If you're not an avid reader of the Weekly Cheat Sheet, you may have missed that I've added a new recurring segment to it, "Stick a Fork In 'Em" -- or as I have affectionately started to call it, "SAFIE.” Ahead of Week 9, I said you could stick a fork in Rams running back Darrell Henderson; in last week's article, I went with Bucs running back Leonard Fournette. I'd call that 2-for-2, but the season ain't over yet.
Sometimes, and likely too often, we wait until a player is absolutely cooked before moving on—a season-ending injury, for example. In a dynasty article published ahead of Week 3, I said I was done with Tom Brady in dynasty leagues. Not exactly the spiciest of takes if you ask me, and in hindsight, a good call. I was shellacked on Reddit for sharing this opinion. You'd think I sucker-punched someone's grandma. Heaven forbid you besmirch the GOAT. But hey, good luck trading him for much of anything in dynasties now.
I don't know what the reason for it is, but people love to simultaneously make hot takes yet criticize or hate on hot takes they don't like. Like we all know we're only making educated guesses here. There's no science. As the old proverb says, "live and let live.” I believe the famous JFK quote was, "Ask not what hot take can do for you, ask what you can do for hot take." You feel me? This is the job. I come up with ideas. Support me! Have fun with it. Nobody's keeping score. O.K., I guess every league is keeping score—we're all keeping score—but you know what I mean. Let's enjoy the conversation.
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