Week 10 recap
Chris (4-6) vs Matt M (7-3)
This is your classic David versus Goliath scenario. First place Matt against ninth place Chris. Matt’s team may have playoffs already on the mind but they still need to handle business this week. Only 3 of Matt’s starting line up hit their projected points. His top scorer was Lamar Miller who scored 21.30 points on 43 yards rushing, 6 catches for 50 yards, and a TD. Ryan Mathews was only projected for 8.27 points, but Matt started him anyways and was rewarded with 12.00 points. Drew Brees finally came back down to Earth with a disappointing 14.36 points on 209 yards passing, 2 TDs, and @ INTs. Brees’ teammate Marques Colston got a rare start but did nothing with it only getting 3 catches for 22 yards and 5.20 points. Matt also had no help from his flex position in Martellus Bennett and his 4.80 points. Chris was barely better with 4 players over their projected points. Mike Evans was the high with 20.60 points on 8 catches and 126 yards. Greg Olsen had another good game with 8 catches and 80 yards for 16.00 points. Chris saw his RB duo in Darren McFadden and Duke Johnson Jr. only combine for 15.60 points. The two lowest scorers for Chris were, coincidently, Rams players. Tavon Austin only had 4.30 points and the Rams Defense got smacked around and put up 2.00 points. With most off Matt’s players done in the morning games he held a slight lead, Chris still had a Patriot stack. Tom Brady had 334 yards, 2 TDs, and a fumble for 19.26 yards. The other half of the stack is Stephen Gostkowski who put another double digit performance (11.00 points). On Sunday Night all Matt had was his kicker Steven Hauschka (9.00 points) and it wasn’t enough. Once again David takes down Goliath. Chris’s win snaps Matt’s 3 games win streak and 3 game Biggest Blowout streak. Chris wins his first Biggest Blowout with the smallest margin of the year (11.20 points). Chris wins a close one 103.06 - 91.86.
AJ (5-5) vs Reuben (4-6)
AJ and Reuben entered this week both 4-5 and both battling for the last playoff spot. Reuben had a tough week. He only saw 1 of his players get their projected total, his kicker. Josh Brown did have a good game with his 16.00 points, which was third in scoring for Reuben. Reuben’s top scorer was DeMarco Murray who had 61 rushing yards, 6 catches, and 58 receiving yards for 17.90 points. Blake Bortles had a quiet 2 TD game with only 188 yards passing for 17.02 points, but at least he didn’t start Peyton Manning who’s 35 yards passing and 4 INT day gave him -2 points. Too bad though he left Charcandrick West on the bench who had 161 total yards and a TD for 31.10 points. AJ had 5 of his 9 starters get over their projections. His team was led by Aaron Rodgers who had 333 yards passing and 2 TDs for 22.12 points. Two other players got over 20 points for AJ; Odell Beckham Jr. had 104 yards receiving on 4 catches and a TD for 20.40 points and Eric Decker and 6 catches for 85 yards and a TD for 20.50 points. Continued fantasy football surprise, Gary Barnidge, went 6 catches for 65 yards and a TD for 18.50 points. One of the biggest disappointments of the match was CJ Anderson who only had 9 yards rushing for 0.90 points. Each team had a player get a 0.00 for the day. Emmanuel Sanders for Reuben and Willie Snead for AJ. They each cancel each other out, no harm no foul. Since Week 4 AJ has been alternating wins and losses. AJ wins a close one 100.12 - 95.12.
