Good morning everyone, I hope this finds you well. We have the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Week 8 Preview, and Dr. Tilt’s weekly prescription. The playoff picture is starting to shape up and with the trade deadline approaching now is the time to make games count. Let’s see our game of the week.
Our big time, sold out crowd, game of the week.
Daddy Wombat takes on Teach.
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School is in session, Daddy Wombat and Teach are battling for the #2 spot in power rankings. You are probably thinking how many games of the week will Daddy Wombat have? Well since someone adjusted the schedule after the draft and gave D.W. these matchups, it’s out of my control. D.W. has Russ going up against the 49ers who seem to be turning things around. Gurley is going up against a bad Panthers defense but his other back Kamara faces a tough Bears D. With WRs D-Hop and Fuller on bye, does Daddy Wombat look to Denzel Mims as a flyer on the week? Who knows? One thing we do know is Chase Clay cool is the rule pool has to do better than last week. Teach is hoping Aaron Rodgers is a bad man and tears up the Vikings secondary for a second time this year. Good news for Teach is that Rodgers completing passes, even if it’s only to one person, counts as fantasy points. Teach’s RBs are on time out, Carson is questionable and Murray is going up against a tough defense. Teach will have to do his homework and see if Mixon is healthy to play this week. Teach gets to start this game off right with D.J. Moore taking on the Falcons, I expect a big night out of him and everyone involved in this matchup. When the lineups are officially set this matchup should range in the mid 130s, I like Daddy Wombat to pull it out having the healthy RBs being the difference.
Mush’s Mongrels march on over to Bottom Bunk.
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Mush has had a gravy train schedule so far, is Bottom Bunk peaking at the right time to hand Mush a well deserved loss? Clyde and Jacobs will set a nice floor for Mush, Dobbins with an injured Ingram could take over the reigns going forward if he has a great game. Michael Gallup has a favorable matchup, but will he be a favorable target for whoever is the QB in Dallas? Mush is also relying on David Njoku who may play his last game as a Brown this weekend. Bottom Bunk is still making moves. B.B. scooped Teddy2Gloves and is hoping for a Thursday night lead. The RB position is a huge question mark as his three starters are all backups, Lindsay, Mattison, and Jamaal Williams. George Kittle has a high projection of 17.79 points and if he hits, maybe the RB concerns aren’t so bad. B.B. is going to have to rely on his high priced guys to pull this one off. I think Mush pulls through even though he is a 7 point dog.
Bruce battles Pistol.
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This one will be short. Bruce should start his rookie in this game, Titans will run more on Bengals than Bengals will run on Titans. Zeke will face a stacked box and their line is shot. JT needs to make a move. Tyler Boyd might be a good play. Not looking good. Pistol should handle this one. Kareem the dream Hunt, and Mike Davis in his farewell tour, should do well. The WRs are big questions. Gage, Tre’Quan Smith, Darrius Slayton, my goodness these are bad. Bruce needs Pistol’s WRs to put up some eggs. Gronk, Tonyan, and Kelce are all hot TEs right now and Pistol needs them to perform to make up for this garbage WR core. Pistol is going to be roughly a 14 point favorite, and I think Pistol puts Bruce down this week.
Batman is taking on CrossFit.
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This is going to be a tight one folks. If Batman boasted a better record this would be a game of the week consideration. Batman needs Lamar to play well against division rival that is a great defense. Conner, Swift, and Freeman all face tough defenses. However, Ronny Jones goes against the Giants, I’ll take all the Ronny Jones I can get. Nelson Agholor is a guy I scooped off waivers in every season long league I’m in that I could, Agholor is sneaky hot right now, and he could be a steal for the rest of the season. Fant could fade come kickoff and is a tough play, but someone you almost have to start. CrossFit doesn’t have an RB really. But Brady, Beasly, Amari Cooper, Bob Anderson, and Tyler Locket are big time scorers and carry these banged up RBs to the top. This one will be tight, right now Batman is a 6 point favorite, and I think barely, Batman pulls of the win here just on RB play.
Touchdown Guy takes on PeePaw.
