By Brooksie on January 24, 2023
Before we get into the year in review, let’s see what I got right and what I got wrong with the sitters from week 18.
QB: Sam Darnold did not just get slapped by a fleur de lis, the whole Spanish Armada attacked him. He had 43 yards passing. You read that right. He also had 3 turnovers to go with those 43 yards. He was worse than bad. I was not. Mac Jones had 243 yards passing with 3 TDs and 3 picks. The picks make it close, thereby making it a push. Goff had 224 yards passing with nothing else. His lack of TDs make me right to have sat him.
RB: Etienne had 17 yards rushing and 17 yards receiving with no TDs. I was quite right to sit him. The Bills RBs: Cook had 45 yards rushing and 6 yards receiving with no score and Singletary had 29 yards rushing with 3 receiving and no TD and a fumble lost. I was right to sit them both. Mixon only had 27 yards rushing with 41 receiving, but he did manage a TD. And of course, it put him over the top making me wrong to sit him.
WR: Pittman only had 30 yards receiving, but, like Mixon, he got a TD. His lower yardage total makes it a little closer. So close, it is a push. I said to bench both Hill and Waddle. Well, Hill had 23 yards and Waddle had 44 yards and neither got a TD. I was right to sit them both. McLaurin got a TD along with 74 yards receiving. I was wrong to have sat him.
TE: Freiermuth had no yards on no catches. I would say I was right to sit him, but the lack of numbers should have spoken for themself. Knox only had 13 yards receiving, but he got a TD. For this position, a true push. I was right to sit Hockenson. He did not play the whole game, and he ended up with only 16 yards receiving.
D: The Browns lost, gave up 28 points, had one sack and one fumble recovery. In summary, i was right to have sat them. The Pats got the L, gave up 35 points, had 2 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries and one pick. Too many points with the L and not enough other stuff to make up the difference made me right to sit them. I am happy I was wrong to sit the Washington D. The only numbers I care about are 26 to 6. When Dallas loses, we all win.
Now, let me get into how the year panned out. So, since i took a week off, there are 17 weeks at 3 persons per week giving us a total of 51. Each one was honestly, mostly, decided as me being right, me being wrong, or a push. Here is how everything broke down this year:
Quarterbacks: I was right 38 times, 74.5%. I was wrong 9 times, 17.5%. There was a push 4 times, 8%.
Running Backs: I was right 38 times,74.5%. I was wrong 12 times, 23.5%. There was a push 1 time, 2%.
Wide Receivers: I was right 36 times, 70.5 %. I was wrong 13 times, 25.5%. There was a push 2 times, 4%.
Tight Ends: I was right 36 times, 70.5 %. I was wrong 14 times, 27.5%. There was a push 1 time, 2%.
Defenses: I was right 22 times, 43%. I was wrong 24 times, 47%. There was a push 5 times,10%.
I was pretty consistently right 70-75 percent of the time on each of the position players, but i was wrong about half of the time, however, regarding which defenses to sit. Spoiler alert coming up, if you have not read the start article. It is rather interesting how these results are almost the opposite from the start list. Simple conclusion from this first season: It was hard to say who will do well. It was easier to say who will not. Maybe that makes me a half empty glass kind of guy. A relisher of the negative. Hopefully next year i will be even better about being negative.