The Shenoa Report
November 17, 2022
Regular Season Week 11
Instead of saying Week 10 was another “any given Sunday'' week with some pretty major upsets I think it's just time we realize that this entire season is just wonky. I mean, first of all the NY Football Giants are 7-2 and tied for 3rd place in the NFL!!!! I’m not complaining at all about that stat, this time last year they were 2-8. I am so incredibly happy and proud of my G-Men. My fantasy team on the other hand, not so much. I am 4-6, dropping the last 4. 3 out of 4 of those losses, had I played 6 other teams, I would’ve won, this week included. It stings, it sucks, and I wish I could say it doesn’t mean anything. But it does. I hate losing, even when there is “nothing” riding on the game. I’m not playing for $ or anything. It’s just my pride. And I am broken. I won’t even make the playoffs. I feel like I should change my name to She-don’t-no-a-football. Also, my picks were bad, I went 6-8.
Week 11 byes include Buccaneers, Jaguars, Seahawks, and the Dolphins. Also, in Week 11 we’ll have another international game, this time in Mexico City. Before we get too much more into week 11 let’s recap week 10.
Falcons @ Panthers 15-25
Well I started week 10 strong (That’s sarcastic font). I got this pick wrong and D.J. Moore got me a whopping 6 points in fantasy. The Panthers won a very rainy divisional matchup. It wasn’t a very good or entertaining game.
Seahawks @ Buccaneers 16-21
Tom Brady is the only quarterback to have wins in four different countries. He’s won in the USA (duh), England, Mexico, and now Germany. The German fans were incredible. At one point the whole arena was singing John Denver’s, “Country Roads”. I wonder how they picked that song to memorize? Anyway, Tom Brady had a mostly good day. I mean, they won the game and he threw a touchdown pass to Chris Godwin which made me happy. But the play of the game was when Leonard Fornette passed the ball to Brady and Tom slipped and fell instead of catching the pass. The defender intercepted the pass so Brady kicked at him to make him trip. If you haven’t seen this play, do yourself a favor and google it. You won’t be disappointed. Also google the Germans singing Country Roads. Again, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
Vikings @ Bills 33-30 OT
This game was heartbreaking. Josh Allen was a game time decision and when the news came out that he was going to start you could feel the collective sigh of relief from every Bills fan in the world. Of course Allen made some pretty boneheaded mistakes but I don’t think that was due to his injury. The Bills were up 17 points in the third quarter with everything going their way. And then, everything fell apart. Allen had 2 turnovers in the fourth quarter and another in overtime. The Bills thought they had the game won with less than a minute to go in the 4th with a goal line stand. But Allen fumbled the ball in the endzone on a bad snap and the Vikings recovered. The game went into overtime and the Vikings won the coin toss. The Bills defense held them to a field goal so the Bills got the ball and started to drive down the field. They got into the redzone and then Allen threw another interception to give the game to the Vikings. With this loss the Bills have dropped to 3rd in their division ahead of only the Patriots.
Lions @ Bears 31-30
The Lions were down 14 points in the fourth quarter and it looked like they were going to lose yet another game. Justin Fields was dominating the field of play but all the momentum changed when he threw a pick 6 in the fourth which tied the game. Fields was not done though. He took off for a 67 yard run to score yet another touchdown but Cairo Santos’ extra point was no good. The Lions got the ball back late in the fourth and drove 91 yards, capping off a Jamaal Williams touchdown with a Badgley extra point to win the game.
Broncos @ Titans 10-17
The Broncos didn’t win the game but they held Derrick Henry to just 53 rushing yards so that’s kind of like a win right? Not really, it was the Titans defense that shut out the Broncos 3 out of the 4 quarters, allowing Denver only to score in the 2nd. Ryan Tannehill found a new target in Nick Westbrook-Ikhine who had 2 receiving touchdowns in this win over the Broncos.
Jaguars @ Chiefs 17-27
Trevor Lawrence is now 6-21 through 27 games. This is still the worst record among all quarterbacks ever drafted number 1 overall. At least he didn’t throw an interception during this game. It’s tough, he did go up against the 4th ranked team in the league. On the other hand Patrick Mahomes had a good day. He had over 330 passing yards and 4 touchdowns; one of which went to former Giant, Kadarius Toney. That one stung a little bit.
