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Week 4 Sleeper Results: Mendenhall Monster

Posted October 5, 2009

It was a solid week in Sleeperland.  Rashard Mendenhall ran all over San Diego, Derek Anderson lived up to the bold prediction and where projections fell short, most often it wasn’t by much.  Here are the Sleeper Results for Week 4:

QUARTERBACK (2 for 2)

Derek Anderson – Got the Browns going, but couldn’t manage to pull out a W.
Projected: 20-33, 230 yards, 2 TD, 1 Int
Actual: 26-48, 269 yards, 1 passing TD, 1 rushing TD, 1 Int

Shaun Hill – Didn’t quite get the yards, but didn’t throw a pick, so it all evens out in the wash.
Projected: 17-27, 215 yards, 2 TD, 1 Int
Actual: 14-24, 152 yards, 2 TD

RUNNING BACK (1 for 3)

Glen Coffee – Put up respectable numbers, but not as big as projected.  A TD would have changed that tune.
Projected: 24-107 rushing, 2-14 receiving, 1 TD
Actual: 24-74 rushing, 4-32 receiving, 0 TD

Michael Bush – Ugh.  Forget it.
Projected: 12-65 rushing, 2-12 receiving, 1 TD
Actual: 3-10 rushing, 1-4 receiving, 1 fumble lost

Rashard Mendenhall – The explosion should count for a 2-fer.  It doesn’t, though.
Projected: 13-59 rushing, 1 TD
Actual: 29-165 rushing, 2-26 receiving, 2 TD

WIDE RECEIVER (1 for 2, 1 push)

Mike Sims-Walker – Quickly becoming a #1 NFL receiver, and borderline #1 in fantasy land.
Projected: 6-87, 1 TD
Actual: 7-91, 2 TD

Earl Bennett – I knocked Knox, but he out-caught my pick 5-2 and returned a kick for 6.  Bennett clipped him in yards.
Projected: 5-70, 1 TD
Actual: 2-32, 0 TD

Josh Morgan – Had he not dropped a perfect deep ball, he could have had nearly 100 yards and 2 scores.  Push.
Projected: 5-67, 1 TD
Actual: 2-39, 1 TD

TIGHT END (o for 1)

Kevin Boss – Had the catches and yards nearly right, but no score takes away most of the value.
Projected: 4-48, 1 TD
Actual: 4-41, 0 TD

KICKER (0 for 1)

Steve Hauschka – Didn’t even attempt a FG.
Projected: 3-3 FG, 2 PAT (1 FG 40+)
Actual: 3 PAT

DEFENSE (1 for 1)

Indianapolis – Solid performance, as predicted.
Projected: 13 points allowed, 2 sacks, 1 Int, 1 fumble recovery
Actual: 17 points allowed, 5 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries

Scorecard for Week 4: 5 for 10, 1 push
Overall Scorecard for 2009 Season: 18 for 42, 2 pushes (43%)

*Note from Week 3 I failed to mention: Percy Harvin’s first career kick return for a TD came 1 week after my “bold prediction” that he’d do it against the Lions.

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