These survival league games are crazy. All really close. Everyone living on the edge already.
It wasn’t supposed to be close last night...I was leaning towards my pick but wanted confirmation I wasn’t off target so a quick search led me to Fan Duel’s #1 lock for Survivor pools.
Their other top 3 choices were NE and Dallas, both on the road and both teams I was trying to save for later.
Two stats that blew it for me:
zero TDs for Carolina and Newton’s 2 carries for
zero yards and one fumble lost. That from a QB who averages 5 yards per carry and nearly two TDs combined passing/rushing every contest.
The cleanup of road pigeon Winston: first win away from Tampa in 14 tries. To travel back from the West Coast for a road game on a short week after a horrible performance and compete intelligently to a clean 14/22/181/1TD/0 INT/105.1 QBR stat line was remarkable. Arians and 80-year-old legend Tom Moore are whispering loudly in his ear and Jameis is starting to hear the mantra: pull the ball down and take a sack if necessary.