Is the 2020 Season over for the Mets?

I don’t think this truncated season has been good for the Metsies. We haven’t made the playoffs since 2016, very rough times. And we’re 1.5 games back from the Wild Card with the monsters from Space Jam ahead of us, but with not a lot of games left, this ain’t it, chief. The Yankees clinched a playoff spot for sure because, you know, they’re the Yankees and they’re playing in a quite a weak division.

The Mets need to make urgent offseason moves and I will be talking about that next post. 

Now, I don’t know what to write about at all, I’m juggling three sports and I don’t know which would appeal to you, but now I have to write about all three, I just don’t know which. Today, I’m writing about football.

Good news, readers. I went 2-2 this week in fantasy football. I smoked my wins and then lost in very close games. There were soooooo many injuries this week, and my projections crashed and burned. I have Saquon Barkley in THREE of my leagues, and then Christian McCaffrey in one. So, my running back situation is officially fried, and the backs are the most important position on the team. Luckily, Dak Prescott and Aaron Jones stepped up on my best team, when Saquon Barkley and Nyheim Hines, who both had great last weeks, had a combined 4.2 points. But consider it done that I’m putting Cam Newton on all my teams. On my second-best team, I have great backups, so that league isn’t completely fried. And, I traded away toxic Joe Mixon, Courtland Sutton, who blew out his knee, and Julio Jones for a payday, Ty Hilton, DeVante Parker, Amari Cooper and Kenyan Drake. And I’m planning on using DeVante Parker and Devin Singletary to completely rip off my friend, for Alvin Kamara and Michael Gallup. Crazy, right?

FANTASY TEAM ONE

I’m also thinking about ripping someone when I trade away Christian McCaffrey for a lot of good people. But, I’m being veeerrrrry cautious about that one. My main candidate for that trade is the guy I just stripped clean of players. I’m very interested in this league because two of the other leagues, all the other owners forgot about their teams already. For curious readers out there thinking about whom to pick up or trade for, just follow some fantasy football accounts on social media, and listen to football podcasts. But, I would say, when trading with someone, always choose someone who you don’t want just to bargain with, and then just eliminate him when the other guy says no. Running backs are the most important position, but wide receivers are very undervalued.

FANTASY TEAM TWO

The Jets lost to a JV squad, now, if I saw that on a news story headline, I wouldn’t be surprised. Their defense, offense, coaching, quarterback are horrible, and the injuries are just plaguing them more. The 49ers had 50% of their team broken down and playing by halftime. But, with a team full of backups, only the Jets will manage to lose, not to mention getting blown out by more than double their score. Breshad Perriman, the Jets only hope at this point, also got injured. So now the wide receiver room has “receivers” that are just learning football, got pulled out of their college class, played rugby for a few years, and then the brainless skinny people who had one thing built in their head since birth, “FoootBal, FoootBal.”

FANTASY TEAM THREE

The Falcons blew yet another lead, yet another one, crazy how that happens. First the Super Bowl and now this one. 30-9 at halftime, 40-39 at the end. Now, Dak Prescott literally helped me win two games singlehandedly, amazing. Matt Ryan was spotless, 273 yards and four touchdowns, Dak Prescott had 470 yards and only one touchdown, but, three rushing touchdowns. The receivers really stepped up here, something the Jets need to look at here, but, is the GM really going to do something, yeah, right, funny one. Calvin Ridley is a big sleeper that I’m also going to quietly trade for, and he had 2 touchdowns and over 100 yards receiving, him and Chris Godwin, look at them. The Falcons mustered 1 sack and no interceptions against  the ‘boys, because Prescott had something else to say, and likewise to the Cowboys, quarterback statement and all.

FANTASY TEAM FOUR

Just a reminder: Schools are open but for me it’s virtual schooling at least for the first trimester. The next blog tomorrow will football and basketball.