Week 9 recap
Matt M (7-2) vs Rico (5-4)
Yea this one wasn’t fair. Rico only had one player get over his projected total. Julio Jones was the bright spot. Jones scored 23.70 points on 10 catches for 137 yards. Thats it for Rico. Matt Ryan was just under his projection scoring 16.32 points on 303 yards passing and 1 TD. Mark Ingram had 13.60 point on 96 total yards and 4 catches, and Julian Edelman’s 14.50 points was under his projection. Eddie Lacy had was biggest disappointment with only 10 yards and a fumble for -1.00 points. Rico’s new WR Demaryius Thomas only put up 10 points, 5 catches for 50 yards. His Denver kicker and Defense each scored season lows this week. Rico did have some bench players to out score starters, but it didn’t matter what combination he used nothing would have worked. Matt’s team just dominated. He had 7 of his 9 players get over their projected score. Three players were over 30 points. Drew Braes had another great game with 387 yards passing, 3 TDs, and 1 rushing TD for 32.38 points. Delanie Walker had 7 catches, 95 yards, 2 TDs, and 1 2-point conversion for 30.50. Keeping it in the family, Matt saw cousin Lamar have 44 rushing yards and 7 catches for 97 yards and 2 TDs for 33.10 points. One of Matt’s players the didn’t hit his projection was his stud, Devonta Freeman. He only had a measly 21.90 points. Every player was in double digits except one. Matt was going for the all time record for points scored in a week but Malcom Floyd injured himself early in the Monday Night game and left with 0 points. Boo Hoo. Matt wins his third straight and fourth overall Biggest Blowout 181.48 - 100.92.
Josh (3-6) vs Chris (3-6)
in what appeared to be a matchup of teams just trying to avoid last place and the Dice of Doom, it was just that. Chris had 4 players get over their projected totals. His team was led by Jeremy Langford who had 72 rushing yards, 3 catches for 70 yards, and a TD for 25.20 points. Mike Evans also added 21 points on 8 catches for 150 yards. Greg Olsen had another solid day with 16.60 points. Chris had good contributions from Martavis Bryant (12.10 points) and Darren McFadden (13.20 points) even though they were under their projections. The all world QB, Tom Brady, had his worst fantasy day. It was the first time he did not break 20 points (18.86 points). The start of Ronnie Hillman was the real head scratcher. Chris took out Danny Woodhead (23.10 points on the bench), who had been winning him weeks, for Hillman, who ended up getting hurt after gaining a whole yard (0.10 points). None of this seemed to matter in the end. Josh was really in competition with the highest score of the day and Biggest Blowout. Josh’s top three scorers had more points the Chris’s top guy. DeMarco Murray had his best day with 6 catches for 78 yards, 83 rushing yards, and a TD for 28.10 points. Waiver wire pick up and bye week fill in Derek Carr had a 4 TD game and 301 yards passing for 27.34 points. Finally for Josh the real Antonio Brown showed up. Brown had a Steelers franchise record 17 catches for 284 yard, plus 22 yards rushing for 45.60 points. Seven of Josh’s nine players exceeded the projected totals. Stefon Diggs had a season low 3 catches for 42 yards for 7.20 points, the first time he was held to single digits. Chris’s three game winning streak is snapped. Josh wins a blowout 175.04 - 119.06.
Julian (5-4) vs AJ (4-5)
A couple of 4-4 teams faced off in this match up. AJ and Julian both in playoff contention each needs the win to keep pace. Julian started the scoring on Thursday night with his triple threat of Bengals starting. Two of the three Bengals went over their projected totals. Andy Dalton scored 21.86 points from 234 yards passing and 3 TDs. Good thing for Julian all three of those TDs went to his TE Tyler Eifert. Three TDs on 5 catches and 53 yards was good enough for 28.30 points. Gio Bernard round out the scoring for Julian on Thursday with a disappointing 9.60 points, projected 13.29 points. AJ had a lot of catching up to do with Julian and his 59.76 point lead. AJ had a good start from Aaron Rodgers who ended up with 33.96 points from 369 yards passing and 4 TDs. Eric Decker also added 19.90 points, which was over his projected total. Odell Beckham Jr had a decent game, as well, scoring 19.50 points on 105 receiving yards and 9 catches, but he was just a touchdown away from having a great day, too bad. In addition to Julian's hot start his two WR Dez Bryant and Amari Cooper scored over 20 points each and over the project the totals. Seven of the nine players AJ had were under their project the totals. CJ Anderson had another disappointing day only scoring 4.80 points. AJ was really let down by the Green Bay defense who scored -2 points. Even though both of Julian's RBs were under their projected total, Gio Bernard and Chris Sims, as well as, Rob Gronkowski who only got half of his projected score, Julian did manage to get well over his original projected score for the week. Julian wins 132.86 - 110.16.
