EVER WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF A LORD OF THE RINGS UNIVERSE? WELL, WONDER NO LONGER. BLOOD BOWL 2 IS WHERE IT’S AT.
I never had a chance to play the first Blood Bowl game, and it’s a shame. Blood Bowl 2 is its own mix of Madden slowed down to a chess game and amped up with violence mixed in. All this comes with a setting of being in something like middle earth. Trust me, it needs to be played to do it justice.
There are a mix of races to play. Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Elves, Lizard Men, and even a zombie/undead team thrown in. Also, several new racial teams to download including, Chaos Dwarfs and Khemri teams available at an additional price!
The Blood Bowl video game is based on a roll of the dice table top game made by Games Workshop. Doing my research, I see they have worked on Warhammer and Lord of the Rings games in the past and it really reflects on the world and story they have created in Blood Bowl. There is a lengthy solo mode and also a VS mode you can play against your friends.
Blood Bowl is turn based and each action must be done with a simulated dice roll. This will determine the success of tackling an opponent, intercepting the ball, throwing, and catching. Pick up of the ball is probably the most tedious of the processes. It’s probably the one action roll I would change if I could.
The graphics are great and fit the atmosphere of the world and game completely. Sound is also great and has a great announcer dialogue track to keep you entertained while you think your way to victory.
Bob and Jim! The commentators
The learning curve is quite high so don’t be easily put off by its difficulty. It more than makes up for it once you master the gameplay. If you stick with it you will be rewarded. Overall, this game is getting 5 beers out of a six pack from me. The overall quality, and depth, add up to hundreds of hours of gameplay.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BLOOD BOWL? HAVE A FAVORITE TEAM? LET US KNOW! THIS HAS BEEN DRUNKEN SPIDEY. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THROW ME A BEER
First off, let me say I don’t condone smoking unless you are of legal age, but never has anyone walked up to me on the street and asked me that. Trust me, I’ve walked down a lot of awful streets. I bring this up because something is starting to bother me. Why can’t Wolverine have a cigar anymore? Yes I know Marvel issued a ban on smoking in comics, and Disney doesn’t allow smoking in it’s movies. But why can’t a character be flawed? Have we lost our own abilities to make a choice?
J. Jonah Jameson smoking a cigar never made me want to smoke a cigar. Watching Ben Grimm smoking a cigar never made me want to smoke a cigar. You get the picture. Now, I bet your saying, “Well smoking is bad, and our children shouldn’t see Super Heroes smoking cigarettes and cigars.” Well ok. That’s a great opinion. But when I read Spider-Man starting at 5 years of age, half of the characters in Marvel smoked. Hell, back then they sold candy gum cigarettes that blew sugar out of them to replicate smoke.
I’m sure at some point I asked my parents what Ben Ulrich was doing. My Mom probably said “It’s a cigarette. Don’t ever do it, it’s bad for you.” Too bad we rarely listen to our parents. Now a days some kids barely have interaction with their parents. Let us be honest here. If kids are looking up to heroes, then should heroes be flawed? Just like people in real life? A person who smokes cigarettes is not a monster just for smoking. Real life heroes can be flawed. We have alcohol consumption, drug use, racism, physical violence, murder, and any other possible crime in almost everything we read. Comics teach what is right and what is wrong every day. So why is smoking the most horrible thing banned from some comics?
Instead of ignoring the issue, take it head on. Have other characters berate the heroes into quitting. Don’t just make it disappear. We, as kids and adults deal with these issues night and day for our whole lives. As a kid who read comics, and related to so many situations with characters growing up, smoking was the least of my worries. Let’s face it kids have it harder every year. Comics can teach some kids more values and decision making than anyone in real life. Smoking in comics can be used in other ways to make a point. So let Wolverine have a cigar with his beer. Let people make their own decisions. Ignoring issues, doesn’t solve the problem.
THIS HAS BEEN DRUNKEN SPIDEY. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THROW ME A BEER.
I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO THE HOLIDAYS, AN 80’S CHRISTMAS. I JUST WANT TO FEEL THAT EXCITEMENT OF COMING DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE LIVING ROOM.
