Playoffs Quarterfinals
Rico (3rd) vs Reuben (6th)
In the matchup between the kissy face Bronco lovers we have a rematch from Week 12. Reuben squeaked out a win late Sunday Night that week. Reuben was hoping for a repeat, as the 6th seed he will be the underdog throughout the playoffs. Reuben saw four of his nine players get above their projected points. The top scorer was Blake Bortles who had four total TDs one of them a rushing TD. He added 250 passing yards for a score of 25.70 points. One of Reuben’s best pickups of the season was the next highest. DeAngelo Williams had 2 catches for 15 yards, 76 rushing yards, 2TDs for 23.10. The defense Reuben has had all year gave him another great performance. Carolina had a shut out and put up 23.00 points. Heath Miller was a player who did pretty good but nothing spectacular. Ten catches for 66 yards really helped getting Reuben 16.80 points. Jeremy Maclin had a modest six catch 68 yard day and added 12.60 points to Reuben's total. There is also a kicker but kickers are stupid Josh Brown had seven points. Reuben saw some of his players fail in the most inopportune moments. Charcandrick West only had 54 yards against a weak San Diego opponent giving Reuben a measly 5.40 points. Michael Crabtree was against a tough Denver opponent he could only come up with for catches for 19 yards. I don't know how he only got 19 yards but he did and that equaled 25.90 points. And finally just as Thomas Rawls was starting to heat up he snapped his ankle and after only getting 44 rushing yards and Ruben 4.40 points, tough break bud. Rico was the second highest scoring team this season and he was looking for big number to put up in the first round of the playoffs. There were five players for Rico they got above their projected total. Rico's top scorer was tight end Jordan Reed who had nine catches for 120 yards and one touchdown to get a score of 27.00 points. Is next high score was Eddie Lacy. He's back! Lacy had 124 yards rushing with the 24 receiving yards and one touchdown he scored 21.80 points. One of Rico's man crushes Demerius Thomas had a good game he had 10 catches for 95 yards to earn 17.50 points. Julio Jones had a decent game against a tough Carolina pony 88 yards on seven catches was good enough for 15.80 points. Rico rolled the dice with quarterback Brock Osweiler he got 380 yards passing plus 10 rushing yards but what shut out of the end zone, he only had 13.32 points. Rico gambled on another player running back Matt Jones yet to catch is your 24 yards plus 62 rushing yards he scored 10.60 points which was good enough to beat his projected score. Rico also had a kicker Brandon McManus and kicker suck but this guy put up some points he told 13.00 points because his offense could not score touchdowns. Rico had his disappointments and Larry Fitzgerald who only had five catches her 41 yards to get 9.10 points. And the Denver defense who had three sacks and then allow many points but they couldn't get any turnovers they only scored 7.00 points. Reuben was leading this match up throughout the day but once Sunday night rolled around Rico took over the lead for good. Reuben had a good year. He overcame a four game losing streak and won his last two games to get in the playoffs. Rico moves on to the Semifinals to face Matt H. He will hope his high scoring roster will continue to soar against Matt. Rico defeats Reuben 135.12 - 123.90.
Julian (5th) vs Matt M (4th)
This was a matchup between a rookie and a veteran in fantasy football. Matt’s first season saw him win seven of his first nine games, but lose his last four going into the playoffs. Julian’s season was a little different. He was going back and forth between wins and losses all season and just trying to stay above .500. Julian had four of his players get above their projected totals. His top score and quite possibly the hottest player in the NFL right now is Russell Wilson. He had 292 passing yards in 6 yards rushing but had 5 passing touchdowns for 32.28 points this guy may be unstoppable right now. Julian didn't see another player get above 20 points on the day. Sammy Watkins had 19.20 points on five catches 81 yards and a touchdown. Julian always has at least two Bengals going for him any given week this week there were three. The top score was Marvin Jones was six catches for 61 yards to score 12.10 points. Next was Gio Bernard who had three catches for 27 yards and 40 yards rushing. Gio couldn't crack the 10 point mark by only putting up 9.70 points. Finally there is Tyler Eifert who could only get 2 receptions for 42 yards and 6.20 points. He did leave the game with a concussion and it did not look good. Darren Sproles had a serviceable day for Julian he had 2 catches for 4 yards and 41 rushing yards with a rushing touchdown for 12.50 points. Other than a couple Bengals Julian biggest disappointment was Dez Bryant. Bryant could only muster up 1 catch for 9 yards and added a whopping 1.90 points. Julian's kicker Chandler Catanzaro got into double figures (12.00 points) so I guess that's good. And finally the Arizona defense made a few plays on Thursday night and scored 10 points. Matt’s first year was the epitome of beginners luck and he rode that to a great season. Matt had only three of his players get about their project the total. Matt's top score was Ryan Fitzpatrick who lately has been a great play and has been putting up a lot of points. It is no different this week with 263 passing yards and 23 @rushing yards plus 3 passing touchdowns he had 24.82 points. Lamar Miller also had a great game, I mean half. In the first half Miller had two touchdowns and in the second half his team forgot he was on the roster cause he barely saw the ball and Miller's great day could've been an even bigger one for Matt. Delanie Walker has continued to put up good scores, with 7 catches and 71 yards he had 14.10 points. that was all the good news for Matt. He may have out-coached himself and his first ever playoff game. For starting wide receiver he had Danny Amanola who is OK with six catches and 46 yards to put up 10.60 points but there was also DeVonte Parker who only had two catches for 16 yards he put up 3.60 points. He tried to start two tight ends, Austin Saferian Jenkins was in the flex and he only had three catches for 31 yards and 6.10 points. Devonta Freeman has cooled down significantly since his hot start, he had three catches for 22 yards and 40 rushing yards but once again he has failed to see the end zone he only scored 7.20 points. Mats kicker Stephen Hauschka was doing kicker things and had five points. And his Cincinnati defense had a tough day against Pittsburgh they're only 4.00 points scored by them. I say Matt may have out-coached himself because sitting on his bench Randall Cobb and Alan Hurns scored 17.00 points and 19.50 points respectively. With those two in the roster Matt could've won easily. Matt had a great first year by making the playoffs. He has also learned about the pain and suffering fantasy football brings along with the fun. Julian gets the first upset in this year's playoffs. He will have a tough matchup against the number one seed in Gino. Hopefully Julian can get his win and loss flip flopping under control and go on a mini winning streak. Julian defeats Matt 115.88 - 96.32.
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