Talk about a feast-or-famine week. Either nailed it or picked a stinker. Have to console myself by saying my Pickups of the Week have been pretty great most of the season to this point. At least that’s going well. Just hose other picks… As always, I’ll be using the standard projections and scoring found at espn.com for these ratings. Let’s see how I did!
20-50% owned tier
Pickup of the Week – WR Danny Amendola – New England Patriots – Projected 62nd at WR – Finished 10th – Grade: A+++
Another big game and looked great. Looks like he’ll lose some production to Lafell now as the Pats seem to want to feed Lafell no matter what. Amendola deserves more but I’m not sure he’ll get it. Too bad. Still might be a sneaky play when the match up is right like this one was.
Honorable Mentions
QB Jameis Winston – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Projected 26th at QB – Finished 10th – Grade: A+
Looking better every week and is definitely a nice match up play. If he gets on track with Evans and gets his other receivers healthy, he’ll have some monster games on occasion the rest of season.
TE Dwayne Allen – Indianapolis Colts – Projected 29th at TE – Finished 33rd – Grade: F
They keep throwing the ball to Fleener and I have no idea why. Allen is suffering because of that and it’s a shame. Should be far better than this.
New York Giants Defense – Projected 25th at D – Finished 3rd – Grade: A+++
Quietly a very good fantasy D and I’m patting myself on the back for calling this one in my preseason rankings. Projected them top 10 and they are sitting tied for 10th in ESPN scoring at this moment.
Owned 20% or Less
Pickup of the Week – QB Kirk Cousins – Washington NFL Franchise – Projected 23rd at QB – Finished 2nd – Grade: A+++
Good match up and he abused the D getting his star TE back healthy. Wouldn’t trust him much since I’m not a big believer in his talent. But good match ups are going to work even for players like him.
Honorable Mentions
RB Branden Oliver – San Diego Chargers – Projected 26th at RB – Finished 29th – Grade: F
Disappointed as the Chargers got blown out early by the Raiders. Certainly didn’t expect that so bad call here. Chargers are seemingly the most erratic team in fantasy this season. Would hate owning anyone on that team outside of Rivers right now.
WR Brian Quick – St. Louis Rams – Projected 73rd at WR – Finished with Zero – Grade: F—
They tried going deep to him…once. And a penalty was called. Still think he’s worth keeping an eye on but this was a huge disappointment to me. Really thought he’d have a good one after the bye.
Oakland Raiders Defense – Projected 28th at D – Finished 22nd – Grade: D
Would have been a good game had they not given up 23 fourth quarter points. Was smiling about this pick for the first 45 minutes of that game…
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