Up and Down the Gridiron – Week 12

The Steelers and the Browns had a few fireworks, or maybe more. First of all, I think the Steelers need to go out and get some other quarterback; Mason Rudolph has no accuracy and no throwing power. I think some 7th graders in my school are better than him in everything. He had 221 yards and 4 picks, again, no accuracy. James Connor sent all expectations down the incinerator, only 10 yards rushing on 5 carries. Jaylen Samuels, who is a dual-threat running back, had 5 carries for 26 yards, the leader in rushing for the team in this game. The Steelers have speed for days with their receivers with James Washington and Diontae Johnson topping them off. The receivers would be good if they didn’t have a middle schooler at QB, I hope they could get like a Carson Wentz or a Dak Prescott, but that one’s stretching it. The Steelers D should be better because they have all the correct pieces, only one sack and no picks in this one. Baker Mayfield exceeded expectations but this will not bring up his expectations for the next game, his season stats can back that one up for you. Baker threw for 193 yards with two touchdowns and zero picks, he did well. If I was the coach of the Browns, I would put Kareem Hunt and RB, his speed and explosiveness is no match for Nick Chubb, but a lot of teams could trade for him. “*cough* *cough* Jets *cough*.” Le’Veon Bell has been atrocious this year. Odell Bechkam Jr. was better than average in this game, 60 yards to be exact. Kareem Hunt had 46 yards (see what I’m talking about?), Jarvis Landry had 43 yards. Cleveland’s defense had 4 sacks and 4 picks, veeeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyy good. Myles Garrett and Mason Rudolph went at it, but it’s a DE vs a QB, the DE’s gonna win. I don’t like what Larry Ogunjobi did, he pushed Mason Rudolph to the ground when all he was doing there was standing, and all he got was a 1 game suspension, not good. Myles Garrett claimed Mason said racial slurs at him before the game; I don’t know how much of that is right.

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The Jets and the Redskins played one of the tank bowls of the season. Sam Darnold had a career game, 293 passing yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 INT. He tied his career record for passing touchdowns. Le’Veon Bell had 59 yards, one of his season highs, eh. He also had one trip to the end zone. Ryan Griffin had 109 yards receiving and one touchdown catch in this one, Jamison Crowder had 76 yards and 1 touchdown. Thomas Demaryius had 44 yards and one long one near the end. How everyone thought the Jets defense would play this game, Jamal Adams had this game in his back pocket, 3 sacks but no picks. The rest of the defense had 3 sacks and one pick. Dwayne Haskins was supposed to be better throughout the whole season, he only had 214 yards passing and 2 touchdowns in this contest. The future Hall of Famer only ran for 25 yards off of 9 carries, disgusting. Terry McLaurin had 63 yards and Kevin Harmon had 53 yards. Darius Guice and Jeremy Sprinkle each had a touchdown reception. The Redskins defense played exactly how it was projected, 2 sacks and one interception, definitely Redskin like.

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The Jaguars’ coach made the wrong decision when he benched scrambler Gardner Minshew. He was so fast for a QB, his accuracy was great and his throw on the run was probably better than someone like Deshaun Watson. So Nick Foles had 296 yards in the air along with 2TDs and 1 pick. It was a much better debut than expected. The beast Leonard Fournette only had 23 yards on the ground; I don’t know how the Colts defense held them to only 23. DJ Chark had a game for the ages, 104 yards, and two touchdowns. Chris Conley caught for 58 yards and Fournette had 34 yards, good for a running back, but not good for Fournette. Myles Jack is an absolute animal for the Jags D, he had 7 tackles – that is amazing, even for a great player. The whole D had 3 sacks and one picks, average. Jacoby Brissett for the Colts had 148 passing yards and 1 touchdown as well as one pick. I don’t like him as a quarterback because he’s a one-trick pony but he’s not even good at that one trick, throwing. Jonathan Williams had 116 yards, it’s in the back of my mind to get him on my fantasy team. Marlon Mack had 108 yards and one touchdown for him, he just needs to improve his speed and he’ll be great. I think they should bench Marlon Mack and put in Jonathan Williams and Nyheim Hines, Williams is just good and Hines is just sooooooooo fast. The Colts receiving is pretty bad, Marcus Johnson leading with 38 in this game. The Colts D had 2 sacks and 1 pick, average.

