5 teams just keep getting luckier as Sparky now has no RB Kyren Williams for the upcoming month as he'll be facing a Justin Jefferson-less Tax Paying Homeowner Alec Swanson. Very rarely do temporary waiver pickups work quite as well as D'Onta Foreman's 33-point surprise for Brett this week, who or what does week 8 have in store for us with 16 games on the docket? Your guess is as good as mine... or probably better considering the downgrades I made across my lineup this week (did I mention the Eagles defense getting 9 points after I temporarily dropped them for Seattle's 7 points? I mean... Boy! What was I thinking!?).
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Benching and offering to trade rookie WR Jordan Addison before a 31.3-point breakout against the 49ers was just a blip on the radar of CHOICES Lord Pretty Flacco Joey has made so far.
Let's get the Trade Stove a-burnin'!
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| AP Photo/Alex Brandon Hero of the Week: QB Lamar Jackson (Jordan Addison's Dog) |
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