STUDS

1.  Josh Jacobs

 We at Studs and Duds have pretty unanimously called Josh Jacobs an RB1 all season long. The reason we’ve done so was in perfect display on Thursday night with 24.6 PPR Fantasy points. Besides that, post the Packers Week 10 bye, he has averaged a remarkable 24.57 PPR Fantasy points. It’s incredible how all the free-agent running backs have been so great in their new homes, especially for fantasy managers. That will continue particularly for Josh Jacobs as he begins the fantasy playoffs next week with a Sunday night match-up in Seattle against the Seahawks.

2. Sonic and Knuckles 

 At this point, we have to call them by their nickname: Sonic and Knuckles, as both David Montgomery and Jamir Gibbs like to be called, have been incredibly impressive for Fantasy managers this season. It’s incredibly rare to see two running backs produce at an equally impressive fantasy level when they’re both on the same team. It is just simply remarkably rare, and if you’re an owner for either one of these players, it actually becomes more of a positive at this time of year as keeping the guys healthy is priority number one for Fantasy managers, especially in playoff weeks. Keep rolling with both of them and enjoy the ride. Collect those coins while you’re at it. 

DUDS

Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jayden Reed

Fantasy abnormalities. It’s the stuff that fantasy managers never want to hear, but it happens every single season. You could do all the preparation you want going into a week, and sometimes there are receivers or two, in this case, who simply don’t do anything productive at all to help your team.  Most fantasy managers are frustrated by the bad game but still trust them to start in a fantasy playoff situation, considering both Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jayden Reed are number-one receivers on their respective teams. This is more of a warning for new fantasy managers to understand that these things just simply happen. The game script just doesn’t go a certain way, and a certain player or multiple can have bad fantasy games. It doesn’t mean you move on from them in the most crucial situation of the entire year: the fantasy playoffs.  Ultimately, overreacting to a bad game, particularly ones on national TV, happens to inexperienced fantasy managers who don’t understand a certain player’s role on a team or how effective they’ve been throughout a season. If you’re playing against one of those players, you’re more than likely to win those matchups but just don’t be that person who overreacts to everything, especially at this time of year, as that more than likely leads to you losing in the opening round of the playoffs.