There's no rest for the wicked and the good don't need any - why else would Joe Fitz jump on with Catfish before the end of the final game of Round 8 to chat Round 9? We started recording this at halftime so it's a bit of an interesting one. Given there's no teamlists yet, we crunch some numbers, and dive into strategy to navigate one of the trickiest non-major bye rounds in recent memory this coming week with the Storm players on the bye and a host of other injuries and suspensions to navigate.

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