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The Bills beat the Dolphins (shocker) in a shootout. Josh Allen had 256 passing yards, 56 rushing yards, 3 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing touchdown. Devin Singletary had 75 yards on the ground and Frank Gore with 27 yards. John Brown had practice in this game, 137 yards plus two touchdowns, which absolutely dominated. Cole Beasley is always good but in this game, he took it down a notch, only 38 yards. Dawson Knox had one receiving touchdown; he’s a better player than most people think. The Dolphins had no O-Line in this game, 7 sacks, now how did they do that, I really don’t know, the Bills aren’t even that good. No picks on the secondary side. Ryan Fitzpatrick had everything working for him, 323 passing yards, but then he got no passing touchdown, finally a game to make himself good in the eyes of fans, but no, no passing touchdowns and no sacks. The Dolphins run game was just sad, 25 yards over three guys over 11 carries. Their leading tailback, Kalen Ballage had 9 yards on 9 carries, maybe what I said in my last blog about Kalen being average was completely wrong, he actually sucks. Receiving wise, DeVante Parker had 135 yards but no touchdowns. Allen Hurns made a speedy comeback with his disgusting leg injury last February, he had 53 yards. The Dolphins defense is dolphinated, 0 sacks and 0 picks, ugh, that’s disgusting.

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Whenever the Cowboys play, it’s going to be an interesting game, either a close game or a blowout. This game was not either one of them. Dak Prescott, was as good as usual, 443 yards in the air with three touchdowns and 0 picks. Ezekiel Elliott ran for 45 yards and a touchdown on the ground and 28 yards in the air with a touchdown as well; he hasn’t been a beast but any team would still want him. Michael Gallup led the receivers with 148 yards but sadly no touchdowns. Randall Cobb had 115 yards with a touchdown. Tony Pollard had a touchdown as well with 44 yards. These Cowboy receivers are pretty scary. Three sacks for the Cowboy D which is also really good led by the animal Jaylon Smith. On the Eagles side, Jeff Driskel threw for 209 yards with two touchdowns. Bo Scarbrough was better than expected, running for 55 yards against the non-human Cowboys front 7. Jeff Driskel was more mobile than I thought he would be, 51 yards and a touchdown, maybe he is better than Stafford. Marvin Jones had a great game, only 43 receiving yards but with 2 touchdowns which makes a great fantasy day for anyone. Danny Amendola went from one dumpster fire to another dumpster fire with the Lions, he had 47 yards. The Lions D took a tranquilizer shot and they only had 1 sack and no pick, not like their D is good.

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In an epic QB duel, Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson, both fast, both make defenses look silly. But for one of these in this game, tears were shed. Deshaun Watson had 169 yards in the air, with no touchdowns and 1 picks, he only ran for 12 yards. Their running game blossomed a little bit, but if Lamar Miller could come back from his ACL tear, the Texans offense is practically unstoppable. DeAndre Hopkins had 80 yards in this one and Kenny Stills had only 27 yards. The Texans D couldn’t get to Lamar and they couldn’t pick Lamar off. No picks and no sacks for the D, that’s just really sad. Lamar Jackson put on a show, 222 yards and four touchdowns in the air, Lamar ran for 79 yards as well. Gus Edwards (I bet you don’t even know who he is) had 112 yards and a touchdown, Ingram had 48 yards on 13 carries. Mark Andrews their versatile TE had 75 yards and one touchdown, Mark Ingram had 37 yards and two touchdowns. The Ravens D is very underrated, but in this game, they had 5 sacks and 1 pick.

