Einstein's Dog

The award goes to Josh Allen and it's not close. They gave it to Lamar last year when Josh had the better stats, but Baltimore as a team did better, now the roles reversed. Josh has had two games in a row in prime time with plays labeled "plays of the year". Against KC Josh went in for a TD on a 4th and two. And yesterday had the hook and ladder with Cooper that set the table for Josh to be the only QB in history for a passing, receiving, and running TD. While Philly with Barkley are doing well, Philly did well last year, the year over year difference isn't significant. The Bills were thought to be retooling this year and instead, behind the play of Allen look to be contenders for the Superbowl.

Bummer.....gonna hold off waivering T Hill until the official resutls come in, but it does not look good. I am going to miss the upsdie potential of Hill, now it's back to the drab 10 pts of Engram or whoever is the new waiver wire darling. As for the consistency of TEs, I see Kittle got.....1.7 ppr. Hoch only 5.8. T Hill had 9.7 on his way out.

This consistency thing seems overblown to me. TE's are notorious for having bad games. Within the past 5 weeks here are some of the games and points of TEs in ppr (and of course it would be even more pathetic in standard) - K Pitts 1.9, Freiermuth 3.4, Kincaid 4.4, Kmet 5.6, Likely 0, T Hoch 3.3, Gesicki 0, Njoku 3.9. M Andrews 4.2, T Kraft 0, Goedert 5.9, C Otton 4.0, Z Ertz 1.5, LaPorta 4.9, H Henry 2.8. So I don't see how his floor is lower than most. The optimistic T Hill outlook is based on the new Interim coach. The new coach has used T Hill as a scoring unicorn in the past 3 games, was successful, and said he would be doing it in the future. And using T Hill is something both the GM and owner would like. If you were the new coach wouldn't you be using T Hill? There are only 5 games left. The narrative above outlining the reasons to continue the unique monster usage out of T Hill is to great for me to pass up.

That's a tough one, both good choices IMO. I lean T Hill because I believe they are now in a featuring T Hill mode. Fantasypros for ppr does have T Hill #9 with Hoch at #4, but ESPN has Hill 5 and Hoch 9. I would go with T Hill. I just think the interim coach realizes featuring Hill is to his advantage. The GM and owner paid Hill a lot of money and having Hill do something makes them look better. Pleasing the GM and Owner is a strong motivator for an interim coach. Further the interim coach said he was going to continue using T Hill and is playing at home. If I were the interim coach I would be making a real effort to feature T Hill, win or lose. While if I were the coach at Minn my only concern would be to win.

T Hill has had 16, 7, and 42 points the last 3 weeks. For comparison, Kelce has had 20, 3, and 12. Fantasypros ranks T Hill as the top TE for week 13! ESPN has T Hill ranked as #5. I have no questions about starting him over Engram. If I had Kelce, McBride, Bowers or Kittle, it would be a tough decision. TE2? In deeper leagues? That is crazy talk. The Saints have a depleted WR room. They have a new Interim coach who has been increasingly using T Hill as a unicorn, been successful with it, and has said he will continue doing it. They just gave Hill 10 targets and goal line work, and the coach says that should continue. Sign me up.

How about 3 games for "on fire"? T Hill has had over 60 points in ppr and over 50 points in standard. This is TE1, as in the top TE, territory. Why are you bringing up years ago? Much more relevant is what has recently happened. The WRs for the Saints are depleted - Olave, Shaheed, and even Bob Means are on injured reserve. The Saints have a new Interim coach and he has increased T Hills usage. It has been successful. The new interim coach says he is going to continue to use T Hill as a unicorn and will have him heavily involved. And you find this hard to believe? But sure, you can ignore all the recent signs that point to a potential league winner because of what happened to your FF team with Hill in 2018.

Don't include me in that group. T Hill is on fire. If your league allows playing him at TE, someone should be picking him up. Sure there is a variance but a lot of TEs suck. T Hill's ceiling is like no other. The Saints just won using T Hill to the max, why wouldn't they try to keep it going?

There are slight differences between ppr and standard. Also if you're looking ROS or just week 8. Hopkins -excellent ROS.. J Jennings another ROS if available.. .D Douglas - looks like a #1 for NE and looks like they will let it fly (why not?)... you didn't mention C Tillman but similar to Douglas looks like a new #1 - looks like an interesting play now with Winston firing it all over the yard.... I think K Shakir in ppr would be an excellent option too,- I think the Bills offense is going to be a lot better going forward.

I'm keeping Engram, hoping he plays this week. I wasn't able to get Kraft. I'm hoping this week starts Engram's trek back to form. If he goes out this week, it will be an ugly trip into a barren waiver wire for a TE - not much in there - Ertz or Henry maybe.

It is surprising. In one of my smaller 15 man roster leagues he is gone, but in my larger money 18 player roster league he is still there. So typing that out, made me think, since it doesn't happen often, where a player of this potential caliber is out there, I need to go even bigger than the normal, 15 leaguers would. IMO, this could be the waiver wire pick-up of the year (J Mason wasn't out there). Analogous to K Williams or Puka from last year.

Pacheco got 7 screws and a plate into his leg along, with possible ligament damage. Sounds to me, like he's going to be out for a while. A power runner with a gimpy leg/ankle, I wouldn't expect to see him until December Is this the K Hunt show for the foreseeable future? Hunt looks like a top priority add to me. How much FAAB (percentage) are people using who still have a chance to get him? I'm considering about 40%. If Hunt is a full-time RB1 for KC for around 8 weeks that is a possible difference maker.

So is it D Robinson over T Johnson? People with hurting WR's need to know. Both Puka and Kupp out, someone has to get something.

I had the good fortune to draft a lot of useful B level RBs. Was trying to move one for an upper level WR (I have J Jeff- ouch). Standard/redraft. RBs Mixon/Montgomery/Kamara/Mostert/+Ford. I wanted to upgrade WR (Hopkins/M Thomas) Many rejects - offered Mixon/Hopkins for D Adams/J Taylor early on - the guy was starting D Jackson. Offered Mostert + M Andrews for Kelce - no go. Offered Mostert for Tua -no go. Tried Mixon (or any RB)/Hopkins/M Andrews for Diggs/Kelce. Tried Mixon (any RB)/Hopkins/Cousins for J Chase/J Taylor (when A Rodgers went down). Offered Ford for P Nacua (after the devastating J Jeff news). He countered with Mostert for Puka. I accepted and have been violently ill since Sunday.

Saw on Rotoworld that Ekeler has the Doubtful designation.

I would.