Rangers, Gerbils and Recliners jump ahead thanks to Thursday night scoring
Stefon Diggs TD reception in the final period has Chuck Nelson's Gerbs ahead 14-0; Recent trade acquisition Isaiah Likely scores 18 as John leads Jeff 21-19 in Lambert Brothers Bowl
And we thought the Thursday night primetime game between the Commanders and Giants was going to be a snooze fest, the first of three primetime bore-a-thons we were faced with in Week 10 NFL action.
And for three quarters, the game was as boring as hell, aside from a couple TDs from RB Cam Skattebo (more about him later). But then the final few minutes of the fourth-quarter rolled around, and we got three picks, a highly questionable decision on fourth down by Giants coach John Harbaugh and Diggs' fabulous TD catch (video above).
Diggs' catch was an 11-point bonus for Chuck Nelson, whose decision to start a guy who is averaging under 9 PPG over his only other option, Raiders wideout Tre Tucker, looks brilliant in hindsight. Tucker is more of a boom-or-bust guy, with three games of 16-plus and a string of not much (2-4-4-4-0-5) in his other starts. So that decision has the Gerbils up 14-0 over Who Dey and ESPN has the Gerbs at 85% chance at an expected victory. Chuck's only other option at WR was sketchy at best — Mike Evans (Go Niners!) is still a highly questionable start at Dallas with a wonky Achilles.
John Lambert's Rangers used 18 points from TE Isaiah Likely, whom he acquired two weeks ago from son-in-law Jordan Garcia, and a measly three from Malik Nabers to take a 21-19 lead over his brother Jeff's Packers. John needed more from Nabers last night, and Jeff has a 54% expectation of an upcoming victory as a result. All 19 of the Packers points came from QB Jayden Daniels, who added 10 of those in the final 90 seconds of the game (and that was after he threw picks on consecutive possessions in the final six minutes to drop to 10 points).
In the only other game that posted scoring last night, the Recliners took a 4-0 lead over the Invaiders thanks to the Giants defense, but still face an uphill battle in an effort to stay alive inm the Shitty Division playoff race. The Invaiders (5-4) have a 58% chance at a win that would essentially knock out their lone remaining division rival. Because three teams wil;l likely advance from the Stronger & Tougher Division, a loss would put the Recliners (4-5) two games back of the division leaders with five games left, two of which are against the mighty Gerbils. Ugh.
WTNE (0-9) didn't get any points last night, but not without some serious effort. After trading away two keepers in two weeks (Justin Jefferson to the Rangers and CeeDee Lamb to the Band Aids), Jordan indicated he'd trade anyone except Skattebo, who evidently will be his 2027 keeper. OK, so why is he sitting on the bench (leaving 23 points there) instead of stiffs like Quinshon Judkins (who has scored just 4 points in five of eight starts) and Jordan Mason (who has 22 total points this season and his last three are 6-2-3). Jordan is playing the Spread Beaters (2-7) this week, the only team that can conceivably pass him for the worst record (and first pick in the draft). So the timing here is not so curious. His tanking goes well past trading most of his talent and extends to benching what little talent he has left. To use a horse racing term, inquiry!
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