Week 5 TNF Staff Picks

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WEEK 4 PICKS / LOCK / SURVIVOR

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The PICKS
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30-17-1 30-17-1 20-27-1 24-23-1 23-24-1
BAL PIT PIT BAL BAL
NYJ  NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ
INDY  JAC INDY INDY INDY
HOU  ATL ATL HOU ATL
TB  CAR CAR CAR CAR
NYG  NYG BUF NYG NYG
OAK  OAK OAK OAK OAK
PHI  WAS PHI WAS PHI
CIN  CIN KC CIN CIN
CLE  SD CLE CLE SD
GB  GB GB SF GB
MIN  DEN DEN DEN MIN
ARZ  ARZ ARZ ARZ ARZ
DAL  DAL DAL NO DAL
SEA  SEA DET SEA SEA
Lock-it-up-of-the-Week
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2-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 1-2-0 0-3-0
NYJ  CAR  PHI OAK ARZ
Survivor Pool Pick
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SD **DEAD** **DEAD** **DEAD** **DEAD**
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Bills v. Giants – Party with The Machine

Party with The Machine!

Party with The Machine!

GAME OF THE YEAR!

What do you do when you have a website that’s run by one Giants fan and one Bills fan?  You throw a party!  Let the epic trash talking begin!  First, the details:

When:  Sunday, October 4, 2015

Where:  Wintonaire (if you don’t know where that is, then we don’t like you)

Time:  Noon to ???

Come class it up for an afternoon, chug Coors Light with The Machine, and eat an impressive amount of chicken wings!  How much better can it get?

Now, let’s have a quick preview of the game.  We don’t like to overstate things, but this game is going to be the Must See Game of the Year!  As Roid Rage has (obnoxiously) informed me several times this week, the Giants will actually play a game in New York when they come to Buffalo.  If I had a nickel for every time I heard that stupid comment.  And, not to be a dick about it, but the Buffalo Bills play in Orchard Park.

Geography aside, this game is a must win for both teams.  The Bills are sitting nice at 2-1, with wins over the Colts and an absolute thrashing of the Dolphins last week.  However, Rex still can’t shake his New England inferiority complex, and Buffalo is still looking for its statement win.  It could come Sunday, as Rex tries to exercise his other demon…the team he infamously referred to as the little brother while he was with the Jets.

Giants fans will remember that Rex’s trash talking turned into a 99 yard Victor Cruz touchdown and (another) Super Bowl.  However, 2012 seems like a long time ago.  The Giants are all over the place this year.  They are good, but not that good where they can blow 4th quarter leads, and they did exactly that in losses against Dallas and Atlanta.  If only they could play the Redskins each week.

Coaching wise, these teams couldn’t be more different.  Currently, Rex is getting his truck detailed and putting the finishing touches on his Bills tramp stamp.  Meanwhile, Tom Coughlin just finished a glass of warm milk and is already asleep.

We could go on and on breaking down the teams, but we’ll do that for you in person tomorrow.  See you there, and bring you A game chugging skills.

Beer Chug

Week 4 – Waiver Wire Pickups

Are you ready?!?

Are you ready?!?

First, let’s get the self-congratulatory stuff out of the way.  Again, The Machine nailed last week’s waiver wire picks.  Rishard Matthews (whom everyone is telling you to get now) was only owned in 28% of the leagues last week.  He get a shout out from The Machine and boom, he’s now owned in 67% of leagues.  That’s the type power we have here.  Ok, maybe it’s the fact that Rishard had a monster week, going 6/113/2.  He has more yards and tds than Jarvis Landry.  Continue to ride that waive.  Also, Blake Bortles turned in a serviceable start last week, throwing for 242 yards, 2 tds and 1 int.  Don’t let those ESPN fools fool you…we tell you who to pick up before it’s obvious.  So let’s get to this week’s picks.

Robert Woods, WR Buffalo (2% owned in Yahoo! leagues)

Beautiful feet.

Beautiful feet.

Listen up, because you haven’t heard this sentence used much, if ever:  The Buffalo Bills have fantasy worth players.  It’s true.  Two weeks ago, we recommended Tyrod Taylor, when he was only owned in 13% of leagues.  Tyrod is now owned in 70% of leagues, and is a legitimate Top 10 fantasy qb.  And this brings us to Robert.

Woods has seen his targets increase each week, which is a good sign.  Sammy Watkins is dinged up again (can we call him oft-injured now?) which means more opportunities for Woods.

Plus, don’t forget:  Rex Ryan is crazy.  Like the Patriots, he wants to beat the Giants so bad, in his never-ending quest to prove he’s no one’s whipping boy (ironic he’s making that stand in Buffalo).  Anyway, we expect the Bills to air it out this week.  Woods is a touchdown dependent WR4/FLEX.

Coby Fleener, TE Colts (23%)

Coby should see his targets increase.

Coby should see his targets increase.

Fleener gets a bump this week thanks to Dwayne Allen and his bum ankle.  With Allen out last week, Coby had six targets, and ended up with 4 catches for 51 yards.  Not bad for a fill in TE.  The goal of waiver wire pickups is either (a) weekly band-aid for your team, or (b) picking up a player for the long haul before everyone else does.  Coby fits the former.  If you’re looking for a stop-gap TE this week, Fleener’s your guy.

Brian Quick, WR St. Louis (24%)

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

Quick will make his season debut for the Rams this week.  He instantly becomes the Rams top option at receiver.  Although the match up isn’t great against the Cardinals, it’s not often you see a #1 WR sitting on waivers.  He’s definitely worth a spot on your bench, and if you’re desperate at receiver, plug him in but please temper expectations.

Bonus Pick

Antonio Gates, TE San Diego (52%)

Antonio will soon see the endzone again.

Antonio will soon see the endzone again.

We normally only focus on people who are owned in fewer than 50% of leagues (it’s stupid for us to tell you to pick up Karlos Williams when he’s owned in 80% of leagues).  Anyone that mentions him as a waiver wire pickup should be quickly met with a “no shit” comment.

But we will break from tradition slightly to tell you to look at your waiver wire, and if Antonio Gates is still there, pick him up immediately.  Gates tied for the league lead in tds by a TE with 12 last year, and was a Top 4 TE overall.  He’s finishing up his four game suspension, and next week will resume his place as a TE1.  By next week, he will be owned in 80% of leagues.  Get him now.

Week 4 TNF Staff Picks

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