Matchup of the Week – Week 10

Is it wrong to pick on the top team when they’re missing some of their top players and have bye’s for other key players? Too bad.

TGIF will be looking for some revenge here even though they’re in a vulnerable spot. TGIF won the first matchup ever between these two teams, but have lost the last three games since then. The have yet to play this season, but both have had an impressive run up until this point. TGIF has accounted for the top *three* scores this season, and the Surfers are first in points since week four. The teams have earned their points from slightly different areas – TGIF has leaned heavily on Russ Wilson and his IDP group, while Surfers have pulled solid performances from their wide receiver group (including Davante Adams) and the all-mighty Dalvin Cook.

This week TGIF will be without Calvin Ridley, Jaylon Smith, and possibly Chris Carson (although it’s starting to look doubtful). And while TGIF will also be missing Hayden Hurst, the Surfers have been slotting in what amounts to be a black hole into their tight end position each week. The teams are each projected to play to their strengths this week with the Surfers projected for a big advantage coming from their WR and RB slots. TGIFs only hope is that Russ can cook up a big enough score to put him over the top. While we would never say anything bad about Lamar Jackson on this site, he has been scoring about 9 fewer points than Russ each week.

Neither of these bozos does anything resemble setting their line-ups until the day of so I can’t speak for ESPN, but PWR has a pretty big advantage for the Surfers. Chris Carson could narrow the gap, but the Surfers have too much firepower from Dalvin Cook and Davante Adams. This game will kick off with a decent sized 10am Sunday slate, we’ll get to watch Lamar Jackson on SNF, and then we’ll hopefully be watching a nice close game where Dalvin Cook tries to beat off THREE dudes: Allen Robinson and the Erics (Wilson and Kendricks). Will TGIF get a boost for starting this many Erics? It’s yet to be seen but Surfers have zero Ryans on their team.

Final Prediction:

Butthole Surfers: 152

TGIF: 144  

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