My eyes popping out of my sockets, seeing those lovely wrapped He-Man shaped presents I so loved sitting under the Christmas tree. How many were mine? How many were my brothers? My eyes would dart from one gift to the next looking for my name on one of the gift tags. For example, the gift tags would always read
To: Tiny Tim
From:
Yeah it was just blank. Always left blank. Apparently, if Santa didn’t want to sign his name to the packs of socks and underwear he left us, he felt guilty about signing the toys. He just didn’t want to be associated with any crap gifts on his milk drunken night. Breaking into people’s houses and eating food was where he drew the line on his criminal empire.
My father always worked nights. He wouldn’t get home until about 9 or 10 in the morning. Leaving my mother alone at 4am on a Christmas morning, with 3 young kids, trying to sneak out of their rooms across the most squeaky wooden hallways I have ever known. We were just trying to see if Santa came. About 2 steps out of the bedroom my mother would scream, “IF YOU DON’T GET BACK IN YOUR ROOMS RIGHT NOW, I’LL CALL SANTA AND TELL HIM TO TAKE YOUR TOYS BACK, AND I’M CANCELING CHRISTMAS!!!!”
Around 6 a.m. my mom would let us come out of our rooms. We could go downstairs, but not touch any presents under the tree. Leaving us just staring at our names on each present. Just waiting for the front door to open and see my Dad walking through, added to the anxiety and excitement. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on those wonderful toys. Eventually Dad would get home, and Mom would pass out the presents.
This is an example of the 80’s. That’s me in the bottom left. My brother, sister, Mom and Dad are also featured. I have no idea who the kid is in the Raggedy Andy outfit.
It’s very disturbing right now that I might have a lost sibling right now, homeless wearing that ridiculous outfit. You know what? Let’s not go back to the 80’s, tis a silly place.
We didn’t always have a lot of money growing up. But there was always one solid thing I can remember, and that was Christmas. Some how, no matter how many jobs my Mom, and Father worked, or how tight money was, we always had presents under the tree. It made the Saltines with peanut butter and jelly dinner nights all worth it.
The older I got, the more I realized that the holidays aren’t about Toys, Comics, Video Games, clothes, it’s about those mushy things some people have that they call feelings. So sit back with your egg nog, beers, and glasses of wine and remember all those nostalgic moments of your youth. Try not to kill your siblings or any other family members and remember how fortunate you are to be there at that moment. If all else fails, just keep drinking egg nog. I know I will.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THIS HAS BEEN DRUNKEN SPIDEY. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THROW ME A BEER!
Founder of Namco, Masaya Nakamura Passes Away At Age 91
(Originally Printed February 1st, 2017)
IN HONOR OF MASAYA NAKAMURA. “MOM? DAD? CAN I HAVE A QUARTER?” THAT QUESTION WAS PROBABLY UTTERED IN THE 1980S MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF PAC-MAN.
The only thing that probably came in a close second was “Doesn’t New Coke suck?”
Masaya Nakamura, founder of Namco, and known as “the father of Pac-Man”, passed away January 22nd. His death was announced on January 30th by Namco. He was the man responsible for flooding every pizza shop, mall arcade, and store breezeway with a Pac-Man arcade machine during the 1980s. You couldn’t walk without tripping over one of the damn machines.
Pac-Man was designed and created by Toru Iwatani while distributed and produced by Namco. Under Masaya’s leadership, Namco made sure we will never forget his part of a world wide success Pac-Man would be. Pac-Man holds the throne for the highest grossing arcade game of all time.
In the early days of Namco, Masaya manufactured small amusement rides for stores and malls. Seeing the potential and growth of video games he started hiring programmers, staff, and started developing many popular games for distribution. In his later life he became a movie producer. He stepped down from Namco in 2002.
Without Masaya’s vision and tenacity to tap into the little known market of video games, we might all have been stuck with pong forever. Next time you see one of those vintage Pac-Man arcade machines pop in a quarter, and remember Masaya. Thank him by keeping his dream!
THIS HAS BEEN DRUNKEN SPIDEY. TELL ME YOUR FAVORITE PAC-MAN MOMENT AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, THROW ME A BEER.
