The Shenoa Report
October 19, 2023
Regular Season Week 7
The Titans, Texans, Bengals, Panthers, Jets, and Cowboys all have a bye in week 7. This will make fantasy football fun! Or not so fun, depending on who you have on your team.
Last week I didn’t have football related fun though I did better on my picks, 10-5, I lost in fantasy, and obviously the Giants lost. We even watched the USC - Notre Dame game to see what all the hype around Caleb Williams was. I think there were 16 NFL teams represented and present to also watch Williams. Well, Caleb had his worst game ever. He threw three picks in the first half! It wasn’t fun to watch. It was like watching the Giants play only on a Saturday night. I still think that the Giants should tank the rest of the season and get the first draft pick in the 2024 draft. #WinLessForWilliams.
Before we get to week 7 let’s recap week 6.
Broncos @ Chiefs 8-19
I don’t know what is going on with the Chiefs this season. Sure, they’re 5-1 but they don’t look good winning. I drafted Patrick Mahomes with my second pick in fantasy and he has absolutely not come through for me yet! Last year he was averaging 24 points a game. This year he’s only had two 20+ point games. Against the Broncos, he should’ve had at least 37 points. In actuality he got me 17. Not good enough. I’d like to say that the Chiefs defense has really stepped up, but they were playing the Broncos so it wasn’t hard to shut them out the first three quarters. In other news, Taylor Swift was at the game so of course we expected Travis Kelce to have a touchdown. He did not. Will she leave him? Time will tell.
Ravens @ Titans 24-16
Justin Tucker kicked 6 field goals in this otherwise boring game across the pond.
Commanders @ Falcons 24-16
Sam Howell threw three touchdown passes for the Commanders while Desmond Ridder’s three interceptions for the Falcons were what lost the game for Atlanta.
Seahawks @ Bengals 13-17
I got this pick correct but Kenneth Walker and DK Metcalf did not have the game that I needed them to have. Walker did alright but Metcalf was injured and therefore underperformed. Who would’ve thought I would have been better off benching Metcalf for the Bengals WR3 Tyler Boyd?! Fantasy football is frustrating.
Colts @ Jaguars 20-37
The Jags have swept the Colts for another season. Gardner Minshew, the Colts quarterback now that Anthony Richardson is on IR, had one touchdown but threw three interceptions in this loss. I was happy to see that Christian Kirk got into the endzone for a touchdown but needed like 3 more if I had any chance of winning fantasy this week.
Panthers @ Dolphins 21-42
Believe it or not the Panthers led for most of the first half but of course Miami finally decided to show up and scored 3 touchdowns in the second quarter alone. In other news Raheem Mostert had a day of his own. He had 115 rushing yards, 3 touchdowns, two rushing and one receiving. The Dolphins are playing some pretty decent football if you ask me.
Vikings @ Bears 19-13
The Vikings are still not good. I know that they won this game but I think that if they had not taken Justin Fields out of the game the Bears would have won. Fields left the game early in the third quarter after dislocating his thumb on his throwing hand while enduring another sack. The Fields injury is really not good for the Bears. I mean they are bad enough when Fields is in, I don’t think they’ll win another game without Justin.
49ers @ Browns 17-19
Welp. That didn’t go as expected. Guess who started 49ers kicker Jake Moody in fantasy? This girl. Guess who missed two field goals in this game, one in which that would have given the 49ers the win? Jake Moody. Brock Purdy also got his first loss as a starter and it didn’t help that Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel both went out with injuries and didn’t return in the second half of the game. I got this pick wrong. Did anyone get it right?
Saints @ Texans 13-20
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud threw his first interception in his NFL career. It happened in the first quarter but then he went on to throw two touchdown passes after that and ultimately won the game.
Patriots @ Raiders 17-21
The Raiders were able to hang on and win this game even after their quarterback, which used to be the Patriots quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, went out of the game with a back injury. Garoppolo was rushed to the hospital while the game continued without him. Head coach Josh McDaniels said Monday that Garoppolo "dodged a big bullet" regarding internal injuries. As of Monday they were still running tests. Brian Hoyer quarterbacked the rest of the game for the Raiders and brought the team to victory.
Lions @ Buccaneers 20-6
I saw my dad last week and he’s decided that we should have our Sunday football phone calls after the Lions win rather than waiting for the Giants to win a game. The Lions did win, but I think my dad forgot he made that proclamation because I didn’t get a phone call from him after the game. I’m happy for the Lions, they’re finally getting good.
Cardinals @ Rams 9-26
Surprisingly enough the Rams were doing ok without Cooper Kupp, and now that he’s back. Look out. I know the Rams played the Cardinals, and the Cardinals are awful, but the Cards did beat the Cowboys and that was pretty great. Sorry for the tangent there. The Rams are playing some good ball right now. As for the Cardinals, I think they’ll be better when they get James Conner back.
