DIII Digest

Good morning, we are going to dive into a second mock draft now that we are closer to draft day. We had a big trade, now the mid to late draft is going to shift drastically. But why waste time, let’s take a look at the mock.

Pick 1 – Jacksonville Jaguars – Aidan Hutchinson – DE – Michigan

Previously – Even Neal – OT – Alabama

Jaguars go with the best player in the draft and ignore providing their franchise QB with offensive line help. Classic Jags.

Pick 2 – Detroit Lions – Travon Walker – DL – Georgia

Previously Aidan Hutchinson – DE – Michigan

Travon Walker is a pass rusher that had 9.5 sacks. Walker can go anywhere from first pick to late first. But Walker’s versatility on the defensive line is something that is super intriguing for all NFL teams. He can line up inside, outside, up, and down. Defensive players have multiple “techniques” in how they position themselves, Walker is good at all of them. I know nothing about defensive line, but being able to do all of it seems like a good thing.

Pick 3 – Houston Texans – Even Neal – OT – Alabama

Previously Ikem Ekwonu – OT – N.C. State

Texans can go anywhere here. The Texans should trade this pick back, but instead they grab an offensive lineman that can either play tackle or guard. Let Neal pick his spot, worry about the rest later. The Texans have so many issues, if Neal ends up being a starting guard, at least the Texans drafted a starter. Texans have a lot of things they need to do. While a guy like Kayvon Thibodeaux is super athletic and has tremendous upside, the Texans need to play it safe and take proven guys from proven schools.

Pick 4 – New York Jets – Kayvon Thibodeaux – DE Oregon

Previously Kayvon Thibodeaux – DE – Oregon

Jets have a Coach in Robert Saleh that is all defense. All he needs is one offensive player to go before this pick and he is going with one of these defensive monsters.

Pick 5 – New York Giants – Ikem Ekwonu – OT – NC State

Previously Charlie Cross – OT – Mississippi State

Giants have an offensive coach, he needs to sure up the O-Line to see if he has a QB. At worst he the Giants move on from their QB next year and have a stud tackle to protect the new guy. Ikem is big, send him to the big apple.

Pick 6 – Carolina Panthers – Malik Willis – QB – Liberty

Previously Malik Willis – QB – Liberty

This pick stays the same, Panthers need to do something at QB, Malik will sit a year or at least four games. Maybe Malik has a new Coach in a year, but that coach will be signed up for a athletic QB. The Panthers are a couple years out from hoping to be in a win now mode. Do not trade for Baker, take the young QB and hope it works out.

Pick 7 – New York Giants (from Chicago Bears) – Garrett Wilson – WR – Ohio State

Previously Devin Lloyd – LB – Utah

Giants need help everywhere, Giants have a young WR in Kadarius Toney. Giants will have two young WRs that will be developed for whoever is the 2023 QB. Daboll is an offensive coach, he wants offense, he let Josh Allen spin it, no reason he doesn’t let his QB spin it.

Pick 8 – Atlanta Falcons – Ahmad Gardner – CB – Cincinatti

Previously Garrett Wilson – WR – Ohio State

Gardner has been talking sauce, while I’m just some overweight guy typing on a keyboard, I think GMs buy into the hype. The Sauce can bring some juice to the Dirty Birds. The Falcons need so much help. Maybe the Falcons hang out for a bit and hope Mariota is just an average QB.

Pick 9 – Seattle Seahawks (from Denver Broncos) – Charlie Cross – OT – Mississippi State

Previously George Karlaftis – DE – Purdue

Seahawks are claiming they are not in a rebuild. We will see. Either way they need O-Line help. O-Line is right behind QB in the ten commandments of a successful football team, Cross goes here.

Pick 10 – New York Jets (from Seattle Seahawks) – Drake London – WR – USC

Previously Derek Stingley Jr. – CB – LSU

Jets went defense, now they go offense. Zach Wilson can throw that thing. Wilson was not great early with turnovers. Add a big body wide receiver, now he can still make the confident throws and get bailed out by the big Drake. Jets have also been linked to wanting to trade for a WR. The only way to make a WR play for the Jets is to draft the guy.

Pick 11 – Washington Commanders – Derek Stingley Jr. – CB – LSU

Previously Kyle Hamilton – S – Notre Dame

Washington needs secondary help, their defense was not great last year. Stingley has shown flashes of being a lockdown guy. He’s the second best CB in the draft and a top prospect in the draft. I think Washington hopes their offense is enough and add a little defense to slow down the Dallas offense for a shot at the division.

Pick 12 – Minnesota Vikings – Trent McDuffie – CB – Washington

Previously Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner – CB – Cincinnati

Vikings still have a huge need at corner. Vikings still take a corner.

Pick 13 – Houston Texans (from Cleveland Browns) – Kyle Hamilton – S – Notre Dame

Previously Travon Walker – Edge – Georgia

Kyle Hamilton has gone all over the place in draft boards. He’s been mentioned as the best prospect in the draft, and he’s after 15 in some mocks. It is really confusing, but also shows how important other positions are. Either way, if this is how the Texans draft goes, they immediately have two starters for the next 5 years.

Pick 14 – Baltimore Ravens – Jermaine Johnson II – Edge – Florida State

Previously Trent McDuffie – CB – Washington

Ravens still have to go defense. Ravens get a pass rush to help their secondary, pressuring the QB means you do not have to defend as long. Simple stuff right?

Pick 15 – Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami Dolphins) – Jameson Williams – WR – Alabama

Previously Jameson Williams – WR – Alabama

Eagles stay with this pick. They tricked the Saints into a trade and then still snipe a WR before the Saints can. The Eagles are looking to maybe walk away from Jalen Hurts after this year, so taking Williams off an injury further proves that they are not going all in this year and are just trying to get by.

Pick 16 – New Orleans Saints (from Philadelphia Eagles) – Kenny Pickett – QB – Pittsburgh

Formerly the Philadelphia Eagles and Nakobe Dean – LB – Georgia

The warm weather should help the little hands. Saint got in to this year’s draft for a reason, and without a second QB off the board I think they try to start their team over here. Will Pickett be the guy, only time will tell.

Pick 17 – Los Angeles Chargers – Chris Olave – WR – Ohio State

Previously Devonte Wyatt – DL – Georgia

The Chargers just want Herbert to be the greatest young QB in the history of the NFL, statistically. The Chargers know they have a guy in Herbert and have to go all in on offense to try and get to the Super Bowl right NOW.

Pick 18 – Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans Saints) – Devin Llyod – LB – Utah

Previously the New Orleans Saints and Drake London – WR – USC

Eagles need their defensive help as well. The Eagles luck out and get a great pick here by just letting the draft fall to them. Lloyd can be the leader on defense while the Eagles continue to try and figure out their leader on offense.

Pick 19 – New Orleans Saints – Trevor Penning – OT – Northern Iowa

Previously Philadelphia Eagles and Jeremaine Johnson II – Edge – Florida State

Saints grabbed a QB, now they grab a guy to protect him. Saints still need to address WR and Defense, but the QB/OT combo are better building blocks at this point in the draft. Without these two positions it does not matter what else you have.

Pick 20 – Pittsburgh Steelers – Matt Corral – QB – Mississippi

Previously Kenny Pickett – QB – Pittsburgh

The third QB off the board is going to be a surprise. The Steelers see how difficult it is to stop Lamar Jackson each year and I think that would entice the Steelers to take a QB that can scramble. While Mitch True is no big time scrambling QB, the Steelers can shift their offense to make up for some offensive line issues. Matt Corral can learn, follow, and exceed the example Mitch True will set in year one of Post-Ben era in Pittsburgh.  

Pick 21 – New England Patriots – Andrew Booth Jr. – CB – Clemson

Previously Andrew Booth Jr. – CB – Clemson

Pats need defensive help. They are taking a corner. I will not hear otherwise.

Pick 22 – Green Bay Packers (from Las Vegas Raiders) – Treylon Burks – WR – Arkansas

Previously Chris Olave – WR – Ohio State

Burks is arguably the best route runner in the draft. Packers take him and move on. While they could wait, they likely miss out on Burks and/or Watson and/or Pickens. They have to go WR here and pick whatever else is there at 28.

Pick 23 – Arizona Cardinals – George Karlaftis – Edge – Purdue

Previously Tyler Linderbaum – C – Iowa

The Cardinals need offenseive line help, but they also need defensive line help. Karlaftis could go as early as 11, so having him here at 23 is a steal.

Pick 24 – Dallas Cowboys –Zion Johnson – G – Boston College

Previously Bernhard Raimann – OT – Central Michigan

Again, not the sexy pick that the Cowboys are known to make. However, Cowboys need to address their O-Line. This 300 pound Zion will actual play because he is in the right sport. If the Cardinals avoid interior o-line, the Cowboys have to take this pick.