YOU JUST HAD THANKSGIVING DINNER. ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES ARE FINISHED. YOU TOOK YOUR TURKEY COMA NAP. WHAT’S NEXT TO DO? LINE UP AT THE MOTHA TRUCKIN MALL FOR BLACK FRIDAY SALES! THAT’S WHAT YOU DO IN DEAD RISING 4!
Frank West is back, and he returns where it all started with Dead Rising 4! Welcome to Willamette Colorado, and its Black Friday at the grand reopening of the Willamette shopping mall. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently, a lot.
Dead Rising 4 takes place in the year 2022, (Holy Shit, I’m redoing this article in 2022, I’m disappointed, no zombie outbreaks.) 16 years after the original incident. Frank gets drawn back in by a ZDC (Zombie Defense and Control) agent Brad Park, looking for one of Frank’s ex students, Vicky Chu. A few years earlier Vicky tricked Frank into investigating a secret military test facility for zombie research. After a stealthy investigation, Vicky and Frank are discovered by what seems to be a rogue military unit. Vicky takes off on Frank, and leaves him on his own to escape.
All images courtesy of CAPCOM
Some time later Frank is convinced to join Brad on a military chopper and whisked away to the new Willamette Mega Plex shopping mall. For some reason they rebuilt the mall even bigger than before. (Its 2016 and I cant find a mall that has less than 20 closed stores anchored by a Bon Ton and a Sears, but Willamette is jammed full of any kind of store you can think of. Hang on 1980’s malls the future looks bright for you!) The chopper crash lands smack dab into the food court and away we go!
First thing I want to say is way to go Capcom! No longer are we plagued with a “gotta get there now timer or you’re Greg Fockered scenario”. Dead Rising 4 plays out pretty much how you’ve wanted to play the series since it started. You can take your time through every section of the mall until you are ready to leave. Each new section is opened up by reaching a checkpoint of sorts. But feel free to go back to any section any time and just do your thing.
There are weapons and power ups in every nook and cranny that would make an English Muffin cry in shame. Plenty of craft-able special items to make. Feel free to earn xp to level your character up to your playing style with special perks. Take that unique photo, or selfie with the new camera system! Multiple amounts of vehicles to drive and get your Deathrace on in any part of the game!
The graphics are beautiful for the setting. I cant remember being bogged down too much even with what seemed like a thousand enemies on screen at any given time. The sound is over the top squishy and crunchy with that special Christmas elevator music playing in the background. Everything just fits extremely well together.
There are minor flaws I found that can be slightly irritating. Sometimes you can see through some of the walls when the camera pans around. The way point on the compass can be hard to follow and you just end up on the wrong side of the mall even though you know in your head your traveling in the right direction. Sometimes when you’re crafting items, and need to break away from an incoming attack the blue print can stay on the screen an annoying amount of time.
The multiplayer is hordes of zombie fun! Players need to work together to achieve several different tasks to move on to the next challenge. Defuse the bombs, take pictures of a group of objects, or Focker up that boss blocking your way to the next section of the mall.
Overall, I really have to give this 5 beers out of a six pack. Ever since watching Dawn of Dead I’ve always wanted to be trapped in a mall with zombies. Call me “crazy”, saying that, but the joke’s on you. I’m pretty drunk.
This has been Drunken Spidey. Until next time, throw me a beer!
The 1980s had to be one of the best times to be alive for toys. For me, it was the Masters of The Universe toy line from Mattel. At the time I don’t think me or any of my friends even knew that it was called Masters of the Universe. We just called them He-Man guys. Seriously, even now just me thinking about calling one of my friends on the phone back then and asking him to come over and play Masters of the Universe guys just sounds idiotic. It was too freaking long to spit out. We said, G.I. Joe guys, Star Wars guys. Transformers, were just Transformers. Let’s not get ridiculous.
Even if I tried to abbreviate and say MOTU guys I can imagine my friends 4 or 5 year old fist punching me in the face through the receiver end of the phone. If you grew up with the phones with the curly wires attached to them you would know it was no small feat. So maybe it was an ancient Internet abbreviation. We were just childhood geniuses back then.
