2011 Fantasy Football News: Week 4 Roundup

Posted by Jeff Mans on 10/02/2011 | 1 Comments

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I really don’t like to brag (yeah right!) but if you are a loyal reader of this blog, patron of the Fantasy Alarm website, listener of The Fantasy Alarm Show on SiriusXM or downloader of The Fantasy Alarm Podcast chances are you had a pretty good week of fantasy football in week 4.  This week we told you the Bengals were going to beat the Bills, Beanie Wells & Dez Bryant would play and do well, Stevan Ridley would carry the load for the Patriots, Torrey Smith would come back down to earth and the third string RB for the Redskins would rush for 135 yards and a touchdown.  OK, maybe we didn’t predict that Ryan Torain would come out of nowhere and shred the Rams but in fairness to us, Torain’s parents didn’t think that was going to happen.  Anyways, let’s dive right in and recap all the juicy details that was week 4 in the NFL and fantasy football. 

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Key Injuries

1) Andre Johnson – WR – Houston – Team is calling it a hamstring issue but it really looked like a possible knee tear.  Status pending MRI results.

2) Chad Henne – QB – Miami – Left shoulder sprain, to be examined Monday.

3) Ben Tate – RB – Houston – Left game with groin injury, did not return.

4) RaShard Mendenhall – RB – Pittsburgh – Left game with hamstring injury, did not return.

5) Michael Bush – RB – Oakland – Suffered ankle injury late in fourth quarter, status to be determined. 

Game Balls

QB’s

1) Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay – 29-38, 408 yards, 4 TD’s passing; 9-36 yards, 2 TD’s rushing.

2) Cam Newton – Carolina – 27-46, 374 yards, 1 TD passing; 8-35 yards, 2 TD’s rushing.

3) Michael Vick – Philadelphia – 30-46, 416 yards, 2 TD’s passing; 8-75 yards rushing.

RB’s

1) Beanie Wells – Arizona – 27-138 yards, 3 TD’s rushing.

2) Matt Forte – Chicago – 25-205 yards, 1 TD rushing; 4-23 yards receiving.

3) Ryan Torain – Washington – 19-135 yards, 1 TD rushing.

WR’s

1) Hakeem Nicks – N.Y. Giants – 10-162 yards, 1 TD receiving.

2) Calvin Johnson – Detroit – 8-96 yards, 2 TD’s receiving.

3) Wes Welker – New England – 9-158 yards, 1 TD receiving.

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34

Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Matthew Stafford

21-43, 240 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT

Tony Romo

34-47, 331 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INT

Jahvid Best

11-47 yds rush; 2-23 yds rec

Felix Jones

16-57 yds rush; 5-19 rec

Calvin Johnson

8-96 yards, 2 TDs receiving

Dez Bryant

3-37 yards, 2 TDs receiving

Nate Burleson

2-16 yards receiving

Laurent Robinson

7-116 yards receiving

B. Pettigrew

6-64 yards receiving

Jason Witten

8-94 yards, 1 TD receiving

 

 

 

 

Injuries

Key Plays

L. Robinson tweaked hamstring/groin

Cowboys had 4 plays from 1 yard line and didn’t get in.

 

Two tipped INT returns for TDs by Lions

 

Felix Jones goes out of bounds on final play of game.

Notes

Laurent Robinson goes over 100 yards in the third quarter.  He is a top waiver pickup this week.

Lions offense on field once in third quarter.

Tony Romo 100% responsible for giving this game away.  Throwing off back foot and floating ball up in ari.

 

           

 

29

Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Cam Newton

27-46, 374 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Jay Cutler

9-17, 102 yards, 1 INT

Cam Newton

8-35 yards, 2 TDs rushing

Matt Forte

25-205 yds, 1 TD rush; 4-23 yds rec

D. Williams

10-82 yards, rushing

Johnny Knox

3-48 yards receiving

Jonathan Stewart

8-52 yds rush; 4-33 yds rec

Roy Williams

1-15 yards receiving

Steve Smith

8-181 yards receiving

Marion Barber

5-17 yards, 1 TD rushing

Greg Olsen

5-50 yards, 1 TD rushing

D. Sanzenbacher

1-16 yards receiving

Injuries

Key Plays

 

Bears defense with TD on tipped INT return

 

Cam Newton 53 yard pass to S. Smith sets up TD run

 

Olsen 4 yard TD with :04 seconds remaining

Notes

Bears strongly focusing on run game after enduring harsh criticism last week. 

Devin Hester nearly has kickoff return then takes next punt 69 yards for a TD.

Cam Newton is an every week starter no matter what.  Jeremy Shockey has TD called back due to penalty.

Tons of garbage yards with under 1 minute remaining in game.  Olsen catches TD with 4 seconds left.

