September 25th 2017
Monday Evening Edition
Week
3 Sunday Lineup Killers
If you were counting on your big guns to
deliver on Sunday, boy were you disappointed in a big way. Fantasy
championships are lost this way. Well that may be over-dramatizing things a
bit, but if your guys played like this it definitely didn’t help your cause;
The biggest egg laid yesterday in fantasy
had to come in the days finale; the Sunday night game between the Raiders and
the Redskins. The Raiders did have to travel across the country for this
meeting and it looked like quarterback Derek Carr never left the plane; he only
passed for 118 yards and threw two interceptions killing most DFS lineups.
Fantasy owners can count on Carr bouncing back and he’ll have to quick; up next
is the Denver defense.
Like Carr, Chargers quarterback Philip
Rivers (what I considered a borderline QB1/QB2 in Week 3) killed any DFS lineup
you played him in. Rivers was the mad bomber on Sunday, but the only problem
was several of his long darts went to the other side. Rivers was turnover happy
last season, so fantasy owners may want to slow their roll with him for the
time being.
Derek Carr: 19 of 31, 118 pa yds, 1 Td, 2
Int
Philip Rivers: 20 of 40, 237 pa yds, 3 Int
Well, we thought he would be the featured
back in New England and with 12 carries (most on the team) on Sunday he may be;
he’s just part of an offense that features the pass. Without a rushing
touchdown on Sunday Gillislee was a big flop finishing with just 31 rushing
yards. In this offense, with Gillislee there are going to be Sundays like this.
He’s a boom or bust better suited for standard leagues.
And just like Gillislee, Broncos running
back CJ Anderson is better suited for the ground game. Anderson has never been
a heavy volume pass catcher, just 4 catches leading into the contest, so when
he’s held in check on the ground (as he was on Sunday) his numbers will
disappoint. Fortunately for owners, the Broncos line has improved, so we should
see this turn of event too often.
For those of us that expected a heavy
workload for Titans running back Derrick Henry, not only did that not come to
fruition (just 13 carries), but it you say DeMarco Murray too you were equally
disappointed.
Mike Gillislee: 31 ru yds
CJ Anderson: 36 ru yds, 2 rec, 7 rec yds
Derrick Henry: 54 ru yds, 10 rec yds
There were a couple of big disappointments
at the receiver spot in week 3 and amongst the notables were a couple of
Raiders Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree. The pair combined for just 2 catches
and 13 receiving yards; not exactly what the fantasy doctor ordered. These two
should get things turned around, but fantasy owners may have to be patient with
a week 4 meeting against the Broncos coming up.
Jamison Crowder: 6 rec, 52 rec yds, 1 Fum
Alshon Jeffery: 4 rec, 56 rec yds
Amari Cooper: 1 catch, 6 rec yds
Michael Crabtree: 1 catch, 7 rec yds
Sunday week 3 was not a good day for tight
ends, several starters came up short in disappointing fashion including the
Packers Martellus Bennett; just 3 catches for 12 yards. Bennett has been
targeted 21 times in three games, but the majority of his routes are short
patterns and safety valves not producing much for owners. He may have been
considered a bottom half TE1, but until the Packers move him downfield
more,he’s just a TE2 with a low ceiling.
Martellus Bennett: 3 catches, 12 rec yds
Kyle Rudolph: 1 catch, 4 rec yds
Jack Doyle: 2 rec, 16 rec yds, 1 Fum
Coby Fleener: 1 catch, 21 rec yds
Hunter Henry: 0 catches, 0 targets
That’s My Take.
~David Ortega
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