“Hey, wanna come over and play with my He-Man guys?”
Awesome. Here’s a fucking Nobel prize for my 5 year old self.
These were more than just toys. These were new friends. Each new figure was a brand new story for my mind to create. Hours of enjoyment with just my mind being the limits. Except, Webster. Fuck him. Every time you pull him out he’s tangled with some other guy like he’s filming a homosexual bondage movie.
Webster, up to his old tricks tangling tricks again.
These action figures came bundled with a little mini comic book inside that helped explain their origin and told a little story. Bonus goodness! Of course most were featured on the T.V. series running at the time, but usually did little to explain their origins.
Upon receipt, would immediately run down to the early 70s (You can tell by the carpet.) modeled finished basement with my brand new team members. Slowly introducing them to either Castle Grayskull or Snake Mountain. Humming the Masters Of The Universe theme song in my head I would reinforce each side with their proper loyalties. How did they get there? Will Skeletor’s plot to take He-Man’s sword of power and join it to his own to make the ultimate sword finally happen?? That was all up to me. I never seem to let myself down.
Years go by and eventually the He-Man guys ended up in a plastic tote in the back of my closet. I would forget about them for years at a time. Now and then I’d come across them looking for something else I misplaced and I’d give the plastic tote a little pat on the head. Year after year I hoped one day my children would be able to take them on new adventures. I rescued them time and again from my father’s garage sale. Some bonds can never be broken. Eventually, they ended up in a basement closet, safe and secure waiting for their new day. I had all but forgotten them……..
Time went by, and I haven’t had any kids of my own. But I have nieces and a nephew. When they were at their grandparents house they would inevitably end up pulling out toys from the past. One day in particular I received a phone call from my mom.
“Hey, its Mom, the grandkids are here and looking for stuff to do. Is it OK to let them play with your He-Man guys?”
I smiled, and chuckled to myself.
“Yeah Mom, that’s fine.”
“Thank you dear. I was just checking before I pulled them out. Love ya! Bye.”
“Thanks Mom, Love you toooooooo.”
As the “o’s” were fading out of my mouth and I heard my mom hang up the phone, my left eye twitched for a second.
KABOOOOM!!!!
My brain exploded. Not because my He-Man guys were ready to start new adventures for a new generation. No. No. Not at all. At that moment I remembered their final mission. A mission so grand that the forces of Snake Mountain, Castle Grayskull, and even the Evil Horde had to band together for all Eternia!
Flash back to the mid 90s. The school system I was in, decided that to graduate high school every student would have to complete 60 hours of community service. To me, I always believed that it killed the idea of what community service was supposed to be. Possibly, they were getting us ready for any possible minor crimes we would commit later on in life. Who knows?
I took a job at a recycling center on the weekends. It was open to the public and took in any kind of recyclable you could imagine. One of the jobs the other kids and I had to do was climb into the containers and push the piles to the empty sides of the containers. One day I’m heading up the creaky wooden steps to climb into the magazine container. An old man probably late 70s just dumped a couple boxes of magazines in the container and was turning around.
In the best old man voice ever he stops at the bottom of the steps looks me right in the eye and says,
“My wife just made me get rid of my old Playboy collection. Some of them are probably worth some money!”
Then he just turned around and walked away. Or he could of been swept up by the Eagle King from Lord of the Rings for all I knew. My 16 year old mind heard “Playboy’s” and that was it. I was head first in the container. If I remember correctly they were all from late 60s early 70s. I collected what I could find and brought them home. I just needed the perfect place to hide them where my parents couldn’t find them. Yep, you guessed it. In the bottom of my He-Man container underneath all the figures.
Flash forward.
Frantically pressing buttons on the phone calling my Mom back. Sweat starting to drip down my brow. Heart pounding. Unable to blink. A quote popped into my head from the Mel Gibson movie “The Patriot”
“I have long feared……that my sins would return to visit me. And the cost is more than I can bear.”
The phone started ringing.
“Brrriiiinnnnnnng.”
