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Fantasy Fallout, Week 14: QBs

– Somehow, Drew Brees makes 296 yards and three TDs seem pedestrian.

– Aaron Rodgers (180 yards) picked a bad time to have his first zero TD game of the season.

– The Bills have a good pass defense, but Matt Cassel’s performance (224 yards, 4 INT) was downright pitiful.

– Carson Palmer (94 yards, TD) and the Bengals’ passing game was surprisingly unproductive against the Vikings’ sketchy pass defense. Minnesota did get a boost from Antonie Winfield, who returned from a six-week absence.

– Tony Romo (249 yards, 2 TD) stayed hot. It has helped that the Cowboys have trailed in the second half, because he’s racking up some stats in garbage time.


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Fantasy Fallout, Week 14: RBs

– Pierre Thomas (19 touches, 100 yards) got even more work with Mike Bell out, but Reggie Bush (12 touches, 79 yards, 2 TD) vultured a couple of pass TDs.

– Kevin Smith (23 touches, 88 yards) suffered a “gruesome” knee injury and Rotoworld is saying that his season is “unquestionably over.”

– Ray Rice (13 carries, 166 yards, TD) and Willis McGahee (12 carries, 76 yards, 2 TD) destroyed the Lions rush defense. Rice also went for 4-53 in the passing game.

– Ryan Grant (20 carries, 137 yards, 2 TD) had a very nice day running the ball. He started the scoring with a 62-yard TD run. He wasn’t even touched on the play.

– Julius Jones (11 touches, 43 yards) and Justin Forsett (13 touches, 73 yards) pretty much split the work out of the Seattle backfield. Forsett is more productive, but Jones continues to start.

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Fantasy Fallout, Week 14: WRs

– Calvin Johnson (4-37) had a rough game against a good Ravens defense, though he’s a lot better off when Matt Stafford is under center.

– With Devin Hester out, Johnny Knox (5-83-1) and Devin Aromashodu (8-76-1) both had nice days.

– Andre Johnson (11-193-2) went nuts against a bad Seattle pass defense.

– You better hope you weren’t playing Brandon Marshall (21-200-2) in a PPR league. (I did.) Marshall set the record for most catches in a game. Eddie Royal had one catch for three yards.

– Davone Bess (3-22) no longer looks like a starting caliber fantasy wideout. Greg Camarillo (7-110) got most of the work.

– Mike Sims-Walker (1-6) was a surprise start (calf), but he was terribly unproductive.

– Way to go, Randy Moss (1-16). Wes Welker (10-105) is far more dependable.

– After a couple of semi-quiet weeks, Vincent Jackson (7-120) went off against the Cowboys.

Check back in a few minutes for the RB and QB positions.

Fantasy Fallout, Week 14: TEs

– Jermichael Finley (5-70) continues to be a big part of the Green Bay passing game.

– Dallas Clark (5-43-3) will probably carry a few fantasy teams to victory this week.

– Ben Watson (3-37-1) caught a TD, so he’ll be on the fantasy radar this week. Don’t fall for it.

– Dustin Keller (1-3) was brutal, as was the entire Jets passing game. They didn’t have to throw it much because they ran the ball at will on the Bucs.

– Fred Davis (3-50-2) continues his nice run. He has posted 12-146-4 over the last three games.

– Jason Witten (4-49) outgained Antonio Gates (4-44-1) but Gates found the endzone.

Check back in a bit for the WR, RB and QB positions.

Cowboys right on time with another December collapse

I know this is such a cliché, but I’m going to use it anyway, so eat it: There are three things we can count on in life: Death, taxes and the Cowboys collapsing in December under Wade Phillips.

The Chargers won their eighth straight game on Sunday by knocking off the Cowboys, 20-17 in Week 14. Vincent Jackson turned in a banner performance by catching seven passes for 120 yards, which should appease fantasy football owners because he had just nine grabs for 147 yards in the previous four weeks.

But getting back to Dallas, the ‘Boys have started off the month of December by dropping their first two games. They’re now 3-7 under Phillips, but it’s hardly fair to blame all of the Cowboys’ struggles in the fatal month on the head coach.

In December and January, Tony Romo is 5-12 as a starter and the defense is allowing 25.1 points per game. So if owner Jerry Jones is getting an itchy firing finger again, he might want to clean house because it’s been a collection of things that have lead to the Cowboys’ woes in the final month of the season.

Of course, Romo wasn’t that bad today. The Cowboys went run-heavy in the first half and he still managed to throw for 249 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. (Granted, he was helped by a last-second touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton.)

That said, neither he nor the defense did enough to earn a win. There’s no shame in losing to a good Chargers team that can throw at will most Sundays. But the bottom line is that Dallas put together a lackluster effort at home in crunch time of the season. It doesn’t matter who’s most to blame – they just need to win.


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