R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

Total Football Advisor

01 January 2021

R.C. Fischer

FFM

26 December 2020

2020 Dynasty/Fantasy Week 15 Game Analysis: Titans 46, Lions 25 (Short Report)

I take notes during the live watch. I re-watch the game on tape looking for hidden clues to report on. Here are my notes/takes on what I saw and how it related to FF 2020. I normally write anywhere from 1,000-3,000+ words on each game, and I must move fast to get to all of them through the week…so, please forgive any typos/grammar.

SHORT REPORT is an attempt at ‘just the facts’ report on this Week 15 game with a Week 16/title week focus for conveying what we need to know.

GAME ANALYSIS:

As you might expect… The Lions never led in this game. Titans up 7-0 quickly and led 24-15 at the half. A few minutes into the 4th-quarter the Titans took a 21-point lead. The Lions played with good effort all game…they just couldn’t hang with Tennessee.

The Titans are (10-4)…a game away from falling to a #6-7 seed or a game away from rising up to a #2 seed. Bad time for Tennessee to play the Packers in Green Bay in cold weather. The odds are that Tennessee ends up (11-5), wins the AFC South on a tiebreaker over (11-5) Indy and the Titans wind up a #4 seed…but all the extremes on outcome are still very much in play.

Detroit falls to (5-7) and the new GM and coaching search is in full effect.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW FOR WEEK 16?

 -- Marvin Jones (10-112-1/12) seasonal splits…

2.8 rec., 29.4 yards, 0.20 TDs per game = Jones Weeks 1-5 (as I dropped him everywhere)

Since then…

5.3 rec., 63.3 yards, 0.60 TDs per game = Jones Weeks 6-15 (the #18 WR in all of FF PPR)

Since Week 8, he is the #11 WR in PPR.

I don’t look so stupid for pushing this so hard in the preseason now, huh?

Doesn’t matter, I dropped him everywhere and got him back almost nowhere. Thanks for nothing you stupid idiot. Made me look stupid anyway.

Since Week 8 (PPR PPG scoring)…Marvin is #11, Curtis Samuel is #14, and Diontae is #16. I wasn’t that crazy in the preseason, was I?

 -- D’Andre Swift (15-67-2, 4-15-0/5) is getting RB1 touches/work since being named the starter. Why isn’t he ranked higher for Week 16? Facing Tampa Bay is the issue. The Bucs run defense is #1 with a bullet in yards per game allowed (77.8)…#1 in yards per carry allowed (3.4)…and #2t for rushing TDs allowed (9) this season.

 -- This season, Ryan Tannehill (21-27 for 273 yards, 3 TDs/0 INTs) is the #9 PPG (4pts TD) in fantasy…another QB1 finish for Tannehill…back-to-back seasons.

I’d like to get more excited about Week 16 at GB…but that weather forecast has me spooked.

 -- Jonnu Smith (5-52-0/6) had his first 5 catch game since Week 5 here…and his first 50+ yard game since Week 3. Nice spike, but I don’t know how you can buy it/trust it for Week 16.

ANY 2021 FUTURE THOUGHTS (Dynasty Offseason or Stash Items):

 -- TEN rookie RB Darrynton Evans (8-30-0, 2-27-1/2) got a good run at the end of the game here. I think he came in for some relief snaps but looked so quick/confident they just let him go the whole drive he came in on.

A healthy Darrynton is probably in line to be the main #2 back in 2021…not D’Onta Foreman. Evans always looks like Miles Sanders (as a player) to me, going back to his college scouting.

IDP/DST NOTES:

 -- TEN LB David Long (12 tackles, 0.5 TFLs, 1 PD) had his best game of 2020. Second week in-a-row where he played 98%+ of the snaps. Third game in a row as a starter.

SNAP COUNTS OF INTEREST:

43 = D Henry

13 = Darr Evans

08 = McNichols

63 = Jonnu

38 = Pruitt

17 = Firkser

42 = D Swift

16 = AP

07 = Kerryon