FANTASY FOOTBALL 2023

Assuming the big bang is correct, space is expanding because it is still in the process of exploding from the big bang....When something explodes, it speeds up, then slows once it finishes exploding and 'falls to earth' or simply settles, which would be to come to a constant speed in a vacuum such as space... The measured expansion of space means it is still in the exploding state and had not yet settled.

WTF??? You gotta be kidding me! FTR, I am an Ohio State fan(thank you for your sympathy), so I didn't have a dog🐕 in this fight🥊, but I do have common sense🤔... The ridiculousness of leaving Florida State out is overwhelming, as they are a power 5 conference champion that is uuuuummmmm, UNDEFEATED!!! The only way leaving them out makes sense is if there are 4 others of the same, of which there were only 2 more, not 4, so those 3 undefeated conference champions should be automatically in, PERIOD! The argument then would be between 1 loss power 5 conference champions Texas and Alabama and you could debate that ad nauseam for who gets the 4th spot, which could logically be argued either way. Florida State was penalized for losing their starting QB a few games ago, even though they kept winning anyway. If those of us with a brain would think back, the very first playoff was won by Ohio State who did not have their starting QB Braxton Miller, nor their 2nd QB J.T. Barrett, but their ...

Cosmos a spacetime odyssey with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1,2 A brief History of the universe.

Cosmos a spacetime odyssey with Neil DeGrasse Tyson 1,1 A brief History of the universe.

 A brief history of the universe and it's continued discovery by man, narrated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

  Taysom Hill should be added at T.E. from the N.O. Saints if he's still available in your league, as well as Trey McBride T.E. for the Az. Cardinals.  We're assuming that Dalton Kincaid of the Buf. Bills and Logan Thomas of the Wash. Commanders have already been poached from your wire in the last couple of weeks.   Jake Ferguson of the Dal. Cowboys and Austin Hooper of the L.V. Raiders are other options that you may find still lingering for a pluck. Kirk Cousins is out for the season now with an Achilles as is Matthew Stafford with a thumb injury, so Will Levis of the Tenn. Titans will be the most popular pick up after having thrown for 4 TDs in his debut, however we can't be sure how long his tenure will be with a potential Ryan Tannehill return from an ankle injury in the next couple of weeks.  Derek Carr of the N.O. Saints is still somehow available in way too many leagues and would be the safer long term pick up. Sam Howell of the Wash. Commanders may still...

  Justin Fields went off!   And the Bears still lost!!! Trade Justin Fields TOORROW, if you can! Russell Wilson(Broncos) went off!   Do not trade Russell Wilson tomorrow! Devin Achane(Dolphins) did it again yesterday, but don't count on it weekly going forward.   I still wouldn't consider Achane a plug and play, especially with Jeff Wilson due to potentially come back this week and also because there are too many mouths to feed on a loaded Dolphins offense. Puka Nacua(Rams) went off again!   Not sure what's going to happen when Cooper Kupp returns this week, but am confident that Nacua will continue to get significant work and be a fantasy starter for managers. Kyren Williams went off!!    Looks locked in as a top 4-7 RB(Rams) in fantasy football for the rest of this season as long as he stays healthy. Alvin Kamara returned and had 13(yes I meant 13) catches out of the Saints backfield.   All other Saints RBs are now usele...

So the hot pick up of the week was obviously Miami Dolphin RB Devin Achane, however I would be hesitant to start him this week at the Buffalo Bills if I have another legitimate option. Not only is Achane option 2 in the Dolphins backfield, but this looks to be a heavy passing game and with Jaylen Waddle returning to the lineup from a concussion, Achane should be at best the 4th passing option behind Tyreke Hill, Waddle, and Raheem Mostert. I'm struggling with starting both Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence if I have a good 2nd option, as they have both been quite fantasy inept so far this season.    Will probably wait until they show me a good game first, to then put them back in the lineup. I am also benching Lamar Jackson and all Ravens going to Cleveland against what to this point is easily the best defense in the NFL, including the SF 49ers... Derrick Henry had a horrible game against those Browns last week, but that will be an outlier and expect Henry to get back on track th...

  How does an NFL team give up 70 points in a game?     Didn't they practice leading up to the game?? Sean Peyton was supposed to be the savior and everyone has been blaming Russel Wilson for the Denver Broncos woes, but Russ ain't playin defense and apparently neither is anybody else on the Denver Broncos🫢🤫 The Miami Dolphins ran and passed at will in what was described as their Home-Coming game, which is not supposed to happen in a league where everyone is paid to make sure that it doesn't, yet here we are.🤷🏽‍♂️ The Dolphins ran for 5 touchdowns and passed for 5 touchdowns, with both running backs Raheem Mostert and Devin Achane(sure to be the much-contested waiver wire pick up of the upcoming week) scoring a combination of 4 touchdowns EACH!!(Yes I said EACH!!) The Broncos are reeling and somebody may be getting fired in the weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds following this scribe(if they already ain't fired🤔). In other NFL news, the Buffalo Bills and th...

