#ROOKIE MONTGOMERY MY BELOVED…

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

ari omg 😭 my older sister just asked "what's that ricky montgomery song with weatherman in it" and i laughed out loud

she also kept mispronouncing his first name she said rookie first and then rocky before settling on ricky LMAO 😭

PHDJDHDJ 😭😭😭 NONO BC SHES SO REAL weatherman is my favorite rookie montgomery song too <33333

this really is just the average older siblinh / younger sibling bonding experience though phdjdhd SHE’S TRYING ALEXIS…. BE NICE TO HER…….. </3

[thedenfantasyleague]

The Den Fantasy League Recap: Week 16 and Finals

Gentlemen, 

We’ve come to the end of the road. The championship took place this past week and an upset occurred. On to the recap. 

Crisp, Crunch, Funch v. Wilmore Cinderella

This game was mine to win. JP was coming into this game limping and I had no excuse. My players just simply didn’t show up. A couple of weeks ago JP called his shot and he executed. My RB slots disappointed, as did everyone else. For JP, CJ came on at the right time and got him a ring. 

Mr. Magorium v. Cream Hunt

In the battle of the best losers, Scott was coming off blowing his season and Gabe missed out on any sort of money. Led by his RBs and his kicker, Scott seems to have won without setting his lineup. Gabe’s only production came from Le’Veon and Panthers D as he limps off into the offseason on a loss. 

The Perfect Ten v. Super Mario...ta 64

In an absolute nailbiter, E stole a win by .3 points. E was the hottest team in the prime of the season but it didn’t matter come playoffs. Zeke came back to provide solid points and Vinny fell just short despite a monster game from Gurley. 

Kalabar’s Revenge v. Team Timshel

I’m hoping G didn’t set his lineup this week because Kalabar did not get his revenge as only two guys in his lineup reached double figures. Mike had more consistency and three players in double figures to lead him to victory. Both teams are ready for a new year. 

Debbie Rowe v. [REDACTED]

Back to nail-biters, this game was decided by 1.7 but both teams are ready for the season to be over. With two of his top picks officially on IR, Jake saw himself come up short once again as his only production came from Cutty, Fitz, and Steelers D. [REDACTED] was led by Sloppy, Melvin, Amari, and Gostkowski. 

Fire Jarn v. Josh Gordon’s Road to Recovery

Two teams who have struggled the last two years are ready for a new start in 2018. Rob goes into 2018 ready to wipe the slate clean after putting up a measly 59 points with only good games from Ajayi and Crowder. Dylan leaves on a high note with a dominating performance with big games from Smith, Evans, Hill, Murray, and Eagles D. 

Final Breakdowns

Each team below is shown in their final standings; this was determined by year-end production and the waiver order was the final decision maker. My draft picks breakdown is based on draft spot and production. I’ll explain its impact below.

1. Wilmore Cinderellas

There wasn’t a midnight on JP’s season and he will live happily ever after with the trophy on his mantle for the next 12 months. Jarrod pieced together this season and stayed constant throughout it. He heads into the season champion. 

Best Draft Pick: Zach Ertz (9)

Worst Draft Pick: Darren McFadden (6)

2. Crisp, Crunch, Funch

I’ll admit, I was in the middle of the road all season but got hot at the right time. The best part of fantasy? All it takes is a bad week and you can sneak out a win. I took some risks and didn’t really have any consistent players, but that didn’t matter. I’ll take second place. 

Best Draft Pick: Funchess (15)

Worst Draft Pick: Terrelle Pryor, Sr. (3)

3. Cream Hunt

There was a commissioner's ruling on this spot. Technically, Gabe is listed ahead of Scott in the waiver order standings but I’m switching these two because of the year-end win and being the regular season champ. Scott made big moves on draft night by taking the rookie duo Creamy and Fournette, plus having Russ Wilson. 

Best Draft Pick: Fournette (2) and Hunt (4)

Worst Draft Pick: Jordy (1) or Crabtree (3)

4. Mr. Magorium

The aforementioned Gabe comes in at #4. A final four finish, he is our top-ranked team that didn’t get the money. Gabe did some final deadline deals to hopefully make a difference in the playoffs and it definitely helped down the stretch. Led by Le’Veon and Keenum, Gabe saw a glimmer of hope that didn’t last. 

Best Draft Pick: Le’Veon (1)

Worst Draft Pick: Devante Parker (5) and Eric Decker (6)

5. Super Mario...ta 64

Vinny’s team was founded on the Flyin’ Hawaiian but he didn’t last in his lineup. He also found himself with an MVP candidate in Gurley who exploded this season. Despite a good season, Vinny can’t seem to pull it all together. 

