Samsonite! I Was Way Off!

 



The 7-2, 1st place Marauders went against the 2nd place 6-3 team.
The ESPN projections had the Marauders scoring 139 fantasy points. Now, that is a pretty high number, so looking back at my more conservative projection from the forecast, I projected 111 points.

Slippy? 
Slappy? 
Swenson?
Swanson? 

The Marauders scored 82 points. I was WAY off!

What went right:
Hmm. Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton had 13 points in a game where the Colts got dominated.
Steven Hauschka had a day with 19 points.

What went wrong:
Pretty much everything. Everyone under-performed besides Hauschka. Dez Bryant was a "must start" according to all the fantasy pundits. Yeah. Big 4 points from him. Vincent Jackson was projected to have a big game, 2 points. On a night where the Saints were playing against cardboard cut outs, Jimmy Graham didn't do much of anything, 5 points. Also, Eddie Lacy was supposed to carry the Packers. He did get a lot of carries, but he never found the end zone, 8 points.

Thoughts:
When your kicker is your top scorer for a week, things are not going well. I got dominated by the 2nd place team and am now in a tie for 1st.

Stat of the week:
Dez Bryant had one catch for 44 yards. He was only targeted twice. Here is a quote from ESPN, "He was a must-start anyway, but Bryant owners should feel confident that he'll be his usual productive self in what could be a barn-burner against the Saints on Sunday."
Yeah, about that.

Dumb & Dumber (1994)

Box Score:

The Marauders:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Andrew Luck	13
RB1	Eddie Lacy	8
RB2	Knowshon Moreno	10
WR1	Dez Bryant	4
WR2	T.Y. Hilton	13
TE	Jimmy Graham	5
FLEX	Vincent Jackson	2
D/ST	Titans	8
K	Steven Hauschka	19
Total Points		82

The Opponent:

Position	Player	Points Scored
QB	Russell Wilson	21
RB1	Alfred Morris	13
RB2	Rashad Jennings	9
WR1	Golden Tate	16
WR2	Kendall Wright	7
TE	Jason Witten	2
FLEX	Demaryius Thomas	28
D/ST	Bengals	14
K	Mason Crosby	5
Total Points		115