Gino (6-3) vs Mike (2-7)
In a battle of two teams at opposite ends of the standing this match up was about mediocrity. Gino and Mike each had only 4 players over their projected totals. Of the eight total players over their projections none of them really had huge games. Both teams left their highest scoring player on the bench. Both teams Defense was a top scorer; both teams stared a New York Defense. Through Sunday Gino’s top scorer was Allen Robinson who had 121 yards on 6 catches for 18.10 points. The other half to Gino’s Jaguar duo was TJ weldon who got 13.10 points on 101 total yards and 3 catches. Brandon Marshall salvaged his day with a TDs on only 4 catches and 44 yards for 14.40 points. Gino’s only let down was Rashad Jennings who only scored 5.70 points, but his projection was only 7.74. Seven of nine players scored in double digits for Gino. Mike’s team was highlighted by his two WRs. Brandin Cooks had 4 catches for 71 yards and a TD for 17.10 points and Davante Adams had 93 yards on 7 catches plus a 2-point conversion for 18.30 points. Mike’s two other players to get over their projections were his kicker and defense. Mike QB, Eli, had a usual subpar Manning day. He threw for just over 200 yard with 2 TDs and 2 INTs, just like his big brother. Mike’s RBs were his demise. Doug Martin (4.30 points ) and Jonathan Stewart (7.80 points) were both well under their projected totals. Heath Miller also failed with 6.20 points. On Mike’s bench he saw RB Shane Vereen (14.30 points) and TE Jacob Tamme (12.10 points) out score the starters. After all of it Mike took a 36.52 point lead into Monday Night, but Gino still had 4 players remaining. Top scorer Alshon Jeffery had 10 catches for 151 yards for 25.10 points. Even though Philip Rivers had a disappoint fantasy day with 15.20 points it was enough to put Gino over the top. Gino only had 3 point more than his projected total and Mike scored 10 less than his. Gino wins 119.50 - 100.82.
Reuben (4-5) vs Matt H (6-3)
Matt came limping into this week after starting out 6-0 and now has lost his last two games. Reuben was also struggling, on a 4 game losing streak of his own. Something had to give. Each side had big waiver pick up in the week and that they hoped would pay out big. The good news was both teams went over their projected totals. Matt had big games from Ben Roethlisberger (22.36 points), Jordan Matthews (28.30 points), and Adrian Peterson (22.30 points). Each player scored either their highest or second highest point total of the season. Matt also saw newly acquired Jarvis Landry score another 20.06 points. Unfortunately for Matt his waiver pick up, Vernon Davis, did nothing and helped his team with a zero. Donte Moncrief was shut down in his game and didn’t even get half his projected total, only getting 6.00 points. A couple tough breaks for Matt happened in the week. Big Ben got hurt again, but at least it was near the end of the game. But the big blow was the loss of Dion Lewis. Not only did he only score 9.30 points, but he was injured and is now done for the season. Reuben had a little better day. He had two WR get over 20 points; Emanuel Sanders (21 points) and Michael Crabtree (29.80). Crabtree had a huge day for Reuben but he wasn’t the highest scorer. Reuben won the waiver wire this week with his pick up of DeAngelo Williams who put up 38.50 points. Josh Brown had an unbelievable game with 17.00 points as a kicker. Peyton Manning had his usual subpar game with under 300 yards passing, 2 TDs, and 2 INTs. Reuben’s only bad move was to leave Manning in, he had Blake Bortles on the bench who put up 22.44 points. Reuben breaks his losing streak and Matt continues his. Reuben wins 159.74 - 122.32.
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