Tom Brady came through for fantasy managers during championship week, but other big names brought fantasy nightmares. Michael_Fabiano provides a rundown of the best and worst of Week 17
Championship week in the world of fantasy football was much like every other week of this season … wacky and oftentimes unpredictable. A number of “unstartable” fantasy quarterbacks like Jarrett Stidham, Russell Wilson , Deshaun Watson and Sam Darnold were among the top 10 players at the position based on fantasy points.
With that being said, let’s start our fantasy football whip around Sunday’s action in Tampa Bay, where Tom Brady and Mike Evans gifted many managers a title.Heading into fantasy championship week, Brady and Evans had been anything but reliable for managers. Brady had scored fewer than 18 points in nine of his last 10 games, while Evans hadn’t scored a touchdown since Week 4. So much for those stats. Brady went off for four total touchdowns and a season-high 37.
Deshaun Watson had the look of a fantasy star for the first time this season, throwing three touchdown passes in a win over Washington. Two of those scores went to Amari Cooper, who also had 105 yards. Watson, who finished with 21.9 fantasy points, had justAlvin Kamara posted yet another stinker, scoring a mere 9.1 fantasy points in a shocking win over Philadelphia. It was his seventh game with single digits in 14 contests, and he finished the fantasy season with four touchdowns .
Russell Wilson, one of the biggest duds of the fantasy season, scored 23.6 points in a loss to the Chiefs. Strangely, he averaged 24.6 points in his two games against the
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