The Falcoholic
It’s rather difficult to describe the Falcons’ performance in Week 3 against a Carolina Panthers team they were favored to defeat. Maybe the word is egregious, maybe it’s abominable, maybe it’s something else but I do know that whatever that word is, it’s not good.
The Falcons laid an absolute egg in Charlotte territory, getting pulverized 30-0 in a game where they looked woefully unprepared. Atlanta got out played and out coached. As you would imagine, just about all of their players (but not quite all) were complete disappointments in fantasy football this week. It was difficult picking a “fantasy dud” just because there were so many great options.
There is a lot of great content available here at The Falcoholic, and I encourage you to check it out if you want some in-depth analysis. This article will look at things strictly from a fantasy football perspective (that means looking at nothing other than pure statistics). Here is Atlanta’s fantasy stud and fantasy dud from Week 3’s defeat against the Carolina Panthers.
Past Studs: Bijan Robinson, John Parker Romo
Past Duds: Tyler Allgeier, Michael Penix
Stat Line: 13 CARRIES, 72 RUSHING YARDS, 5 CATCHES, 39 RECEIVING YARDS: 10.1 STANDARD LEAGUE POINTS; 15.1 PPR POINTS
The one player on Atlanta’s offense who looked in form and effective is Bijan Robinson, who totaled more than 100 yards from scrimmage for the third time in three games this season.
All afternoon, Robinson looked spry, difficult to contain and hard to bring down. There was one moment early in the game where he looked ready to break off a 70-yard touchdown if not for a last ditch shoestring tackle by a Panthers defender about nine yards downfield. Nonetheless, Bijan once again totaled double digit fantasy points in all league formats and proved that he can be effective even in a blowout where Atlanta plays from behind all game.
The Falcons never entered the red zone in this one so a touchdown wasn’t in the cards. Better days will come for the offense, and no matter what Robinson will continue to be the great running back he is.
Stat Line: 172 PASSING YARDS, 0 TOUCHDOWNS, 2 INTERCEPTIONS, 2 CARRIES, 9 RUSHING YARDS: 5.8 STANDARD LEAGUE/PPR POINTS
It was another stinker from Michael Penix from a fantasy perspective, and this was by far the worst we’ve seen him look in the very early stages of his career so far.
The offensive scheme that Zac Robinson is cooking up is doing Penix no favors, but Penix is also doing himself no favors with how many times he’s missing receivers and how gun-shy he seems to be in moments when receivers are open. In this one, he also made a couple of poor decisions with the football, throwing two interceptions including a pick six.
Last week, Penix was the overall QB32 in all of fantasy football and this week he...
