Who's been the biggest fantasy bust thus far?
The FFL crew explains which players have underperformed for them in 2020, inluding a running back in Baltimore.
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LIZ LOZA: And we have seen some breakout performances by players who are emerging for fantasy managers, but who's been your biggest bust? Andy, what about you?
ANDY BEHRENS: Oh, I thought it could go a week without even thinking about Mark Ingram, but you asked. It's-- it's got to be him. I've got him in so many leagues-- took him in the fifth round, sixth round, right? I thought he could reprise his role from last season when he was great-- 5 yards per carry, 15 touchdowns.
And he's been good. He's averaging 4 and 1/2 yards per carry but no more than 11 carries in any week. He's too good to actually drop, but he's not good enough to ever play.
LIZ LOZA: Hmm, I feel that one. Matt, what about you? Who's been a thorn in your side?
MATT HARMON: Yeah, as much as it's not fun to see Austin Ekeler staring back at me at pretty much every IR spot that I have this year, I don't really think you can, you know, call like a player a bust just because they got hurt. But Michael Gallup, man, every bench spot I've got he's sitting there. And it's like, do I play him this week? Do I not? I am almost like kind of thankful that Andy Dalton is in our lives messing everything up because at least it makes the process easier to stomach.
LIZ LOZA: And it is all about the process. Tank, who's giving you a headache?
TANK WILLIAMS: Man I have one team where I drafted Zach Ertz, Miles Sanders, Christian McCaffrey. So I think I just need to remove the S, add an extra T and that describes that team because it's not a bust. Just the whole team is but.
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LIZ LOZA: Always, always brilliantly stated from Tank. I think for me, like Matt alluded to and Tank did as well, a lot of people have had injuries to deal with. And they've left some pretty big holes in many of my lineups. Austin Ekeler certainly one of those. But as for actual busts, JuJu Smith-Schuster is hands down my biggest whiff so far this season.
He's just like not seeing enough targets beyond 10 yards to be productive, and his production has decreased every single week since this season began. I mean, like, l think that he'll probably go over 6 yards today, right? But it's hard to trust him as anything more than a low end wide receiver three at this point. So those are some of our mea culpas.