Pick 25 – Buffalo Bills – Kaiir Elam – CB – Florida

Previously Jordan Davis – DL – Georgia

Elam is a press corner who will be great opposite of White. Bills will need another stud corner to compete with the likes of Hill and Waddle. Am I talking up the Dolphins? Am I incredibly biased about the Dolphins? Yes to both. Either way, The Bills have no bigger need than Corner, so while there is still a starting Corner on the board you take him.

Pick 26 – Tennessee Titans – Kenyon Green – G – Texas A&M

Previously Boye Mafe – Edge – Minnesota

The Titans do not need a whole lot, they just need a little help over being pushed over the edge. Titans can grab a foundational player here and still be right where they need to be. Kenyon is a versatile lineman. He has played guard and then every position except center. He can do it all and will be a big help for the Titans moving forward.

Pick 27 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Jordan Davis – DL – Georgia

Previously Lewis Cine – S – Georgia

Bucs need help on defense. This D-Line is going to continue to be scary. Take the best true interior d-lineman in the draft and know that you are good short and long term at the position.

Pick 28 – Green Bay Packers – Bernhard Raimann – OT Central Michigan

Previously Trevor Penning – OT – Northern Iowa

Packers still need an O-Lineman. Whatever Tackle is here the Packers will take. Penning or Raimann seem to be the likely options. Either way the Packers will sure up their O-Line with this pick and address other needs like another WR, Edge, and D-Line in the second round.

Pick 29 – Kansas City Chiefs (from Miami Dolphins) – Christian Watson – WR – North Dakota State

Previously Treylon Burks – WR – Arkansas

The Chiefs lost Hill, have Juju on a one year deal, have a burner in MVS, and still have Kelce. All the Chiefs do is draft fast guys. Watson is 6’4 and sub 4.4. Ahhhhhhh, ya think? No way Andy Reid turns down this speed and height.

Pick 30 – Kansas City Chiefs – Lewis Cine – S – Georgia

Previously Kaiir Elam – CB – Florida

Cine was the great tackler. The Chiefs not so much. Cine can make up for the lack of defense that the Chiefs tend to have in their shootouts. When you have a player that is not afraid to put his head in there, there is the chance for turnovers. Turnovers put the ball back in Patty M’s hand.

Pick 31 – Cincinnati Bengals – Tyler Linderbaum – C – Iowa

Previously Zion Johnson – G – Boston College

Linderbaum is the best interior lineman in the draft and possibly third best lineman in the draft. Look at what Creed Humphries did for the Chiefs last year.

Pick 32 – Detroit Lions (from Los Angeles Rams) – George Pickens – WR – Georgia

Previously Matt Corral – QB – Mississippi

Amon-Ra St. Brown is a great WR, but I doubt he can be enough to propel the Lions in the direction they need. St. Brown paired with a taller Pickens can be the ying and yang the Lions need to help build their team. Obviously the Lions need a long term QB, but Goff can bridge the gap while the Lions try to find that answer.

We will release Day 1 Recap next week. Because it is 7 days until the Draft. Let’s get this Bread baby. Rest up, gear up, get you snacks up, we got some TV to watch baby. Until then I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning, we are going to do a mock draft for Day 1 of the NFL Football Draft and we will later look at how that works for the Pot Cakes Dynasty League. First we will run through a one round mock, and then we will run through how that moves these rookies up or down a dynasty draft. We are four weeks away, let’s get it.

Pick 1 – Jacksonville Jaguars – Evan Neal – OT – Alabama

Honestly, if the Jaguars were smart, they would trade this pick back a couple spots and get more picks. However, how do you turn down the best prospect in the draft? You already invested in your franchise QB, you need help everywhere, but you have to protect your golden ticket. Evan Neal is a must have versatile lineman. Guy can play anywhere, but letting him bookend your line is a good bet to keep T-Law clean.

Pick 2 – Detroit Lions – Aidan Hutchinson – DE – Michigan

Aidan became a monster and staying home in Michigan is the perfect story. If the Lions pass on Aidan I will be shocked. He just screams Dan Campbell. If Hutchinson goes first, expect either Neal/Thibodeaux to go here.

Pick 3 – Houston Texans – Ikem Ekwonu – OT – N.C. State

Texans have a lot of issues. Davis Mills is enough to get by on another year to see if they have something. Texans need a great pick, drafting an OT is a safe pick and great for your offense. I think Ekwonu is a good building block for the Texans.

Pick 4 – New York Jets -Kayvon Thibodeaux – DE – Oregon

Kayvon was the #1 pick early in the mock draft season. He has slid on some boards due to him not being “NFL ready”. You know who the perfect defensive coach is to get a guy NFL ready? Robert Saleh. Saleh is going to build a defense first, and then offense.

Pick 5 – New York Giants – Charlie Cross – OT – Mississippi State

Giants need help at linebacker, OT, and tight end. With no Kyle Pitts in this years draft and it being a pick or two early for linebacker, I think they take the safer pick of an offensive tackle. Giants could spring for a QB here or later in the draft. Giants really can take whoever they want.

Pick 6 – Carolina Panthers – Malik Willis – QB – Liberty

Malik is the #1 QB on the board, Panthers are in need of a QB. Malik’s scramble ability paired with his accuracy is what makes him a great QB on paper. The Panthers can do what the 49ers did and let Malik hang out and learn the offense, and then turn the team over to him in year 2. Malik may need that extra year like Trey Lance due to coming from a smaller school.

Pick 7 – New York Giants (from Chicago Bears) – Devin Lloyd – LB – Utah

Remember how the Giants needed both OT and linebacker. You can flip these picks if you want, but I think the Giants want to avoid any chance of the Panthers going OT over a QB. I am very confident Lloyd will be there at 7.

Pick 8 – Atlanta Falcons – Garrett Wilson – WR – Ohio State

The Falcons have no WRs. Mariota is QB1 for the Falcons. Falcons need to build a team and get a future QB next year. Pitts and Wilson can go through their growing pains and the Falcons see if they have a team to build on next year.

Pick 9 – Seattle Seahawks (from Denver Broncos) – George Karlaftis – DE – Purdue

Seahawks are working on figuring out who their QB will be. That does not stop them from figuring out their defense. They need some d-line help and a pass rusher. George Karlaftis takes care of that. Let George make the Seahawks defense a jungle.

Pick 10 – New York Jets (from Seattle Seahawks) – Derek Stingley Jr. – CB – LSU

Expect the Jets to go hard on offense later. You add an elite DB in Stingley and now you can relax on defense a little bit. You just added two top ten picks to your defense. You now have 5 years of talent locked in on defense. Jets solve a lot off issues here and now they can get the ball to Zach will sooner.

Pick 11 – Washington Commanders – Kyle Hamilton – S – Notre Dame

Some people have Hamilton as the greatest prospect and/or musical in the draft. Washington’s defense fell apart last year. They lost Chase Young but he wasn’t doing it while he was healthy. Like it or not their answer is Carson Wentz on offense, so they now need to work on the defense to put them back in playoff contention.

Pick 12 – Minnesota Vikings – Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner – CB – Cincinnati

Vikings need defensive help. With running it back and the Packers losing their offensive firepower, it’s not impossible for the Vikings to bounce back. The Vikings have missed at CB in the previous drafts, but with a nickname like sauce they will be licking their lips at 12 if he’s here.

Pick 13 – Houston Texans (from Cleveland Browns) – Travon Walker – Edge – Georgia

Texans continue to just click best available. Travon was part of an elite defense. He can drop back in coverage and needs a little bit of extra work as a pass rusher but at 6’5 275 that guy will figure it out. Texans grabbed a core piece for offense and defense.

Pick 14 – Baltimore Ravens – Trent McDuffie – CB – Washington

Ravens have to go defense. They need to go inside and outside on D. Linebacker is ok, need interior D-line and DB help. McDuffie solves one of those problems and is the easy pick for Baltimore.

Pick 15 – Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami Dolphins) – Jameson Williams – WR – Alabama

Eagles need help at WR. Hurts, Smith, and now Williams are all Alabama guys. They need some connection. This is the best way to solve that by taking guys with a common connection. While Drake London would be a better fit opposite of Smith, I think the Eagles need to go all in with Hurts and try to get him a guy he will have at least a mental connection with.

Pick 16 – Philadelphia Eagles (from Indianapolis Colts) – Nakobe Dean – LB – Georgia

Nakobe is a touch undersized, at least height wise, but he makes up for it in coverage. A 21 year old linebacker that is the best in class at side to side. Eagles need defensive help and they grab their new centerpiece for defense with this pick.

Pick 17 – Los Angeles Chargers – Devonte Wyatt – DI – Georgia

Georgia’s defense is going to put a lot of guys in the NFL. Chargers need interior help. Chargers have Allen, Williams, and Palmer at WR, so they can wait on offense. This could be a trade back pick, but grab the best D-Lineman in the draft and just move on.

