theRUNDOWN Review: Week 7

The old squad didn’t do wonderous things today, oh well – here’s how that game went down… 129 fantasy points in this format just flat out doesn’t cut it. 

QB: Jay Cutler vs. New England: 168 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions… Needless to say, I was dead wrong about this game. It was a bad week for quarterbacks, Cassel lead the group with 25 fantasy points, but Cutler’s 9 fantasy points basically killed me. 

RB: Clinton Portis vs. Cleveland: Clinton was the 7th rated running back with 22 fantasy points, rushing for 175 yards and a touchdown. Portis has beasted every team he’s gone up against this season. 

RB: Marion Barber vs. Rams: 100 yards and a touchdown for Barber, and the Cowboys got way behind to boot. They need to give him the ball even more if they want to win. 16 fantasy points for me. 

FLEX: Greg Jennings vs. Colts: 3 catches for 32 yards – 6 points wasn’t what I was looking for. I definitely underestimated the Colts secondary. 

WR: Brandon Marshall vs. New England: 6 catches for 76 yards, that’s just 13 points. The Broncos were bad, so obviously it didn’t help my cause. 

WR: Andre Johnson vs. Detroit: 11 grabs for 141 yards – AJ was the 7th rated player overall on Sunday, and he didn’t even catch a touchdown. Craziness. 25 points for the beast. 

TE: Jason Witten vs. St. Louis: 6 catches for 44 yards for 10 points. I needed more. 

K: Stephen Gostkowski vs. Denver: 12 points from my kicker, that’s huge for me – probably my best kicker pick ever. Tied for 2nd on the day amongst kickers too. Yahoo! I’ve broken the curse. 

D: Tampa Bay Bucs vs. Seattle: The Bucs defense destroyed Seattle, they got 16 points based on yardage allowed bonuses, and half of the Hawks yards came in the last 5 minutes. Good showing by Tampa. 

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

Matt Cassel:  His 25 fantasy points lead all quarterbacks for Week 7 – A+

Jason Campbell: 12 fantasy points for Campbell, not too much to write home about. C-

Earnest Graham: 14 fantasy points for Graham, only 54 yards and a touchdown – it looks like I underestimated Seattle’s defense a little bit, but 14’s not a bad day here. B-

Darren McFadden: Just 39 rushing yards for Darren, but 3 grabs for 50 yards gave him 11 fantasy points against the Jets, not too shabby. C-

Vincent Jackson: 4 catches for 42 yards and a touchdown, plus a nice 31 yard reverse scamper. 17 points for the big receiver. 

Lance Moore: 3 catches for 10 yards… Puke. F

Devin Hester: Hester was injured on Sunday, meaning we’ll never know what he could have done… Blast. But, he didn’t score much, so I’ll take my F. 

Greg Olsen: 6 catches for 74 yards and a touchdown – that’s a huge day for a TE, 2nd overall in fact. A+

Dallas Cowboys: Beat by the Rams – handled actually, run all over, stepped on, then spit on for good measure. F

Papa’S Week 6 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Gus Frerotte: 298 yards and two touchdowns – that’s good numbers. 21 in fact. However, Gus’s 4 interceptions brought him down 8 points all the way to 13 fantasy points on the day. Still, that’s not as bad as I figured. 

Willis McGahee: Willis did me in good, he tallied over 150 total yards from scrimmage and scored. He had 20 points and made me look stupid for not starting him. Just like the next guy. 

Adrian Peterson: 121 yards and two touchdowns, just further proving my point that you can’t sit him. Stupid me. 

Chad Johnson: 8 catches for 52 yards and a touchdown – crap, that’s almost his entire seasons’ worth of points – he had a huge day compared to what he’s done. Overall, I sucked with my bench-ems this week.