From a NFL fan and fantasy football participant perspective, week 16 was primarily very frustrating unless you owned/didn’t face the right few players or followed the right NFL teams. A few items to note:
- Why was everyone talking about Jamaal Charles? He only had 20 yards rushing and 1 rushing TD. Hardly huge rushing numbers against a really bad Oakland defense.
- Another fine outing for Elite QB, Eli Manning. Barely 150 yards and 5 picks. This is one area that you can’t bootstrap yourself into on your brother’s heels.
- I LOVE to see the Cowboys struggle. Too bad Jerry Jones doesn’t get more air-time during that time. All the money in the world can’t buy you Smarts, Jerry.
- The windiest moment in Chicago came from Marc Trestman when he exhaled following the Bears victory.
- Maybe Mike Shanahan is expecting an offer from the Rams since he is doing his best Jason Garrett to get the Redskins a bunch of losses and increase the value of the draft pick owed to St. Louis.
- I am shocked at how bad the Saints play away from home, even indoors. Hard to explain, but a loss this weekend to Carolina definitely dooms their Super Bowl chances.
- Had Colin Kaepernick figured out how to click with Vernon Davis last year, they probably would have won the Super Bowl. They are on a mission to rectify that this year.
- With A.P. and Toby Gerhart out last week, the Vikes ran Matt Asiata at the Eagles and he delivered 2 1/2 times more rushing yards yards than Jamaal Charles and posted three rushing TDs. Go figure.
The majority of head-to-head fantasy leagues are in their championship game this weekend. It would be surprising if a championship team is in need of a player right now, but, if so, or you are playing through Week 17, here are a few players to look at.
QB: Kirk Cousins (WASH) – Cousins found much more success in his receiving corps last weekend than RGIII had this season. Cousin gets another week of shaking the rust off and then has a very motivated Redskins unit behind him as they try to extinguish Dallas’ playoff hopes facing the worst defense that has ever been fielded by a playoff contender.
RB: DeAngelo Williams (CAR) – If a league member cast Williams aside when he injured his quad, this is a good time to pick him up. Though Mike Tolbert is a goal-line ballhog, Williams won’t be sharing carries with Jonathan Stewart. Expect the Panthers to pound the ball on the ground against a bad Saints defense versus the run in an effort to control the clock and repeat the Rams’ performance from last week.
RB: Jordan Todman (JAX) – With MoJo a scratch last weekend, Todman stepped up and has a nice day for the Jags with 153 total yards (109 rushing, 44 receiving). There is a very good chance that MoJo won’t play again this weekend or even this season. Todman has a nice home matchup against the second-worst defense versus the run in the Titans.
WR: Rod Streater (OAK) – Rod Streater has developed a nice relationship with Matt McGloin in his 5 games (25/423/2). I don’t think Denarius Moore’s return hurts at all, if fact, I believe it helps Streater. He plays in San Diego in what should be a shootout this Sunday.
WR: Greg Jennings (MINN) – Speaking of building relationships, Jennings is far more productive with dropback passer, Matt Cassel, under center than he was with Christian Ponder madly scrambling about. He does play outdoors in a cool climate this weekend, but the Bengals are dinged up and have yielded 5 TDs to WRs in last 2 weeks.
TE: Delanie Walker (TENN) – Walker returned from a concussion he suffered 3 weeks ago and picked up right where he left off with Ryan Fitzpatrick (8/53/1). He visits the Jags and has a warm matchup against the 3rd worst D vs TEs.
No comments:
Post a Comment