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Week 12 Commish Commentary: Elimination

First, I'm sorry this is first commentary you've gotten in 3 weeks. Last week we were traveling for Thanksgiving, but I have no idea what happened the week before. In any case, we've got two more regular commentaries left before I figure out what to do for the playoffs. The theme this week was apparently blowout wins (and playoff elimination). The Chargers obliterated the Cowboys while the country ate Thanksgiving dinner, the Eagles almost shut out the Bears, and our 1st and 2nd place teams both crushed their opposition by more than 50 points. Lets hope for a more competitive week 13 huh? RECAPS Keenan Allen Greg's Grand Team (111.54) > Chunk Salsa (54.66) Lets just rip off the band-aid and get this one out of the way. I was one of the two teams to get buried this week, losing to GGT for the second time this season. Greg's team was lead by a second straight explosion game from Keenan Allen, and great weeks for Branin Cooks and Gurley. Hopkins was...

Commish Commentary Week 9: Close Calls

Sometimes, Fantasy Football is about winning the draft, or getting that breakout player on waivers. Like drafting Hunt in the 7th or getting Wentz for free. Other times, it's about picking the right players to start and which ones to sit. Like when Amari Cooper puts up 40 points on your bench as you lose by 5. Sometimes though, it's just dumb luck. There were two teams this week that were ~1 point away from winning their matchup and moving into playoff position only to lose at the last possible second. 1 dropped pass that gets caught, one field-goal that goes in instead of bouncing off the upright. So close, but not quite close enough. Recaps! Travis Kelce Chunky Salsa (85) > 🤓🖒🏈 (83.24) In the first of our nail-biters, 🤓🖒🏈 took a lead Sunday with good games from Ajayi and McCaffrey, only for Chunky Salsa to be saved on Monday night by a Kelce touchdown. Salsa also got a pretty good game out of Tyrod and Hopkins, which helped gloss over an abysmal 8 carr...

Commish Commentary Week 8: Trade Deadline Madness

Every year as the NFL trade deadline looms closer, beat writers for various cities across the country write spec pieces on how "X team is willing to move Y receiver" or "Z running back is on the trading block". And every year, basically 0 of those trades actually occur, and fans are left saying "well, this isn't the NBA, no one really makes trades in the NFL" Almost every year. Because this week was actually pretty interesting. For those keeping track at home: Garoppolo to the 49ers as their new starting QB (I assume) Jay Ajayi to the Eagles Kelvin Benjamin to the Bills Duane Brown to the Eagles to maybe block someone for Russel Wilson And the browns... tried and failed to trade for AJ McCarron in embarrasing fashion Oh yeah, and as with every week, some layers flip a coin to see if Zeke can play this week (he did). So who's the RB to own in Miami now? How will Kelvin fit into Buffalo? Are the 49ers receivers instantly better? W...