Pick 18 – New Orleans Saints – Drake London – WR – USC

Saints need WR help. Drake London is a monster of a WR. Jump balls galore and JameO will throw it up. With the whole Michael Thomas situation still being uncertain, grab a guy and trade Thomas if the season is not going as planned. Either way getting an elite WR is a good move for the Saints short and long term.

Pick 19 – Philadelphia Eagles – Jeremaine Johnson II – Edge – Florida State

Eagles need defensive help as talked about above. JJ2 was the ACC sack and tackle for loss leader. This guy needs to be drafted because he is going to ruining the lives of QBs in the NFL. Eagles capitalize on all their first round picks.

Pick 20 – Pittsburgh Steelers – Kenny Pickett – QB – Pittsburgh

I know, how original. But Kenny Pickett was a great college QB. Mitch True is fine, but let’s see if we get a guy in Pickett. I mean if you need a QB and only one QB is off the board, I do not care how bad the draft class is the QB2 is worth the risk. Pitt keeps the college town kid.

Pick 21 – New England Patriots – Andrew Booth Jr. – CB – Clemson

Pats let Jackson walk so they make a call from the Booth. B.B. loves his defense. The offense is going to grind it out next year. Load up on defense and grind out each win. Pats love winning ugly, and like B.B.’s wardrobe it may not be pretty but it gets the job done.

Pick 22 – Green Bay Packers (from Las Vegas Raiders) – Chris Olave – WR – Ohio State

Packers lost Adams. Packers fans have wanted a WR for the last 3 years. Packers finally get it done. They lost a WR but gained this pick, it is the easiest way to fix the need. Olave was a top prospect last year, an extra year of college just makes him more NFL ready.

Pick 23 – Arizona Cardinals – Tyler Linderbaum – C – Iowa

Linderbaum is the best interior lineman in the draft. Cardinals help Kyler in protection and grab a guy that can call out blitzes and fronts to help the blocking scheme. Chiefs and Packers both drafted Centers early last year and both were big time hits. Cardinals do not miss with this pick and Linderbaum keeps Murray off his bum.

Pick 24 – Dallas Cowboys – Bernhard Raimann – OT – Central Michigan

This dude is an athletic monster. While he’s not the sexy pick that Jerry Jones loves to do, this helps the offense. Dallas needs pass protection and run offense because they’ve overpaid in positions and cannot re-sign their o-line. Losing Collins is forgotten as Dallas is able to replace him with Raimann.

Pick 25 – Buffalo Bills – Jordan Davis – DI – Georgia

Bills need help up front. Von and Davis added to the Bills already incredible defense is going to be tough to beat. Bills lock up their D and then win the division. Bills have less competition in the division than some AFC teams, expect the Bills to get the bye.

Pick 26 – Tennessee Titans – Boye Mafe – Edge – Minnesota

Mafe sneaks in here as his draft stock is on the rise. Due to Ojabo’s achillies injury a different Big 10 Edge gets drafted. Mafe had a good athletic showing at the combine and is why he will sneak into the end of the first. The combine paired with the Titans need for a pass rush is why Boye Mafe goes to Tennessee.

Pick 27 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Lewis Cine – S – Georgia

Bucs need secondary help in the worst way. Winfield and Cine as the outfielders will help. Bucs are going to run into some defensive needs down the road, but with Brady back they have to go all in and safety is a position where you can grab a guy to play and hope it works out. Plus it is an absolute need for the Bucs. Bowles is a defensive guy, Bowles gets his defensive guy.

Pick 28 – Green Bay Packers – Trevor Penning – OT – Northern Iowa

Packers need some o-line help. Injuries and losing depth to free agency, Pack protect Rodgers here. Either way, these first two picks the Pack are taking a WR and OT, it just depends on what order they do it in.

Pick 29 – Kansas City Chiefs (from Miami Dolphins) – Treylon Burks – WR – Arkansas

Burks is a run after catch guy. Chiefs are chasing Tyreek Hill. Burks is no Hill, but if the Chiefs do not do something prior to the draft they need a guy. Juju, MVS, and Burks on paper look like a good trio. Mahomes just needs guys to throw to, Burks gives him a guy to complete the trio of WRs. Oh, let’s not forget that Kelce is in the mix too. Kelce will dominate the middle of the field with these three guys around him.

Pick 30 – Kansas City Chiefs – Kaiir Elam – CB – Florida

This guys whole family is NFL talent. Chiefs need to prevent shootouts and get a couple stops. Elam can pressure WRs to get more turnovers. Elam gives the Chiefs the little bit of defensive help needed to keep them where they are at. With the signing of Juju the Chiefs can focus on defense.

Pick 31 – Cincinnati Bengals – Zion Johnson – G – Boston College

Bengals need help all over that offensive line. Zion is the best available lineman in this draft, so the Bengals take him. Nothing too fancy, just try to add to offense.

Pick 32 – Detroit Lions (from Los Angeles Rams) – Matt Corral – QB – Mississippi

This is a toss up, but with the fifth year option of the first round picks not taking a QB would be crazy. Lions need a long term QB. Corral looks to be a touch better passer than Howell. Both can run a little, so Corral’s passing gives him the edge. The Lions offense is going to be similar to the Browns in a play action sense. Baker was ok at times, expect a similar build up for the Lions. Grab a QB that can get it done and get to being an average team.

Now let’s assume these are how the picks go on day one.

How does that shake out for the draft?

Garrett Wilson goes first, but to the Falcons. Jameson Williams goes to the Eagles. Drake London to the Saints. Chris Olave to the Packers. Treylon Burks to the Chiefs. QBs are Malik Willis to the Panthers, Kenny Pickett to the Steelers, and Matt Corral to the Lions. That’s only 8 draftable positions in the first.

Honestly, if the top three WRs go to bad teams it may be best to take the Packers or Chiefs WR. This leaves out the Big 3 RBs.

I think the picks really depend on how your team is, but at the same time all these WRs are all great.

To me, I think Garrett Wilson should be 1.01, if you have this pick you need a year or two before you have to worry about production. Ride it out and trust the talent long term.

At 1.02 you have to take the RB1, which should be Breece Hall.

Pick 1.03 for Pot Cakes belongs to the same guy with 1.02, so he should go with either Walker or Spiller depending on fit.

The next picks from 4 through 7 should go London, Olave, Williams, and Burks.

I thinks 1.08 will go to the odd man out of the Walker/Spiller pick.

The next 5 of our picks should include 1 QB in Malik Willis, 2 WRs and 2 RBs. I do not know how that works out, but Day 2 of the draft will shed more light on it. With this years draft being more building blocks than skill positions it makes this years rookie draft that much more of a wait and see.

That’s the mock and we will be back after day one to re-rank who goes where. Until then I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Team Review. It is the off-season, so not a lot is going on. Why not dive into each team’s weaknesses for them to think about how they can restructure their team through the draft? Let’s go team by team, worst to first (while we still can).

Bottom Bunk

There’s not a lot of teams that need a complete rebuild, luckily for Bottom Bunk he does not have to completely rebuild, he has a kicker. B.B. also has Chase Edmonds who was solid when healthy, but is now on Miami? How will that shake out with Myles Gaskin? Christian Kirk might be the Jaguars WR1, which is great unless you look at how Jaguars WR1’s have done over the years. Goedert has some potential. Now B.B. has Tua and Watson, so he has a lot of uncertainty at QB. Now, I mentioned 5 players, one of which cannot start (2 QBs). That is a big time issue. There are 11 spots and he’s got 4 guys. None of the 4 guys are super stars. There is a saving grace. B.B. has 5 firsts and 3 seconds. Those are 8 players that should at least provide hope for two years from now. B.B. needs half those guys to hit right away to put up a competent team. B.B.’s biggest concern will be RB and WR. He needs 3 of each at least. I fully expect to see B.B. in this same spot next year.

Daddy Wombat

Daddy Wombat is down pretty bad. He has some young WRs, he has D-Hop, Metcalf, Rondale Moore, Jeudy, and Claypool. Gabriel Davis also showed a flash at the end of the year. Running back wise D.W. has Kamara and that is it, Kamara may face a suspension at the start of next year. Now we have some tight ends, Higbee and the young Trautman. QB wise D.W. has Hurts and Russ, so he is set there. Daddy Wombat has some big name guys and a decent amount of talent at WR. However, D.W. is desperate for an RB and depth. D.W. is also without a first round pick taking the chance on James Rob, D.W. needs to hit big on pick 2.01. D.W. needs to get an RB through the draft or trade and then just add as many pieces as possible.