           

 

20

Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Ryan Fitzpatrick

20-34, 199 yards, 0 TD, INT

Andy Dalton

18-36, 296 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

Fred Jackson

17-66 yds, 1 TD rush; 5-32 yds rec

Cedric Benson

19-104 yards rushing

Steve Johnson

4-58 yards receiving

A.J. Green

4-118 yards receiving

David Nelson

2-18 yards receiving

Jerome Simpson

3-26 yards receiving

Donald Jones

3-21 yards receiving

Jermaine Greshem

4-70 yards, 1 TD receiving

 

 

Andre Caldwell

2-17 yards receiving

Injuries

Key Plays

CJ Spiller grabbed knee and left game

Gresham tremendous leaping 17 yard TD catch

 

Dalton run ruled 1st down after review on last drive

 

 

Notes

Dalton and A.J. Green found chemistry for first time this season.  Green is looking real good going forward.

Bengals really turned it on in the second half.  Defense clamped down on Bills passing game.  More DB’s… 

 

 

           

 

31

Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Matt Hasselbeck

10-20, 220 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT

Colt McCoy

40-61, 350 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Chris Johnson

23-101 yds rush; 2-11 yds rec

Peyton Hillis

10-46 yds rush; 5-23 yds rec

Nate Washington

2-62 yards receiving

Montario Hardesty

7-22 yds rush; 5-49 yds rec

Lavelle Hawkins

2-38 yards receiving

M. Massaquoi

6-46 yards receiving

Jared Cook

2-93 yards, 1 TD receiving

Josh Cribbs

5-50 yards receiving

Damian Williams

1-4 yards, 1 TD receiving

Ben Watson

6-48 yards, 1 TD receiving

Injuries

Key Plays

Chris Hope hurt his forearm and left game

Cook took a 20 yard pass and turned it into an 80 yd TD

 

Washington 57 yard catch when defender fell down

 

 

Notes

Hillis & Hardesty split carries all game long.  Hardesty looks real, really good. 

Chris Johnson over 100 yards in game, more than he had coming into the game.

Greg Little had 6-57 yards receiving.  He’s someone to watch in the next few weeks.

 

           

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Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Matt Ryan

28-42, 291 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT

Tarvaris Jackson

25-38, 319 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INT

Michael Turner

26-70 yards, 2 TDs

Marshawn Lynch

8-24 yds, 1 TD rush; 3-33 yds rec

Roddy White

6-78 yards receiving

Sidney Rice

3-79 yards, 1 TD

Julio Jones

11-127 yards receiving

Doug Baldwion

5-84 yards receiving

Tony Gonzalez

7-56 yards, 1 TD

Mike Williams

3-36 yards, 1 TD receiving

 

 

 

 

Injuries

Key Plays

Mike Williams left with concussion

Matt Ryan 10 yard rush to get 1st down in 4th quarter

 

Hauschka missed 61 yard FG at end of game

 

 

Notes

Teams are doing everything they can to take Roddy White out of the game.  Julio Jones will be huge in

creating offense for the Falcons if White can’t break free.

Don’t buy into the stats, Tarvaris Jackson is still terrible QB.

 

           

 

17

Minnesota Vikings at Kansas City Chiefs

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Donovan McNabb

18-30 202 yards 2 TD INT

Dwayne Bowe

5 catches 107 yards TD

D Aromashadu

1 catch 34 yards TD

Ryan Succop

5 for 5 FG’s 1 for 1 Xp’s

Michael Jenkins

1 catch 1 yard TD

Steve Breaston

4 catches 91 yards

Adrian Petersen

23-80 rushing 1-3 receiving

Matt Cassell

18/29 260 yds TD 20 yds rushing

Visante Shiancoe

6 catches 58 yards

Thomas Jones

11 rushes 37 yards

Percy Harvin

4-67 rushing 5-42 receiving

Dexter McCluster

7-26 yds rush 3-12 yds receiving

Injuries

Key Plays

 

Aromashadu with a 34 yard TD Catch

 

Bowe with a 52 yard TD Catch

 

Michael Jenkins with a 1 yard TD catch

Notes

Aromashadu with a 34 yard TD Catch..much better WR option for the Vikes than Berrian

The KC offense still anemic in the first half

Succop has two 50+ FG’s

Bowe finally got involved in the passing game in 2nd half

           

 

17

Washington Redskins at St. Louis Rams

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Ryan Torain

19 rushes 135 yards TD

Steven Jackson

17-45 rushing 4-19 receiving TD

Santana Moss

5 catches 39 yards TD

Sam Bradford

20-43 164 yards TD

Roy Helu

8 rushes 34 yards

Danario Alexander

3 catches 46 yards

Tim Hightower

8 rushes 24 yards

Brandon Gibson

1 catch 14 yards

Jabar Gaffney

4 catches 62 yards

Mike Sims-Walker

1 catch 6 yards

Chris Cooley

1 catch 4 yards

Lance Kendricks

4 catches 33 yards

Injuries

Key Plays

Armendola re-injures his arm

Moss with an easy TD Catch in the corner for 6 yards

 

Steven Jackson with a 15 yard TD catch

 

Torian 20 yard TD Run from a gaping hole

Notes

50/50 early on between Helu and Hightower

Torian now getting carries and gets two gaping holes for 27 yards including a 20 yard TD run

Bradford still looks lost and is terribly inaccurate

Grossman was terrible in the 2nd half

           

