Saturday, November 8, 2014

Thursday Night Overview/Week 9 Awards

 
Thursday's game was the definition of a snoozer. Probably the worst Thursday Night Game of the year, just because it was basically fantasy irrelevant. When Terrence West leads all fantasy scorers with 15 points (Nice spot start for the injured Gio, Dad) you know the game sucked. And sucked majorly it did. The Bengals were AWFUL. Dad's lucky Terrence West carried the load because Mohammad Sanu was held to 3 points. Lucky to for Dad was Ryan had Jeremy Hill who sucked as well. He had a fumble and only finished with 3.5 fantasy points.  Leland tried gunning for Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Award by plugging in Taylor Gabriel. All it did was basically confirm Drew's getting win #6 because Gabriel didn't do much of note, finishing with 4.5 points. I still don't think it matters much, but Miles Austin might have led the Browns in receiving, but it was only 48 yards. 6.5 points for Austin, but I wouldn't worry if I were Alex, he's still more than fine. The biggest disappointment though, was A.J. Green. He dropped balls everywhere, and Joe Haden basically shut him down. He had a pathetic 23 yards receiving. Albert is actually projected to lose to Mark now, albeit by less than a point. We'll see how long that lasts. Onto the Week 9 Awards.

Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week
Marshawn Lynch (Winter Is Here)
  
Alex's team has been kicking ass recently and he was doing that with a slumping Marshawn Lynch. Well, Marshawn woke up big time this week finishing with 143 total yards and two TD's. Just another no brainer reminder that yes...Alex's team can put up some points.

Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week
Andre Johnson (Dr. Light's Robots)
 
I had to go with the matchup that meant the most and with Matt having a golden opportunity to pull away from the pack by gaining a game on everyone playing against my Dad who had no Gio Bernard and Brandon Marshall, it had to be disappointing that all Andre Johnson could muster was 2 catches for 12 yards. He was one of the main reasons, Matt took the L this week.

Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Award
Jordan Matthews (The Bad Robofies)
  
Again, going with the matchup that meant the most. Dad NEEDED this win against Matt to stay afloat in the playoff race. Unfortunately, this week Brandon Marshall was on bye, so Dad had to roll with Jordan Matthews. It paid off. 40 yards and a score for 11.5 points is great to get from a bye week fill in. It helped Dad get the win this week.

Tony Romo Bad Decision Award
Leland not Playing Mike Evans
 
I know the end result doesn't change, and I know the QB situation isn't ideal. But Mike Evans has actually has been pretty decent recently and on potential alone he should be in the lineup over the likes of Andre Holmes and Donte Moncrief (especially when news came out the Reggie Wayne would play thus cutting into Moncrief's production). Evans responded with a breakout 124 yard 2 TD performance for 27.5 points. To put that in perspective, Leland's 4 WR's he used combined together for 14 points TOTAL. He certainly won't do that every game, and he'll be prone to duds, but still on this team, he needs to be in the lineup. 

 

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