Pistol

Pistol needs a lot of help, but the good news is he has early picks. Pistol is set at QB and TE. Those are two positions that can haunt you. They are frustrating positions to not have a guy. You can justify a plug and play for a RB and WR and not feel bad about it. But when your whole position group stinks, it really makes you feel bad. The good and bad news for Pistol is that he has no RBs and no WRs. Ok, he has Michael Carter, A.J. Brown, Courtland Sutton, and Kadarius Toney. Having a New York Jets RB and 3 WRs in a league where you have to start at least 3 WRs each week is not great. Pistol has the 2, 3, and 9 picks. He should be able to get a starting WR and RB with those three picks. He’s a few years out, but he should be able to line things up as the years pass.

PeePaw

PeePaw had a rough go last year. His team is great. Herbert, Cook, Monty, Lamb, Jefferson, Adams, Aiyuk, and hopefully Michael Thomas or Calvin Ridley. Not a lot of improvement needed, it’s more of a health thing. He’s got no picks, so he has to find someone. He needs the best available free agent that is a RB or WR. PeePaw should make a run at it this year.

Teach

Teach just missed the cut. His team shows it. He has Rodgers and has Hockenson and Albert Okwuegbunam fresh off of the Noah Fant trade to Seattle. Mix in his RBs of Mixon and Rhamondre Stevenson. He clearly needs one more RB. At WR he has Waddle, Higgins, Tyreek Hill, and K.J. Osborn? Teach is missing some depth at both position. The good news is Teach has two firsts. This gives him a decent shot at getting depth at both positions. Teach should be able to bounce back with his draft picks. Teach just has to take what comes to him, if he forces it he’ll be in a D.J. Moore situation.

Trashman

Trashman did the unthinkable last year in taking Trevor Lawrence with the 1.04. We will see if he doubles down on a QB again this year with the 1.06. Trashman has an interesting situation at RB. Aaron Jones and Nick Chubb. But he has the addition of Cordarrelle Patterson, Cam Akers, and Rashaad Penny are all potential RBs to add to the mix. Trashman also has WRs, but they are not any good. A-Rob, Juice, Golladay, and Curty Sam. That is not a great start. He has TE sealed up with Mark Andrews. The big thing for Trashman is to add WRs to his roster. Without WRs he is in big time trouble. No WRs, well then Trashman will continue to just miss the cut.

Batman

Now we are getting into the teams that matter. Batman has the future in A.J. Dillon, Chuba might be the RB1 in Carolina, Elijah might be the RB1 in San Fran, oh did I mention D’Andre Swift? He has a good group of young RBs. He has two TEs, Waller and Seattle’s new TE Noah Fant. The issue is WR. He has DeVonta Smith. Sure Juju could land somewhere good, Shenault just saw the Jags spend money on a lot of bad guys, including Zay Jones. Batman just needs some WR help bad. Batman has Lamar, so everything except WR is figured out. Batman needs to get a coupe young WRs in the draft and he should be in a good spot for years to come.

Mush’s Mongrels

Mush has the RBs. Clyde, Gibby, Dobbins, and Javonte. He has average WRs, Hollywood, Diontae, Deebo, Gallup, Corey Davis, and Josh Palmer. He has Dawson Knox and Gesicki. Stafford and Mac Jones are his QBs. He really can go any direction he wants. I think Mush needs to sure up that WR core a little better. Maybe pairing two of those guys to get an elite guy. Mush only has a second and a fifth so maybe he uses those picks to trade with a WR to upgrade. Deebo was a monster last year, but that was the only big hitter he had. Mush needs that second big hitter to push him over the edge. Mush is in a great spot with rumors of Gibby and Javonte being the workhorses going forward. Add one more WR and boy oh boy.

CrossFit

CrossFit’s team is so gross. He has 4 QBs, Brady, Prescott, Fields, and Ehlinger. RBs it is Ekeler and CMC. WRs it is Lockett and Amari Cooper Kupp. CrossFit has 3 TEs Kelce, Ertz, and Freiermuth. He has too many people in the wrong positions. No one should start two tight ends, the points are in the other positions. He has 3 capable Qbs, we only start one. His second RB is Mike Davis or Raheem Mostert? His depth at WR includes Robbie Anderson and Cole Beasley. CrossFit has to wait until the second round, he does not have a first for the next two years. It is not a great look for CrossFit, I think he has to move a QB and a TE to try and prevent a future collapse for his team.

Touchdown Guy

TDG has the Tall Josh Allen, D-Train, Josh Jacobs, James Conner on a new deal and his backfield, Barkley, Mike Evans, Mike Williams, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Thielen, Kittle, Melvin Gordon, Bob Woods, Uzomah, and the freshly cut Julio Jones. Touchdown Guy has his team. He is fine. TDG just needs to find depth. The issue is that he only has a 3^rd and 5^th to work with. TDG maybe trades an RB for some youth to offset (woo woo woo woo woo) his old team.

Bruce

This is an easy draft for Bruce. Pick 24 he takes a WR. Bruce has Burrow, Jimmy G, Taysom Hill, and Davis Mills. He has Gronk and Hunter Henry. The frustrating positions are set. RBs he is stacked with Zeke, Najee, Fournette, JT, and Damien Harris. He also has a couple good young WRs, Bateman, Pascal, Godwin, Renfrow, Moore, and Boyd. The WR position is his weakness. None of those WRs scream elite. He needs to continue to keep an eye on that position and improve there to get over his heartbreaking Championship loss.

JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

This is another obvious one. Pick 25 JD3 needs to take an RB. JD3 should draft 5 RBs and hope one sticks. JD3 only has Mahomes so maybe he dabbles with a rookie QB. At TE he has Logan Thomas and Gerald Everett. JD3 may dabble there too. If we look at the WRs he is set top to bottom. Diggs, Allen, McLaurin, Chase, Cooks, Mooney, Elijah Moore, and Michael Pittman Jr. Wow, what a group of guys. He has a handful of average RBs. He has Miles Sanders, Devin Singletary, Kareem Hunt, Chris Carson, and the unknown of Travis Etienne. We will have to see how the draft falls to JD3, but it will be tough with having to take the 25^th best player. JD3 just needs to take the highest drafted player and hope it works out. JD3 needs to trade some guys to get another top end player.

Well that does it for the roster review. Teams have some stuff to work on. As the draft nears and free agency wraps up I would expect a trade or two. The next you will hear from me will be a Day 1 Mock Draft followed by a day 1 results. After that we will get into our top 64 rookies and top 5 free agents. Until then I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Awards Banquet. We had another great year, learned a lot about ourselves, our teams, and things to improve on as a league. Without a doubt Year 3 will be the best year yet, but before we prepare for the upcoming season we have to finish off last season. We have to look at awards from a season of a lot of ups and downs. We will see who wins the most coveted award, Manager of the Year, but before that we will look at miscellaneous awards that highlight some of the memories of Year 2.

Big Spender

This award looks at who paid up for a guy that did not pan out. Our candidates are:

Bruce – $53 Tyler Huntley

Batman – $75 Duke Johnson, Jr.

Bruce – $55 Taysom Hill

Trashman – $51 Cam Newton

Batman – $21 Olamide Zaccheaus 11/10

Batman – $23 Olamide Zaccheaus 12/8

Mush – $41 Le’Veon Bell

JonnyDIII – $131 Chris Carson

Bottom Bunk – $120 Adrian Peterson

Bruce – $11 Gerald Everett

Pistol – $11 Ryan Fitzpatrick

We have a lot of candidates, but we can rule out a couple right away. Batman pulling the trigger on Duke Johnson was the right move, not starting him was the wrong move. Bruce spending money on QBs is a bad move but there were worse, including his $11 spend on an old tight end prior to Week 1. Trashman on Cam was bad, but you never know. Mush on Lev Bell, that RB room was a mess at the time so worth a shot. JD3 on Chris Carson did not work this year, but if he comes back it is all worth it. Pistol’s $11 pre-season spend on a QB when he has Kyler was odd too. This leaves us with two candidates.

Bottom Bunk and Batman.

Bottom Bunk spent $120 on Adrian Peterson when he is clearly in a rebuild year. Batman spent $42 on Olamide Zaccheaus total but on two different occasions.

The obvious winner is Bottom Bunk and Adrian Peterson. This was an unnecessary spend, do not pay any attention who was right behind him in spending.

Best Trade

This award goes to the best trade for both sides, one where both guys can walk away happy.

Our candidates are:

Batman receives Elijah Mitchell and 2 Second Round Picks and Touchdown Guy receives James Conner and Robert Woods. This trade was good for both sides because TDG was in a win now mode and Batman is in a mini rebuild. He’s not rebuilding completely, but some youth and a couple picks is all he really needs to get his team back on track. It worked for both sides this year.

Bruce receives Rob Gronkowski and Pistol receives Brevin Jordan and a Third and Fourth Round Pick. This trade works because Pistol is in a rebuild and Bruce was making his playoff push. Bruce got the #2 seed and Pistol has tons of picks and two good rookie Tight Ends.

