Best of the worst in Week 10? Band Aids vs Tirades

Yes, it's pathetic. The Game of the Week teams have losing records... but after this weekend, one will be .500 and still in the hunt

Miami's defense put up 18 on Thursday to give the Tirades an early lead vs the Band Aids

Not a good time to go Game of the Week hunting. There are the good teams: Invaiders, Beaters, Saddles; They all play teams that are at least three games underwater. Nothing to see here. Can we just skip to Week 11? No? OK, here we go...

Band Aids (-5) vs Tirades: Yes, I know that the ESPN site has the Tirades as 31-point favorites. And they got a whopping 18 points from the Miami defense on Thursday against the Ravens. But the Tirades have lost four straight, including a humiliating defeat last week against the Invaiders, a game in which every other team on the planet would have pulled out a win. What will help Garcia's Band Aids this week: getting Alvin Kamara (who is out) out of the starting lineup and on the bench and Josh Jacobs in would be a step in the right direction. Will that be enough? Maybe. Band Aids by 2.

Packers (-1) vs Rangers: The brothers Lambert go mano-a-mano to determine... well, nothing. A win keeps the Packers in the hunt, kind of, in the Shitty Talkers Division with whomever wins the Game of the Week. They still need help, i.e. opponents to take down the Saddles. Jeff's Pack has an early 4-0 lead after RB Myles Gaskin continued his season of underperforming on Thursday night, and he's hoping for Josh Allen and Aaron Jones to put up some points. John's Rangers are hoping it does not come down to his second RB (Boston Scott) and he gets enough from everyone else. Packers by 3.

Beaters (-4) vs Pillows: Boy, is Matt Pringle living the dream or what? His team is predicted to score a whopping 68 points this week and he's STILL expected to win, thanks to this week's opponent being Matt Huey's consortium. The Beaters are somehow 7-2 and looking to keep pace with the 8-1 Invaiders (more about those jerks later), but are doing it with Lamar Jackson and some mirrors. I mean really: Corderelle Patterson and Damien Harris at RBs? He does have two of the best WRs in the league in Stefon Diggs and Mike Evans. Huey has D'Andre Swift, AJ Brown and pray for rain. Or points. Whatever. Beaters by 12.

Saddles (-11) vs Gerbils: Blayze Hanson's team took a 3-0 lead on Thursday thanks to WR Marquise Brown, but there's more where that came from if Kyle Pitts and Jonathan Taylor get rolling. The Gerbils, who finally have Christian McCaffrey back, can only hope he starts scoring 30 a game because owner Chuck Nelson's not getting much from Zach Moss. Will Amari Cooper show up like he did in Weeks 1 and 8 (25 and 18 points respectively)? That could mean an upset win for the Gerbs if he does. If not? Saddles by 9.

Invaiders (-4) vs Recliners: Could this be the week the Invaiders unbelievable 8-game winning streak is snapped? God, I hope so, but the statistics say no. Vern Ahrendes' team does seem prime for an upset here: QB Kyler Murray is hurt so Vern goes with ... Russell Wilson? Jesus, can you be more of a homer here? Are you a true 49ers fan or what? For chrissakes, Jimmy Garoppolo is available. But maybe QB doesn't matter, and he survives with his usual suspects (Cooper Fucking Kupp and Austin Ekeler). Meanwhile, Chris Zimnoch looks to end all the Invaiders talk with good efforts from Tom Brady, D'Earnest Johnson and Ezekiel Elliott. Otherwise, it will be Invaiders by 2.