Jeff Erickson

From the @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social - which was written on Friday:

"The more I look at this Dodgers pen, the more I think Klein and Wrobleski, who have combined for zero playoff innings this year, are two of their best options, along with Roki Sasaki."

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@qbklass.bsky.social Just wanted to say I loved the "Dance, Dance Revolution" line about Justin Fields on the recap podcast. Keep up the great work!

#NameAGuy is one of my favorite pastimes!

What a game!

John Hiller would have gone six innings in this one.

They need to bring in the original Señor Smoke, Aurelio Lopez!

Oh yes, great one!

Ha, I just put in my own entry, thinking I was original. Silly me.

No truth to the rumor that Dave Rozema is warming up in the pen for the #Tigers. Let's play name-a-guy!

Yeah, Sasaki was such a hero not just because he pitched well, but also because he went three innings, saving us from seeing the Dodgers dig deeper into the bullpen.

I miss "weird baseball." (h/t Kevin Goldstein. I also miss seeing Kevin Goldstein on social media, but that's another story.)

I'm here for it.

So nice to see an extra-inning game without the "stupid runner."

(h/t @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social)

Christian McCaffrey, ONLY the receiver, would rank as WR9 with 58.0 half-PPR points

His current pace (last year ranks at WR)
183 targets (1st)
132 receptions (1st)
1,296 yards (3rd)
8.5 touchdowns (12th-ish)
246.6 points (4th)

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TUESDAY POD LET'S GO

It's more W4 game film review including the gruesome Tyreek Hill injury...

...and then @jeff-erickson.bsky.social joins to sort through an eventful Week 5 waiver wire!

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I'm not sure what it closed at, but on Thursday the Bengals' team total was 17.5. But I'm sure it'll be fine next week against ... (checks notes) the Lions. Ok, well maybe it'll be better in Week 6 - against the Packers coming off a bye!

This was true at 5:30 PT.

Taylor at least has a Super Bowl and subsequent conference championship game on his resume. I'm not sure how much credit he gets for either. But regardless I have zero confidence in the next hire.

The only problem with blaming him is that "... the call is coming from inside the house ...." The rot starts with ownership and flows downward from there.

Posted this on the other place at halftime, but:

I'm not saying that the Bengals should leave Zac Taylor behind in Denver, but I'm also not, not saying that the Bengals should leave Zac Taylor behind in Denver.

Francona said after Greene starts game 1 vs LA, the #reds will start Littell in game 2 and Abbott in Game 3 if needed.

Yeah, Joe Burrow is hurt, the Bengals are using their fourth right guard, they didn't sign any significant improvements in free agency on the defense, but at least we know they're well-coached and won't commit any soul-killing penalties.

Good find on the catchers.

Exactly! I have both Yelich and Stanton in said league.

I'm doing some early research for my first MLB keeper deadline for 2026 - Christian Yelich only played 19 games in the outfield this season. Luckily this league only requires 15 games there to qualify, but just be aware of his DH status in other leagues.

They were more games behind in their division than the number of games they won all season.

The Reds are a terriifying draw in a best-of-three.

It's only appropriate that #OurReds backed into the playoffs, but I'll take it!

TJ Friedl, you amazing beautiful human!!!

And their remarkable fourth down success rate continues.

Let's gooooooo!