Browns @ Dolphins 17-39
The Dolphins are currently at the top of their division. Yes, the same division as the Bills, Jets, and Patriots. This football season is weird. Not only did Miami win the game, Tua had 285 passing yards and three touchdowns on the day. The defense also held Nick Chub to just one score and 63 rushing yards. That’s pretty impressive.
Texans @ NY Giants 16-24
The New York Football Giants are now 7-2!!!!!!!! Saquon Barkley has more rushing yards (931) this season than the Texans, Bengals, Chargers, Buccaneers, and Rams. Danny Jones had 197 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, and a 153.3 passer rating in this game. This is also the first game this season that the Giants played with the LEAD the ENTIRE game. To say that I am beyond proud of my team is an understatement. I think that Saquon should get comeback player of the year and that Brian Daboll should get coach of the year. This team is special. We don’t have a star quarterback or star wide receivers but Daboll believes in his team and vice versa. For the first time in too many years it's fun to watch the Giants. Not once did I pick up my knitting needles during this game. Not once.
Saints @ Steelers 10-20
I am so flippin’ annoyed at the Saints. They have one of the best running backs in the league and they continuously forget to utilize him. Kamara had 0 touchdowns and only 26 rushing yards against a team that only had two wins going into this game. It’s not right. It’s just not right. I’m blaming his lackluster performance for my fourth consecutive fantasy loss…
Colts @ Raiders 25-20
A week or so before Jeff Saturday became the interim head coach for the Colts he tweeted out “The Raiders look horrible.” I’m going to have to agree with him. The Raiders do look horrible. What an absolutely embarrassing loss. Thanks to the Raiders loss we are going to have to endure another week of listening to Jim Ersay spout about what a genius he was to bring in Saturday at all. What a mess.
Cowboys @ Packers 28-31 OT
The Cowboys head coach, Mike McCarthy went back to his old stomping grounds as he used to be the head coach for the Packers. He was ready for a revenge game. Or was he? The Packers beat the Cowboys BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! Just when you count Aaron Rodgers out he goes and knocks off the Cowboys. I’m pretty sure he did it for the Giants and we thank you. As much as I don’t like either team I like my Giants more and this really helped them. I think the Cowboys just looked past this week and it came back to bite them. Ultimately it bit me too as I started the Cowboys defense in fantasy. But I can’t be mad about this outcome.
Cardinals @ Rams 27-17
Both teams started back up quarterbacks and both teams struggled in doing so. The Rams just struggled much more. Not only did they lose the game they lost Cooper Kupp to a serious ankle injury that is going to require surgery. It was a pretty ugly game and because the Cardinals are the in season Hard Knocks team this year, we’ll get to see parts of the game again. I wonder what HBO takes from this game?
Chargers @ 49ers 16-22
Welp, the only chance I had of winning fantasy this week was for Christian McCaffrey to score less than 7 points. And it was coming true! Until about 8 minutes left in the game when Jimmy G handed the ball to Mcaffrey and he scored a touchdown which pretty much sealed the game and definitely sealed my loss. Fun fact: after the touchdown I painted my nails. The name of the color. JADED.
Commanders @ Eagles 32-21
THE EAGLES LOST!!!!! TO A DIVISIONAL OPPONENT!!!!! Now I thought the Cowboys loss was poetic, but this one was much, much better. I’m not going to lie, I didn’t watch the first half of this game because I was pretty bitter about losing in fantasy and I don’t really like either of these teams. But I’m so glad I tuned in for the second half. Ron Rivera became the second head coach in the Super Bowl era to defeat two 8-0 or better teams: the 2022 Eagles and the 2020 Steelers. Good job Riverboat Ron!
WEEK 11
Thursday, November 17th
Titans (6-3) @ Packers (4-6) (8:15pm PRIME VIDEO)
The Packers need this game more but I think that the Titans play harder. The Titans are also riddled with injuries and it looks like A-Aron has found a new favorite wide receiver. I am going to pick the Packers to win this game.
Sunday, November 20th
Bears (3-7) @ Falcons (4-6) (1pm FOX)
Justin Fields is the only QB in the Super Bowl era with multiple rushing touchdowns of 60+ yards in the same season. I hope he adds to this stat during this game. I’m thinking that this is going to be a high scoring game. I’m also hoping it’ll be a high scoring game too. I’m picking the Falcons to win but I’ll be rooting for Justin Fields and the rest of DA BEARS.