“Brrrriiiiinnnnng”
“Brinnnnn”, click, “Hello?”
“MOM! MOM! HEY! It’s me. Look I changed my mind. I don’t think the kids should be playing with the He-Man guys. They could be worth a lot of money some day!”
“Fine dear. Whatever. It’s not like you’re ever going to play with them again. They are just toys! You know what? I didn’t want to dig them out of the closet anyway. I should’ve known better than to even ask.”
“Click.”
Queue the dial tone.
30 years later I still was playing games with my He-Man guys and I didn’t even know it until that moment. I guess the point is if you take care of your toys when you’re younger. They will still take care of you when you’re older?
A Tale of Two Blasters… A Star Wars Holocron Series Review. Check out this 1 of 1 Star Wars Art Card!
The Urge to start this review with a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… or some sort of play on words is strong with this one. We officially made it through 2020! We got to finish Season 2 of the Mandalorian and now we are quickly wanting to scratch our SW itch. So, what do we do? Watch the episodes in order of gross sales at the box office, to change it up? Ole Jack here will tell ya what you all should be doing for the next few months while we wait for the next product/series to come out. In Targets nationwide you have a series called STAR WARS HOLOCRON SERIES 2020 Blaster Box and you should be getting every single one you can get your hands on.
The Specs
This is a 2020 Topps Company product, distributed from Scranton PA. 10 packs plus one commemorative patch card. 61 total cards.
Parallels
Green, Foilboard, Orange, Purple, Black, Red, Printing Plate(1 of 1) Adventures of Han Solo (has same parallels except green & foilboard) Lisghtsabers of the Jedi (has same parallels except green & foilboard) Charting the Galaxy (has same parallels except green & foilboard) Autographs, Parallels (Green, Blue, Orange, Purple, Black, Red and Printing Plate) Dual Autographs, Parallels (Purple, Black and Red) Triple Autographs, Parallels (Black and Red) 6-Person Autographs Personal Note: F Me! I want one) Sketch Card- (1 of 1) Autographed by the Artist
The Story
While visiting a long time friend of mine in Fort Worth, TX recently I decided to hold onto the two I could find in stores and open them together. So let’s see how one box to the other matches up. Disclaimer** So, Ole’ Jack can’t guarantee you will hit a super rare card, this is just what we had pulled out of two boxes.
Box 1 Jack’s Box
3- Charting the Galaxy, no parallels 4- Adventures of Han Solo, no parallels 3- Lightsabers of the Jedi, no parallels 1- Orange /99 4- Green Parallels 5- Foilboards 1- Patch card (Porg)
Of Course I pull the Porg patch…Orange Parrallel /99
Evaluation- Not bad, Not Good. I would think this is about a “standard return”
Box 2 Wang’s Box
3- Charting the Galaxy, no parallels 3- Adventures of Han Solo, no parallels 4- Lightsabers of the Jedi, no parallels 5- Green Parallels 5- Foilboards 1- Patch card (Ewok) 1- Sketch Card (See Pics)
one of one…I have no clue who the Artist is.
Evaluation- Clearly Wang got the better of Ole Jack on this one! He literally now owns a one of a kind star wars memorabilia card! So for a $22 out the door purchase it is hard to say at this point that these boxes aren’t worth it. The amount of potentially cool SW cards to be pulled are high and not available until this year to be owned. The odds to pull them are “industry standard”. The nostalgia factor is high. The only thing I can really hope for is finding more!
Swing is a tale of a couple as they improve their romance by exploring their sexuality through swinging.
The third volume of Swing is finally here and Top Cow Productions proves that they are willing to take a risque topic and strip it of the social taboos around it. When I read the first volume I thought this would be a tale I couldn’t wrap my head around the concept of swinging. I’d heard of it but it seemed alien to me. The second volume made the concepts make more sense.
With the third volume officially available I find myself no longer confused about the subject and able to enjoy the story for what it is at it’s heart- a love story. It’s an unorthodox love story but still a love story. I’ve always been a fan of a good love story but typically want it to be intertwined with action, adventure and some comedic moments. In terms of action the story lacks quite a bit except a little when Dan joins in a raid on his favorite MMORPG with the other characters from the Sunstone universe. The whole lifestyle is it’s own adventure for both Dan and Cathy, just not one I’m interested in partaking.