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Both teams coming off tough losses. Both teams looking to win. Will TDG miss Bell? Josh Allen is tall and going against a Patriots team that may give up. Derrick Henry against the Bengals, come on. Keenan Allen against the Broncos, it’s over. I like some of these matchups. The Falcons trio is going up against a hot Panthers team so the points may not come as easily there. PeePaw is hoping lighting strikes twice and Perine scores a touchdown again. The young WR core with A.J. Brown at Cincy, Lamb at Philly, and Aiyuk at Seattle. I mean these guys are going to look like superstars. Then Davante Adams will put up 30 points this week. I like TDG a lot, he’s the 9 point favorite, but I think the matchups for PeePaw are favorable, and the young WRs are going to dominate, so I’ll chance it with PeePaw this week.
JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demon is going against Trashman.
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JonnyDIII has been dreading this week for a long time. Week 8. Cardinal bye week, RB1 Kenyan Drake on bye. Now he’s hurt, but Chase Edmonds, on bye. Terry McLaurin, on bye. But, Devin Singletary provides a new outlook on JD3’s RBs. JonnyDIII has the most valuable backup in Jeremy McNichols, the problem is that he has no value today. Diggs and Evans, veins. Can DPJ keep it going? Mooney money this week? Probably not, this one is a 100 point watch from the start. Trashman is facing an uphill battle himself. A-Rob, Juice, they are both dinged up. Kenny G is going up against a good defense. Is Jerrick McKinnon the guy this week? Does Zack Moss take away a Singletary score? These are big time questions for the Trashman, but Curtis Samuel is a sneaky start for him this week. Trashman is favored by 10, but this is going to be an ugly game, but not as ugly as not saying hi back, Trashman please answer me.
Now we have some picks.
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Some words from Dr. Tilt.
Dr. Tilt’s Week 8 Prescription
Tennessee Titans -5.5 @ Cincinnati Bengals
The doc isn’t scared of Joey Covers! Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals are 5-0-1 against the spread this season. Last week we said bet against the Jets until the cover. Well, they covered. The Bengals aren’t going to cover every week either so it’s time to fade them. This streak would have been snapped last week if Cody Parkey wasn’t, you know, Cody Parkey on the PAT at the end of the game. The public is betting this line down. Opened at -6.5. Run Derrick Run! The doc says a top 12 DVOA team should beat a bottom 3 DVOA team on the road by at least a touchdown.
Pittsburgh Steelers +4 @ Baltimore Ravens
This should be a classic. The fact that it is hiding in the 1:00pmEST time slot is criminal considering we all have to shake the Sunday Scaries while watching the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles puke all over themselves for a pathetic division lead in the NFC East. Old School AFC North game is coming our way. Strength vs Strength. The Baltimore Ravens want to run the ball. The Steelers have the #1 run defense. Something has to give right? In a battle like this take the points. Steelers will try to make Lamar Jackson one-dimensional and historically that hasn’t worked well for the Ravens. Don’t be surprised if the Ravens win, but Steelers cover.
Los Angeles Rams -4 @ Miami Dolphins
What kind of coach looks his rookie QB in the eyes and says “Hey, your first game of football back from a broken hip, in your first ever NFL start, gets to be against Aaron Donald.” Rough go at it in the doc’s opinion. Do we have a bit of a Miami letdown this week after Fizmagic was demoted? He felt like he had the locker room. Tua aside, the Rams need EVERY winnable game they have outside of their division if they want to have a shot at the NFC West crown or make the playoffs. A loss to the Dolphins could find the Rams in last place. A dialed in Rams team against a first time starter rookie QB, lay the points.
Thanks Doc.
I do not know if this was mentioned, but Pistol dropped a hundo on AB. That is all there is to the big news of the week. The three-way trade was the big headline yesterday. Pay attention to trades in the real NFL and maybe that could shake things up for you, good or bad. It’s a nice little wrinkle for your bench guys or your vets.
That does it for this week. I will catch you on the flipside (great cracker) and greet you with the Week 8 Recap on Tuesday. I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.
Let’s Go!
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