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The Falcons are making this weird, late-season try at a comeback, they played the Panthers and won. Matt Ryan slung it for 311 yards and one touchdown in this game against a decent Panthers D. Brian Hill is a very, very, very bad replacement for the decent Devonta Freeman, he had 30 yards rushing and 8 yards receiving. Calvin Ridley had a career game with 143 yards and 1 touchdown. Julio Jones came out of his slump with 91 receiving yards. The Falcons defense had practice, with 4 picks and 5 sacks, oh my god, Kyle Allen has to be scarred for life after that one; wow, they outplayed themselves. Kyle Allen had 325 yards in the air, no touchdowns but FOUR PICKS, FOUR. Christian McCaffrey just joined the 99 Club in Madden, but he only 70 yards rushing in this game, but 121 receiving yards topped off a good game, but he had no touchdowns.DJ Moore had 95 yards, I’m lucky I had him on my Fantasy team. 3 sacks and no picks for the not so good Panthers D in this contest.

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The Saints clashed with the Bucs in this one and the crazy good Saints won. Drew Brees, the future Hall of Famer had 228 yards and 3 touchdowns, very normal game for the great Brees. Alvin Kamara needs to get it going, the Saints are 8-2, yes that’s good. But Drew Brees, even though he’s really good, he can’t handle the whole team’s offense; every team needs a run game. Luckily the Saints have skilled tailbacks, but they’re not producing. Michael Thomas had 114 yards and 1 touchdown. Entering Week 12, Michael Thomas has more receptions than all of the Eagles receivers, now that’s just great. Jared Cook had 33 yards and 1 touchdown. The Saints have a lot of good pieces. The Saints secondary had a fun day, with 4 picks (I mean, they were playing Jameis Winston) and two sacks, that’s just a great day. Jameis Winston had 313 yards and 2 touchdowns and 4 picks, not a very good day by the QB. Ronald Jones had a sad day, only 13 yards on the ground, I thought he would be better. The Bucs need to improve their receivers, if you have a TE leading the receiving yards, then you’re in trouble, Cameron Brate had 73 yards with no touchdowns. Mike Evans had 69 yards and Chris Godwin had 47 yards and one touchdown. The Bucs D was very bad, only 1 sack and no INTs. They need to be better.

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The Broncos blew a 20 point lead, to the Vikings, the Vikings have been so much better this season than last. Brandon Allen had 240 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 pick. Phillip Lindsay had 67 yards with no touchdowns, Royce Freeman had 31 on the ground. Andy Janovich had 1 yard rushing and 1 touchdown - that shouldn’t happen. Courtland Sutton had 113 yards but no touchdowns, Tim Patrick had 77 but also didn’t get the one touchdown pass; the guy that got the pass was Troy Fumagalli, he had 3 yards with 1 touchdown. 5 sacks and no picks for the Broncos D. Kirk Cousins turning his career around, he had 319 yards and one touchdown, he actually might make it deep into the playoffs this year. Dalvin Cook has been amazing, he’s fast and he’s really strong. He had 26 yards and one touchdown, which isn’t like the rest of his year, but it’s good. Stefon Diggs had 121 yards in the air and one touchdown. Kyle Rudolph continues his hot stretch with 67 yards and one touchdown. The Vikings D, the only thing that they need to work on, had two sacks and one interception.

The 49ers and the Cardinals played and you already know who won. Kyler Murray had 150 yards and 2 touchdowns, it’s alright. New addition Kenyan Drake had 67 yards but no touchdowns. Kyler Murray had 67 yards on the ground and a touchdown. Christian Kirk had 41 yards and veteran Larry Fitzgerald had 37 and 1 touchdown. The Cardinals defense played against the Niner’s explosive offense and got two sacks and two picks. Jimmy Garopollo 424 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 2 picks, that’s a nice game even with the two picks. Tevin Coleman had 14 yards rushing and Raheem Mostert had 13 yards. The sleeper Deebo Samuel had 134 yards and their “offensive weapon” as quoted by Sports Illustrated, Kyle Juszczyk, their fullback had 63 yards receiving. Ross Dwelley had 14 yards receiving and two touchdowns. The 49ers D had 4 sacks and no picks, definitely not up to snuff with their defensive weapons.