As with everything I’ve read that Matt has penned this book is exceptionally well written and is matched by the great artist Yishan Li. While their journey is not one I would partake in it is written in a way that makes sense for the characters and there remains one constant- trust. Without trust none of it will work for either of them and I love that this is the real focus of the story because I believe that all relationships require trust for them to work. The is of course maintenance that needs to be undergone to help the relationship build the trust but if there is no trust then none of it will work in the end.
LAST DraftKings action for the NBA this season! Get in while you can… oh yeah FU Khris Davis!
Hi Jackvengers! The bubble will soon be in the rear view mirror and this bubble will be replaced with cold weather and college football and pumpkin spice products. Quick! Get these picks in before we cant order S’more flavored ice cream treats! Lets get into some DraftKings basketball.
Here is my Series Line up. ($1.00) Captain (1.5X)- Anthony Davis- Bron basically said he is going to try to get Davis the FINALS MVP and is already predicting that big man will win. Who am I to argue with that… UTIL- J. Crowder – Super Utility, has the potential to be in the middle of a lot of plays. UTIL- T. Herro – Kids on Fire! Give the rook a shot! UTIL- I. Iguodala – Playoff experience! This is the time where a guy like Iggy shines. UTIL- L. James – I mean who didn’t play him? UTIL- MYSTERY – Once the Finals are over, I will announce my results and see if I am a DK Stud or dud.
ALT Series Line up. (Free) Which i havent decided which one i like better… COL. (1.5X)- Jimmy Butler, if the Heat have a shot at winning the championship it goes through Jimmy. UTIL- A. Davis- see above UTIL- L. James- see above UTIL- K. Kuzma- if the Lakers are the Vegas favorites RN, then guys like Kuzma will be getting points… right? UTIL- R. Rondo- Playoff Rondo is a thing like gravity and friend zones. UTIL- MYSTERY- see above. 🙂
Game 1 Ticket ($1.00) Captain (1.5X)- Jimmy Butler- Will you be surprised if the HEAT shock the world and win game 1? UTIL- A. Davis- Riding with him UTIL- A. Iguadala- Inexpensive UTIL- L. James- Expensive UTIL- K. Olynyk- Can he stop Davis? lol, Predicting foul trouble for Bam and BAM Olynyk is in the game! UTIL- R. Rondo- No for real Playoff Rondo, he can make 3’s now!
I am going to try to do some $0.25 games for baseball with DraftKings.
Just thought I would mention it. I have a feeling it is going to go bad. Do people like baseball? Without going to the actual game? So I once heckled Khris Davis… It was a beautiful day in Pittsburgh PA and I happened to have about 4 drinks before a day game on the weekend. I was sitting in the left field bleacher metal stands. It started as my standard uncontrollable volume control and loud mouth breathing mixed which alcohol does not make any sexier or less annoying. After a nostalgic story about Eric Davis from the Cincinnati Reds conclude it was then I noticed that he spells his first name Khris. Be honest with ole’ Jack, its truly the dumbest way to spell Chris right?? I regress, I begin to say louder and louder Khhhrrisss KKKKhrrrrisssz KKKKKKhhhhrrrriiiiSSSSSS!!!
This wasnt exceptionally funny by any means, in the same way the Buccos weren’t especially good. Before i had knew it the left field bleachers were laughing hysterically, come to be reminded later by a homie of mine, that I had been saying Khris now for 4 innings straight before I got him to look up! It was a prime example of when a low drinking tolerance meets 95 degrees and no plan! He left the Milwaukee Brewers to sign with the Athletics and became the home run leader in 2018. It took him a few years to shake off the heckle of the a lifetime! Hopefully you get three things from that story. 1st- Fuck Khris Davis! 2nd- Khris and I both persevered through our own self-doubt to shine at the highest level, on the biggest stage! 3rd- I take full credit for his success in 2018, 2019?? On your own their KHHHRRISS Let me leave you with this… Watchout on any THUR-MON/SUN Line Ups this week for the NFL on Draft Kings. The Steelers vs Titans Game has officially been rescheduled to Monday or Tuesday, with no exact date or time released. I’d stay away from it this week. In the event the game gets cancelled. Fantasy Line-ups are not exempt from this mess. If you can avoid it, I would… like covid.