Browns (3-6) @ Bills (6-3) (1pm CBS)
The Bills lost a heartbreaker last week and I don’t think they’ll lose two in a row. I am picking the Bills to win this game. The NFL is officially is moving the Browns-Bills game out of Buffalo and to Ford Field in Detroit, where it will be played Sunday at 1 pm.
Buffalo as well as the rest of the Great Lakes is predicted to get multiple FEET of snow, up to 6’ on Sunday. Fun fact: Devin Singletary is only 5’7”. Oh man, what great football weather. It’s a good thing they moved the game otherwise Josh Allen might not be able to find Singletary!
Eagles (8-1) @ Colts (4-5-1) (1pm CBS)
Man, it was so nice to see the Eagles lose last week, but I don’t think it’ll be the case this week. Even though the Colts interim coach has the best record of any active coach in the NFL I think Jeff Saturday will get his first loss as a head coach. I’m picking the Eagles to win.
Jets (6-3) @ Patriots (5-4) (1pm CBS)
Both teams are coming off their bye so they should be bright eyed and bushy tailed. The last time these two played each other the Patriots won. I picked the Jets last time and I’m picking them to win again this time. Brandon Marshall and Julian Edelman have made a bet that the loser has to get a tattoo of the team that loses. Marshall played for the Jets and Edelman played for the Pats. This makes the game much more interesting.
Rams (3-6) @ Saints (3-7) (1pm FOX)
Matt Stafford is still in concussion protocol and may not play again this week for the Rams. The Saints still don’t have a quarterback, and haven’t most of the season. Oh wait. Do you count Andy Dalton as a qb? I think he’s pretty much a lukewarm body on the field. I say lukewarm because I hear that gingers don’t actually have souls. I think they should just direct snap the ball to Alvin Kamara, the only good player on the Saints, who sometimes but rarely ever gets the ball. Is it because he’s on my fantasy team? Does New Orleans hate me? It feels like it pretty much every week. The Saints have lost 4 of their 6 home games this season. OK, if Matt Stafford starts for the Rams I’m picking them to win the game. If he doesn’t start I’m picking the Saints for the win.
Lions (3-6) @ NY Giants (7-2) (1pm FOX)
The Lions record does not reflect the team they are. They’ve lost multiple close games this season but have won their past two games. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still picking the Giants to win this game. I'm just giving the Lions the credit they deserve. I just hope the Giants haven’t looked past this game, because they’ll be in for a rude awakening if they do. GO G-MEN!
Panthers (3-7) @ Ravens (6-3) (1pm FOX)
Baker Mayfield is starting for the Panthers, so I think this is a sure win for Baltimore. The Ravens are fresh off their bye and I’m picking them for the win. Now the question is, do I start D.J. Moore or Devin Duvernay? I wish Baker would make nice with Moore so I could get more points in fantasy.
Commanders (5-5) @ Texans (1-7-1) (1pm FOX)
The Commanders are coming off a HUGE win over the Eagles. I think they’ll keep this momentum going and beat the Texans this week. I’m picking Washington for the win.
Raiders (2-7) @ Broncos (3-6) (4:05pm FOX)
The Raiders haven’t won on the road all season. I’m picking the Broncos to win this game.
Cowboys (6-3) @ Vikings (8-1) (4:25pm CBS)
I hope you are sitting down for this. Now that the Vikings have beaten the Bills I do believe that they are the real deal. I’m picking them to also beat the Cowboys and I hope they do. I also hope that Dalvin Cook has another monster game. That would be great.
Bengals (5-4) @ Steelers (3-6) (4:25pm CBS)
Welp I picked up the Bengals defense in fantasy this week so I am picking the Bengals to win this game. They will be sporting their white and black uniforms against the Steelers so they’ll look super sharp and they are coming off their bye so they’ll be super fresh too.
Chiefs (7-2) @ Chargers (5-4) (8:20pm NBC)
Half of Patrick Mahomes’ wide receivers are hurt so that means he still has at least 4 left. I joke. Sort of. I’m picking the Chiefs to win this game.
Monday, November 21st
49ers (5-4) @ Cardinals (4-6) (8:15pm ESPN/ABC)
This game will be played in Mexico City where the elevation laughs at Denver’s mile high stadium. It’ll be good for the kickers but expect a lot of dudes on the side lines with oxygen masks. I think this will be a low scoring game and I’m picking the 49ers for the win.
GO G-MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the edit Eric!
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