Freak of the Week - Week 5

The NFLFreaks Salute the True NFL Freaks

StingRay - Matt Leinart

My Freak of the week goes to Matt Leinart.  In his NFL debut as a starter, Leinart completed 22 out of 35 passes for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns and one interception.  Leinart did this against a Kansas City secondary that was rated 2nd against the pass. He also did this without the services of Larry Fitzgerald for most of the game after he left due to a hamstring injury.

I was very impressed with Leinart but don’t play him this upcoming week against Chicago.

 

CrunchTime - Alex Smith

Shockingly, the number 2 fantasy player in the league this week was not only a 49er, but was their former first round selection quarterback Alex Smith. While he was second in fantasy points he was number 1 in passer rating with a lofty 120.5.

While many may not value the outing because it was against Oakland, to me the cornerstone of good fantasy players is their ability to deliver with good match-ups. Smith did just that by connecting on 15 of 19 for 3 touchdowns.

So on his first multi-touchdown game, he also gets his first mention as a Freak of the Week.

The Sandman - Donovan McNabb

Usually when a game has as much hype as this week's Dallas / Philadelphia game it doesn't live up to it.  Well, this week McNabb lived up to his end of the bargain with an outstanding performance, 18-of-33 for 354 yards and 3 touchdowns (one rushing).

McNabb showed that he is the reason why the Eagles made it to the Super Bowl two years ago and not O.D. (I mean T.O.)  McNabb's performance was awesome but when you take into account that he was missing his number one receiver than that is freakish.

 

Freak of the Week 2006 Archives

Week 1:  Jeff Wilkins, Donovan McNabb, Santana Moss

Week 2:  Peyton Manning, Rex Grossman

Week 3: Matt Hasselbeck, Brian Westbrook, Redskins Offensive Line

Week 4: Laurence Maroney, Marc Bulger, Mike Martz

Freak of the Week 2005 Archives

Week 1: The Old Guys, Larry Fitzgerald, Chris Baker, Willie Parker

Week 2: Stephen Davis Owners, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Trent Dilfer

Week 3: Ladanian Tomlinson, Brian Westbrook, Shaun Alexander

Week 4: Payton Manning, Plaxico Burress, Eli Manning, Josh McCown

Week 5: Drew Bledsoe, Tom Brady, Terry Glenn, Tatum Bell

Week 6: Shaun Alexander, Santana Moss, LaDanian Tomlinson

Week 7: Mark Brunell, Daunte Culpepper, Clinton Portis, Lamont Jordan

Week 8: Antonio Gates, Tiki Barber, Mike Anderson / Tatum Bell

Week 9: Neil Rackers, Antonio Gates, Shaun Alexander, LaDanaian

Week 10: Roy Williams, Ryan Longwell, Chris Simms, Shaun Alexander

Week 11: Steve Smith, Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner

Week 12: LaMont Jordan, Jeremy Shockey

Week 13: Larry Johnson, Chris Chambers

Week 14: Marvin Harrison, Terry Glenn, Drew Bledsoe

Week 15: Chris Cooley, Rudi Johnson

Week 16: Kyle Boller, Santana Moss

Freak of the Week 2004 Archives

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9

Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17

Freak of the Week 2003 Archives

Week 16 | Week 15 | Week 14 | Week 13 | Week 12 | Week 11 | Week 10 | Week 9 | Week 8

Week 7 | Week 6 | Week 5 | Week 4 | Week 3 | Week 2 | Week 1

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

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