Thanks for checking out my DraftKings post. Comment below, let me hear about your favorite heckle, that you’ve done, seen or read about.
Hello peeps, Lets discuss and review your week 1 AND give you advice for your week 2 line ups!
So my jackaholics, how did you do week 1? Did you get caught off guard with an injury that crippled your team? Did a line up of Crowder Anderson and Scotty Miller wreck your OBJ, Thomas, Brees roster? lol if that did happen I feel for you. But lets drill down and make smart moves now on this very important week 1 waiver wire! Now for week 2!
This is very important disclaimer… IT IS ONLY WEEK 1! NO FIRE SALES, NO TRADING AWAY YOUR TOP PLAYERS CUZ THEY HAD A BAD WEEK! Be smart guys and gals.
So I will show you my thought process of my current line ups and teams, i have only 2 teams because, having 8 teams can and will usually be more of a hassle then fun. (Just my opinion).
Here is my SUPERFLEX TEAM – 12 TEAMS
This is my first SuperFlex draft ever. Yes i did got 1st mahomes and 2nd Lamar Jackson If you picked Lamar Jackson early and heard the rabble rabble rabble from the other players. Think on this He was 6th in the league in rushing yards.
So this league is a blind waiver $200 cap for the season. Which means i have to bid on each player I am trying to pick up, but also there is no waiver wire order based upon losers getting picks first.
The Jacknowsports pick up of the week. Scotty Miller WR for Tampa Bay, Brady loves 5’10” or shorter, white receivers. He had a good week one. With Evans having injury issues his whole career, this slot receiver is primed for a good season. You may be asking… “Jack, why the fuck do you have Bourne on your team?”. That’s a great question. here is why. I had drafted Deebo Samuel late as a 3rd or 4th receiver. I had dropped Deebo due to being re-assigned to IR. Bourne was slated as 1st string starter for the game. With that being said, here is what i learned. TRUST YOUR PLAYERS! Also Jimmy G is who I thought he was and what he showed in the playoffs last year. He is not a gamer, FYI Bourne was open in the endzone and Jimmy threw a lame duck to him, which got swatted away by Peterson. My week 1 dilemma was Courtland Sutton was questionable for Monday Night second game. Deebo was swapped for Bourne. So I decided to go with the play count over possibly better more explosive player… Anyone see James Washington’s TD? I did, I should have started him and went with “expert” picks instead of a guy who I am big on going into the season. This week, will be a lot of waiver watching and injury report updates.
TEAM 2- FAMILY LEAGUE-10 TEAMS
This is my roster for week 1. As you can see it went pretty well. I will say this about 10 Team leagues, they are hard to stay on top. You MUST stay on top of trends in Free Agency. This League is a waiver order league. Worst gets first. You can easily go from a winning to losing week to week if you dont shake up your line-ups. It is rare you draft a team that has no injuries or that you happen to draft all fantasy studs.
So what did i learn from Week 1 from this team/league? I am going Dobbins heavy until he doesnt produce TD’s. SF and Garrapolo looked awful, which directly affects Kittles output along side of his knee injury. I don’t need to make any adjustments on this league as I am waiting to see what Fournette will do. Jacks Week 1 Free Agency Pick ups! Benny Snell Jr Pittsburgh RB Scotty Miller Tampa Bay WR Tennessee DEF Nyheim Hines Indy RB
Injuries to be aware of! Le’Veon Bell possibly 2-3 weeks out NYJ Marlon Mack Blown Achilles Indy Blake Jarwin ACL DALLAS
All these guys are down for multiple weeks, each one has a handcuff that you can get in free agency. Buyer Beware Shultz which is Jarwins back up looked awful week 1. Keep an eye on him moving forward.
Thanks for checking out week 2! Check back Next week to see if I stay undefeated!!
