Yesterday, Sunday November 4th, a pair of rookies had record breaking days. Running back Doug Martin for the Bucs explodes with a huge day on the ground, while Andrew Luck and Brandon Marshall scored a hat trick.
By now, Fantasy owners probably gave up on Doug Martin, but not this guy. I knew it would only be a few games before Martin had a big day, and became a feature back in the NFL. He already won the position over a very good running back in LaGarrette Blunt in the off-season, and has looked very good as of late.
Martin happened all over the Raiders with a legendary performance of 272 total yards and four touchdowns. The arrow is pointed firmly up for the Boise State rookie after three straight scoring weeks and a second straight multi-touchdown outing. The rest of the schedule is promising, too. San Diego's fourth-ranked rushing defense next week looks like the biggest obstacle without one other top-11 ranked unit on the rest of the schedule. The Broncos (12th), Eagles (16th), Panthers (20th), Falcons (24th) and Rams (13th) are all middle of the pack at best, with Week 15's Saints matchup looking like playoff gold.
Andrew Luck's record 433-yard, two-touchdown day suggested a bigger win, but the Colts needed every completion to down the Dolphins. While Reggie Wayne has had a career resurgence this season, on Sunday the two biggest beneficiaries were rookie T.Y. Hilton (on a team-best 11 targets) and the inconsistent Donnie Avery, who both went over the 100-yard mark. In part, that was also a function of an inconsistent running game. Wayne is still the only receiver to wholly trust, but those in deep keeper leagues should have Hilton on their rosters for safe keeping.
Along with these two having monster days on the grid iron, there were a couple of players that did not have too good of days. There are bigger problems in New York these days other than football, much less fantasy production. But it was still surprising to see the top-ranked pass defense of the Steelers climb off a bus, then hold Eli Manning and the Big Blue passing game to 10-of-24 for 125 yards and no touchdowns. There are better days ahead for the Giants, but a tip of the hat to the Steelers who continue to be a matchup landmine for opposing fantasy owners.
From the "Stop Me When You've Heard This One Before" file, I give you Raiders running back Darren McFadden. It's been a strange year for Run DMC, who started the season being more effective catching the ball and despite flashes overall, is averaging a paltry 3.3 yards per carry and has two rushing touchdowns. He's never made it a full 16 games in the regular season and yesterday's leg injury shows why it's so hard for fantasy owners to trust him. Owners should grab Mike Goodson for a handcuff if they can, of if Goodson is too injured to go, target a Marcel Reece.
All in all some Fantasy owners should be happy with their players, provided they had Luck or Martin. On the other side of things they probably don't feel to good about themselves if they have the Giants D, or McFadden. My advice is that if you have any of these players I would stick it out with Martin, Luck and I would stick it out with the Giants D. As for McFadden I would be looking around for other options.
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Until next time,
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