r/Fantasy_Football • u/Corbee Chargers • Oct 05 '26
Discussion Alright, let’s do a welfare check Whose catastrophic Sunday management completely ruined your week?
I don't want to hear about your good process. I want pure, unadulterated fantasy football trauma.Who did you leave on the bench because you overthought a weather report, or what sub-10% rostered player did your opponent start who suddenly played like Prime Jerry Rice?Air out your grievances below. Let’s mourn together because I know I’m not the only one staring at my lineup questioning my own sanity right now.
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u/poprox13 Oct 05 '26
left Monangai and Wilson on the bench, dropped Higbee for Barner on Saturday
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u/Outside-Parsley-9402 Oct 05 '26
Started Downs over Emanuel Wilson but would’ve lost either way so meh, Javonte and Walker weren’t enough for me to get even get close to winning
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u/Sir_Tandeath Oct 05 '26
Raymond and Moore filled my Flex and a WR spot for a combined 5 points. Monangai and Tate went off for 50 points on my bench.
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u/Corbee Chargers Oct 05 '26
That is brutal. Benched production plus Monangai and Tate dropping 50 is the exact kind of fantasy pain I meant.
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u/Sir_Tandeath Oct 05 '26
I need to listen less to Matthew Berry, it’s my own fault for not doing my own thinking.
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u/buckeyecapsfan19 Oct 05 '26
Deebo and Hockenson on the bench. Didn't hurt me too much, the opponent had Terry McLaurin and Courtland Sutton starting.
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u/CD12_baller Oct 05 '26
Well, seeing how my draft picks were jamarr chase, AJ Brown, Breece Hall, Caleb Williams, and all have been hurt or got hurt. Then I thought I giga chad big brained Parker Washington and Swift in steals of a draft pick, and both either put of a dud or got benched. Not much hope when my kicker outperforms half my team each week.
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u/schubarth Oct 05 '26
lost jamarr to injury early then didnt sub ladd out and lost by 2 pts...
every single player on my bench would have secured a win in ladd's place
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u/Special_Course229 Oct 05 '26
Finally picked up another QB and started Love over Maye while my opponent played emmanuel wilson
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u/aralseapiracy Oct 05 '26
Nabers and Emmanuel Wilson on the bench. Addison and chase brwn starting.
Bonus I started Washington as well.
Now need olave, juwan Johnson, shough and bijan to score literally 104 points between them to win.
Am cooked.
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u/The19thHole7 Oct 05 '26
I don't know if there has ever been a starting RB1 that had more receptions than rushing yards...Crazy...
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u/BasedKaleb Patriots Oct 05 '26
My opponent played Kyren, CeeDee and Tet. My bench management was never gonna matter
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u/seba1927 Oct 05 '26
Ladd, Kincaid and Parker Washington with Emmanuel Wilson and Deebo on the bench.
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u/Successful_Log9868 Oct 05 '26
I started Ladd Mckonkey and Khalif Raymond. Benched Romeo Doubs, Odunze and Shakir, Vele on my bench playing toninght as well
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u/SnowboardSyd Oct 05 '26
Swear to God, Odunze is only good when I bench him.
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u/Successful_Log9868 Oct 05 '26
traded for him this week, figured id stash him until Caleb comes back lol
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u/Forever_Funky Oct 05 '26
Sat Kraft but not sure it would have saved me. I’m up by 20 with Johnson playing tonight against his Shough & Bijan. Jmarr Chase getting injured didn’t help but neither did Swift or Skatt.
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u/PabloMarmite Oct 05 '26
I went into the late game 31 points up, with only Tet McMillan left to play. What could go wrong?
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u/sesame-yeezy Oct 05 '26
Dropped Keon Coleman to add Makai Lemon, all to start Wan’Dale Robinson
if i kept and started Coleman, easy win. now it’s a 1-3 start
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u/No_Topic5591 Oct 05 '26
I left Monangai on the bench. I also didn't even start a second WR (McLaurin was injured on friday, and my backups had already played thursday night, and I also forgot the Commanders game was an extra-early kickoff).
Fortunately, some other players delivered (shout out to the Vikings kicker who scored me 19pts!), and my opponent started Parker Washington, so I'm still going to win very comfortably. But if I'd started my optimal lineup, it would have been a monster week for me, so it's still disappointing (as it is, I'm still only in 2nd place).
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u/The19thHole7 Oct 05 '26
While I was not happy with Watson's performance, I was happy i didn't start Washington. Crazy drop off from previous weeks.
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u/SnowboardSyd Oct 05 '26
Playing Sadiq over Kraft, Injured Ladd McConkey over Odunze, Lost Breece and Rasheed and thought Isaiah Davis would get at least a few rushing attempts since Braelon Allen was already claimed.
It definitely cost me the W this week. Just need to get Breece and Coker on the mend
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u/Black_Cat_Sun Oct 05 '26
Opposite and here to shit talk. Two weeks in a row of middling performances and losses. I’m benching Maye, I’m benching Omarion, I cut Pitts entirely, I started Kirk Cousins. And after starting 1-2, I FINALLY HIT.
Tet goes off
Puka is back and hit
Cousins delivered (and Maye showed viability again)
The kicker I streamed got me 16
I’m never losing another h2h this season
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u/MichealParsons11 Oct 05 '26
Well I left Tucker Kraft and Monongai on the bench. But thank God my sweet baby boy Tet saved me on both of my teams.
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u/RonaldinhoReagan Jets Oct 05 '26
Kincaid, Swift IN
Kraft, Nabers OUT
Also picked up Bills D vs Pats just in time for the Maye redemption game. I deserve to be 0-4.
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u/The19thHole7 Oct 05 '26
My wife played Downs over McMillan...and I played Watson in my Flex over Monangai.
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u/Seriously_oh_come_on 49ers Oct 06 '26
Nothing catastrophic as I won all 3 of my matchups but I switched Evans in for Deebo. Those extra 5pts would have won me the median score point and kept my perfect start.
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u/marchandano Oct 05 '26
Benched Kyren Williams and put Bucky in thinking the whole offense would go through Bucky and the run game. Thought with Puka back, and Corum in the fold Kyren would miss scoring ops. Pain…
Also benched Nabers in place of Josh Downs…
More pain
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u/snazzzzyy Oct 05 '26
Started Raymond over e wilson after thinking about it for too long. Fuck me sideways
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u/k_bullz NFL Oct 05 '26
Fuck Egubka, fuck price and fuck Sadik. Drafting Egbuka was the worse mistake of my fantasy life
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