FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 17 By Eddie Sebastian Happy New Year! Many fantasy football leagues are having their championships this week. Good luck to everybody. The sports world is mourning the loss of Hall of Fame coach and longtime broadcaster John Madden, who died Tuesday, December 28 at the age of 85. I grew up playing Madden Football and watching him on Sundays with Pat Summerall. Rest in peace, coach. SURPRISES Justin Tucker: K.- He booted 4 F.G.s…

By Eddie Sebastian Many fantasy football leagues are either in their semi-finals or championships this week. Good luck to everybody. SURPRISES Ryan Succop: K.- 4 F.G.s, 2 P.A.T.s, 16 points helping the Buccaneers clinch the N.F.C. South. Joe Burrow: Q.B.- 525 passing yards, 4 passing T.D.s, 11 rushing yards, 38.1 points against the Ravens banged-up secondary. Justin Jackson: R.B.- Stepped in with Austin Ekeler out due to covid. 64 rushing yards, 98 receiving yards, 2 T.D.s, 1 fumble lost, 30.2 points.…

FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 15 By Eddie Sebastian Week 15 ended on Wednesday because the N.F.L. moved some games due to a substantial covid outbreak amongst many teams. Speaking of ending, I was 11 minutes away from advancing to the championship game, then Cooper Kupp caught a 30-yard touchdown against the Seahawks, ending my season. I had a chance to draft Kupp, but I took his teammate Robert Woods, who had a solid season but tore his…

FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 14 By Eddie Sebastian I won my first-round playoff game this past weekend. How did you do? SURPRISES Taysom Hill: Q.B.- Alvin Kamara owners hate this guy because he vultures the red zone touchdowns. The Swiss Army knife completed 15-of-21 passes for 175 yards in the Saints' 30-9, Week 14 win over the New York Jets, adding 11 carries for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns. Rashaad Penny: R.B.- The former number 1 draft pick from…

FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 13 By Eddie Sebastian This weekend, many leagues ended their regular seasons and will start their playoffs in week 14. SURPRISES Detroit Lions: There will be no 0-16 team as Jared Goff threw a game-winning TD to Amon-Ra St. Brown with no time left on the clock to beat the Minnesota Vikings 29-27. The Lions are 1-10. New England Patriots: Mac Jones only threw three passes to help the Patriots win their seventh game…

SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 12 By Eddie Sebastian We're back after taking a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving. SURPRISES Leonard Fournette: RB- Uncle Lenny had 100 rushing yards and scored 4 touchdowns in the Buccaneers 38-31 win over the Indianapolis Colts. Odell Beckham Jr. :WR- We had an OBJ sighting on Sunday as he caught his first TD of the year against the Packers. Rob Gronkowski: TE- Tom Brady's best friend has 13 catches for 194 yards in two…

By John Falabella JUST ME VENTING I am a little surprised and disappointed in the play of some of these NFL teams this season. Many teams are inconsistent… The 49ers were a preseason favorite to make the Super Bowl, and they played great on MNF in week 10, showing why they were a preseason favorite, but they laid an egg last week and in several games this season. In week 10 they showed passion, had a great game plan, and…

FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 9 By John Falabella SURPRISES Josh Johnson - This guy has been around forever, dropped from nearly every team in the league, but when he took the field on Thursday, he looked good and almost brought the Jets all the way back.  Arizona Cardinals - No Kyler, No D-Hop, Missing starting offensive linemen… No problem! The Cardinals dominated the 49ers in Santa Clara and it wasn’t close. The Cardinals played like a first-place…

FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 8 By John Falabella SURPRISES Michael Carter - The Jets rookie RB touched the ball over 20 times for the first time of his career, and he proved that he was a capable runner as well as a receiver as the Jets upset the Bengals on Sunday. Carter finished the day with 24 touches, 172 yards, and a TD Jimmy Garoppolo: Jimmy is in, Jimmy hurt, Jimmy is out, repeat… Jimmy played well in…

FANTASY FOOTBALL SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS - WEEK 7 By - John Falabella SURPRISES Derrick Henry - In my preseason article, I expected some sort of decline from Henry this season after putting up 2000 yards last season and tons of touches over the last three years. When I wrote the article, I was under the assumption that Derrick Henry was human… He is not… and apparently, there are extraterrestrials playing in the NFL… that is surprising! D’Ernest Johnson - With…