  Feel bad for Nick Chubb who just suffered what appears to be a major knee injury against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football when Minkah Fitzpatrick hit him on the knee on a carry inside the Pittsburgh 5 yard line. I'd expect the Browns to re-sign Kareem Hunt in the upcoming week to sub in for Chubb, as Hunt knows the offense already and is still on the market. The injury was so bad that ABC declined to show it immediately, then showed it from a broader angle with a warning about the graphic nature. Nick seems to be a good guy so let us hope that his health doesn't suffer as much as it appears.... In other RB injury news, Saquon Barkley was hurt toward the end of the NY Giants much needed comeback victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and reports are that he will be out for around 3 weeks. In other AFC north news Joe Burrow reaggravated his calf injury late in the 4th quarter in the Cincinnati Bengals loss against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. RBs Zack M...

  Some last minute thoughts for week 2 lineups in fantasy football; Cleveland Browns WR Amari Cooper reaggravated a groin injury in Saturdays practice and will be a game time decision, but unfortunately the Browns play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football, so you'll probably want to replace Cooper for a Sunday game player to not risk being without or having an injured player playing in your lineup with potential in-game reaggravation cutting his night and your score short. I hope DeAndre Swift managers were wise enough and good enough to insert him into their lineups before Thursday nights game against the Vikings, with Kenneth Gainwell out with injury. RB Zack Moss is starting for the Indianapolis Colts and should see most of the work, as Deon Jackson was terrible last week in game one.  This weeks matchup at the Houston Texans should see a favorable game script for the Indy run game, as well as for Damien Pierce and the Texans run game, so both should be good RB2...

  Let's start off with the elephant in the room, those that need to 'replace' Aaron Rodgers! You ain't gettin that caliber player off the wire in week 2, but here are some good 'Best of The Rest' candidates.... #1-Jared Goff may actually be on your waiver wire, as he is only rostered in 50.2% of ESPN fantasy leagues(shouldn't have been, but may be nonetheless) and if he is, you should put forth your best reasonable effort to get him to fill in on home game weeks at least, where he is significantly better than on road games. #2-Brock Purdy(rostered in 47.1% ESPN) is on a great team with great weapons, but unfortunately doesn't need to do much, so his ceiling will be tempered. #3-Jimmy Garappolo is only registered in 13.8% of ESPN leagues and can be a spot filler for decent matchups.  Unfortunately Garappolo has low upside, but low downside as well, since he does not traditionally turn the ball over and wins more than he looses. #4-Mac Jones is similar to ...

What a disastrous wrap up to week one of the NFL and fantasy football!🤕 Aaron Rodgers went down for the season with an Achilles injury on the 4th play of the game last night on Monday Night Football and uuuuuuhhhhhh, the NEW YORK J E T S still beat the Buffalo Bills somehow!🏈🫢 that 'somehow' would be perennial MVP candidate Josh Allen looking like anything but, with 4 turnovers including 3, yes I said 3 interceptions to NYJ safety Jordan Whitehead!(I bet you wish you had Whitehead in your fantasy football lineup for those that do individual defensive players) Rodgers was only one of several marquee QBs that had less than stellar fantasy football weeks, including the aforementioned Josh Allen. Dak Prescott, Daniel Jones, Joe Burrow, and Lamar Jackson put up less than pedestrian single digit fantasy football days and Jalen Hurts was less than stellar with under 15 fantasy points. Only 4 TEs were able to crack double digits and none were fantastic, with only TJ Hockenson doing ...

Well the first week of the NFL concludes tonight with Bills at the Jets to cap off a surprising, if not telling, first act. It's hard to figure which so far was the more shocking outcome of the football week given the contenders: The Detroit Lions set it off from the very beginning and announced their arrival into the contenders, by upsetting the reigning champion and Superbowl favorite K.C. Chiefs on Thursday night football 21-20 in Kansas City, Kelce or no Kelce, Jones or no Jones!! The Cleveland Browns continued their recent dominance in the battle of Ohio against the expected-to-contend Cincinnati Bengals 24-3, while rendering the vaunted Bengals offense and newly crowned highest paid player in the NFL Joe Burrow, both anemic.... The Browns newly tooled and newly coached defense looked much improved, even without starting safety Juan Thornhill(calf injury) albeit it after only one game. The worst-team-in-the-NFL candidate T.B. Buccaneers looked anything but, in their road victo...

  Round 3 picks ADP as I've seen to date in my actual money drafts this year, not mock drafts: #25-P. MAHOMMES #26T-JOSH ALLEN #26T-R. STEVENSON #26T-C. OLAVE #29-D. SMITH #30-J. HURTS #31-C. RIDLEY #32T-T. HIGGINS #32T-N. HARRIS #34-A. JONES #35-J. GIBBS #36-J. BURROW Some of that is downright ugly and I would have no parts of it, but it is what it is.....

