Just like the fantasy football studs that help you win any given week, there’s also a handful of duds that drag a team down into the dumps with unexpectedly bad perforamnces. Here are five fantasy football duds from Week 11 of the 2011 season.
Fantasy Football Week 11: Duds Include Chris Johnson, Steven Jackson
Running backs were among the disappointments in fantasy football this week.
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| Chris Johnson RB Tennessee Titans |
It's obvious now that Chris Johnson's big game against the Panthers wasn't a breakout game at all, it was just a fluke. One week after Johnson put up 23 points, he laid a big egg....again. He ran the ball 12 times against the Atlanta Falcons for an amazingly bad 13 yards and three catches for 15 yards. Johnson is by far the biggest fantasy disappointment in the 2011 season and if you show me a guy who picked Johnson in the first round of the draft, I'll show you a guy struggling in their fantasy football league.
Score (ESPN standard scoring): 2 points
| Steven Jackson RB St. Louis Rams |
After running for over 125 yards in three straight games, Steven Jackson did next to nothing in St. Louis against the Seattle Seahawks. He only carried the ball 15 times for 42 yards and added three catches out of the backfield for 19 yards. Unlike Chris Johnson, Steven Jackson is still a safe start in the future. He'll look to get back on track against the Cardinals and their weak run defense next week.
Score: 5 points
The Bills are in a nose dive and Fred Jackson is along for the ride. Before the Bills Week 7 bye, Jackson had only had two games below 20 points. Since that bye week, Jackson hasn't scored above 20 points at all. In fact, he's been under 10 points in the last three weeks. This week was his worst performance of the year by a larger. Against the Dolphins in Miami, Jackson only carried the ball seven times for 17 yards and added 50 yards receiving on five catches.
Score: 6 points
Jermichael Finley is one of the league's better pass catching tight ends and he has the advantage of Aaron Rodgers throwing him the ball. Rodgers threw three touchdown passes against the Buccaneers on Sunday and two of them went to Jordy Nelson and the other to Tom Crabtree. Finley didn't get a touchdown pass this week and, in fact, only had one catch for 30 yards.
Score: 3 points
Beanie Wells had a little trouble running against the Eagles in Week 10 and was sure to struggle in Week 11 when he faced the San Francisco 49ers, who are one of the toughest run defenses in the NFL. Most expected him to put up five or six points and maybe even get lucky enough to score a goal-line touchdown but even that didn't come close to happening. Wells ran the ball eight times for 33 yards and lost a fumble which really came back to bite his fantasy score.
Score: 1 point
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