Wisconsin Rapids Bro League
Bro...
Part-owner of the Atlanta Falcons and former RB Warrick Dunn is one of my favorite people to have ever graced the gridiron. The stories of his off-field philanthropy and how he overcame his mother's murder have always stuck with me in a way that typical football rags-to-riches stories rarely do. Eighteen years ago and post-Hurricane Katrina, Dunn's Home For The Holidays program helped rebuild homes for a bunch of families in the southern U.S. and he has continued to help in the years since. One of those homes ended up being built for future NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson and once College Gameday ran that story, I was a bit more invested in what became of the Clemson Tiger prospect. Watching a young Watson lead the Texans to back-to-back postseasons while being a fringe MVP candidate was fun and he was essentially Jordan Love with wheels up until the 2021 season. We all know what has happened since then, 9 wins & 10 losses, just one touchdown per start, the worst trade in sports history, the worst contract in sports history, a total lack of focus on ways to improve on the field and all of that could have been so easily avoided had the guy just understood consent and when not to be a nasty freak (turns out this is pretty much all of the time, who knew!?). Watson tore his Achilles this week and now that it appears his time on the field should be over, it's left the Browns with *checks notes*... Jameis Winston starting and one of the best defenses in football completely wasted as it's too late for Cleveland to turn this thing back around. They're 1-6, just traded Amari Cooper and now face an early Super Bowl favorite in the Baltimore Ravens. What a waste. It's what the team owners deserve. I just hope Watson starts building some houses, paying it forward and whatnot. It's the least he could do with the freedom and money he still has. There will be plenty of downtime and it beats the alternative.
Halfway through the Bro League regular season now and it's becoming clearer that there is no real difference in QBs unless one gets a total no-show week (Daniels & Tua getting hurt, the Mahomes regression to the mean) or Lamar Jackson (the opposite outlier). With heroic performances like this week's 34.44 showing on Monday against the Buccaneers, it's amazing that Brett's five-game win streak was ended by Nick. If it weren't for WR Zay Flowers suffering a minor ankle injury that was just aggressive enough to keep him at one thirty-yard catch despite Jackson's big day. In a surprising twist, Brett's WR Drake London is WR2 right now instead of being A WR2. Ridding your team of Arthur Smith seems to help fantasy studs blossom, that and Kirk Cousins >>> newest Raider QB2 Desmond Ridder. On the Mahomes side of things, he hasn't started for Sparky in a month due to the immediate rise of Washington rookie QB Jayden Daniels. He appeared to be headed for his seventh straight week of being the most fun quarterback in football until he dinged up his ribs and is now considered "week-to-week". A real bummer for everyone but mostly Sparky as despite this changing of the guard, Dad Weights and Protein Shakes are in a bit of a free-fall. Jaime has lost three straight and a hold on his division as he now incredibly sits at third and has to go back to Mahomes in all likelihood against the Raiders. Will Maxx Crosby alone be enough to shut Patrick Mahomes out from having a passing touchdown in the month of October 2024 or is the addition via trade of WR DeAndre Hopkins enough to open up some space in the KC passing game? Whatever happens, just know that the Noahs from both Daniels and Mahomes' teams are satisfied...
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| @JayCuda on Twitter Considering their reliance on pass catchers like TE Noah Gray, it was definitely time for Kansas City to add a receiver. Maybe Washington could use somebody. |
Coming up, we've got a showdown sure to send somebody down as the two division leaders (Cole and Brett) face off on this strangely bye-less week. Winner dramatically increases their odds in obtaining a playoff spot, loser will probably be sewn Midsommar-style inside the Jaxon De Ville mascot, forced to bungee jump around Jaguar fans for eternity. Fresh off facing Alec, the fantasy football equivalent of a wellness retreat, Cole's 96ers must now push forward without both WRs Brandon Aiyuk and Chris Godwin. Both players are out for the season and while that would normally be a bit more of a boost in points for two of my wideouts... Mike Evans aggravated his hamstring and is out through Week 11 at least and Deebo Samuel was recently hospitalized with fluid in his lungs thanks to pneumonia. At least my mother and Deebo have a story they can bond over from the fall of 2024. Now down Samuel, Evans, Rashee Rice and temporarily-IRed Nico Collins, I'm just out here plucking random bodies off the waiver wire at the receiver because I refuse to trust Brian Thomas Jr. until the right bye weeks hit (Bijan and Breece Hall mainly). In other words, this week's loss to Gabe drove me mad. To my surprise, Gabe did earn a hypothetical win in a weirdly low-scoring week (mainly due to injuries) behind RB Jahmyr Gibbs and the most annoying two touchdown performance from TE Mark Andrews that hurt me in multiple leagues. Oh well, it was only a matter of time before the red-zone magnet that is Andrews reemerged. Maybe Travis Kelce, Davante Adams and a handful of other under-scorers can find the end zone again sometime soon.
Tua Lipa will be looking for these absences to sink T-o-d-d Todd To Go so that Nick's team namesake (not Dua Lipa, the other one) can have a bountiful harvest of points in his return to the Dolphins' huddle after a four-week stint on injured reserve. Sparky's weakest showing of 2024 helped Nathaniel clinch his fourth win and leapfrogged The Van Buren Boys into second in the ever-evolving Steven Nett Division. This week, Gabe will need to flash the Van Buren Boys gang sign if he hopes to save himself from incurring the wrath of our league's highest scorer. The returns of Malik Nabers and A.J. Brown have only made Hoefs stronger and now, he's even added RB Javonte Williams after I got bored with him and cut him before his Waiver Wonder showing this week. Sometimes the best move is no move at all. Especially with Thursday night games.
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I'm sure the Rams won't make any moves whatsoever before Thursday Night Football to overrule that last sentiment, proving it immediately false.
Official WRBL Standings
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| Vincent Carchietta - Imagn Images Hero of the Week: RB Saquon Barkley (Colieveland 96ers) |
Cole v. Brett
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