Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em: Week 12
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Week 12 of the 2014 NFL season is here, and that means it is time to take a look at your fantasy football lineups. This is my Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em article where I try to help owners make those tough lineup decisions, whether that means starting a player that normally doesn’t start for your team, or benching a player that is normally in your starting lineup.
Here are my Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em picks from LAST week. This first page of my article is simply going over my picks from last week’s article and analyzing how I did with my picks. To get to Week 12’s start/sit picks just go to the next slide of the article.
Last week’s Start ‘Em
player. 54. . QB. Philadelphia Eagles. Mark Sanchez. 5
Mark Sanchez struggled against the red hot Green Bay Packers and got back to looking like the “butt fumble” Mark Sanchez that we all know and love. He had a very average outing with 17 total fantasy points in 6-point passing touchdown leagues. He has seemed to pick out his favorite target rookie wide-out Jordan Matthews has now caught four of Sanchez’ six touchdown passes.
San Diego Chargers. Ryan Matthews. 4. player. 13. . RB
Ryan Mathews finally came back from injury after missing the last seven games. He got the bulk of the carries Sunday against the awful Oakland Raiders, but had a tough week in the fantasy world. He ended with 75 total yards on 17 touches and 7 total fantasy points.
player. 48. . WR. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike Evans. 3
What a hot streak Mike Evans is having! The rookie is setting records with his performances over the last few weeks and is surely making fantasy owners happy as well. Against the Redskins, he had over 200 yards receiving and two scores leading to a total of 32 fantasy points in non-PPR leagues. If you started him… you’re welcome!
Sit ‘Em
36. . QB. Seattle Seahawks. Russell Wilson. 2. player
Russell Wilson surprised me in Week 11 and really put up good numbers against a stingy Kansas City Chiefs defense (well… at the time). He ended with 26 fantasy points in 6-point standard leagues.
. QB. Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton. 1. player. 87
Cam Newton tried to get back on track after a few awful weeks in a row, and did a decent job. He got in the endzone twice and overall looked like he got out of his fantasy slump for the most part with garbage time involved. He ended with 22 fantasy points.
Overall, I would say that I did decent in Week 11. I’m just glad I decided to put Mike Evans in the article. He barely made my cut last week to make the article, but he definitely rewarded me for that. Thanks Mike! Anyways, without further adieu, here is my Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em for Week 12 of the 2014 NFL season.
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