Week 11 Heroes & Zeros

This was a great week to start…

QBs

Aaron Rodgers, Packers – Dominated the Eagles with 341 yards and 3 TDs, plus 32 rushing yards, without a turnover.

Jay Cutler, Bears – Threw 2 INTs, but rebounded from a rough few weeks with 330 passing yards and 3 TDs, plus 21 rushing yards.

RBs

Jonas Gray, Patriots – Holy guacamole! Gray burst onto the scene with 199 rushing yards and a whopping 4 TDs.

LeVeon Bell, Steelers – Rumbled over the Titans for 204 yards and a TD, plus 18 yards on 2 receptions.

Jamaal Charles, Chiefs – Raced for 159 yards and 2 TDs, and added 19 yards on 2 receptions. We’ll forgive the fumble.

Eddie Lacy, Packers – Rushed for 69 yards and a TD and caught 3 balls for 45 yards and another score.

WRs

Mike Evans, Buccaneers – Had a monster game with 7 receptions for 209 yards and 2 TDs.

Brandon Marshall, Bears – Reeled in 7 passes for 90 yards and 2 TDs.

Alshon Jeffery, Bears – Soared in PPR leagues with 11 catches for 135 yards and a TD.

Michael Floyd, Cardinals – Finally showed up again with 2 receptions for 54 yards and 2 TDs in the first quarter. (Then nothing else.)

TEs

Jermaine Gresham, Bengals – Scored on both his catches, which went for just 13 yards.

DSTs

Packers – Accumulated 3 sacks and 4 turnovers, and scored TDs on a punt return, an INT return and a fumble return.

This was a great week to play against…

QBs

Kyle Orton, Bills – Stymied by the Dolphins with just 193 yards, no scores and no turnovers.

Alex Smith, Chiefs – Passed for just 108 yards without a score (or a turnover).

Eli Manning, Giants – His 280-yard, 1-TD effort was outweighed by 5 INTs.

Peyton Manning, Broncos – His 389-yard, 1-TD, 2-INT outing wasn’t horrible, just so much worse than normal.

Matt Stafford, Lions – Just 183 passing yards and an INT without a TD.

RBs

Matt Asiata, Vikings – Once again, can’t be trusted after combining for 14 yards and no TDs.

Ahmad Bradshaw, Colts – Stuffed at the goal-line twice, and ended with 4 rushing yards and just 7 yards on 4 catches before leaving injured.

Raiders – Darren McFadden finished with 21 rushing yards while Maurice Jones-Drew had just 6.

Bobby Rainey, Bucs – Yielded to Charles Sims, gaining just 4 yards on the ground.

Andre Williams, Giants – Marginalized by Rashad Jennings’ return, with 2 rushing and 4 receiving yards.

Steven Jackson, Falcons – Just 41 rushing yards, plus 6 yards on 2 receptions, despite the favorable matchup.

DeAngelo Williams, Panthers – He also had just 41 rushing yards (and lost 3 yards on his only catch).

Jonathan Stewart, Panthers – Just 24 rushing and 15 receiving yards.

Terrance West, Browns – Only ran for 12 yards after giving up the starting job to Isaiah Crowell. Which was a lot better than Ben Tate’s minus-9 yards.

WRs

Pierre Garcon, Redskins – Had a 6-yarder.

Dwayne Bowe, Chiefs – Just 18 yards on 2 receptions.

Martavis Bryant, Steelers – Only 11 yards on 2 catches.

Tavon Austin, Rams – Held in check (again) with just 11 rushing and 10 receiving yards.

Sammy Watkins, Bills – Took 3 passes 32 yards.

Mike Wallace, Dolphins – He had 38 yards on 4 passes.

Cordarrelle Patterson, Vikings – Ran for 3 yards and caught 2 passes for 24 more.

Mohamed Sanu, Bengals – Limited to 3 catches for 23 yards.

Wes Welker, Broncos – Even with injuries to other receivers, finished with just 28 yards on 4 catches.

Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals – Only 33 yards on a pair of catches.

DeSean Jackson, Redskins – Held to 35 yards on 4 receptions.

James Jones, Raiders – He also had 35 yards, on 2 catches.

T.Y. Hilton, Colts – Held in check with just 24 yards on 3 catches.

Golden Tate, Lions – Just 41 yards on 2 passes.

Calvin Johnson, Lions – You can’t hope for much better than 59 yards on 5 catches when you play against Megatron.

TEs

Julius Thomas, Broncos – Just 3 yards on 2 catches before leaving injured.

Vernon Davis, 49ers – Another awful day with a 7-yarder.

Travis Kelce, Chiefs – Only 37 yards on 3 passes, and lost a fumble.

Antonio Gates, Chargers – Stalled with 32 yards on 3 catches.