Eagles @ Jets 14-20
I’m not mad. I got this pick wrong. Jalen Hurts threw three interceptions and the unlikely Jets knocked off the last undefeated team in the NFL. With less than two minutes left in the game I was on my feet in the living room chanting J-E-T-S. Fun fact, this win is the Jets first EVER against the Eagles. Wait? What?! Yup. The Jets made history.
NY Giants @ Bills 9-14
This game. Expletive. Expletive. Expletive. Ok. Let's talk about the good things that happened. 1. Saquon was back in the line up. 2. Danny was in street clothes and didn’t play because of a neck injury last week. (Yes I am listing this under good things that happened.) 3. The Giants had the lead for most of the game, not just 19 seconds. 4. Our defense played well. They had a fumble recovery and an interception. 5. I think Tyrod Taylor gave us a breath of fresh air. He knew the drill, for the most part and either got the ball out quickly or threw it away. He was only sacked a few times, not 10 like Danny would've been.
Now, the bad stuff, and I won’t say all of it, because honestly, I don’t have the time nor do I want to get that worked up again. We ended BOTH halves on the one yard line without a touchdown. Had we just kicked a field goal right before the half rather than going for it with extremely poor clock management and dumb decisions on what play to run we might have won this game. The last two plays of the game were both pass interference and only one was called. We should’ve won this game. I had ZERO expectation that we could even win this game before it started. And the fact that we held the Bills scoreless in the first three quarters and then got robbed at the end of the game. Man. It hurts. This loss hurt more than the other four we already had. I guess it just hurts more when you are so close.
Cowboys @ Chargers 20-17
Having stayed up way too late the night before I went to bed when the score was 17-17. I had hoped that the Chargers would get the win. The next day I learned that Justin Herbert threw an interception late in the 4th quarter. That interception came after the Cowboys had already scored the go ahead field goal. Boo.
WEEK 7
Thursday, October 19th
Jaguars (4-2) @ Saints (3-3) (8:15pm PRIME VIDEO)
Trevor Lawrence is still listed as questionable but aims to play through a sprained left knee. This doesn’t sound good for the Jags. I really think that the Saints are due for a win. I’m picking the Saints to win this game.
Sunday, October 22nd
Browns (3-2) @ Colts (3-3) (1pm CBS)
I’m picking the Browns to win this game. I mean, after beating the 49ers, what can’t they do? In other news, the Colts will be without Anthony Richardson for the rest of the season as he had season ending surgery on his shoulder earlier this week.
Bills (4-2) @ Patriots (1-5) (1pm CBS)
I’m picking the Bills to win this game. Sorry Pats fans.
Commanders (3-3) @ NY Giants (1-5) (1pm CBS)
I guess it depends on who plays this game. If Danny starts for the Giants I’m picking the Commanders to win. If Tyrod starts, well I think the Giants have a better chance at a win, but will probably still lose. If Danny was 100% healthy I might feel different. Jones is 5-1 against Washington. I know this is a game that the Giants could win, but will they? Probably not. With all that said, ugh. I don’t know. I’m already so disappointed in the Giants. It’s really hard to pick them to win anything. I’m picking the Commanders to win this game. I’d rather get this pick wrong than pick the Giants to win and get the pick wrong and watch my team lose.
Lions (5-1) @ Ravens (4-2) (1pm FOX)
I’m picking the Lions to win this game and I hope they do! I’m starting Detroit's TE Sam LaPorta and the Lions defense in fantasy.
Raiders (3-3) @ Bears (1-5) (1pm FOX)
I’m pretty sure that the Bears will be without Justin Fields (thumb injury) and even if the Raiders don’t have Jimmy G (back injury) I am picking the Raiders to win this game.
Falcons (3-3) @ Buccaneers (3-2) (1pm FOX)
The Bucs don’t have a great home record (1-2) but the Falcons haven’t won on the road yet. I’m picking the Bucs to bounce back and win this game.
Steelers (3-2) @ Rams (3-3) (4:05pm FOX)
The Steelers are fresh off their bye but I’m picking the Rams to win this game for no other reason than Cooper Kupp being back in the lineup.
Cardinals (1-5) @ Seahawks (3-2) (4:05pm FOX)
I’m picking the Seahawks to win and for the love of god please could DK Metcalf not be injured and have a great game!? Kenneth Walker too. Please and thank you.
Packers (2-3) @ Broncos (1-5) (4:25pm CBS)
The Packers are also fresh off their bye and they get the struggling Broncos. I’m picking the Packers to win this game.
Chargers (2-2) @ Chiefs (5-1) (4:25pm CBS)
I’m picking the Chiefs to win. Damnit Chiefs do better, put up a lot more points!
Dolphins (5-1) @ Eagles (5-1) (8:20pm NBC)
Oh man, I’ll be rooting for the Dolphins but I’ll be picking the Eagles to win. I don’t think the Eagles will lose two in a row.
Monday, October 23rd
49ers (5-1) @ Vikings (2-4) (8:15pm ABC/ESPN)
I’m picking the 49ers to bounce back and get this win over the Vikings.
GO G-MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the edit Eric!
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