October 17th 2017
Tuesday Evening Edition
Sunday
Lineup Killers
FANTASY DUDS
If you owned any of these fantasy duds, it
wasn’t pretty on Sunday. These are the players that are supposed to carry your
squad on Sunday, but it’s likely if you had them, they killed any chance for a
win in Week 6.
The Raiders quarterback Derek Carr returned
to action in Week 6 after missing a week with a back injury. After his dismal
performance on Sunday, just 171 passing yards with 1 touchdown and 2
interceptions (the No.26 fantasy QB for week 6), fantasy owners may have wished
Carr sat out another week.
The Lions had to turn to a heavy pass game
on Sunday to play catch up and keep up with the Saints. Unfortunately for
fantasy owners running back Ameer Abdullah only carried the ball 14 times for
54 yards and only saw two targets in the passing game (resulting in zero
catches). Not a good day if you were a Lions fan or Abdullah owner.
It was another long Sunday for Patriots
running back Mike Gillislee and fantasy owners. Gillislee finished outside the
Top-50 fantasy RB (in PPR) failing to find the end-zone for 4 consecutive game.
With just 44 rushing yards and a fumble, Gillislee was a lineup killer on
Sunday.
The Rams wide receiver Sammy Watkins has
virtually become the invisible man the past several weeks and on Sunday he
continued the trend. Against the Jaguars Watkins was targeted 4 times and
caught all of one ball for 11 yards.
The Raiders have a Houdini of their own in
the passing game, wide receiver Amari Cooper. Fantasy owners have not heard
much from Cooper the past several weeks and on Sunday he made little noise
catching 5 balls for a mere 28 yards; not exactly what fantasy owners were
looking for.
On Sunday the Green Bay Packers lost their
starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers (broken collarbone) and it seems that tight
end Martellus Bennett was also lost. Bennett has not been a focal point in the
Packers pass game this season and on Sunday with just 2 receptions for 22
yards, it seems that role has not changed.
That's My Take.
~David Ortega
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