 

 

 

 

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New Orleans Saints at Jacksonville Jaguars

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Jimmy Graham

10 catches 132 yards TD

Maurice Jones-Drew

11 rushes 84 yards

Drew Brees

31-44 351 yards 2 TD INT

Mike Thomas

5 catches 73 yards

Darren Sproles

7-75 rushing 5-56 receiving

Blaine Gabbert

16-42 196 yds TDINT 2-14 rushing

Mark Ingram

17 carries 55 yards

Mercedes Lewis

3 catches 38 yards

Robert Meachem

4 catches 59 yards

Deji Karim

4 rushes 6 yards

Marques Colston

1 catch 8 yards

Zach Miller

1 catch 14 yards TD

Injuries

Key Plays

 

Jay Collins steals a TD with a 1 yard run

 

Gabbert is airing it out early on

 

Graham gets a redzone TD from the 1

Notes

Sproles is playing the majority of the snaps over Thomas and Ingram

0 yards rushing on 3 carries for MJD at halftime

Graham is the the number #1 option in the passing game

 

           

 

10

Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Texans

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Roethlisberger

16/30, 206, INT; 2 car 11 yds

Matt Schaub

14/21 138 yds TD

Mendenhall

9/25, TD

Foster

30/155, TD 3 cat 11yds

Redman

6/40; 1 rec 12 yds

Andre Johnson

4/36

Antonio Brown

5/67

Owen Daniels

5/69, TD

Mike Wallace

4/77

Joel Casey

1/8

 

 

 

 

Injuries

Key Plays

Andre Johnson—Grade 2 Hammy

Dropped pass by I believe Wallace stalled

Rashard Mendenhall—hammy

A late drive that changed the momentum

Ben Tate—groin

Back to Houston

Notes

Pittsburgh O-line was unable to keep Ben safe and by the end he didn’t even want to play

Antonio Brown looks like the #2 WR

Johnson will have MRI to see the damage in his hammy

Foster appeared to take his job back.

           

 

24

San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Alex Smith

21/33, 291 yds, 2 TDS, 2 fum

Vick

30/46 416, 2 TDs, INT; 8/75

Gore

15 car, 127 yds, TD; 2/12

McCoy

9/18; 6 rec 34 yds, TD

Hunter

9/38 yds; 2/62 yds

D-Jax

6/171 yds

Crabtree

5/68

Maclin

7/74; fumb

Vernon Davis

4/45 yds, TD

Avant

6/69

Josh Morgan

3/65 TD

Clay Harbor

3/55, TD

Injuries

Key Plays

Trent Cole calf injury

2 miss FGs by Henery (39, 33), one blkd by PHI

 

Gore 21 yd run on final drive

 

Vick made two guys miss before TD to Harbor

Notes

Niners had pressure on Vick all day, but he was able to elude a lot and make big plays

With his legs

Vick overthrew a couple of big plays to D-Jax

Maclin was chased down by Justin Smith and fumbled in the final drive.

           

 

16

Miami Dolphins at San Diego Chargers

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Matt Moore

17-26 167 TD

Rivers

21-31 307 TD

Reggie Bush

Rush 13-50/Rec 2-15

V Jackson

3-108 TD

Lex Hillard

Pass 6-20 TD/ Rec 1-18

Mathews

Rush 16-81 /Rec 5-68

B. Marshall

5-52

Tolbert

Rush 6-17 / 5-51

 

 

Novak

4-4 FG’s

 

 

 

 

Injuries

Key Plays

Chad Henne Left Game in 1st Quarter

Barrage of FG’s from both sides

Randy McMichael left game in 4th Quarter

 

Notes

S Slaton played sparingly

Mathews PPR Monster with XX Rec over XX yards total offense

Offense clearly missed A Gates, Randy McMichael had 3 passes for 25 yards

 

           

 

31

New England Patriots at Oakland Raiders

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Name

Stats

Name

Stats

Brady

16-20 226 Yards 2TD

Cambell

25-39 344 1TD

Welker

9 – 158 TD

McFadden

14-75 / Pass 4-48

Ochocinco

2-26

 

Bush

Rush 8-26 TD / Pass 4-55

Branch

1-4 TD

Boss

4-78

Law Firm

16-75 TD

Heyward-Bay

4-115

Ridley

10 – 97  TD

Moore

3-19 TD

Injuries

Key Plays

Danny Woodhead left game in 2nd quarter

Wilfork Interception of Cambell in 4th put the game to bed

M Bush limped off in 4th

Ridley 34 yard TD run

 

 

Notes

New England running game was basically unstoppable with over 180+ yards on the ground

Welker with his second consecutive huge game

Raider had first red zone turnover (Cambell intercept9on) in over 21 games (NFL record)

Waiver wire darling Darrious Moore Garbage Time TD

           

 

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  • Antonio Brown looks like a good pickup however if Big Ben is going to miss time, you won't be able to count on those WR's. (except Wallace obv)

    Posted by JOnesy, 03/10/2011 6:30am (2 years ago)

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