At this point in the fantasy football season, we kind of expect a degree of normalcy. We know who and what players and teams are by now, and we generally feel like our projections and predictions are as accurate as they've been all season. Week 13 had other plans for us, though, as it seemed to create more questions than answers. With the fantasy playoffs rapidly approaching, it's no time to let up in striving to understand the unusually good and bad performances that just happened.
was on a tear Sunday vs. Tennessee, posting a fantasy line most QBs only dream of in the first half and ending with 380 yards and four total touchdowns. Brown and Smith combined for 221 receiving yards on 13 catches and three touchdowns. Brown is universally renowned, but Smith isn't even being started in about 35 percent of fantasy leagues.
On paper, they were allowing the third-fewest fantasy points to opposing QBs and the fifth-fewest to opposing WRs coming into the game. The lazy analysis said yes, but they give up the most fantasy points to running backs, so teams simply don't need to throw against them. Lazy isn't necessarily wrong here, butwas also uncharacteristically ineffective against them . It's likely a combination of the Texans' coverage and Watson's poor throws that led to the offensive meltdown.
Fortunately, defense and special teams had their backs: The Browns managed to score 27 points without an offensive touchdown. Next week at Cincinnati will be a more challenging test than this, so I hope Watson andcan get on the same page. Single-QB league managers probably want to avoid starting him if possible.
Is his two-touchdown-per-game pace sustainable? All available records say no, and we learned earlier in the season that even the best of the best wide receivers average about one touchdown per 14 targets ... but maybe?St. Brown was a prime candidate for some positive regression and it hit in Week 13. The Sun God ended with 11 catches for 114 yards and two scores.
Knight is the latest example of what looks like a magical season for the Jets. Their defense is superb — allowing the fourth-fewest real and fantasy points to opponents — they have a real star for the future in
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