Mush receives a First and Second Round Pick and Touchdown Guy receives Josh Jacobs and a Third Round Pick. This trade worked well because Mush had too many RBs and Touchdown Guy needed a guy after the Derrick Henry injury.

While all these trades are good, I have to give the slight nod to Batman and Touchdown Guy. Batman has a chance at Elijah Mitchell being the RB1 for the 49ers next year. Touchdown Guy has a WR and a reborn James Conner. The offseason hype for these three players is all good. Robert Woods will help boost TDG’s WRs, Conner will be an easy third RB option, Batman can have Mitchell be his RB2, plus draft picks are so exciting.

Worst Trade

This one goes to the guy who really dropped the ball. We do not need candidates, the winner of this award goes to Daddy Wombat. Pistol traded Daddy Wombat James Robinson for Kahlil Herbert and a First Round Pick, the 1.02 pick actually. James Robinson is a great RB, but the Jaguars had no draft capital in him, drafted an RB, and have a Coaching issue at the time. Now that Coach is gone. James Robinson is now injured with an achilles. This was the worst trade and is going to hurt Daddy Wombat for years to come.

Worst Loss

This award goes to the close losses, bad losses, or maybe something else.

Bruce loss to Daddy Wombat 106.19 to 105.95.

PeePaw loss to CrossFit 210.75 to 127.15.

JD3’s two losses to Bottom Bunk.

Each loss has its own issue. JD3’s losses to Bottom Bunk are just embarrassing. PeePaw’s loss to CrossFit is more to do with how PeePaw’s season began. PeePaw lost early and it was always to teams who played their best week. Bruce’s loss to Daddy Wombat was the closest loss, and this loss caused Bruce to be the #2 seed. The winner is:

Bruce.

Bruce’s loss was closest and caused him a championship. If Bruce wins he gets JD3 in the second round and wins, then beats TDG in the championship. Barely losing paired with the shot at a title on the line has to eat at a guy.

Drafter of the Year and Worst Drafter of the Year

We are going to base this off of the best picks, obviously draft picks fail, it is really about getting the most out of your best picks and/or finding a diamond in the rough. A player who was drafted then traded will not factor into this.

We will submit everyone as a nomination and their best draft pick(s).

Bruce: 1.01 Najee Harris, RB, Steelers and 2.01 Rashod Bateman, WR, Ravens.

Batman: 1.07 DeVonta Smith, WR, Eagles and 2.11 Chuba Hubbard, RB, Panthers.

JonnyDIII: 1.02 Ja’Marr Chase, WR, Bengals and 2.02 Elijah Moore, WR, Jets.

Trashman: 4.04 Jaret Patterson, RB, Football Team.

Mush: 1.05 Javonte Williams, RB, Broncos and 2.08 Josh Palmer, WR, Chargers

Pistol: 1.06 Kyle Pitts, TE, Falcons.

Bottom Bunk: 2.12 Dyami Brown, WR, Football Team.

CrossFit: 3.08 Pat Freiremuth, TE, Steelers.

Teach: 1.09 Jaylen Waddle, WR, Dolphins and 2.13 Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, Patriots.

Daddy Wombat: 1.10 Rondale Moore, WR, Cardinals and 5.10 Jaelon Darden, WR, Buccaneers.

PeePaw: 3.02 Zach Wilson, QB, Jets.

Touchdown Guy: 2.06 Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, Lions.

And the best drafter is, well it goes to two people, Touchdown Guy and JonnyDIII.

Ja’Marr Chase won weeks, set records, and fell in the draft. Amon-Ra St. Brown was a guy people hoped would play, but he could be the 1a or 1b for the Lions moving forward. That is a steal and a perfect hit if you only have a mid-second as your first pick.

Worst drafter, this award goes to Trashman.

His best drafted player is Jaret Patterson, maybe the Football Team gives up on Gibby, but either way not adding a single player that can help out your team now hurts your team, especially when you had the 1.04.

Manager of the Year

This is our most coveted award. The candidates are:

Touchdown Guy took his championship from the year before and finished as the top seed and battled through injuries and still finished with the best record.

Bruce went from worst to second seed and grabbed some young backs that should allow him to focus on WR this offseason as his “weakness”.

Pistol played the rebuild perfect acquiring 4 First round picks and future firsts. He also traded for Michael Carter, A.J. Brown, Kadrius Toney, and drafted Kyle Pitts. He has a good young core going forward.

And the winner is…

Touchdown Guy

Touchdown Guy is still in prime position for another top seed push next year. This is a regular season award and no one had a better regular season than Touchdown Guy.

That does it for this year’s awards. A lot of fun this year. A lot of things were learned this year. A lot of things were lost and a few were won. We already have an early candidate for worst trade of the year. D.J. Moore for K.J. Osborn, Tyler Huntley, the 11^th pick, and the 34^th pick. D.J. Moore is a WR2, K.J. Osborn is at best the Vikings WR2, Tyler Huntley is at best a QB2 on the Ravens, Pick 11 is the rookie WR5 maybe, pick 34 might not even make a roster. That worst trade belongs to Teach giving up D.J. Moore to Bruce for nothing. What a start to the 2022 season.

We will start looking at team needs and some mock draft stuff in the coming months. Unitl then I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Championship Week Recap. We announce a new champion, we have four extra picks given out, and we have Dr. Tilt fighting for his above .500 life. Let’s dive in.

Championship Game

#2 Bruce v. #5 JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

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Regardless of the winner, this would be a great story. Bruce taking last place a season ago and JD3 being the lowest seed to ever win the PCDL. History would have to wait until Monday night. No Thursday games allowed for the app to swing the projection total in JD3’s favor as each day passed. Both sides knew their matchup would swing based on the QB play of the Chiefs/Bengals game. JD3 saw a 30 point game from Mahomes. Bruce saw 50 from Burrow. Any other week this would have likely ended the game. BUT, JD3, who acquired the 1.02 pick in the 2021 Rookie Draft selected Ja’Marr Chase, the 21 year old, #4 Fantasy WR, #3 Rookie in Fantasy, #1 Rookie in Fantasy as a RB/WR/TE, and #6 in Fantasy as a RB/WR/TE. Chase put up 50 points to neutralize the 50 point performance of Joey B. Bruce did see a score from Boyd giving him 11 points. K.J. Osbourn scored a late Sunday night score giving him 12. Damien Harris had 17 and so did JT. Hunter Renfrow showed up Championship week with 23 points and one TD called back. Gronk had 15 and Zeke was a letdown with 3 points. JD3 saw good scoring from Chase and Mahomes but was not done. The position of weakness for JD3 was RB all year, but drafting for championship week JD3 saw Sony and Sing combine for 40 points. Solid WR performances by Mooney with 16, Cooks with 16, Keenan Allen with 12, and Diggs and Pittman both getting 7. Bruce and JD3 saw a wash with Everett and Hunter Henry both getting 5 points. Kicking edge went to JD3. This all comes down to a 31 point lead for JD3 heading into the Monday night game. Monday night featured the Pick 1.01 from the PCDL 2021 Rookie Draft, Najee Harris. This was likely Big Ben’s last home game, so a lot going on Monday night, could it lead to Najee’s career best fantasy performance? Najee came up with 28.1 points. JD3 wins 195.95 to 192.8. JD3 completed the gauntlet of facing the toughest playoff schedule possible. I was lucky enough to catch up with the Champion and he had this to say, “To be the best you have to beat the best and I did that most of the year, except when I lost to B.B. twice.” Congrats on the great year JD3.

#1 Touchdown Guy v. #3 CrossFit

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Touchdown Guy had the best team this year, lost some guys due to injury and still managed to find suitable replacements. Replacement #1 was Amon-Ra St. Brown. St. Brown scored 31 points for TDG and was the difference maker. Arguably the biggest steal of the 2021 Rookie Draft. CrossFit saw solid production from his guys. Kupp and Ekeler each had 18, Lockett and Kelce each had 10, Mike Davis saw 12, and Amari Cooper added 9. TDG did not back down. He had Darrel Williams add 24, Josh Jacobs had 16, Mike Williams had 13, Mike Evans had 12, Callaway had 12, and Saquon even added 10. TDG got just enough from his stars and even more from his early season backups. TDG wins 162.9 to 147.9 and finishes 3^rd. TDG has not lost a final season game.

Consolation Bracket Championship for Pick 1.13.

