Monday night marked the conclusion of fantasy football Week 9 as the Green Bay Packers took on the Chicago Bears. Some potentially big news coming out of this one so let's get right to the news.
-Getting right to the biggest news item of the night, all fantasy football owners of Aaron Rodgers are holding their breaths this morning after seeing their star QB go down with a shoulder injury in the first quarter of Monday's game. Rodgers didn't return which likely cost the majority of his owners the victory. Nothing new was released by the team after the game as far as the severity of the injury but Rodgers surely will be headed for tests. Hold your breath time to say the least.
Seneca Wallace didn't play well in Rodgers' place as expected, going only 11/19 for 114 yards and 1 INT. As potent as the Packers' collection of offensive players are, Wallace is not up to par as being able to lead this attack.
-On the other side, Josh McCown was fantastic in throwing for 272 yards and 2 TD's with no turnovers. That's about the best you could have expected from McCown who will likely head back to the bench for the returning Jay Cutler in Week 10 based on reports. As much talk as we have heard this season about the lack of quarterback depth, we have seen more than a few occasions of guys coming off the bench and putting up fantasy football-worthy numbers like Brian Hoyer, Jason Campbell, Nick Foles, and now McCown.
-Owners of Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffrey were more than a little worried when Cutler got hurt in fearing that McCown wouldn't be able to consistently hit the two star Bear wideouts down the field. Well that worry was allayed as Marshall caught 7 passes for 107 yards and 1 TD. Jeffrey meanwhile grabbed 5 balls for 60 yards and his own TD. Marshall has been an absolute beast the last month and it seems like years ago when we talked about how Jeffrey was more productive. Marshall remains a rock solid WR 1 and Jeffrey a WR 2.
-It is official in this peanut gallery's book. Matt Forte is now the number 1 fantasy football running back in the game. Forte continued to prove why by rushing for 125 yards and a touchdown while also catching 5 balls for 54 yards. There is nothing Forte can't do on the football field and the fact he still is getting all the goal-line work as head coach Marc Trestman vowed he would do speaks volumes about how potent he has been and will continue to be.
-With all that said about Forte, coming up quick behind him is Eddie Lacy who had yet another huge game Monday (I am starting to sound like a broken record) when he rushed for 150 yards on only 22 carries while scoring a touchdown. When strictly talking about running the football, you can argue that Lacy has been the most productive runner in all of fantasy football the last month. Lacy doesn't catch many footballs though so he is not in the overall class of Jamaal Charles or Forte but he is getting close. Those who took Lacy as their low end RB 2 or RB 3 in their draft have gotten major value for that selection.
-Having Wallae as QB for the majority of the game was a bit rough on those own any of the Green Bay receivers as Jordy Nelson caught only 4 balls for 67 yards, the returning James Jones only 1 for 17 yards, and Jarrett Boykin only 1 for 15 yards. No one scored and it was one big wipeout when it comes to fantasy football numbers this week for that group.
There you have it. As always post your thoughts and Rodgers owners check back later for news on his shoulder.
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