FANTASY FOOTBALL THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS WEEK 8 EDGAR ALLEN BUST
FANTASY FOOTBALL THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS WEEK 8
EDGAR ALLEN BUST
By Muntradamus
BEAST DOME NATION.
For those that have been sleeping under the BEAST DOME rock. My feature story this preseason was how the loss of Hollywood Brown would make this Ravens offense more or less a BUST (Lamar/Andrews/Dobbins, and even Brown). Defenses could crowd the box and the Ravens would be punting often. Here is a list of all my BUSTS this preseason.
The first three weeks Lamar Jackson was telling me not to quit my day job. This is my only job for the record. As soon as I gave Lamar the crown and said I was wrong, Lamar has gone four straight games of playing like a QB2 who cannot throw for 1 TD and 200 yards, and the rushing stats are not making up for it. On top of that, Lamar Jackson has 1 TD and 4 INT in the 4th Quarter this season.
The jury is still out on Lamar for his total 2022, but he gets a cupcake matchup against the Bucs in Week 8. This Bucs secondary is more beat up and ran through than Tara Reid in her prime. Secondary is missing multiple starters, and Akiem Hicks is a monster loss to this unit. While Lamar Jackson has been throwing the Football like a varsity QB, this matchup may be too easy for him. Even PJ Walker looked like a strong QB last week. Lamar has to take advantage of this matchup, and the only thing that can stop him is himself.
Where to start with Tom Brady. Where you start is where you finish. The problem with the Bucs this season is two things. Todd Bowles just standing there like a deer in the headlights on the sideline, Tom Brady is more of a head coach on this team than Bowles is. I do not know what happened to Bowles, but he looks like he got castrated. Not the same fiery coach that led the Jets to some magical days, that the Jets are now re-living. There is nobody there to get this team going, they need me to hype them up.
The other issue with Brady is simply, Giselle. Giselle came into Brady’s life right after his ACL injury in 2008. They got married, he dominated in 2009 and has dominated the NFL since. Giselle and Brady have a weird relationship, some would say spiritual. Just ask the witches of TikTok. Brady admitted Giselle is a witch and gave him secret powers, now the witches of TikTok are saying Giselle is taking those powers away. While your first instinct is to laugh and say that is ridiculous. Do your own research on the topic and you will find more than you want. I want to laugh about the topic, but losses to the Steelers and Panthers (witches of TikTok were calling for his downgrade before these games), and the Bucs offense looking like the Bucs offense before Brady got there. I am not so sure if I should just laugh anymore.
This is a tough matchup for the Bucs. Ravens are going to run down the Bucs throats, and then have open targets for Lamar to throw to. If he can hit his throws, it will be smooth sailing for the Ravens. I will go out on an edge and say, the Ravens will have T.O.P. for an entire quarter of this game. Yes that is right, an entire quarter where the Bucs do not touch the Football. What are the odds on that?
RAVENS 31
BUCS 10
Tom Brady is going to be getting hit hard behind his backup O-Line, and his WRs will not be open. Is this the end of Tom Brady? Unfortunately, it may be. However I will end with, Brady has had his back against the wall before, and shut everyone up really quick. This is a good time to do that, but not an easy one. Especially against a supreme Ravens Defense (who by the way hit really dirty). Brady loves to prove people wrong, and I will always believe in Tom. Things are not looking great in his Fantasy world.