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That game mostly went my way -- Colts covered (though it got to be far more in doubt that I thought possible), Jonathan Taylor went off (though he got stuffed several times at the goal line) and even Carson Wentz, Michael Pittman and especially Bobby Okereke had good games for me. The one regret I had was not being man enough to start Elijah Moore over Khalil Herbert in my NFFC Primetime league.
- Carson Wentz played well, made good throws, didn't turn it over and scrambled when necessary. More importantly he looks completely healthy.
- Jonathan Taylor (19-172-2, 2-2-28-0) is the 1.1 now. It's amazing how often he's gotten stuffed at the goal line, though, but he'll keep getting his chances, especially against all the bad teams on the schedule.
- Nyheim Hines (6-74-1, 6-4-34-0) also had a good game. Marlon Mack was a healthy scratch, so this is now a two-man backfield with Hines likely seeing more targets.
- Mike White was off to a good start before getting hurt, but Josh Johnson generated a lot of successful drives. Both looked much more ready than Zach Wilson.
- Michael Carter (13-49-0, 2-1-37-0) is the lead back with Ty Johnson (4-21-0, 3-2-40-1) as the sole backup.
- Elijah Moore (8-7-84-2) is living up the preseason hype now that Wilson is out. I'm still annoyed I didn't have the guts to use him.
- The Bobby Okereke interception at the end of the game not only saved the cover for me, but gave me five points in my lone IDP league.
- The Jets really have a problem on their hands with Wilson. Management needs to play him when he's healthy to see what it has, but the team has shown a lot of fight the last two weeks, and I can't imagine benching White (whose forearm injury is minor) or Johnson for Wilson will be popular with the players on the team unless Wilson improves in a hurry.
