Found September 11, 2012 on Midwest Sports Fans: Yardbarker Blogger Network
I’m starting this weekly column to take a rational look back at the week that was in fantasy football. What I’m planning on doing is not giving you sleepers or irrational predictions, but rather taking a look at who did not live up to expectations. Chris Johnson fell well short of expectations in Week 1. Will he bounce back in the future? (Photo by By AJ Guel via Wikimedia Commons) But I’m not just going to tell you who had bad games; that’s easy. This isn’t a place to tell you that a unproven rookie had a bad day or that a potential sleeper spent the week sleeping rather than breaking out. Instead, I’m going to look at who did not have good fantasy days when they perhaps should have, and try to decipher whether or not it’s a sign of things to come. NOTE: It’s been one week. Just one game for each team in the books. Way too early to know anything for certain, but it’s worth taking a look at, since each week matters in fantasy. Fantasy Flop #4: Hakeem Nicks, New York Giant...
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