Look, when you as big of an underdog as Matt is you have to be willing to make a couple of gutsy calls. Instead of plodding out Trent Richardson for the umpteenth week and getting 4-6 points, Matt decided to roll with Toby Gerhart. You might remember him..Mark's 4th round bust of a pick. Well with Denard Robinson out, Gerhart got more of a roll and believe it or not the gamble actually paid off a little bit. Gerhart ended up with 53 rushing yards and a TD before leaving the game with an injury. At first glance 11.5 points doesn't seem too significant..but it is. Had this been a bust play..Matt would've been dead in the water before Mayra had her first player even play. Instead, by performing just above the projection, it gives Matt a good start and puts a little pressure on Mayra's players to perform. We'll see at the end of the day just how impactful the Gerhart play ends up being. Here are the Round 2 Awards.
Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week
Odell Beckham Jr. (Dr. Light's Robots)
When you tie and win by a tie breaker every single point matters, so every single one of Odell Beckham's 36 points were crucial to his advancement to the Finals. Beckham's a huge reason Matt's on a 6 game winning streak and playing for The Wane McGarity Bowl.
Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week
Aaron Rodgers (Rocket Man)
Aaron Rodgers picked the WRONG week to have his worst performance of the season. Not only did he not throw a TD pass, but he finished only 6 points....6!! It's a miracle Randall Cobb still got 13.5 points out of that game. One of the biggest killers of Eugene's chance at the Championship Game.
Tony Romo Bad Decision Award
Albert Plays Donte Moncrief over Anquan Boldin
This actually ties Mike Posey's curious decision last season to use Jason Campbell over Tony Romo in the same round as one of the worst decisions in league history. I'd still give Mike the edge on that, honestly, because I still don't understand why he went that way. At least there was SOME reasoning by this as Colin Kaepernick has been BEYOND awful and Boldin was facing the Seahawks Defense. Boldin wasn't even good. He had two catches for 23 yards and 3 points. Donte Moncrief...WAS WORSE...he got NOTHING. A big zero. A bad gamble at the worst possible time. So instead of playing for the title..Albert has to face Eugene in the 3rd place game. That one play cost him the finals.
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