Mike (3-7) vs Josh (3-7)
Once again Josh was in a battle to stay out of the league cellar, but this time it was with Mike. This weeks matchup started on Thursday night. Josh had Cory Ivory (13.50 points) and Mike threw out the Jets defense (5.00 points). Even though Josh was right at his total point projection only 3 of his 9 starters hit there projections. The high scorer of the game was Antonio Brown who had 10 catches, 139 yards, and 2 TDs for 37.90 points. Josh decided to gamble and start Derek Carr. Carr scored 19.28 points he threw over 300 yards and broke even with 2 TDs and 2 picks. The low point for Josh was his TE position. Ben Watson, who had been on fire of late, only had 3 catches for 19 yards and 4.90 points. Mike’s top scorer was Watson’s teammate, Brandin Cooks. Cooks had 5 catches for 98 yards and 2 TDs for 27.90 points. Eli Manning had a pretty good game for Mike scoring 21.44 points on 361 yards passing and 2 TDs, plus a lost fumble. Five of Mike’s nine starters hit their projected totals. Even though Doug Martin (14.30 points) and Calvin Johnson (14.10 points) were technically under the points each still had strong performances for Mike. The battle for last place came down to Monday Night with Mike having a 10.63 point lead. Josh had AJ Green starting who was projected for 18.42 points. For whatever reason the Bengals weren’t feeding Green. It was a long game and slowly Josh and Green finally hit the 11 point mark, it was much lower then his projection but good enough for a 1.04 point lead in the match up. As the Bengals were driving down the field to set up a game winning TD Green catches a pass to pad his fantasy stats but before he hit the ground the ball was knocked lost and recovered by the defense. Green had a lost fumble and -2 points. That was the last meaning full play of the game. Mike wins a close one 132.74 - 131.78.
Matt H (7-3) vs Rico (5-5)
Two winning teams who both have playoff aspirations. Matt only saw 4 of his 9 starters reach their projected points. Matt’s team was led by one of the few remaining stud running backs left in Adrian Peterson. Peterson has 203 yards rushing, 2 catches for 13 yards, and a TD for 29.60 points. No one else on the team was over 20 points. Jarvis Landry was closest with 18.80 point son 7 catches 52 yards and a TD. one week after his biggest game of the year Jordan Matthews only scored 5.10 points for Matt. Tyron Taylor also had an underwhelming game throwing for 158 yards and a TD for 11.52 points. Rico also had only 4 of his starter get above their projected points. Rico gambled and hit big by starting Kirk Cousins who had 324 passing yards and 4 TDs for 28.96 points. Larry Fitzgerald keeps putting up points with 10 catches and 130 yards for 23.points. A literal tough break for Rico and Julian Edelman who broke his foot during his game. Too bad he only went 4 catches for 53 yards and 9.30 points. Rico’s big let down was his Denver Defense and Denver Kicker who only scored 1 point each. None the less, Rico had a 15.54 point lead going into Monday Night. Matt ran out DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins was shut down in the first half of the game, largely due to his own team not giving him the ball, but in the second half he went off. Hopkins ended the game with 5 catches for 57 yards and 1 TD for 16.70 points, which was just enough for Matt. Matt wins a close one 124.92 - 123.76.
Gino (7-3) vs Julian (5-5)
Gino and Julian are both in the playoff hunt. This matchup was for Julian to get a better seed and Gino trying to keep pace for the number 1 spot. Julian’s team was led by Rob Gronkowski who has 113 yards on 5 catches and a TD for 22.30 yards. No other player for Julian went over 20 points. Hell, no other player got to 13 points. Gronk was the only player for Julian to get to his projected total. Dez Bryant had a great comeback game last week was shut down this week only going 5 for 45 and 9.50 points. Amari Cooper did ok for Julian with 5 catches and 79 yards but only getting 12.90 points, which was good enough for second highest scorer. Gino’s tam was not much better even though he had 4 players get above their projections. Gino’s top scorer was his QB Cam Newton who put up 20.98 points on 217 yards passing, 23 yards rushing, and 1 TD passing and rushing. Marshawn Lynch had 12.00 points on 42 yards rushing and 1 TD but his projections was a low 7.39 points. Gino’s two big let downs were an oft injured Alshon Jeffery, who only had 5.30 points on 3 catches and 23 yards, and Julius Thomas, who had 4.30 points on 2 catches and 23 yards. Going into Monday Night Julian only had 63.10 points, but he heavily relies on the Bengals offense to win him games. Unfortunately for him they choked. Andy Dalton had his worst game of the year with 197 yards passing, 31 yards rushing, and 1 INT for 9.98 points. Tyler Eifert didn’t help any with his worst game of the season. He had 3 catches for 26 yards and 3 horrible drops to give him 5.60 points. The best of the three of Julian’s beloved Bengals was Gio Bernard who had 36 rushing yards and 5 catches for 43 yards for 12.90 points. The three combined for 28.48 points. Gino wins a close one 101.68 - 91.58.
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