Fantasy football Week 9 kicked off Thursday night with the Cincinnati Bengals dropping an OT battle versus the desperate Miami Dolphins. Let's check out the latest fantasy football news coming out of the game.
-Andy Dalton was as hot as any passer in fantasy football the last three weeks, having thrown 11 touchdown passes in that span and over 300 yards in all three contests. Well Dalton kept the 300-plus yard streak going by throwing for 338 Thursday night but they were accompanied by a big doughnut in touchdown passes and 3 interceptions. Only one of the interceptions can be blamed on Dalton but it was a pick-six big one to Brent Grimes. Stating the obvious, it was a bust night for Dalton and his fantasy football owners. Just when we all started to get fully on board with him as an every week guy. I consider this just a bad game however. The Bengals continue to throw the football with reckless abandon and Dalton has quite possibly the best array of weapons in the game.
-Giovani Bernard scored two rushing touchdowns on his 9 carries for 79 yards. With BenJarvus Green-Ellis failing to convert on two separate third-and-1 situation, perhaps now finally Bernard will get a heavier workload as he deserves. We all know Bernard is the much more talented overall player than the Law Firm and plays well in PPR (4 catches for 25 yards) so now we could be seeing him eat into more of Green-Ellis' work going forward given the way the latter struggled. Something to keep a watch on and also pick up Bernard in any league where the owner got impatient.
-A.J. Green was back to his customary role as leading receiver on the Bengals after ceding the spotlight to Marvin Jones for one week. Green caught 11 passes for 128 yards. Speaking of Jones, he caught only 4 balls for 66 yards and failed to score as did every other Bengals receiver. Remember I said last week that Jones' big day against the New York Jets when he caught four touchdown passes was fluky due to the fact the team took prime advantage of him having rookie Dee Millinier covering him. In fact Mohamed Sanu with 6 catches for 66 yards was the more productive receiver of the two. Sanu was a former top draft pick worth watching as well. The way things are going lately, there could very well be room for three Bengals receivers to be of use in fantasy football.
-It took 9 weeks but Lamar Miller finally ran for over 100 yards with 105 on 16 carries but that included a lost fumble. He did catch 4 passes for 24 yards as Miller continues to show he is very capable of being a RB 2 in PPR formats but Daniel Thomas was once again in on red zone chances. Baby steps.
-Mike Wallace was the only Dolphins receiver worth discussing as he caught 6 balls for 82 yards. Still way too inconsistent to depend on as an every week guy.
That's all for now. As always let us hear your thoughts.
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