Best Draft Pick: Gurley (2)

Worst Draft Pick: Jordan Reed (5)

6. The Perfect Ten

The reigning champ, E made his way into the playoffs but found himself losing to the eventual champ. E’s season was up to the discretion of Zeke’s availability. Besides Scott, E had the biggest win streak of the season and was dependent on his star RB’s legal battle. Unfortunately, his suspension came at the worst time and E suffered. 

Best Draft Pick: Zeke (2)

Worst Draft Pick: Martavis (5)

7. Team Timshel

Like E, Mike’s season’s success coincided with a player’s success. Although it wasn’t a suspension, a huge injury to Deshaun Watson started a downward trend to Mike’s season. He still made the playoffs and had success from Ingram, Cam, and Howard. 

Best Draft Pick: Mark Ingram (6)

Worst Draft Pick: Kevin White (11)

8. Kalabar’s Revenge

Our last playoff team, Kalabar still can’t seem to get his revenge and end the season on top. With the bold pick of taking Stafford early, G found his star quarterback but, like the Lions struggled to place the pieces around him for sustainable success. Helped by AJ, Gronk, and Alshon, it just wasn’t enough. 

Best Draft Pick: Chris Thompson (15)

Worst Draft Pick: Bilal Powell (4)

9. [REDACTED]

Our best worst team, [REDACTED] just missed out on the playoffs as he just couldn’t get it together. He put hope in the combo of Carr and Amari but the Raiders didn’t live up to the hype. Good drafting to get Gordon, Rudolph, and Gostkowski but couldn’t get it done. 

Best Draft Pick: Gordon (1)

Worst Draft Pick: Ty Montgomery (3)

10. Josh Gordon’s Road to Recovery

Dylan didn’t really feel like a 4-9 regular season team. Looking at his current team, it isn’t that bad but Dylan seemed to be trying anything this year. He fell into the Alex Smith hype after week one and he just didn’t produce like he needed to in the season. Dylan is looking to finally get things together in 2018. 

Best Draft Pick: Tyreek Hill (6)

Worst Draft Pick: Demarco Murray (2)

11. Debbie Rowe

Poor Jane. His first two picks ended up on IR and he didn't really stand a chance after that. Having to use the plug and play style, he couldn’t keep consistent points in his lineup. Jake never stopped battling and I appreciate that. 

Best Draft Pick: Adam Theilen (10)

Worst Draft Pick: DJ (1) and Rodgers (2)

12. Fire Jarn 

Classic Rob. He tried to blame his draft order but on paper, he seems to have had a better draft than me. On paper, it is a good team but just didn't produce this year. This seems to be a trend for Rob and hopefully one that doesn’t continue. 

Best Draft Pick: Carson Wentz (11)

Worst Draft Pick: OBJ (1)

Final Payouts

1st Place, $206: JP

2nd Place, $69: Jarn

Regular Season Champ, $25: Scott

Vinny, pay these people.

2018 Updates

Be on the lookout for updates here and there but the importance of final rankings will determine the draft order for next year, and you can decide in what way. We can either three different ways, two options are a team picks their spot and the final is the same as last year: 

We let the worst teams pick their spot first (i.e. Rob picks his spot first)

We let the best teams pick their spots first (i.e. JP picks his spot first)

All random selected in advance

Heck of a year, boys. I’m grateful to be your commissioner and your friend. Enjoy the offseason and come back stronger than ever for 2018. JP, enjoy the bragging rights and the trophy. 

Your beloved Commissioner, 

Jared R. Mosqueda, the first of his name

[unfair-sports]

The OSG Fantasy Report Week 13

The OSG Fantasy Report Week 13

Thursday Slate

Here we go with what is always one of the most exciting slates of the year.  Most fans are off of work, and some will have time to plug in some lineups.  Some versus friends, family, and versus the masses.  On a 3-game slate, you have to try to make some lineups a little different to avoid the chalk, and get ahead of the field.  However, do not ignore the best plays.  Sometimes, you just play the best plays. On short slates, raw points matter.  You are not going to love your lineup from top to bottom and will be forced to roster players that on a full Sunday slate would not even be in your player pool.  If they hit, you may have a new favorite NFL player.  (I’m now the biggest Derrick Henry and Calvin Ridley fan in America!).  Regardless, the Week 13 Thursday OSG Report!!!!!!!!

