The fantasy football regular season is over for many players, and you're frustrated. Your season is done, beacause so-and-so, whom you drafted THIS early totally failed you. Well fantasy football owner, you are not alone.
Thousands upon thousands of owners are looking over the wreckage of their season, searching for someone to blame and swear off until...probably next year's draft. Right now, let's look at the Top 5 quarterback busts in 2014.
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Brees was the consensus No. 2 QB on the board in drafts heading into the season and was going in the Top 12 overall. While his season can hardly be deemed terrible, he hasn't delivered the bang for your buck.
Taking a QB that early means passing on elite talent at scarce positions. Taking Brees might have meant passing on a running back like DeMarco Murray, or a wide receiver like Jordy Nelson.
In his last two games Brees has thrown eight touchdown passes and only one pick, but before those two explosions he posted just two games with more than two touchdowns. Furthermore, he's been picked off 11 times, and only gone four games without registering at least one INT.
He's been outperformed by Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers, while providing significantly less value than Russell Wilson, who was drafted 14th among QBs on average.
Bust? Not quite. But hopefully you drafted well around him.
Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions
Don't be fooled by Detroit's nice record and big win on Thanksgiving-for much of the year this offense has been broken. Stafford, the No. 4 QB off the board before the season began, has yet to throw for more than two touchdowns in a single game.
It's true that Calvin Johnson was injured or out for many of these games, but Stafford was picked as an elite passer that should be able to still put up big numbers even without Megatron. A dropoff? Acceptable. Dropping off a cliff? Not so much.
This is the second consecutive season in which Stafford has averaged less than 300 yards a week, and he doesn't give owners any production on the ground. Expect his ranking to be adjusted next year.
Nick Foles, Philadelphia Eagles
Eeek. Foles was the seventh QB off the board in most drafts, just outside the Top 50. He was magical in 2013, hurling 27 touchdown passes and just two picks in an unstoppable blur of an offense. Now? He's comfortably behind Mark Sanchez after suffering an injury.
Before getting hurt, Foles was much shakier than he had been in 2013. The offensive line being banged up hurt him, as did RB LeSean McCoy's early ineffectiveness. Still, he was skittish in the pocket and throwing interceptions in bunches that hurt him despite big yardage totals. 10 interceptions in eight games is far too many-the job is now Sanchez's to lose.
Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers
Many saw this coming; despite having never finished outside the Top 5 at quarterback Newton was the ninth QB off the board on average. That being said, his fall has been brutal.
Newton hasn't thrown for three touchdowns in a game all year long, is averaging just 235 yards per game through the air, and having his worst season ever on the ground. Newton's rushed 73 times for 342 yards and only two scores. The 31 yards per game is not making up for his low passing yardage, and making him the worst kind of fantasy option.
He has disappointed week after week, yet possesses talent too tantalizing to pass up sometimes. "Superman" needs help, and it ain't coming this year.
Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins
Oooofff. RGIII was a Top 10 QB this preseason and his 2014 has been a dumpster fire of emergency proportions. He had an average Week 1 before a dislocated ankle in Week 2 kept him out until Week 9.
From there, Griffin was just bad. So bad, in fact, that he's been benched for the foreseeable future in favor of journeyman Colt McCoy. RGIII is not only not helping fantasy owners at all, he may not even be a Redskin in 2015. If your plan was to draft elsewhere and snag RGIII on the cheap coming off an injury you're definitely regretting that.
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