Fantasy football busts: TE - Week 15

December 17, 2009 @ 00:00:00

By Bryce McRae
Edited by Cory J. Bonini

Fantasy football busts: QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | DT

In this article KFFL breaks down the fantasy football sleepers of the week. We will avoid marquee names because players of that caliber are rarely benched, regardless of their matchup. Instead, we will focus on the players that make your fantasy lineup decisions stressful each week. Read on to learn which midrange to low-end players that you wouldn't necessarily consider that you need to get into your lineup.

Note: All statistics are from Week 9 to Week 14, unless otherwise noted.

Fantasy football busts: Tight ends

Jermichael Finley, Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Fantasy value: Midrange No. 1

• The Packers have been involving Finley in their offense regularly since he returned from injury; he is averaging 7.75 looks per game since Week 10. He is tied for second among tight ends with 11 red zone looks in that time.
• Pittsburgh hasn't faced many teams with top tight ends (the Cleveland Browns? the Kansas City Chiefs? c'mon) but they held the Oakland Raiders' tight end Zach Miller to just four receptions for 43 yards in Week 13. Since Week 8, they're allowing just 2.67 receptions and 24.7 receiving yards per game to this position.
• Green Bay has the wideouts to exploit the Steelers' deficiency against that position; we can see quarterback Aaron Rodgers hit his receivers more in Week 14. Of course, Pittsburgh in December isn't conducive to passing the ball, anyways.

Fantasy football busts: QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | DT

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Bryce McRae
Bryce McRae is a Managing Editor with KFFL and has been involved in fantasy sports since 1999. He joined KFFL as a volunteer writer in March 2005 before becoming a Hot off the Wire Analyst in March 2006. He began working in his current capacity in September 2008. His work has appeared on fantasy sports sites such as Yahoo! and CBS Sportsline as well as in print. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2008 with a B.A. in History and U.S. Studies.

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