Chicago Bears -4 @ Detroit Lions (39)

Buffalo Bills @ Dallas Cowboys -7 (45)

New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons (49)

 Quarterback

Drew Brees- On paper this is an excellent matchup for Brees on the road in the dome in Atlanta.  He’s an easy play because of the ability to stack with Michael Thomas, Jared Cook, or Alvin Kamara.  They have one of the narrowest target trees in the NFL.  The only issue here with Brees is price.  He has by far the best matchup, the highest total vs a reeling defense who for two weeks showed signs of life.  If Atlanta can keep the game somewhat close and force Brees to pass for 4 quarters vs allowing the Saints to kill the clock for the 4th quarter, then Brees can meet or beat value.

Mitch Trubisky – Purely a price play here if you have seen him play lately.  He’s gets a friendly environment at the Lions dome, along with a soft matchup who handed Dwayne Haskins his first win.  I’m willing to succeed that Mitch is a hair higher on the rankings than Haskins.  He offers some rushing ability here and can make rostering some studs a little easier depending on lineup construction.

Matt Ryan- Vs this Saints defense, Ryan is a tough sell.  Early season he was a lock for 300 yards and multi TDs every game.  With his dome and weapons, it SHOULD still be there and it’s not.  And with Julio Jones very questionable Wednesday evening, he’s a tougher sell depending on how many lineups you are building. 

Josh Allen- At the time of writing this, Allen is my favorite QB.  The thing here is I am considering NOT stacking him in the traditional sense.  Allen to Brown etc.  (we will get to that at WRs).  The likes of Sam Darnold and Jeff Driskel have played very comfortable vs Dallas, and in the dome, could be easy fantasy points picking for Allen.  The same knock on Dallas applies to Buffalo, no wins vs quality playoff bound opponents.  So, I even think the 7-point line in Dallas is way too generous and could lead to Buffalo feeling a little disrespected and coming to play.  Regardless, Allen provides a solid rushing floor and leads his team in rushing TDs on the season.  An easy plug and play

Dak Prescott- As of now, Dak is my least favorite QB and draws the toughest matchups of any QBs on the Thursday slate.  10 of 11 of QBs facing Buffalo have finished 13th or worse in QB fantasy points each week.  The running game here should be the target vs Buffalo.

Running Back

Tarik Cohen/David Montgomery- The Bears get the best matchup vs RBs this week and this is purely a play to be different.  The masses loaded up on Montgomery vs Detroit a few weeks ago and it DID NOT WORK OUT!  So, the common sense move would be to avoid him, but on a 3-game slate he has to be considered.  I prefer Tarik Cohen due to his pass game involvement as of late.  I do wish he secured a few more rushing attempts, but on a 3 game slate beggars cannot be choosy.  He’s a sneaky stack mate with Trubisky depending on how many lineups you do get to.

Alvin Kamara/Latavius Murray- Pass catching backs vs Atlanta are a “thing” and in comes Kamara.  The very definition of a pass catching back and can be stacked alongside Drew Brees for that reason.  While the 20 touches are always there, it’s a mix of pass and run that gets him there.  Last week, Murray somewhat started off the game in the backfield, and even punched in the beloved red zone TD.  Vs Atlanta either back is in play.  For his price, I would prefer Kamara to have access to the goal line and red zone carries.  From the eyeball test, it seems that the Saints are managing his rushing load, which for his price has been making him an extremely tough sell.  If you fade Kamara for these reasons, then Murray is the direct beneficiary of Kamara’s missed snaps.

Devin Singletary- He topped 100 yards last week, but no TDs.  The positive regression should come soon.  He’s in a great dome environment and has the speed and athleticism to take a screen pass from Allen the distance.  Frank Gore is always scary due to his goal line work, but not enough to roster, though we can do stranger things on a short game slate.  Gore and the likes of David Montgomery could easy go for minimum yards and a few goal line carries for 2 TDs.

Ezekiel Elliott- Once again, Zeek is one of my favorite RBs of the slate.  While the “explosiveness” may not be like his rookie year, the work however is.  He dominates his backfield touches and gets plays drawn up for him in the passing game.  With so much pressure on Dallas, the head coach, and facing a very tough defense with a shutdown corner, the commonsense play is to “feed him on Thanksgiving” (clever right?)  Regardless, we targeted Phillip Lindsay vs Buffalo because the Bills never put 7-8 in the box which allows them to clamp down on the passing game.  So that means Zeek vs a weak front, with very little LB presence around the line against a defense allowing 4.62 yards per carry, sign me up Zeek!!