#9 PeePaw v. #10 Pistol

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Pick 1.13 and 2.13 were on the line. PeePaw having traded his 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd round picks and maybe even other picks he previously acquired, could really use the 1.13. Pistol has 3 Firsts, one more can’t hurt? PeePaw had Monty and Foreman each put up 19 points. Davante had 25. Aiyuk added 13. The rest of the team was ok to fairly quiet. Pistol always has nobodies score a lot of points. Boston Scott put up 22 for Pistol and Braxton Berrios added 24. Lazard also added 16 points. A later score by Dare Ogunbowale added 13 points. Pistol had his core put up ok to quiet numbers. The boom players for Pistol were what lead Pistol to victory. Pistol now has 4 firsts and PeePaw has a second. Pistol won 153.45 to 138.45.

Consolation Bracket Game for Pick 3.13

#7 Trashman v. #8 Teach

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Winner gets pick 3.13 and loser gets 4.13. Trashman for the second week in a row, with a pick on the line, started a player that was on the Covid list. Trashman saw 31 from Penny, 12 from Andrews, 13 from Aaron Jones, and 13 from pick 1.04 Trevor Lawrence. Teach had 12 from Mixon and 30 from Rodgers. The rest of the teams seemingly gave up and walked off the field. Trashman entered Monday night needing 17 points from Jarvis Landry and Nick Chubb. The Browns due combined for 16.7. Teach hangs on and wins 102.2 to 98.47. Teach receives pick 3.13 and Trashman receives 4.13.

Now let’s dive into Dr. Tilt.

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Dr. Tilt’s Week Championship Week Prescription

Chiefs -5 @ Bengals

Nope.

Broncos @ Chargers -6.5

BANG!

Cardinals +5.5 @ Cowboys

Nope.

Dr. Tilt ends the year 27-27.

We have our draft order, the first round is as follows:

1.01 – Bottom Bunk

1.02 – Pistol (from Daddy Wombat)

1.03 – Pistol

1.04 – Bottom Bunk (from PeePaw)

1.05 – Teach

1.06 – Trashman

1.07 – Batman

1.08 – Bottom Bunk (from Mush)

1.09 – Pistol (from CrossFit)

1.10 – Bottom Bunk (from Touchdown Guy)

1.11 – Bruce

1.12 – Bottom Bunk (from JonnyDIII)

1.13 – Pistol (Consolation Championship)

Well that does it for this year. Stay tuned for regular season awards, team reviews, mock drafts, and everything else to come in the near and far future. I hope you did as well as JD3 did in your fantasy leagues and I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, we have the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Championship Preview. We have the Championship, Third Place, Pick 1.13, and Pick 3.13 all on the line. Dr. Tilt also has a lot on the line, he has the chance to finish above 500, all he has to do is get 1 pick right to end at 500, 2 puts him over the edge. Let’s ride baby, we have our championship weekend.

Championship Game

#2 Bruce v. # 5 JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

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Bruce finished last last year. JD3 finished second last. Now we have a chance at worst to first and second worst to second first. This of course requires JD3 to lose, JD3 don’t lose. Bruce don’t lose either. Someone has to. Bruce is likely to win in a tie due to his bench consisting of 4 QBs. Edge immediately goes to Bruce in a tie. That is not talked about enough. Now, let’s take a look at what matters. Bruce does not have Fournette. Bruce does not have Godwin. JD3 is without Miles Sanders. JD3 is without Travis Etienne. That is who we don’t have. What we do have is an epic QB showdown with Mahomes for JD3 and Burrow for Bruce. They will face each other. Backs we have JT, Zeke, Najee, and Damien Harris for backs. JD3 has Sony and Sing. Advantage Bruce. WRs we have a big swing. JD3 has Brandin Cooks, Diggs, Pittman, Keenan Allen, Mooney, and Ja’Marr Chase. Bruce has Renfrow, Boyd, Bateman, and Osborn. The week decides on running or passing. JD3 needs some air mail and Bruce needs the ground game. Tight ends we have Gronk for Bruce and Gerald Everett for JD3. Slight edge goes to Bruce. Kickers, who needs them. Bruce boasts a 10 point advantage, but that should narrow once the app adjusts the kicker scores.

Third Place Game

#1 Touchdown Guy v. #3 CrossFit

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Touchdown Guy needs this bad. He is all in and doesn’t have a first round pick for the rest of his life. CrossFit went all in for Travis Kelce. This is going to be the week to prove it. TDG has the Tall Josh Allen, CrossFit is repping Dak or Tom Brady. CrossFit must get it right this week. For RBs TDG has Saquon, Josh Jacobs, Melly, and maybe James Conner. CrossFit has Ekeler, Mike Davis, and Devonta Freeman. I mean yikes at CrossFit’s RBs. CMC is out and so is Mostert for CrossFit. TDG is missing Derrick Henry. WRs we have Thielen and St. Brown for TDG. For CrossFit he has Amari Cooper Kupp and Tyler Lockett. TE room TDG has George Kittle and CrossFit has Kelce and Ertz. This should be a good matchup. CrossFit is a 3 point favorite. It will be a close one, I am going to let it play out.

Consolation Championship for Pick 1.13 and Loser gets 2.13

#9 PeePaw v. #10 Pistol

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PeePaw is the hottest team in fantasy right now and Pistol is in the way. PeePaw will win this game and Pistol will still get a second round pick for his rebuild. PeePaw has Monty, maybe Cook, and D’Onta Foreman. WR wise he has Adams, Lamb, AB, Jefferson, and Aiyuk. Pistol has Michael Carter, A.J. Brown, Courtland Sutton, Russell Gage, Toney, and Pitts. PeePaw is a 45 point favorite. It’s not fair for Pistol but he’s just happy to be here this year and is full rebuild.

Consolation Third Place for Pick 3.13 and 4.13

#7 Trashman v. #8 Teach

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Teach got his heart ripped out last week. Trashman just didn’t start the right guys. This matchup will be close. Trashman has the exciting players in Cordarrelle Patterson, Aaron Jones, Nick Chubb, and Mark Andrews. His WRs have issues in A-Rob, Juice, and Kalif Raymond. Teach needs Mixon, Moore, Waddle, and Tee Higgins to carry his team. He has streaky players in Van Jefferson and Tony Pollard. Trashman is currently a 1 point dog. I don’t know either team deserves to win.

Now let’s dive into Dr. Tilt.

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Dr. Tilt’s Week Championship Week Prescription

Chiefs -5 @ Bengals

Broncos @ Chargers -6.5

Cardinals +5.5 @ Cowboys

Dr. Tilt is 26-24 on the year.

That does it for the Championship Week Preview. We have a lot to get into. We have Regular Season awards, Mock Drafts, and Team Deep Dives to get into. A lot to come in the next few weeks, months, who knows when but we got a lot going on. Enjoy the Championship weekend and I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Round 2 Recap. Teams found themselves in tight pinches with players going on the Covid reserve, making it a difficult playoff weekend. Injuries, Covid, and Dr. Tilt, we take a look at the matchups and how Dr. Tilt turned his season around.

#1 Touchdown Guy v. #5 JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

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Touchdown Guy had a tough bye week losing Mike Evans. Then Covid prevented Mike Williams from suiting up. Then James Conner a last minute inactive. TDG also had D-Train and Robert Woods on his IR from earlier in the year. TDG had injuries last year and came out victorious. TDG had a panic start of T.Y. Hilton Thursday Night. T.Y. outscored Michael Pittman, giving TDG an early boost of confidence. TDG also saw a big game from the Tall Josh Allen putting up 43 and then a mid-day boost from Amon-Ra St. Brown adding 21 points. The problems fall on the running backs. Darrell Williams and Josh Jacobs each added 10 points. Saquon and Melvin Gordon combined for 3.8 points. These two single handedly torpedoed the season. JD3 did just enough. Highlights include Gerald Everett’s 14, Diggs 18, and Sony’s 20 points. Solid performances across the board, and health, got JD3 the victory 142.2 to 125.8. JD3 now enters the championship week without Miles Sanders.

#2 Bruce v. #3 CrossFit

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In all our year of the PCDL never has a playoff bye team won. Bruce was looking to change the narrative. Bruce lost Godwin and Fournette for his playoff push. Good thing Bruce was forced to play Damien Harris, Harris had 28 points. Najee Harris had 13 points, Zeke added 16, and J.T. had a bad 10 points. Bruce also got some WR help, Renfrow had 12 and Tyler Boyd added 16. Bruce was all over the waiver wire adding QBs, due to Covid he still had to role with Joey B and Joey B delivered a cool 55 points. CrossFit got his QB matchup wrong. It did not matter, but it is important to point that out. Amari Cooper Kupp combined for 34 points. The rest of his team let him down with no other skill position hitting the double figures. Bruce wins 162.65 to 116.14. Bruce moves on to the championship and will be reviewing his WR room closely.

