The Winner’s Box
Quote: “Considering I left 30 plus points on the bench this week, I’m happy to get my third consecutive win.”

By MARLON SCOTT | Senior Staff Writer

One brief moment of happiness.

After all my switches to compensate for the first bye week, all the tweeks due to injury and all the trash talking because I was facing TheRook for the first time, I had one brief moment of happiness regarding my fantasy team this week.

As of press time, Monday, Oct. 4, I am ahead of theRook by 3.1 points (86.9-83.8). His team jumped out to a 30 point lead early and stayed ahead until Sunday, Oct. 3. When I passed him I raised my hands and victory and screamed, “yes.” That was my brief moment of happiness.

Then, I looked closer at the score board. All my players had already played and scored. However, two of TheRook’s team had yet to play, Tom Brady and Randy Moss. I can’t calculate the odds of Brady and Moss not scoring more than three points. I can, however, imagine theRook smiling for the last 24 hours and counting.

My only comfort is Devon Robinson, and his The G.O.O.D team, lost too. The still lucky Shingler got the top score of the week. Both of them are still at the top of the rankings. Meanwhile, I continue to descend into obscurity. I can not believe I have lost three in a row. This calls for drastic measures. Although, the thought makes my ego scream in outrage, I may have to make a trade. I am heavy on running backs and have a great back up quarterback. The question is do I keep Brees? He has the most trade value but I don’t want to him to end up being the missing piece to someone else’s perfect team. Winners don’t have to consider these kinds of choices. I hate losing. I really hate losing to theRook and hearing about it afterwards. Most of all I hate looking at the top of the rankings and seeing Robinson’s name. I swear by Arian Foster’s feet, I won’t be at the bottom much longer. Everyone has been warned. TAS

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