Squish (252)
E-roc (119)
Shirley (64)
Jeff (53)
Mal (45)
Tommy (45)
Ken (42)
Amir (37)
TJ (29)
…that make you tear your hair out. I’m in a second-round playoff matchup, and I’ve been dwelling over my WR3 spot for the last half an hour. OK… probably more like an hour. Reading everything I can find about the two guys I’m thinking about filling it with. Pounding coffee to fend off the hangover from the three large glasses of Jack I had to drink last night in order to restore my sanity after seven unbearable hours of Christmas shopping. Knowing that no matter what I do, the guy I bench will score at least two touchdowns. It’s just been one of those seasons for me.
I’ve already had to stomach Rudi Johnson lighting up my flex spot with a whopping two points. I hate him with all my soul.
My options: Lee Evans and Isaac Bruce. I was fully intending to start Evans, but then this goddam blizzard rolled in. Which, by the way, is stellar news for my Bills, since the most dangerous thing about Cleveland is their passing game. Take that away and they’re a team with a crappy defense and surprising-but-still-old Jamal Lewis touching the ball on just about every play. The Bills can hand it to Marshawn Lynch and Freddie Jackson and let them run it down that crappy defense’s throat. Field position is going to be huge, and nobody handles punting like the Bills (they get a lot of practice).
But I digress.
Evans would have been a great start, but I think I have to bench him given the weather. Problem is, my best option to replace him is Bruce, he of the enormous goose egg in week 14. Sure, Bulger’s back, but I’m wary of any QB with head trauma in his recent past. I’m even more wary of any WR who couldn’t be bothered to catch a single pass the previous week. Worst of all, Evans has blown up on my bench twice this season. I hate him more than I hate Rudi Johnson.
I’m going with Bruce, so now I’m making a recommendation: start Evans. He’ll be huge.
Jacob 8:56 pm on 12/16/2007 Permalink |
I had the same decision to make myself–choosing two between Wes Welker, Lee Evans, Bernard Berrian and Deion Branch. Unfortunately, I think I chose wrong in going with Lee Evans. I had Deion Branch lighting up my bench. Berrian may get a pass for a TD from Orton if he is worth anything in the game tonight.
I think Evans is the most frustrating receiver this year. Just like Vince Young today, you just can’t predict when he is going to go off and when he is going to put up a 0.
Matt 9:57 am on 12/17/2007 Permalink |
15 minutes after I submitted this post, I’m watching the game and the announcers are going off about how the snowy conditions might turn the game into a shootout, their theory being that the cornerbacks wouldn’t be able to keep up with the receivers when they changed direction. Thankfully, they were full of crap.