Week 14 started the playoffs in my
league and I had a bye the first round. I figured I would still do
the weekly recap on how my players performed, since they did play.
My team was projected to score 143.88 fantasy points, but came up a
little short at 130.96. Here are my awards for the week:
High Fives
If a player exceeded his projections, he gets the ultimate celebratory affirmation of one's prowess, the high five.
RB#2 Alfred Morris- Morris ran for 122
yards, 1 touchdown, and a fumble on Sunday vs. the Ravens. Overall,
another impressive performance for the rookie, despite the fumble.
Morris has rushed for over 100 yards for 3 straight weeks and has
been instrumental in the Redskin's recent success. He was projected
to get me 9.93 fantasy points and he came up with 16.93.
Defense San Diego Chargers- The
Chargers D had another good week for me, this time against
Pittsburgh. San Diego sacked Big Ben twice, recovered a fumble and
scored a touchdown. I got lazy with changing defenses every week
earlier in the season, but surprisingly it has worked out for me.
San Diego was projected at 8.52 fantasy points, they brought me home
12.
Flex Demarco Murray- I had a feeling
Murray would beat his projections this week and I like running backs
in my flex spot, so I stuck with him. Murray only had 52 yards
rushing vs. the Bengals on Sunday, but he made up for it by getting a
touchdown. He also had 4 catches for 22 yards. Murray was projected
to score 15.31 fantasy points and ended up with 17.50.
WR#2 Eric Decker- This one was a
surprise to me. I didn't expect much from Decker, who had
underachieved in his last 4 starts, even if the matchup vs. Oakland
was a good one. If I wasn't on a bye this week I probably wouldn't
have started him. Decker, who was projected to score 14.75 fantasy
points, had 8 catches for 88 yards totaling 16.80 points. I'm still
not convinced Decker's resurgence will be sustained. His targets
increased only when Demaryius Thomas left the game for awhile with a
shoulder injury. I have a tough decision to make on whether to bench
Decker this week vs. the Ravens.
Brofists
If a player meets or comes near to meeting his projections, he gets the modern day version of the ass smack, the brofist.
QB Matthew Stafford- Stafford has met
or beat his projections for the last 3 weeks. He has struggled at
times this year, but that seems to have settled down lately.
Stafford threw for 264 yards with one passing and one rushing
touchdown this Sunday vs. the Packers. He did have an interception
and a really bad fumble. The fumble probably cost the Lions the game,
but considering that it was snowing, all in all not a bad day fantasy
wise.
RB#1 Doug Martin- Muscle Hamster came
up big again this week against Philly, Martin ran for 128 yards, 1
touchdown, and had 4 receptions. Unfortunately his effort was in
vain, Tampa Bay gave up a touchdown pass from rookie quarterback Nick
Foles in the final seconds of the game. Martin is the third highest
scoring fantasy running back in the league right now, behind Adrian
Peterson and Arian Foster.
Bombs
If a player does not come any where near his projections, he gets nuked...
WR#1 AJ Green- Green just had a
horrible game on Sunday, I guess even the greats bomb some days. I'm
not sure if it was the fact that Green's QB, Andy Dalton, struggled
or if he was not fully recovered from the illness he had earlier in
the week. It could be a little of both. He was projected to score
20.07 points in my Yahoo league, but only came up with 7.40. Green
is having a great year and I don't see this one bad performance as
something that will trend.
WR#3 TY Hilton- Unfortunately Hilton
was a victim of the Colts offense this week. The Colts like to
spread the offense out, giving rookie QB Andrew Luck lots of targets.
They were also able to get the running game going a bit on Sunday.
All this led to limited targets for Hilton this week, who had only 2
receptions for 50 yards. Hilton was short of his projection by 5
fantasy points.
TE Jimmy Graham- Graham has really
been struggling lately and I'm a little concerned. Graham was my
first round pick and he hasn't really lived up to it. Graham and QB
Drew Brees, who hasn't been himself lately either, don't seem to be
on the same page. Often it seems like either Brees makes an
inaccurate throw to Graham or Graham just flat out drops a catchable
ball. Graham has scored below his projections in the last 4 weeks.
This week he was projected at 14.94 fantasy points, but only brought
10.60 home. Hopefully Graham and Drew Brees can get it going vs.
Tampa Bay or it may be a short run in the playoffs for me.
K Shayne Graham- This game was an
embarrassment for the Texan organization. Tom Brady made Houston
defense look like a bunch of high school kids trying to play with the
big boys. The offense couldn't get it going either and as a result,
Graham's opportunities were limited. He made his two extra points,
but those were his only chance to score. Graham was 5 points short of
his projected total.
My Bad Brah
The My Bad Brah award goes to the player or players who had exceptional performances but were on my bench.
WR Andrew Hawkins- Hawkins has seen an
increase in targets lately because of injuries in the Bengal receiver
corps.. He had 6 receptions for 44 yards and a touchdown on Sunday
vs. Dallas. I am still apprehensive about plugging him in to my
starting lineup because I think his upside is limited. Hawkins
scored 16.40 fantasy points vs. Dallas, he was only projected to
score 6.74.
Moving forward, I am a concerned with
my team's production in Week 14. I will need to score a lot of
points in my playoff matchup for week 15 and having your team
underachieve the week before is worrisome. The rule in my league is
that rosters lock for the playoffs, so my options to improve are
limited. I am going up against the team with the second highest
point total in the league (my team was #1, but only by 50 points).
Makes me wish that playoff seeding was based on overall point totals
and not record. My opponent was second in scoring, but is the 4th
seed because of his record. As the #1 seed I would prefer to play
the team with the lowest point totals. I could care less about his
record. Such is life I guess! Good luck to everybody trying to
advance in the playoffs this week.
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