NFL · December 23, 2023

Saturday AMBUSH – NFL Week 16

RANKING THE GAMES

  1. Re-runs of Bengals vs Steelers, circia 2014
  2. Womens Pickleball
  3. Raking Leaves in 30 degree weather
  4. Bengals vs Steelers, simply to see what stupid shit the Steelers do.
  5. Listening to a 3-man booth of Al Michaels, Leah Hextall and Beth Mowins broadcast the International Transgender Chess Championships
  6. Christmas Shopping
  7. Bills vs Chargers

 

GAME PREDICTIONS

Steelers win over the Bengals in an entertaining game that winds up finishing right around that number.  This could end up being the better game stack spot though.

Teams who have fired their HC have found a way to actually play better in recent years, and the Chargers should just hand it off all game, so I think Austin Ekeler makes an appearance as a viable spot here.  If the Chargers can get a sleepy Bills team then this one could be a nice kicker fest with a 26-13 type final score in favor of Buffalo.  Otherwise it’s 47-3 and we’re all screwed.

This is what it is.  Eat chalk here with Allen or try to get cute at the position where the margin on scoring differential is so thin?  Hard to not just take Allen considering you’re not really worried about salary cap.

  1. Josh Allen
  2. Mason Rudolph

 

Chase Brown should be considered.  Wait, why are you still here?  Oh, right.  Some CFB late scratch.  So yeah.  Chase Brown is going to continue to get a good workload.  I like him a good amount, but he isn’t the top play by any stretch.  The Bengals are thin inside on the DL here, so the Steelers ground game is the primary target.  Between Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren we’re going to be drinking some bleach one way or the other.

  1. Jaylen Warren
  2. Chase Brown
  3. Austin Ekeler
  4. James Cook

 

This feels like a Gabe Davis touchdown game.  I wouldn’t mind taking Diggs anytime touchdown as a pick in an SGP, but not in DFS at 80-90% ownership when he could finish with a 13.  Overall though, the group of WR is deep but not very talented with Chase and Keenan Allen out.  By deep I mean we have a lot of guys who could wind up being good enough to use.

  1. Gabe Davis
  2. Tee Higgins … Boyd is a nice pivot after Higgins big catch last week, but I trust Browning to just slide the targets right to Higgins all game long and thus he finds a way to finish as a top WR.
  3. Diontae Johnson
  4. Tyler Boyd

 

If you made it this far then you have no other choice in this world but to roster 2 TE….  Yes, I make the rules here.  Do it.  Kincaids and Gerald Everett baby.

  1. Dalton Kincaid
  2. Gerald Everett
  3. Pat Friermuth

 

Everyone’s gonna assume Buffalo against Easton Stick, as if the Jake Browning cindarella story isn’t over.

  1. Steelers

 

AMBUSH CORE PLAYERS

Eggnog sucks.  Dont be that donkey.  But, please.  Drink up.  Even water will do.

BETS

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