Again, not necessarily who I'd take at these positions, but what I've seen in my drafts so far; #13-Derrick Henry  #14(Tie)-Davante Adams #14(Tie)CeeDee Lamb #16-Amon-Ra St. Brown #17-AJ Brown #18-Garrett Wilson #19-Josh Jacobs #20-Jaylen Waddle #21-Travis Etienne #22-Mark Andrews #23-Jonathan Taylor #24-Joe Mixon Definitely not the way I'd go, but the way it has been going in my real drafts so far.....

This realistic mock draft serves to show my experience in what's actually happening so far in real drafts ADP, as opposed to mock drafts where people can do things without having to deal with the consequences, so they can take chancs that may be unrealistic if they had real money in the game; 12 team PPR-Round 1 as I've experienced in real drafts so far this year(Not necessarily the picks I would like at each position): 12-Tony Pollard 11-Stefan Diggs 10-Nick Chubb 09-Saquon Barkley 08-Cooper Kupp 06(Tie)-Travis Kelce 06(Tie)-Tyreke Hill 05-Bijan Robinson 04-Austin Eckeler 03-Christian McCaffery 02-Jamar Chase 01-Justin Jefferson  Next we'll go on to round 2.

  THE TOP 12 D/ST FOR 2023;(NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME AS THE VIDEO ABOVE) #12-DOLPHINS:WEAKNESS AT R/CB-ELI APPLE.....WHY IS HE ON ANYONE'S TEAM + A MYSTERY) #11-COMMANDERS:(AS USUAL, CHASE YOUNG IS DEALING WITH INJURY...SMH) #10-SAINTS:(DIVISIONS OFFENSES ARE NOT GOOD, SO SHOULD DO WELL) #09-RAMS:(AARON DONALD.) #08-CHARGERS: (LOADED WITH K. MACK/J. BOSA, D. JAMES/A. SAMUEL) #07-STEELERS:(PLAYMAKERS MAKE PLAYS) #06-BILLS:(HAVE TALENT AND SHOULD PLAY FROM AHEAD A LOT; SEE #07) #05-JETS:(A BETTER OFFENSE + SALEH = A BETTER DEFENSE) #04-COWBOYS: (EXPECTING BIG 'D' PLAYS AND A BETTER YEAR FROM DAK) #03-49ers:(A WEAK DIVISION AND GREAT D-LINE!) #02-PATRIOTS:(DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT WHO WAS THE #1 D LAST YEAR SOMEHOW?? (BELICHEK)) #01-EAGLES: (STACKED ON DEFENSE, HAVING ADDED THE ROOKIES) THE PATRIOTS ARE UNDER-RATED AND THE EAGLES JUST GOT BETTER!!

  Arguably the most important position in fantasy football, as Top running backs are a premium! The drop off from great to good happens fast and from good to average happens faster🤫 #12-Travis Etienne (I don't really like Etienne because of durability and Tank Bigsby, but RB is thin already) #11-Aaron Jones: (Has finished top 12 each of the last 4 seasons.🪨) #10-Jahmyr Gibbs: (1st round pick for a reason, but not a bell-cow and may not be short-yardage.) #09-Najee Harris: (Frequent use in the passing game adds value, even in an average offense) #08-Josh Jacobs: (Finally signed and reported, but an inevitable usage drop off from last season) #07-Bijan Robinson: (Understandable excitement, but a rookie in a less-than offense, so let's see first) #06-Tony Pollard: (We'll see if he can handle the lead load for a whole season🐎.....) #05-Nick Chubb: (Has done it year after year and scheduled for an increased role) #04-Saquon Barkley: (Who else do the Giants have? Waller gets h...

QB is one of the deepest positions in normal PPR fantasy football, since you only start one and there are plenty to go around; #12-Justin Fields: Needs to show much more in the passing game, as running rate not sustainable. #11-Deshawn Watson: Could finish top 4 if he resembles 2020 Deshawn Watson!😀 #10-Russell Wilson: Yeah I said it! He can only be better after last years disastrous season and had a new offensive minded coaching staff in Sean Payton's crew.😎 #09-Geno Smith: Has the 2 good outside weapons, drafted slot WR J.S.N. with their 1st pick + hands off enough to keep the pass rush honest. #08-Justin Herbert: Not impressed with the receiving corps but Eckeler is a weapon in all phases. #07-Lamar Jackson: Have to see if he can connect with the upgraded WRs, but has Andrews + legs! #06-Trevor Lawrence: Should become what we though coming out of college😉. #05-Dak Prescott: Yep, this will be Dak's year🌟! #04-Jalen Hurts: I hope I'm wrong, but I see games being missed...