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Tennessee Wins but Titans Fall: Monday Night Football Recap

October 19, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 12 Comments

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The Titans pulled off a win on Monday Night Football by a matter of inches. That’s right men: those inches did matter. Now go take a cold shower and get ready for the next week of football. For the rest of us, let’s see who survived the war of attrition that has become 2021 fantasy football: 

Derrick Henry: You know why I didn’t put Derrick Henry as RB1 on my pre-season rankings? Because if he continued on his elite trajectory, he wouldn’t just be a great running back, but his name would be held in the conversation for the G.O.A.T. OK, maybe that’s a lot of acronyms and even more hyperbole. But in this day in age, are there any running backs who go three years straight with 1500ish rushing yards? Well, it’s 2021 and DH is on pace to run for something like 540 rushing attempts on the year, which at his current rate would give him 2,430 yards. PROJECTIONS ARE MY PASSION. I mean, we saw the off-season workout routines where Henry was levitating and lifting weights at the same time. He’s my magic man. I suppose I better list the stats: 143 rushing yards, 3 TDs, and a couple of catches. Wheeee. 

Ryan Tannehill: If Derrick Henry is on pace for 500+ rushes, then who knows what happens with Ryan Tannehill. NOTE: Derrick Henry can’t run 500 times. I looked up the single-season record (392) by DeMarco Murray and Ricky Williams. Y’all remember Ricky? Wish I could be in the tropics with him right now. Back to the driftless zone: Tannehill still managed 30 pass attempts but got most of his yardage in the second half, finishing with 216 yards and an INT. This is going to be the year where people who drafted Carson Wentz as QB1 are going to be winning all their leagues. Tannehill’s got all the talent to be your QB1, but who knows what’s going on in the Music City with the addiction to the running game. 

Julio Jones: Marvelous catch and 60 yards total before leaving the game with an injury. Oh, that’s why Ryan Tannehill is bad: his top WR is former child-actor Chester Rogers. Maybe A.J. Brown (7 rec, 91 yards, 9 targets) will stay healthy and we’ll Remember the Titans (in our fantasy lineups). 

Dawson Knox: We know that Emmanuel Sanders, Stefon Diggs, and Cole Beasley did their usual thing and caught a ton of passes. But the big news of the night centered on Dawson Knox, who injured his hand in the third quarter and eventually left the game with only 3 catches for 25 yards. Fantasy managers had been cruising with Knox recently, but if there’s any significant missed time, you’ll have to find another ‘nother TE to stream. How y’all feeling about Tommy Sweeney? 

Devin Singletary and Zack Moss: BDon and some internet friends got into some words about Zack Moss’ snap count, and in the end, it doesn’t really matter because they’re both fantasy useless. Zing! OK, maybe not for DFS, but are we really RB2ing either of these guys? They combined for 13 rushes and 51 yards on the night, to which Derrick Henry did some upside-down jumping jacks and then bought 18 necklaces to celebrate his victory. Zero RB truthers claim to be loving Khalil Herbert, but y’all know they left 60% of their drafts with Zack Moss. Keep these guys in the streamerback category. 

Go out and check out the other writers this week! How’s Joey doing? Did you ask him what his favorite horror movie is? Have an awesome week and I’ll see you for the primer!

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