Thursday Night Observations

Brief One

It’s our last day at the resort, and Sasha came down with chicken pox. She’s fine, but miserable, and as a result we’re leaving in an hour or so, so I had to watch the five-minute highlights version as I wait for the buffet to open to bring her some fruit.

Suffering kid aside, that game went perfectly for me. I had the Jets ATS in the picking pool — the Texans are smoke and mirrors now on offense, and the defense is only decent.

I also started Aaron Rodgers narrowly over C.J. Stroud and thank God for that. While I briefly considered Dalton Schultz at TE, I decided against it and stuck with Jonnu Smith. And I had Tank Dell in at WR who did his part. Basically after two horrific weeks, it was a perfect game as far as I was concerned and a great start to the week. My only regret is not using the Jets in the Circa contest.

• The Jets tree is the narrowest of all with only Davante Adams, Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall. There is no one else, and Malachi Corley surely won’t be joining that mix after fumbling for no reason on an easy TD.

• Joe Mixon produces whenever he’s healthy. The Texans like to run the ball and play conservatively, so he’s always heavily involved.

• Dell and Schultz were the only ones who got more than three targets. Robert Woods, John Metchie and Xavier Hutchinson were non-factors, and that’s even with Nico Collins still out.

• Stroud is playing under brutal conditions right now, and while Collins’ return should ease those somewhat, the offensive line problems and coaching is here to stay. I regret drafting him in two leagues — I don’t think the Texans will fix it this year.

• Rodgers’ line was nice, but heavily boosted by two tough TD grabs by Garrett Wilson. He’s lucky to have Wilson and Adams, but that offense is still not really in sync, either.