Showboat

And people thought the sky was falling going from Cousins to Darnold.

“Dennis has been part of our organization for many years. He is highly regarded within the NFL. He has been extremely loyal and professional and most importantly an excellent football coach for us. All of this makes today very tough for me and our organization,” Saints owner Gayle Benson said in a statement. “DA is an excellent football coach,” G.M. Mickey Loomis said in a statement. “This season, we have had an avalanche of injuries. It took its toll. DA has never offered excuses, he fought each day for this organization and this team and that is what makes today disappointing. Dennis has been an integral part of this organization’s success for the better part of 20 years. He will be missed.” These quotes make no sense. They fire a guy who they claim is a highly regarded and an excellent coach who will be missed? Is that the definition of a dysfunctional organization (we have a great coach, but have experienced a rough patch, so let's hire someone worse to really drive the team into the ditch)? It seems like he is the scapegoat only because you can't fire the owner. It is only a "tough" and "disappointing" day for the organization because the owner is apparently incompetent.

They never run out of ways to crush their fans.

Puka and Sutton

If Puka is active, you've got to start him. Also, QJ is back in the mix for the Chargers.

Tracy

Think I'd go with LaPorta, especially with JW not playing.

Harrison

Stafford and Tracy

Downs and Sutton

Tough to bench Andrews right now. Ertz is probably likely to see more targets but Andrews has turned into a TD machine and I think has a higher ceiling.

Stafford. I think facing a rookie QB at home is a good opportunity for the Ravens D will turn it around (especially coming off a divisional loss).

Logic would suggest that Brown should have a big role as the Bengals roll, However, with football being an illogical game I could see the Bengals getting thumped 34-3.

Don't think I'd be considering Bigsby, even if ETN sits. Brob has been a consistent as they come, but if cleared Tracy probably has the best combination of floor and ceiling. Chase has been pretty consistent, too, but I consider him less likely to go off with a really big game (and there seems to be something off with the Bengals overall). So, I guess my pick at this point would be Tracy. Second league, you shouldn't over-think it - Monty.

Legette (if active - need to watch the injury reports), otherwise Lockett.

Mooney is probably the pick for PPR, but Mostert would be tempting. He's been a TD machine but he is probably not helping you much if he isn't scoring TDs.

They are saving him for when they post another 5 losses and literally must win.

Lawrence - garbage-time points are your friend. Philly ought to be able to start playing the prevent D early in the 3rd quarter.

If cleared, I'd sub Tracy for D, Smith and if you really want Downs, it wouldn't be outrageous to sub him in for McLaurin.

Tough call. My bold pick is to bench Mixon, but if you can't stomach benching one of the hottest RBs in the league, bench Conner.

If you want opinions, post a WSIS thread. I'd start Conner over Reed this week as I think he is the safer play. Reed is more volatile and I could see going with him if you'd expect to need a moonshot to win but he is much more likely to end up with a dud.

The short answer is that if you want to see someone else's flex rankings you need to shell out for it or do your own correlations. I don't think there is any simple rule that always ranks the WR18 higher than the RB20. I find it trickier with TE, because there are usually a handful of TEs that could be ranked higher than the WR3s (and sometimes even the WR2s). You can look at projected stats, but those are even more of a crapshoot.

I think the handcuff makes sense. If Bijan goes down, I'd rather be able to plug in Allgeier over Ekeler or Mattison. Probably drop Ekeler.

He got the right foot down twice. One knee equals two feet, but two right feet does not equal a right foot and a left foot.

I would actually argue that all analytics for football are pretty much garbage because when they consider a large sample size across historical games, they don't consider that all of the moving parts are NOT interchangeable. The interaction of 22 guys on a field presents a unique situation every time - it's not like rolling fair dice. When the analytics say that going for it on 4 and 5 in whatever situation is the right move, it is ridiculous to think that the same answer applies to both Mahomes going against the Panthers and Bryce Young going against the Chiefs not to mention the multitude of other factors that cannot really be quantified (injuries, game momentum, etc.)