Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em: Week 16
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Week 16 of the 2014 NFL season is here, and that means it is time to take a look at those playoff fantasy football lineups. It’s crunch time for those still alive in their leagues, and most likely this is CHAMPIONSHIP week for your league.
Here are my Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em picks from LAST week (some people in an earlier week’s article commented and told me that I was suggesting to start players that were on their bye week. This is obviously untrue. This first page of my article is simply going over my picks from last weeks article and analyzing how I did with my picks. To get to Week 16’s start/sit picks just go to the next slide of the article).
Last Week’s Start ‘Em
. QB. Carolina Panthers. Derek Anderson. 5. player. 87
Derek Anderson filled in nicely for the Panthers and got them the W while putting up pretty average fantasy numbers. He had 18 fantasy points in standard 6-point passing TD leagues, and finished in the middle of the pack of starting QBs in Week 15 production.
Seattle Seahawks. Russell Wilson. 4. player. 36. . QB
Russell Wilson had a decent game, probably a bit below average on though. He had 12 fantasy points against a struggling 49ers defense, and really leaned on the rushing attack to get their big win in Seattle.
Isaiah Crowell. 3. player. 53. . RB. Cleveland Browns
This was a bad call on my part. Isaiah Crowell struggled along with the entire Cleveland Browns offense, as QB Johnny Manziel just couldn’t get anything going. Crowell finished with just two fantasy points in standard leagues. Sorry guys.
Last Week’s Sit ‘Em
QB. Cincinnati Bengals. Andy Dalton. 2. player. 56.
Man was it an ugly QB matchup in this game (Bengals @ Browns). Johnny Manziel struggled in his first start terribly, and Andy Dalton wasn’t much better. Hopefully, you left Dalton on you bench, because if you didn’t, you’re probably not in your league’s playoffs any longer.
Johnny Manziel. 1. player. 53. . QB. Cleveland Browns
Sorry to say I told ya so, but, I did. Manziel was historically awful in his first NFL start and probably ended your season, as it did one of my friends (shout-out to Mark O.). He didn’t listen to me! Hopefully the rest of you stayed away from the Manziel-mania.
Okay, here it is, the last Start/Sit for the 2014 NFL season, I’m trying not to cry (next slide please).
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