If you had Joe Mixon or Justin Fields you are generally walking away a winner this week. I had to say generally because HCTM got 53 points from Justin Fields yet still found a way to lose. The Icecaps on the other hand used Joe Mixon’s 56 points and got a win, as does any competent fantasy owner. With five weeks to go in the regular season, time is limited for teams to make their final playoff pushes. On to the week 9 recaps!
WINNERS
ICECAPS
Fresh off of writing a personalized thank you note to Joe Mixon (56), the Icecaps are moving to 6-3 on the year. Rhamondre Stevenson added 15 but everyone else did very okay but when Joe Mixon puts up 56 points it covers a lot of inconsistencies. The nine other starters combined for 100 points which goes to show how critical Joe Mixon having a career day meant to this team.
HURTS SO GOOD
Getting balanced attacks from Waddle (16), Henry (25), Goedert (19) and the Tampa Bay defense (14), HSG moves to 6-3 on the season after beating the Squatches. Week in and week out HSG puts up solid numbers and has six wins to show for it. Edwards-Helaire (2) was a bad start but that was only because Barkley was on bye. Watch out for this team come December.
GALENSWINNINGWINNERS
When we look back on the league winning waiver wire add, it will certainly be Ken Walker III. Putting up 27 points it finally put GWW in the win column to move to 3-6 on the season. After trading away Lamar Jackson and essentially receiving Cooper Kupp in return, GWW will turn to a committee of Trevor Lawrence or a Washington Commanders QB to fill the QB 2 gap. Not only do the Cowboys need Dak Prescott to be healthy, but GWW desperately needs Dak healthy as well if they are about to make one final playoff push.
AVALANCHE
Putting together another win to move to 4-5, the Avalanche put up a solid week thanks to the New England defense (34). Kicker Nick folk also put up 18 which helped them take down HCTM. Erk can’t be happy about the Jeff Wilson Jr. trade to Miami because now Mostert appears to be in a committee with Wilson Jr. The other thing about this squad is they cannot afford any injuries because the Avalanche have zero depth going forward. Do they have enough to make a run?
MISFITS
Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill led the way to the Misfits sixth win of the season. Four starters scored less than six but you don’t need much to beat the Thunder these days. The newest owner of Lamar Jackson, Jackson paired with Mahomes puts this team in the driver’s seat to win it all this year. I think you would really have to do something dumb to not make a championship with this team.
LOSERS
SANDSTORMS
Seemingly never being able to catch a break, the Sandstorms are going to drop to 1-8 despite putting up 140 points. Davante Adams (28), Etienne (27) and Ekeler (18) did their best and would have won if not for Joe Mixon. Logan did everything correct this week, but just had the worst of luck. Fantasy will do that to you and Logan certainly has not had luck on his side this year.
SQUATCHES
The week didn’t start off great when they left Brandin Cooks in the starting lineup only to find out that he was declared inactive before the start of the game. Tua (30) looks like the best player on this team outside of Travis Kelce (14) and appears to be a great draft day pick. Sitting at 4-5, a week 10 matchup against the Thunder will determine whether this team has a shot at making the playoffs.
PIRANHAS
Picking up their second loss of the year, the Piranhas made a run via Kenyan Drake but his 25 points fell short against GWW on Monday night. Outside of kicker Ryan Succop and the aforementioned Drake, every player underperformed with six players scoring in single digits. Is it cause for concern? Probably not, as they have done just about everything except clinch a playoff spot. The Piranhas will also be monitoring the health of Josh Allen throughout the week because if he goes down with a UCL injury, so will this team.
HCTM
Justin Fields. End of post. Even Field’s 53 points couldn’t get a win this week which goes to show how pitiful the rest of the roster was. Seven starters scored in single digits in an otherwise disastrous week. They sit at 5-4.
THUNDER
The Thunder can start preparing for next season. Averaging the lowest points per week total in the league, the Thunder can also prepare to be wearing the bacon costume next season at the draft. When you are forced to start PJ Walker, it’s already over. Walker’s -3 points certainly didn’t help and Stafford’s 11 didn’t quite do the trick either. Those combined eight points from QBs will not win you any weeks. At 3-6, it’s a wonder how this team even got three wins this season.
SURVIVOR POOL
With a 139 point performance, Tim is your 2022 survival pool winner! Congrats!
Eliminated,
Week 9 – Jordan
Week 8 – Logan
Week 7 – Jack
Week 6 – Galen
Week 5 – Ezra
Week 4 – Blake
Week 3 – Book
Weeks 2 & 1 – Erk and Ben
CLOSING
Set your alarms one more time for the NFL early on Sunday morning, this time from Germany! As with the NFL, lots of unpredictability within the BBL but we can bank on a couple things for sure. The Sandstorms will lose and the Thunder will score less than 110 points.
Cheers!
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