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The Patriots and the Eagles played in a truly close game, no one knew who was going to win until about there was a minute left in the game. Tom Brady had 216 yards and nothing else, just 216. Julian Edelman actually had 15 yards passing and one touchdown pass. The Patriots need to get their run game going, I’m not saying Tom is bad, but he’s getting older. Their lead back, Sony Michel had 33 yards on 10 attempts. Julian Edelman had 53 yards on 5 catches; the old guy Benjamin Watson had 52 yards. The Patriots defense hasn’t been as good as they were in the first half of the season: They had only 5 sacks and 0 picks, their secondary is better than their front 7. Carson Wentz wasn’t very good, 214 yards and one touchdown, he needs to get better if they want to make the playoffs in the very tough AFC. Miles Sanders, their backup, had 38 yards on the ground with no touchdowns. The Eagles have good WRs, but they’ve gotten worse this year. Zach Ertz had 94 yards and Nelson Agholor had 40. The other TE, Dallas Goedert, had 36 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles D failed, with only 1 sack and no picks, but they were playing Tom Brady.

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The Raiders played the Bengals, the Raiders won, (Another shocker) 17-10. For the Bengals, Ryan Finley had 115 yards and no touchdown passes but one pick. Joe Mixon exploded in the second half, he had 86 yards and one touchdown, he’s not a speedy back, he’s supposed to be a strong back, but he does have speed. Auden Tate and Tyler Eifert had 56 and 21 yards respectively. The Bengals weren’t as bad as I thought they would be, 3 sacks and one pick. Derek Carr had 292 yards and 1 pick and touchdown. Josh Jacobs is being great this year, 112 yards but no touchdowns. Tyrell Williams had 82 yards and their great TE had 78 yards. The Raiders D was good as usual, 5 sacks and 1 interception.

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The Bears and the Rams played in a very not interesting game, with the Rams obviously winning 17-7. Mitch Trubisky had 190 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. He is very underrated, he’s not great but he can scramble as well as passing short. Tarik Cohen had 39 yards on 9 attempts, he’s a good RB, he’s fast and he’s very elusive. Taylor Gabriel had 57 yards passing and Tarik Cohen had 35 yards and one touchdown. The Bears D wasn’t good, only 1 INT and no picks, the Bears were projected to be so much better than they are right now. Jared Goff had 173 yards and one pick. Todd Gurley had 97 yards and 1 touchdown, he’s really trying to come back from old age to be great again. Josh Reynolds and Cooper Kupp had 55 yards and 53 yards respectively. The Rams D have always been good, they had 3 sacks and one pick in this game.

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The Chargers and the Chiefs played in the battle of two great quarterbacks. Patrick Mahomes had 182 yards passing with one touchdown and one pick, mhh, not great. Patrick Mahomes also was the leader in rushing for his team, 59 yards on 5 carries. Darrel Williams had 35 yards and one touchdown here. Travis Kelce had 92 yards and one touchdown in this game, he’s just really good. LeSean McCoy had 28 yards, the Chiefs were just bad in this game. The Chiefs D was the only good thing in this game, they had 2 sacks and 4 picks, I don’t know what Phillip Rivers was doing in this game. He had 353 yards, one touchdown, and 4 picks, that’s sad. Melvin Gordon had 69 yards rushing and 21 yards receiving. Austin Ekeler lead the Chargers in receiving yards with 108 yards. Keenan Allen had 71 yards and 1 touchdown, he continues his dominance. The Chargers D played bad, with 1 sack and one interception.

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