Well, Thursday Night's Broncos-Chiefs game was certainly bizarre. We saw not 1, but 2 Jamaal Charles game changing fumbles (the last being a fumble that led to a Broncos game winning TD, their 2nd TD in the last 9 seconds of the game), yet because of yardage and a TD, Charles still managed a respectable 16.70 points for Matt. We saw two different Peyton Mannings as well. The 1st half Peyton was the one we've seen recently, just old and awful. The 2nd half was more of the Peyton who used to dominate fantasy football. Though the yardage was modest (256 yards), he still threw 3 TD passes and finished with nearly 24 points. I don't blame Mark for not starting him again, and Mark can take solace in the fact that at least two of the TD's went to Emmanuel Sanders (who finished with nearly 25 points, in what was a great game for him). A late surge in the 4th quarter salvaged Demaryius Thomas' day (8 receptions ,116 yards), of course Drew is facing Ryan who already wasted his TE play in Owen Daniels (19 yards). Had Travis Kelce not caught a 30 yard pass in the 4th, his day would've been massively disappointing as well. He still only had 4 catches for 58 yards. Not a great start for Dad, as Kelce is one of him premier players. I made the smart move of benching C.J. Anderson (who, once again, played like complete dog shit, this guy is totally losing his job soon) and Jeremy Maclin (just wasn't a great matchup, and though Maclin was serviceable, it wasn't a great performance, rather go with an upside play). I would've only gotten 10 points combined had i played them. Is there a chance DeAngelo Williams and Eric Decker suck just as bad? Of course, but I'd rather take that shot at the upside plays. Anyways onto the first week of the awards. Since there is no new players this year, I usually give out 4 weekly awards (Stud Of The Week, Dud Of The Week, Sneaky Surprise Of The Week, Bad Decision of the week). In honor of Tony Romo's heroics, the Bad Decision of the week is now the JAY CUTLER Bad Decision Of The Week award (much needed change, as Romo's bailed our asses out many times), I also will strongly will consider renaming the Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week to C.J. Anderson by the way.
Wane McGarity Stud Of The Week
Carlos Hyde (Bigger Balls)
What a coming out for Hyde. Many were skeptical of Hyde becoming the guy in San Fran, but if Week 1 is any indication, it's going to be a smooth transition from Gore to Hyde. Hyde finished off Mayra's Monday Night Comeback and the scary thing, if Mayra truly did hit on a superstar in the 5th round, then "The Queen" is once again a threat to finish what she started last year.
Michael Wiley Dud Of The Week
Adrian Peterson (Sons Of The Harpy)
A lot of this wasn't really Peterson's fault as he wasn't a huge part of the Vikings offensive game plan for whatever reason. Nonetheless, when you're down 17 and you have a guy with Peterson's talent PLUS Vernon Davis..you just assume you can wake up Monday morning with a W for week 1. NOPE. Peterson didn't even have 7 points and at the end, Drew loses by a mere 3.92 points. Bitter way to start the new season.
Drew Bennett Sneaky Surprise Start
Danny Woodhead (Kumamon Express)
There's a good chance, I got a hell of a steal in the 9th round with Woodhead. With week one looming I decided to take a gamble and bench my Flex play, Eric Decker for Woodhead knowing he'd basically be the goal line and passing down back for the Chargers. At first, I second guessed my decision when Decker scored a TD early. But as the Lions-Chargers game progressed, it was obvious I made the right decision. Woodhead got all the goal line carries, and scored two TD's and got me 20 points. Woodhead is now firmly in entrenched in my lineups for time being.
Jay Cutler Bad Decision Of The Week
Drew releases LaDarius Green
The decision was defensible, Green had looked to suffer a concussion in practice and Drew wanting to be safe, dropped him for Vernon Davis. Drew's tight end situation is a mess. You could argue he should've dropped maybe Chris Polk or Ty Montgomery (which he ended up doing anyways, for lesser TE's) and kept Green on his squad in case he was deemed ok to play. So of course he was fine, he ends up with 74 and a score and had Drew stayed course, even with Peterson's shitty game he would've won with ease. The long term ramifications of this too is if Green is indeed the real deal by the time Antonio Gates comes back from suspension, Green might take the starting job and could finish with a top TE finish. For a team that currently houses 4 shaky Tight Ends on it's roster, it might have been better to just keep Green as a stash. Instead, Mark jumped on the chance and got him for himself.
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