Week 4: Surprise Performers
It was pleasant to be able to actually watch the NFL yesterday instead of hauling ass somewhere in the mountain or pacific time zones. A fantasy drubbing is so much more rewarding when you witness it first hand instead of getting constant updates via text message.
With that said, it wasn’t all gloom and doom for everyone. Here are your surprisingly good performances from week 4. We’ve explained the tenants of this list before, we’re not going to do it again.
1) Lance Moore
We mentioned his performance earlier, but seriously: Lance fucking Moore caught two touchdowns and went for over 100 yards receiving? If this is going to be a regular thing in the NFL, I might as well draft my fantasy team while going from the bottom up with my pre-draft rankings. Odds are, however, he probably wasn’t on any rosters. Methinks he will be now.
2) Laverneus Coles
Finally over his front office sullen love affair, Laverneus finally managed to come out of his grief stricken funk to light the fuck out of the scoreboard. Three touchdowns in addition to 105 yards receiving…a performance was a long time coming, but not to such an unfathomable extent. Chad Pennington is out treating Ted Ginn to dinner as we speak. Eat ‘dem grits, Laverneus.
3) Kevin Walter
It has been a resurgent year for white receivers and Kevin Walter is no exception. His productivity was supposed to subside but two touchdowns and over 75 yards receiving would suggest otherwise. It’s a good thing to, reports were that if Schaub underperformed again, Houston Texans fans were one week away from the Sage Rosenfels era.
He Will Lead The Texans to The Promise Land.
4) Jason Campbell
Not as much productivity from him as other surprise performers this week, but come the fuck on, we’re talking about Jason Campbell. He was grinding out close victories at Auburn, now he is torching the best team in the NFL for two touchdowns and a 66% completion rating? It’s like him and Jay Cutler switched vessels for the weekend.
5) Larry Johnson
We spend so much time hammering away on Larry Johnson and Stephen Jackson on this site, that we figured it appropriate to recognize it when they do something good. Of course, it might be counter-intuitive to consider it surprising when a top ten draft pick actually has a good game, but shit, it’s surprising whenever anyone goes for 200 yards rushing, much less gets two touchdowns in the process.
Honorable mention: Brett Favre, Matt Schaub, Edgerrin James, Muhsin Muhammad, Steve Slaton, Lee Evans.
Back with the surprisingly bad tomorrow.
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