The Best Of The Worst: Week 5 Letdowns
We already mentioned on our other site that we are in the middle of a tax audit at work. I, being an accountant of sorts, am responsible for at least a portion of the detail required to complete this excruciatingly tedious task. So as a result, we didn’t post this morning and we couldn’t be any more indifferent. It was kind of refreshing actually. Usually our brain spends the first hour of every morning jumping back and forth from numbers to words. Tonight we can focus on the latter and really churn out something vicious.
Nah, just kidding. Here’s your top five letdowns for week five in the NFL.
1) Adrian Peterson
Holy Christ was that a laid egg from Peterson last night. New Orleans probably has a slightly better than average defense, and the fact they held Peterson to 32 yards on 21 carries is probably one of the better surprise defensive performances of the year. Minnesota’s next game is against Detroit, and let me just add that if any of you are in salary cap leagues, we recommend making the cap space to acquire Mr. Peterson, because he just might cause of hurricane.
2) LaDanian Tomlinson
That’s right, what was probably the first and second overall picks in your draft are also your two biggest letdowns from the past week of football. We were torn between which one of them earned the top spot, and went with Peterson simply because he had fewer points, even if he did play the better defense. Sad thing is about Tomlinson, is we can’t recommend Tomlinson for a redeeming follow up week.
That 60 Minutes Piece Is Starting To Look Like Hyperbole.
3) Brandon Marshall
It was difficult for us to put him on here, since we think a poor performance from Marshall is more connotative with “what we expected” rather than “What happened that we couldn’t believe”. But we have to give credit where it is due, and although Tampa has a bruising defense (like every year for the past ten or so), three catches for 25 yards is hardly what anyone had projected.
4) Larry Johnson
This is almost an honorary mention because Larry Johnson’s career is on fumes from here ’til the end of the line, but anyone who manages to put up .2 points is going to recognized for such a daunting feat. I can honestly say that I have never seen this before. I’ve seen negative points from quarterbacks and defenses (occasionally from receivers fumbling), and I’ve obviously seen zero points from someone who isn’t playing. But notching a .2 point total as a running back has to be a milestone for fantasy football.
5) LenDale White
Our favorite running back for a penchant for fast food came close to usurping Larry Johnson’s shitastic performance, but manage to produce twice as many yards (4) and a reception for no gain; good for 1.4 points with your standard fantasy football scoring. If you have LenDale White on your team, heed this advice and heed it good: Trade him. Trade him fucking now. Make it look like you are selling high and tout those five touchdowns he has on the season, try to get Ryan Grant who has yet to break the 25 point mark on the season. Sell him low and pick up a backup (Darren Sproles) to a perennial starter (LaDanian Tomlinson). But whatever you do just get him off your roster.
Other noteworthy contenders: Santana Moss, Chris Johnson, Eddie Royal (we might have seen these three coming), Steve Smith, Philip Rivers & Marshawn Lynch.
October 15th, 2008 at 9:56 am
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