#7 Trashman v. #10 Pistol

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Trashman went with his rookie and it cost him. Trevor Lawrence scored 8 less points than Carson Wentz. Also starting Allen Robinson, who did not play, over anyone else on his bench and majority of his taxi, cost him the game. Trashman saw big weeks from Andrews with 22, Chubb with 26, and Penny’s 19. It was not enough as Pistol had an insane week again. Michael Carter had 13, Braxton Berrios added 19, Lazard had 12, Pitts added 13, and A.J. Brown returned to form adding 26 points. Pistol wins 141.61 to 138.66 and has either pick 1.13 or 2.26 to look forward to.

#8 Teach v. #9 PeePaw

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Teach lost to PeePaw to end the regular season. A loss here will haunt Teach all offseason. Teach saw 28 from Mixon, 20 from Waddle, 11 from Marvin Jones, and a monstrous 37 from Tee Higgins. Teach made a smart move in benching Tyreek Hill, but missed out on the 28 points of Rex Burkhead. Missing 28 points would end up being the end of Teach. PeePaw is full strength for the most part. He saw big weeks all over, 28 from Davante, 20 from Monty, 18 from Schultz, 13 each 49er Aiyuk and Jeff Wilson, 15 from each AB and JJ, and a solid 10 from CeeDee Lamb. PeePaw was the lead dog scoring 176 points to Teach’s 164.3 points. PeePaw will have another top end pick next year.

Now let’s dive into Dr. Tilt.

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Dr. Tilt’s Round 2 Prescription.

Dolphins +3 @ Saints

BANG!

Bills +2.5 @ Patriots

BANG!

49ers -3 @ Titans

Nope.

Browns @ Packers Over 45

BANG!

Dr. Tilt moves to 26-24 on the year.

Well that does it for this week. Tomorrow we will look at Championship weekend. We have something that hardly ever happens, no it’s not a worst to first story, it’s a second worst to second first story. Come back tomorrow to see what it is all about and until then I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Round 2 Playoff Preview. Dr. Tilt went perfect last week and we get a bonus pick. He deserves to be mentioned first. Teams that do not deserve to be mentioned won’t, because they stink. We look at the Playoffs and Consolation Bracket, Dr. Tilt, and then we all kick back and enjoy some the present that is football.

Playoffs.

#1 Touchdown Guy v. #5 JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

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This will be a good one. Week 4 JD3 had the upper hand, but TDG went on a tear the rest of the year. Injury wise, TDG has obviously lost D-Henry since then but Saquon is starting to hit his stride. Mike Evans, Thielen, and James Conner all have injuries. Evans is likely out this week, while Thielen and Conner are coming back to full health. Conner played last week but I would assume he is better this week. TDG will rely on Kittle and his RB depth. These are the two areas that TDG can destroy JD3. JD3 needs another big week out of his QB as the Tall Josh Allen puts up points no matter what. JD3 needs Miles Sanders to show up again and needs his WRs to all put up decent numbers or have two big break outs. It is neck and neck with JD3 being a 5 point favorite as of now. I cannot pick this game but I think we are in for a tight one.

#2 Bruce v. #3 CrossFit

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No team lost more on the bye than Bruce. Fournette and Godwin both done for the fantasy season. Bruce’s WR room is in shambles. Renfrow is coming off a bad week and faces a tough Denver defense. Bruce gets Damien Harris back, maybe, but against the Bills? Bruce needs Zeke, Najee, and JT to carry his team like they have in the past. The problem is can he rely on Tyler Boyd, Renfrow, and Bateman. These WRs need to get something going to give Bruce a shot. CrossFit cannot get the QB room right. He needs Ekeler to be healthy. Amari Cooper Kupp and Lockett can win the week for CrossFit. These three need to be that dude. Kelce also give s CrossFit a big edge. CrossFit’s biggest issue is going 3 tight ends deep, that is a recipe for disaster. CrossFit has a 10 point advantage heading into the matchup, but you can almost guarantee his QB underperforms by 10, this one will be tight.

The #4 and #6 seed appear to not have a matchup this week. I believe they will play next week for 5^th place. They get to go about their lives for one week as their playoff hopes and dreams are done.

Consolation bracket.

We have picks on the line. Winners move on to the 13^th and 26^th pick prizes, losers fight over 39^th and 52^nd picks.

#7 Trashman v. #10 Pistol

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Trashman has the RB depth at this point in the season. Aaron Jones, Cordarrelle, Cubb, and Penny. Mix in Mark Andrews and, well, that’s the problem. A-Rob been a bust, Curty Sam been hurt, and Juice is mixed up in the covid protocols that have run through the dog pound. WRs should be eyeing up Trashman’s team as it is an easy starting destination. Hopefully, Trashman can win and get a WR that can help his team. Pistol is done. He has the 2^nd and 3^rd pick of the draft. If he could somehow win to get pick 26, that would be huge. Huge, huge underdog is the role he plays this week. He does have Russell Gage, Sutton, Pitts, Michael Carter, and Kyler Murray. These guys need to show up to match the floor of Chubb and Jones on the other side of the ball. Pistol is a 16 point dog, but he has some magic getting one boom player each week from a guy no one would ever start.  

#8 Teach v. #9 PeePaw

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The good news about this matchup is that the winner likely gets pick 13. The bad news is that probably is not Teach. Teach was a big loser Week 14 when it mattered and I think he’s a big loser again. It is no fault of his own, Hock is on IR, Tyreek is covid right now, and Mixon is banged up. Teach needs a miracle from D.J. Moore, Jaylen Waddle, and A.J. Green to save his season. PeePaw is clicking on all cylinders. If healthy PeePaw is the team no one wants to face. Herb, Cook, Monty, Lamb, Jefferson, Adams, and Taxi guys Mikey T and Calvin Ridley. PeePaw can take Pick 13 and throw it out because his team is stacked. PeePaw is a 32 point favorite, I mean my goodness.

#11 and #12 seeds do not play this weekend. I am not sure if they will play in the last place game next week, draft order is already set. Either way both teams miss out on an extra pick and both teams desperately need help.

Now let’s dive into Dr. Tilt.

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Dr. Tilt’s Prescription.

Dolphins +3 @ Saints

Bills +2.5 @ Patriots

49ers -3 @ Titans

Bonus Merry Christmas Pick

Browns @ Packers Over 45

Dr. Tilt is 23-23 on the year.

Well that does it for this week. Enjoy your time with family and friends and I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow. We will be back after the holidays with a recap, best of luck to those still in the mix.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Playoff Recap. What an ugly week. Only a couple dudes were dudes this week. Let’s look at who limped into the second round and what bye teams had players limp out of their lineup. We dive into the playoffs, consolation bracket, and we have a big announcement for Dr. Tilt.

Bye Teams:

#1 Touchdown Guy

TDG’s WR room is hamstrung with the uncertainty of three vets. Julio, Thielen, and Evans all are banged up. The good news is that TDG can still play Tim Patrick and Marquez Callaway as both had solid weeks. TDG will face the lowest seeded opponent.

#2 Bruce

Bruce is down bad. Fournette has an injury and Chris Godwin has an injury that should keep him out this week. Bruce’s WR was thin and it is thinner. Bruce was for the most part healthy all year. Suffering injuries this late in the season is devastating. We will see who Bruce relies on to try to get a shot at the title. Bruce plays the highest seeded opponent.

#3 CrossFit v. #6 Batman

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What a weekend. If you would have told me Dak gets 18 points, do you start Dak or Brady I would have already had Brady in the lineup. That is what CrossFit did. Somehow Brady put up half the points. Ekeler had 16, Ertz had 10, and Travis Kelce shot off Thursday with 36. It would all come down to Cooper Kupp Tuesday night. Batman had an uphill battle. He would enter Tuesday down about 8. He had DeVonta Smith and the kicker to go. Setting up the Tuesday showdown was DeVante Parker’s 15, A.J. Dillon’s 10, and MVS with 18. Tuesday night settled things. Smith and the kicker got 15 and Kupp got 30. Kupp turned it on late and ruined a lot of peoples’ fantasy dreams, mine, my family’s, and Batman. The winner is CrossFit 130.6 to 108.55 and CrossFit will face a banged up Bruce.

#4 Mush’s Mongrels v. JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

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Mush was the home team but JD3 got the ball first. Mahomes started off with a good Thursday showing and Keenan Allen did too. Mush saw Clyde put up a less than expected performance. JD3 saw Devin Singletary put up 16, Brandin Cooks had 25, and then Michael Pittman was ejected with 1.2 points and Ja’Marr Chase played the whole game and ended with 0.8 points. JD3 would have Miles Sanders Tuesday night to solve things. Mush had Clyde, he had Deebo with 17, but the majority of Mush’s Mongrels played in the Tuesday game. JD3 took the get points now approach, Mush wanted to savor every minute of the playoffs. Tuesday Mush had Stafford, Gibby, OBJ, Hendy, and the kicker. Miles Sanders got 15 and Mush’s Tuesday Team got 52 points. JonnyDIII came out on top 153.6 to 111.8 and will face Touchdown Guy.

