EDOTLOCCA's Corner: Week 2

Hello! After 8 months or so off, we have our first taste of LOC action! And boy was it good… well if you like defence anyway. A lot of NFL offences left a lot to be desired after Week 1, even studs like Le’Veon Bell and Tom Brady looked distinctly average, and as a result only four teams managed to get above the middling 90 point mark, bit of rust to shake off of the ol’ LOC. Despite this, it didn’t stop any of the thrill of the LOC with 12 teams taking their first step towards glory in 2017. Who got off on the right foot you ask? Well, read on.

Coaches Award

This coach was close to a mention in this section last week, he had a very strong draft and managed to singlehandedly derail my strategy on the day. It would be easy to just pick whoever scores the highest each week, and I am not one for making things unnecessarily harder for myself, so congratulations to Coach Burdett. The team looks legitimately stacked and, yes it is only Week 1, but I am already thankful that I am not in his division. He also made my bold prediction last week look ridiculous, but that is actually relatively easy to do, moving on.

Honourable mention: We all knew the new waiver system was going to cause a bit of confusion, but no one saw what happened Wednesday coming. Coach Wells isn’t getting this mention for his savvy pickups however, he gets it for sticking to his guns, admitting his mistake and rolling for it. That is enough for a virtual high five from me! In fact, unless they are playing against The Tyrants, I can’t help but root for ADRZ now!

Wooden Spoon

This team was missing their top WR due to an inconvenient hurricane, but they appeared to be missing more that than last week. With a team full of committee RBs and secondary target WRs, Coach Merritt will be looking for a spark to emerge within his ranks, or one of his classic waiver wire steals that no one saw coming. Whatever the fix is, it is still early doors, he has time yet.

Bold Predictions

It is always nice to start the season with a win and, like 6 of the teams here, your EDOTLOCCA has done just that. Okay, 1-5 isn’t everybody’s idea of a win, but we have come to lower expectations over time here. Any week with a correct prediction is a good week! Speaking of which, here’s what you can expect in Week 2.

Tanky McTankface vs. The Southampton Narwhals: I have been through the matchups and, if I’m brutally honest, I am not sure where the points are going to come from on these two teams. Other than the two QBs, no player posts double digit points in this game.

Gridiron Gang vs. The Dream Team: Coach Nathwani might feel a bit miffed that his first round pick missed his Week 1 matchup, well Beckham starts paying off the debt this week, snatching victory with a 25 point performance on Monday night.

Bear Necessities vs. Burdettinators: Coach Stubbs Sr. won’t need to flick through the games much this week, he only has starters on four different teams and two of them play each other! With 90 points from a single game (surely a record), will we see the greatest LOC comeback ever?

IKSAN vs. Cash4Gould: IKSAN drafting Zeke seems inspired at this point in time (all bets are off for how long it lasts), but he is facing a tough matchup this week. Coach Gardner will see his two rookie RBs both surpass the sophomore star.

ADRZ vs. Patistan: Question, what does spending your whole waiver budget after the first week get you? Well, thanks to Coach Wells, we are about to find out! He will need his waiver gems to pick up the slack after his WRs combine for less than 12 points on Thursday night, especially with Coach Allen employing the almighty ‘Jets Stack’ technique.

Tom’s Tyrants vs. Forge Flyers: Can two mid round RBs outscore three RBs taken in the first three rounds? Maths would say no, but boldness doesn’t know the meaning of the word. Of course, the unholy combination of Scott Tolzien and Jacoby Brissett could make that entirely irrelevant.

There they are then, predictions seven to twelve of 2017, if we could get another correct one after two weeks, this really would be a season to remember! Well, we can all dream. Good luck gentlemen, see you in a week!