Devonta Freeman- Mentioned here because of the slate.  He’s returning from injury and was the clear lead back for an Atlanta team that doesn’t like to use their lead backs in heavy loads.  His pass game involvement was there, and Julio may miss.  It’s the worst matchup on the slate for RBs but all must be considered. 

Wide Receiver

Atlanta Falcons- With the Saints being so stout up front on the run, all production shifts to WRs against them.  We need the news about Juilo, but on a short week in a lost season, why rush him back with a shoulder injury here?  I could be wrong but I fully expect Jones to sit which leaves Russell Gage, and Calvin Ridley as their main WRs.  I love them both here despite not loving the QB.  Gage was heavily involved last week, and though in trash time Ridley once again hit value with a late TD.  He is going to be one of my favorite WRs on the day.  In 3 career games vs the Saints he has gone for 3/28/0, 8/93/1TD, and 7/146/3TDs a few weeks ago.  We cannot expect 3 TDs, but with Hooper already out, and Julio very questionable without practicing all week, Ridley is a candidate to finish with the best WR box score Thursday.  The Falcons/Saints will more than likely be where most if not all my WRs come from (A Rob, Beasley maybe) while attacking the rushing elsewhere outside of some Kamara stacks.  So, pay attention to news regarding Jones despite being the latest game of the day.

Michael Thomas- Do we even have to tout Michael Thomas.  He’s steady floor is running back-ish at his point.  He’s gone over 100 yards in all but 4 games and scored in one of those games.  He has absolutely dominated the Falcons during his career, and this once again sets up as a can’t miss.  The smaller your field or number of opponents, makes it very hard not to roster Thomas here paired with one of the most accurate passers in league history.

Allen Robinson and company- The Bears are always a tough sell, but we saw last week as well as several times during the season that when Tribusky shows any amount of competence, Allen Robinson has very good fantasy and real-life games.  They face the woeful Lions defense who is a mecca for shootouts, and just laid 6/86/0TDs vs them on November.  Taylor Gabriel is out with another concussion which places Anthony Miller in line for extra targets coming off of 9 and 11 target games the last two weeks, as well as bottom priced Javon Wims.  Again, it’s the Bears, so you have to only really like 1 guy and hope for the yards and the TD.

John Brown/Cole Beasley- Dallas plays a stingy zone defense which is designed to prevent the big plays which by design should suppress John Brown’s recent production and big play ability.  Of course, on such a short slate, anybody is in play, but I may look to the slot receiver who had some choice words for the Dallas offense in Cole Beasley.  It’s a great revenge spot on Thanksgiving for Beasley.  Aside from revenge, it’s a great spot here.  Dallas has yet to give up over 75 yards to a WR, and the slots have led in yards the last two games vs Dallas.

Amari Cooper/Michael Gallup- Assuming Cooper will see Tre’Davious White who hasn’t given up a TD since Week 14 of last season!!!  Gallup on the other hand should see Levi Wallace who runs a 4.63 and has allowed catches on 69 percent of his targets for 495 yards, and 4 TDs. 

Tight End

Dawson Knox- Purely a price, and matchup-based play in hopes of a TD here.  They get the matchup on Sunday vs a stingy zone defense designed to suppress WR production.  With Allen’s scrambling ability, and Dallas forcing production to screens and the middle of the field, I could see 3 catches, 34 yards, 1 TD.  For his price, that is completely acceptable on a slate where any TE not named Jared Cook is highly questionable.

Chicago Bears- They are literally down their 3rd and 4th string TEs which means they really signed them as opposed to be on the roster as a 3rd or 4th.  Avoid this situation at all costs.

Jared Cook- Easily the best TE of the day, but everybody will play him as well.Outside of Dawson Knox punt lineups, Cook will bless each lineup.He has the highest upside and comes in with 70 or more yards and or a TD in five straight games.He’s been on a tear lately and will be a targeted receiver from one of the leagues best with the highest game total.

Defense

Any defense on a short slate is in play, and you may love a lineup and be forced to have a defense vs an offensive player.  For instance, I love Zeek, but also the ability of Buffalo to catch a INT or two vs Dallas or garner some sacks. 

I do like the Bears vs the 3rd string QB in Detroit easily.

 I do like the Saints vs the struggling Falcons.

The Bills more for their price fit, and you could punt with Atlanta in hopes of a semi repeat vs the Saints.