Consolation Byes

#7 Trashman

Trashman needed the bye as his team is all Covid. I am sure Trashman will take the loss of a Mark Andrews huge week if he gets Cordarrelle of old next week when it matters. Trashman needed the bye and got it. Trashman will face the lower seeded opponent.

#8 Teach

Teach also benefited from the bye. If there was no bye Teach probably would have played Rhamondre Stevenson and would have got 4.5 points. That would have been a downer for him. Teach made it and will now lose against the higher seeded opponent.

#9 PeePaw v. #12 Bottom Bunk

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Christian Kirk scored 20 points for Bottom Bunk and made up about a quarter of the points. PeePaw got it done easily. Adams had 13, Schultz had 16, Foreman had 14, Reynolds had 15, and I am writing this prior to the Vikings Bears game, so Cook, Monty, and Jefferson all combined for at least 45 points. PeePaw wins easily, undisclosed amount to under 100 points. PeePaw will face Teach.

*** Update the trio of Cook/Monty/Jefferson combined for 30 and PeePaw won 143.5 to 91.7.

#10 Pistol v. #11 Daddy Wombat

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I am not sure if D.W. knew how important this week was. D.W. started D-Hop. James Rob at least got 16 points. Pistol loves picks so he showed up this week unlike Kyler Murray. Russel Gage had 19 and Braxton Berrios put up 12. Pistol barely wins 92.95 to 61.32. Pistol will face Trashman.

Now let’s dive into Dr. Tilt.

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Dr. Tilt’s Prescription.

Chiefs -3 @ Chargers

BANG!

Raiders -1.5 @ Browns

BANG!

Washington Football Team @ Eagles -6.5

BANG!

Dr. Tilt is 23-23, he did it, 500 baby.

Tomorrow we will look at the Round 2 of the playoffs. This is so exciting. What a boring week, if you lost you feel sick and if you won you still feel sick. No one should have a ton of confidence going into the second round, the saving grace, going into the second round. Until then I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII

Good morning everyone, welcome to the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Playoff Preview. Breathe it in baby the playoffs are here. Every team limped into the playoffs and those that flew through all could lose because of one late afternoon Covid announcement. Hopefully, your commissioners have something in place in the event a late late announcement happens. We will look at the Playoff Bracket Matchups including the bye teams, the Consolation Bracket Matchups including the bye teams and explanation of what’s at stake, and we will see if Dr. Tilt can finish the season above .500. No games of the week because they are all games of the week.

Playoff Teams.

#1 Seed – Touchdown Guy

Back to back like I’m on the cover of Lethal Weapon, back to back like I’m Jordan ’96, ’97. Touchdown Guy is looking to repeat. Last year he finished the playoffs as the #1 (was the 3 seed) this year he enters the playoffs as #1. Steal of the year was Bob Woods and James Conner trade with Batman for Elijah Mitchell and two 2nds. Sure, Elijah Mitchell may be the RB for San Fran to come, so Batman did not lose the trade. I want to emphasize that this was a good trade for Batman. But it is also a good trade for TDG, I mean a great trade. TDG is in win now mode. I view James Conner as almost a throw in guy. James Conner got a new team (like he did with Arizona) and took off. TDG biggest concern will be his depth at both RB and WR. Will Melly’s production run out? Will Julio/St. Brown step up? Those are the questions, the answers are the top end guys he has in the other 7 spots on his roster.

#2 Seed – Bruce

Bruce pulled off an insane season. Bruce finished dead last after lying about who he was taking in the draft. Bruce then made a terrible first round draft pick for his team’s long term success. Bruce still ends up as #2 on the year. Bruce has only made two trades in his career, one where he receives O.J. Howard and a 3^rd and 4^th for Mike Gesicki, and one where he sends Brevin Jordan a 3^rd and 4^th for Rob Gronkowski. His team has not moved much. His team does move the ball a ton on the ground. Najee, Zeke, JT, and Fournette. Bruce has 3 top 5 RBs and the odd man out is #9. Bruce also is seeing a ton of success with Hunter Renfrow, and expected success from Chris Godwin. Bruce’s concerns come at QB and WR depth. Emmanuel Sanders was hot to start the year but may be questionable the rest of the year with an injury. Joe Burrow has put up a couple bad weeks, which is fine overall, but would end a playoff run. Bruce needs his RBs to win this for him. 

Playoff Matchups

#3 Seed CrossFit v. #6 Batman

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CrossFit is back in the playoffs. CrossFit and Touchdown Guy are the only two to repeat. CrossFit is without CMC again. CrossFit should start Tom Brady, that is my advice. He has been second guessing himself at QB, just play Brady. CrossFit is hurting at RB. Ekeler is dinged up so, he needs some help. His help has to come from his stacked WRs and TE combo. Kelce and Amari Cooper Kupp need to Lockett in this weekend to put CrossFit in the mix for the championship. Batman had a good draft pick, Chuba Hubbard. He has A.J. Dillon who has turned it on. Batman has all the Dolphins, DeVante Parker and Myles Gaskin. Batman is going to need a miracle, he needs a couple Jakobi Meyers TDs. CrossFit is a 40 point favorite, so I think he gets it done.

#4 Mush’s Mongrels v. JonnyDIII’s Joyful Demons

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This is a tight one. Mush has some solid young backs, he has a lot of solid WRs. Mush has Deebo who is booming. Everyone else is solid. Nothing sexy about Mush, he just gets it done. Top to bottom he has solid, he has some bench, he has rookies, he has IR guys, I mean just solid. You have to bring you’re a game. JD3 has that chance. He has some big hitter guys, but they have been boom or bust all year. JD3 is missing RBs but with Diggs, Allen, and Chase, he has to get it done with them. I mean double digits are a need. This is the juiciest matchup of the weekend. Mush is a 1.07 point favorite. We will get a good sense of things after Thursday night, Mahomes, the QB for JD3 is going, that will set the tone. Mahomes needs a good 30 points just to keep it alive.

Consolation Bracket.

Consolation bracket has four picks up for grab. The winner of the consolation bracket gets pick 1.13, second place gets 2.13, third place gets 3.13, and fourth gets 4.13. The two teams mentioned below already are guaranteed an extra pick. They just need a win to get a good pick, 3.13 can still end up with a good backup player. You have a shot at a year 2 guy. You just have to look, or pair your two thirds up to move up a handful of spots, that could do it.

Consolation Byes.

#7 Trashman

Trashman had the best free agency move this year. Cordarrelle Patterson is a machine. Mark Andrews is the TE1 on the year. Cam Akers injury to start and Allen Robinson’s lack of production are the downfall of Trashman’s team. Trashman also missed a chance at a lot of good rookies when he took Trevor Lawrence at the 1.04. Trashman could have had Javonte, DeVonta, or Jaylen. All of these rookies would have helped his team.

#8 Teach

Teach was one of the best teams last year. Now he stinks. I guess Chris Carson was his team? He also has seen inconsistent play from D.J. Moore and Marvin Jones, while both may be coaching issues. Teach’s team is not bad, it is just missing a little more balance. The depth is boom or bust but the ceiling for those guys is lower. Teach needs to find an RB in the offseason. He also needs Rodgers to stay in Green Bay.

#9 PeePaw v. #12 Bottom Bunk

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PeePaw was a win away. He just had some injuries and got off to a slow start. A lot of near misses. PeePaw is clicking, Cook, Monty, Lamb, Jefferson, Adams, and Aiyuk. Bottom Bunk has nothing. He has the 1.01. That is it. I do not have a lot of time to discuss B.B. PeePaw is a 73 point favorite. How does this happen? PeePaw by a million.

#10 Pistol v. #11 Daddy Wombat

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Pistol has some young guys. He is rebuilding. Kyler, Michael Carter, Kyle Pitts, Brevin Jordan, Kadarius Toney, and A.J. Brown. I mean it is a good group of guys. Daddy Wombat has had a bad year. Team is injured. Guys are missing QBs, guys are blaming their own team, not knowing how to use the taxi. Will Fuller been a mess, D-Hop is done now, Claypool hasn’t worked, and Jeudy hasn’t worked either. D.W. has Kamara, Metcalf, and Rondale. Those are his core. This will actually be a good matchup this weekend. D.W. is a two point favorite. I think this comes down to whether or not Michael Carter is healthy. If Michael Carter is in then so is Pistol, if he’s out so is Pistol.

Now let’s dive into Dr. Tilt.

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Dr. Tilt’s Prescription.

Chiefs -3 @ Chargers

Raiders -1.5 @ Browns

Washington Football Team @ Eagles -6.5

Dr. Tilt is 20-23 so far.

Well that does it for this week. The Playoffs are huge. It is all about surviving one week. Survive and advance, do anything and everything within your power to make it another week. Best of luck to those in the playoffs and I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow.

Let’s Go!

JonnyDIII