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Freak
of the Week - Week 5
The NFLFreaks Salute the True
NFL Freaks
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StingRay - Eric
Johnson
If you don't know who Eric Johnson is
then you better ask somebody. Johnson is the number one tight end in
fantasy football. He leads the NFL in receptions (41), and he is third
in the league in yardage (460).
Johnson caught 13 passes on Sunday for
162 yards and a touchdown. Is it a fluke? I think not. In week 4 Johnson
had 10 receptions for 113 yards. When everyone was preparing for their
drafts Tony Gonzalez was the clear cut number one tight end in fantasy
football. There was a lot of hype about Kellen Winslow and a healthy
Jeremy Shockey in fantasy circles. Well, all of those high draft picks
are not paying the dividends that Johnson is. Eric, you are my Freak of
the week!
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StingRay (x2) -
Antonio Gates
Gates was a sleeper tight end and our
own Sandman predicted that he would be a top 5 tight end in a preseason
article. I took Sandman's advice for once and drafted Gates in two of my
leagues and I'm very happy about that pick.
Antonio blew up in week 1 with 8
receptions for 123 yards in a win against the Texans. Weeks 2 & 3 Gates
was somewhat quiet with a total of 8 receptions for 69 yards. In weeks 4
& 5 Gates totaled 15 receptions for 150 yards and three touchdowns.
In week 5 he put smiles on his owners faces with 8 receptions for 93
yards and two scores.
Gates is 4th in the NFL in receptions
and tied for 7th in touchdown receptions with 3. He is the number two
tight end in fantasy football and he deserves his shout out as a Freak
of the week!
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Smokin' Joe -
Reuben Droughns
Reuben had the game of his life on
Sunday. He had over 200 yards combined (193 rushing;18 receiving) after
only rushing for 97 yards in his first four years in the league. The
Broncos were in a dogfight with the Panthers and Droughns came up big.
He allowed Denver to control the clock which kept the ball out of
Delhomme's hands. It also allowed his defense to remain fresh so they
could be strong at the end of the game. Outstanding job Reuben,
you are my Freak of the Week.
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CrunchTime - Marc
Bulger
Usually when someone throws 3 picks you
wouldn’t expect to call them a freak. Or if you did you’d probably be
using it in a context that would bring the likes of Ryan Leaf to mind.
But while Martz often appears to be asleep at the wheel, his offense
does provide his players plenty of chance for redemption.
This week Bulger took advantage of
those extra chances. Most players don’t have the staying power to throw
3 picks, get knocked around, get utterly befuddled, and then lead one of
the best comebacks of his career.
With the Rams all but defeated I’m sure
many of you were searching for more entertaining television. The
Seahawks defense was spreading out into some semblance of the prevent
the Bulger began picking them apart. The end result was a salvaged, and
somewhat impressive, fantasy outing of 325 yards passing and 3 TDs with
another on the ground (and of course those 3 picks).
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Freak of the Week 2004
Archives
Week 1:
Daunte Culpepper, Curtis Martin, Donovan McNabb,
Jeff Garcia, Quentin Griffin
Week 2:
DeShaun Foster, Hines Ward, Curtis Martin, Aaron
Brooks
Week 3:
Javon Walker, Aaron Stecker, Jamal Lewis, Peyton
Manning
Week 4:
Isaac Bruce, Tiki Barber
Week 5:
Eric Johnson, Antonio Gates, Reuben Droughns, Marc
Bulger
Week 6:
Daunte Culpepper, Reuben Droughns, Jeff Garcia
Week 7:
Emmitt Smith, Ahman Green, Baltimore Defense,
Kansas City Running Backs
Week 8:
Tiki Barber, Indianapolis vs. Kansas City Game
Week 9:
Drew Brees and Antonio Gates, Adam Vinatieri,
Michael Pittman
Week 10:
Daunte Culpepper, Brandon Stokley, Muhsin Muhammed, Chicago Bears
Defense
Week 11:
Nick Goings, LaDanian Tomlinson, Kyle Boller
Week 12: Rudi Johnson, Willis McGahee, Kelly Holcombe,
Juilius Jones
Week 13:
Washington Redskins Offense, Aaron Brooks, Kevin Jones, Carson Palmer
Week 14:
Darrell Jackson, Brian Griese, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, T.J. Duckett
Week 15:
Billy Volek, Kerry Collins
Week 16:
Shaun Alexander, Tony Gonzalez, Kevin Jones
Week 17:
Rudi Johnson, Marc Bulger
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