A) People who love the holiday season
B) People who hate the holiday season
As the holiday season approaches you can't help but get excited for a little time with family and friends. Maybe you are a hot chocolate by the fire kind of person, roasting chestnuts, eating a yule log. Maybe you are a big family get together kind of person, checking out your third cousin (far enough separation?), playing old maid with your three aunts you only see during this time of the year. Which way you celebrate the holidays, there is no real wrong way - even if you are the type of person that sits on your phone looking at fantasy football stats and figuring the optimal lineup for the deep playoff run you are about to make!
This year our league has opened their arms and allowed 8 teams to make to the playoffs. Which means we now have 4 first round matchups, as oppose to two matchups and two byes (like when we only had 6 teams make the playoffs). Let's break it down....
1. Hernandez Hit Men v 8. The Trashmen
If you are in the playoffs you are rooting for The Trashmen. Nobody wants to face-off against Hernandez Hit men, and I mean nobody.
It is going to take huge weeks from Ryan, Adams, and Ertz for The Trashmen to compete. Hines has finally found his role as the pass-catching running back for Indy. However, everyone else on The Trashmen roster either have a terrible matchup or they just simply can't be trusted. There is something to be said about a team that can't be trusted - they are a dangerous team to face-off against!
Hit Men have been on a roll ever since week one - with only one stumble along the way. Even without Gordon in the lineup this week Hit Men still sport the top quarterback, a top five running back, a reliable running back, a decent back-up running back, a top five tight end, and two wide receivers that have low floors and high ceilings. The only way this team loses is if everyone decides to have a down week.... at the same time. Even then Hit Men's down week has beaten many teams good weeks.
Prediction: Hernandez Hit Men
2. White Condomints v 7. Team Dez Nuts
You remember the stumble that Hernandez Hit Men had in the regular season? White Condomints was the benefactor of that stumble. The difficult part about this matchup: Team Dez Nuts roster consists of multiple players that once spent time with White Condomints.
Team Dez Nuts is a team that barely made the playoffs - yet also was able to score 125 points last week with Luck having the worst week of his career! This team is the definition of scary. Lockett and Smith-Schuster are big play makers for high flying offenses. Martin has taken over the starting role for the Oakland Raiders. Travis Kelce is only the best tight end in the league. This team is sneaky good!
On the flip side, White Condomints has the best wide receiver tandem. Cohen has been a big playmaker for the Chicago Bears - who seem to try and get him the ball whenever they can. George Kittle is a poor man's Travis Kelce and Humphries lead his team in targets and receptions last week. If Prescott can have a decent week, this matchup should fall in favor of the two seed!
Prediction: White Condomints
3. Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood v 6. Dang it! I'm STILL Dumb!
Mr. Rodgers took advantage of the slippery slope that Steady Diet found themselves on at the end of the season and snatched the three seed. Mr. Rodgers has two terrific running backs, a third running back that was the lead back, but is coming off of injury. In all reality, Barkley and White will leaned heavily upon this week. Hilton has an injury that he has been nursing this week and with the tough defense he is matched up against - he is going to need to make a big play to salvage his week.
However, Dummy over here has a terrific group of receivers and a decent running back (David Johnson, in case you were unsure). This is going to be a matchup between running backs (Rodgers) and wide receivers (Dumb).
I do think that Mr. Rodgers gets a little more help from his "role players"
Prediction: Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood
4. Steady Diet v 5. Prible is my B*tch
One team is on a downward spiral and the other is riding the coat tails of its wide receiver playmakers.
Steady Diet look fantastic at the beginning of the year - mainly because Kamara was a freak, and he still is! Hill has the ability to explode at any given time, but this week he has the toughest secondary as his matchup - which means he will probably have a fantastic week! After those two? There is not much to lean on, especially consider Newton just threw four interceptions last week. He is going to need to rebound in a huge way if Steady Diet is going to make any noise in the playoffs and complete his journey for back-to-back championships!
PIMB has a team that is built for the playoffs. Watson is an extremely solid quarterback, who has a great matchup this week. Lindsay has been the surprise of the season and now solidifies PIMB at the running back position. Jones and Beckham are the second best tandem at wide receiver. Boyd has also been a fantastic surprise of the season. Look out league, PIMB is going to be making a deep run this year....
Prediction: Prible is my B*tch
Mwah
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