Josh McCown anyone? Holy crap. Anyone who went with McCown this week no doubt was a winner as the Chicago Bears backup was ridiculous Monday night in throwing for 348 yards and 4 touchdowns. McCown didn't stop here however as he added a FIFTH score on the ground and threw for a successful two-point conversion. Needless to say the Bears and even fantasy football owners of McCown have to roll with him again next week. Jay Cutler we hardly knew ya'. With Cutler set to become a free agent, the Bears actually could have a decision on their hands here.
As far as the rest of the action in fantasy football Monday night, McCown's great chemistry with Alshon Jeffrey was on full display once again. Jeffrey made another hard to fathom TD grab among his 5 catches for 84 yards. When Cutler was the QB, he looked to Brandon Marshall first almost every time he went back to throw. McCown seems to be going the opposite way which is much to the benefit of Jeffrey's fantasy football owners. Marshall was no slouch himself Monday however as he caught 6 balls for 100 yards. As a Marshall owner, I wish Jeffrey wasn't stealing away so many grabs but so be it.
-Matt Forte kept his huge 2013 season going in rushing for 102 yards on 20 carries while also catching 7 balls for 73 yards and a touchdown. All season it has been Forte, with Jamaal Charles, and LeSean McCoy as the very beast running backs in fantasy football. Those three figure to be the top three picks in drafts next season.
-As far as Dallas was concerned, Tony Romo did the best he could in falling behind so early by throwing for 3 big touchdowns but only 104 yards total. We'll take it.
-Yeah the guy is always hurt but one can't argue with the very good play of DeMarco Murray when he is in the lineup. Murray is leading the NFL in yards per carry which he padded by picking up 146 yards on only 18 carries. If we could ever get 16 games out of Murray, I do feel he could be in the realm of Charles, Forte, and McCoy. Really.
-Finally the 104 passing yards by Romo showed up negatively in the Cowboys receivers. Dez Bryant caught one of the TD passes but overall had only 2 catches for 12 yards. Not good. In addition Jason Witten himself had a TD catch but that was his only catch for 10 yards. Big negative all the way around there.
Hope the playoffs are going well for all of you. Post your results below.
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