The year that was the 2014 fantasy football season brought about many surprise performances and breakout players which likely played a key role on some championship rosters. As we look forward to this upcoming season we should stop and appreciate some of those memorable moments and historic seasons put up by some of last year’s fantasy darlings.

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2014 The Year in Review

By Ray Flowers

As with every NFL season, there were plenty of ups and downs to tickle the fancy of those that enjoy being titillated by the men on the field. Here are some of the noteworthy performances by both individual players as well as gridiron gangs.

PLAYER MILESTONES

Two tight ends recorded their fourth season with ten touchdowns to set an NFL record: Antonio Gates and Rob Gronkowski.

Three rookie wide outs went for 1,000 yards, the first time that happened in league history: Odell Beckham Jr. (1,305), Mike Evans (1,051) and Kelvin Benjamin (1,008). Two of those guys (Beckham and Evans) each scored 12 times, the first time two NFL rookies caught 12 touchdown passes in the same season. Beckham also went for 90 yards in nine straight games to tie the NFL record (Michael Irvin, 1995).

Four players went for 1,500 receiving yards to tie an NFL record (1995): Antonio Brown (1,698), Demaryius Thomas (1,619), Julio Jones (1,593) and Jordy Nelson (1,519).

Nine quarterbacks threw for at least 30 touchdowns, the most in history: Andrew Luck (40), Peyton Manning (39), Aaron Rodgers (38), Tony Romo (34), Tom Brady (33), Drew Brees (33), Ben Roethlisberger (32), Philip Rivers (31) and Eli Manning (30). The previous record was five.

Matt Asiata had two games with three rushing scores and now has three such games in his career. No other undrafted player since 1967 has done that.

Odell Beckham Jr. was the first rookie wideout in league history to have 1,250 receiving yards his first 12 games. He had 1,305.

Le’Veon Bell and Marshall Faulk are the only two players in league history to go for 1,350 rushing yards and 850 receiving yards in the same season. Bell ran for 1,361 yards and caught 83 passes for 854 yards.

Tom Brady won 155 games in his first 200 career games. No quarterback has ever bettered that mark.

Drew Brees has thrown at least 33 touchdown passes in each of his last seven seasons. That’s an ongoing NFL record.

Antonio Brown became the fourth player with back-to-back seasons of 110 receptions (Jerry Rice, Cris Carter and Wes Welker).

Dez Bryant is the only player in NFL history with at least 12 touchdown receptions in each of his first three seasons.

Matt Forte and LaDainian Tomlinson are the only running backs in league history with at least 800 rushing yards and 40 receptions in each of their first seven seasons.

 

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