Willing To Lose 7.25

Larejo is a mid-stakes tournament mastermind who specializes in outmaneuvering 150-max players with a small number of entries

It’s Week 7, so why not switch it up a little. My prevailing thought at this point in the season is what I mentioned in the Angles email, which is to challenge our thoughts. There’s going to be so much common groupthink as we have such rich, sizable data by now that it’s the perfect week to flip this on its head. Before you proceed, you should actually skip back up to The Oracle to get the gang’s answers on the “that was so obvious, we should have seen it” hindsight questions because those should be in all bold and all caps this week. That’s essentially what I am going to tackle here through my POV, the thought challenges to what could happen that wouldn’t be so crazy it was improbable.

Some appetizers that didn’t make the cut include:

• Can the Bears follow a surprising win with a dominant one?
• Should we expect the Cowboys offense to seamlessly flow with CeeDee back?
• Can we expect the Commanders offense to seamlessly flow without their top two wideouts?
• Will the Broncos or Patriots run to statement wins (i.e., blowouts) to be considered “for real”?
• With over 80% of the money on the Chiefs laying points, should we expect the Raiders to even get off the bus in Arrowhead?

Thought challenge #1: Can the second-highest total game be the one you had to have?

Play: Herbert + Taylor + Ladd + Warren