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This year's fantasy football season has been a cycle of high points and extremely low points. The first two  weeks consisted of back to back losses of 40 plus points. Derrick Henry attempted each run in a loaded box, Godwin re-injured himself after rushing back, the cardinals seemed to have forgot they had a kicker they could used, and Lamb developed a case of butterfingers.

The issue with me and fantasy football is that I'm a very impulsive person, so whenever a player has a remotely bad performance I have to hold back my urge to trade him. Plus, trades are exciting to make. In week 2, after not being involved in the offense I traded away T.J. Hockenson for Terry McLaurin (a.k.a. Scary Terry). With my luck, T.J.'s only great week came against me, when he decided to drop 40+ points. That loss pushed me to 1-4. 

My saving grace has been the stack I have with Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown. I've repayed them by making the duo my team photo as shown below. Derrick Henry has also gone back to his King Henry ways. With luck now on my side, I'm 4-4 hoping to go 5-4 this week.

Comments

  1. Sean NguyenNovember 3, 2022 at 1:31 PM

    Hi Marc, great post. I think it's great that your saving grace has been with Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown. I wish you the best of luck and hope you win your league!

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  2. Peter Ortiz BlogNovember 5, 2022 at 12:19 PM

    Hey Marc,

    Never played Fantasy football, but it seems rather intense and fun from your post. I'm going to have to take a looks - e!

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