AFFL Wild Card Preview

LAST WEEK: 4-2
SEASON: 49-18

What an incredible season of picks. 73% correct! Amazing!

I think next year I might start a side pool for us all to pick games and we'll kick in like $10 a piece, winner take all. Of course, only 2 of you will respond to that idea because half of the league are miserable lumps looking for the first excuse to drop their team.

Listen, you don't need an excuse. Just go. We can get by with 10 teams. Hell, having a couple of seasons of an 8-team turbo league where the scores are 150-140 would be fun. This league is so goddamn dull. If you can't be the change the world needs, then go.

ANYWAY

Nice luck for Gary that he had a bye the week Kamara finally didn't score a ton of points. Being smashed in the temple on the first drive will do that to a guy. Truly, the angels are on Gary's shoulders this season.

May the four teams actually playing this week find the strength to keep Satan away from their rosters.




THAT KANGAROO STOLE MY BALL vs. ASSTANNER
The most beloved owner in the league versus...Chris. It's like the Rooneys against Jerry Jones. Bri is starting Alex Smith, which means Cam will have 25 points this week. On the other hand, each Kelce reception is double points, though scoring 2 TDs in the first quarter will be hard to repeat this week. Crabtree is in great shape with Cooper out and Marcus Peters suspended, but it's hard to have faith in Demaryius with this whole Denver situation. That situation being their 2017 season.

Chris is going 4 wide this week, although Robby Anderson is dealing with a hamstring tweak and Chris Harris, Jr. on Sunday, so he should be held in check. Funchess is dealing with a shoulder injury and AJ Green is dealing with Andy Dalton's existence, so Thielen will need to carry the group here. I do not foresee Kenyan Drake having a second big week in a row, but crazy things have happened to the Pats in prime time in Miami before.

These are playoff teams. There might be four good players in this entire game.

THE PICK: TKSMB 74 - AT 68


SIGMUND AND THE SEAMONSTER vs. TIMMY DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS
Fitting that Tim will have to get past the team with the most insulting name in the league in order to truly make this the Year of Tim. It's like how the Steelers will need to beat the Pats twice to get to the Super Bowl this year. (They need home field advantage to have even a decent chance)

Speaking of the Steelers, their points are always have a governor on the throttle in prime time Baltimore games, so Ben and AB will be down. The Giants are down their best CB, but Dez is a glorified tight end, so don't expect much there. Fournette has the Seattle front 7 to deal with and the Seahawks probably will not respect Bort Blakles too much, so it'll actually become a front 9.

I say Kareem Hunt gets in the end zone for the first time in months and we turn another calendar page in the YEAR OF TIM!

THE PICK: SS 86 - TDHAF 79