Well..here's a Captain Obvious statement in regards to fantasy football...throw logic out the window. It doesn't matter how much you research, look at the stats, the players, the matchups..etc..none of matters because it's allllll dumb luck. Take last night's game, which was supposed to be a low scoring yawn fast (I'd still say the game was pretty boring, honestly I only watched the beginning and the last 7 minutes). No way Larry Fitzgerald was going to have a good game catching passes from Drew Stanton. I even believe one of Rotoworld's "expert" (hate that term, they are analysts not "experts" fantasy football experts DON'T EXIST) had written in his column to downgrade Fitz to a WR3. No way Carlos Hyde is going to do much against a tough Arizona D. So naturally Hyde and Fitz shred their defenses, combine for 4 TD's and 43.5 fantasy points. I wish Yahoo or Rotoworld would pay me to be an expert...I'm wrong all the time which makes me heavily qualified for the position. Anyways, what a great start for Alex, who has a knack of taking alleged "broken down receivers" (last year it was Brandon Marshall) late in drafts and reaping the benefits. Fitz has been a monster and boy do I feel stupid taking Michael Floyd over him (who I didn't play believe it or not, because if I did, the whining and venting would've been at an 11 this morning since Floyd had 0 points, still sucks that I wasted a 4th round pick on this guy). Even with such a great start (which if playing anyone else would probably seal the Week with a win), Alex is playing Leland who had David Johnson who continues to show why's he in the conversation as the #1 fantasy back in football as he had 157 rushing yards (185 total yards) with 2 scores of his own for 32 points. The only way to beat Leland is to have his team underperform, if it's going to be a high scoring shootout (which from the looks of it, this start suggests) Leland's more than likely going to win. Great start for both guys nonetheless, and once again if Leland wins, it's not going to be easy. The only other play of the game was Ryan playing John Brown. Remember when Brown went off for 19 points against me last week? He was held to 11 yards this week because of course he was. Terrible start for Ryan in his quest to stay undefeated, and though this definitely gives Dad a bigger edge than he had, still like to see Dad's guys take advantage of the bad start from Ryan. Onto the Week 4 Awards.
Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week
Julio Jones (Channel 4 News Team)
This was tough, because I thought about giving Ryan's team as a whole this award for breaking the all time points record, but Julio's 42 point explosion is just too awesome to ignore.
Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week
DeAndre Hopkins (Bay Area Tanners)
Look it's one thing to get "bottled up" by the Patriots...but the TITANS?! 1 catch for 4 yards... less than a point..inexcusable, and has been a huge reason to my 1-3 start (in a week I lost by 5 points, he SUCKED). Just a terrible situation where the QB is awful and seems to have a favorite receiver himself in Will Fuller. He forced me to make a panic trade and now Eugene can reap the benefits of his "resurgence".
Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Award
Terrence West (THE SPOILER)
Here's one of the reason Drew was able to pull off one of the biggest upsets in league history. With both of his top running backs on bye, Drew's hand was forced as he had to plug in Terrence West into his lineup. Word was, he'd be the starter, and he more than showed why he was named the starter with a solid 17 fantasy points. So far Drew's lived up to his team name and it's plays like this that are helping him do the impossible.
Jay Cutler Bad Decision Award
Mayra Plays Dak Prescott over Matt Ryan
It wasn't a horrible move, and it was justifiable because the Falcons were playing the Panthers and many were expecting a Matt Ryan clunker, plus Dak Prescott wasn't too shabby with a 20 point performance himself, but it's really hard to look at your bench and see Matt Ryan's 500 yard 4 TD, 40 point performance on your bench. Here's a scenario that sounds convoluted but really isn't. Had she played Matt Ryan and played Mike Wallace or T.J. Yeldon at her flex and moved Witten to Tight End (where an inactive Julius Thomas was, moving Witten to tight end from flex because of Thomas' injury would've forced her to play one of those two), she would've won her matchup.
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