My inexorable march to the top of this Super League competition continues. After back to back weeks with 187 points, I managed a respectable 157 last week, even with CJ1K killing my lineup. That put me just outside the top 100, which is where I currently am in the overall standings. So watch out!
Now it's crunch time, and I need to get up into double digits. (Quick recap: In this competition you pick your best lineup of 2 QBs, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 2 TEs, and 2 PKs. You can enter at this link. You're competing against Fantasy Index staffers and your fellow readers, and you can win prizes, both weekly and overall.) Here's the Week 11 lineup.
Quarterbacks: Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Oh sure, they're facing tough defenses. Not tough enough, plus they're at home.
Running Backs: Marshawn Lynch and Ben Tate. Starting a running back with 4 broken ribs? Yes, I think Tate will be very good at home against Oakland. I am mulling Reggie Bush at Pittsburgh and may go that way.
Wide Receivers: Demaryius Thomas, Calvin Johnson, Hakeem Nicks. I like playing the history card, and as we'll outline in the Weekly, Nicks has run roughshod over the Packers in each of his previous meetings. Thomas is great, Johnson can transform into a soda machine when no one is watching.
Tight Ends: Jimmy Graham and Julius Thomas. In one league I'm actually debating which of these guys to start this week. Here I'll go ahead and use both.
Kickers: Robbie Gould and Steven Hauschka.
Good luck to the rest of you.