It's Garbage Time!

cctekguy

Staff member
I think it's the worst kind of loss in fantasy.

It potentially happens through all the Sunday games but it's magnified if it's Sunday night or Monday night when games are closer to being settled and it's the only game going.

I'll use last night as an example though it's a pretty extreme example.

Through 3 quarters, guys with Sanchez, Matthews or the Eagles DST were giddy with the monster scores being put up. Well deserved, hard earned points.

Through 3 quarters, guys with Cam, Benjamin or any other Panther were licking their wounds.

So 4 minutes into the 4th quarter, Philly posts another score to make it 45 to 7. Then they quit.

Up to now, Cam has -3 pts, Benjamin has 3. (I mention these 2 only because they were the most likely started in fantasy and "garbage time" doesn't usually impact RBs like it does QB, TE and WR.

Over the course of the next 10 minutes, Cam raises his fantasy output to a nearly respectable 16 and Benjamin ends with a healthy 22. The Eagles DST dropped from 41 pts to 33 pts in this span also.

Now there are a lot of scenarios I could hypothesize but truth is often more astounding than fiction, but if I had started the Eagles DST and needed 35 to win...and with 10 min to go I was up by 7. And then I had to watch a QB and WR that couldn't hold their panties up for 50 min against my team suddenly knock my score down by 8 against 11 no name "clean jerseys"...Well...what a crappy way to lose.

But that was hypothetical...I want REAL stories from both sides.

How did garbage time win/lose you the game last night?
 

ExperiencedRookie

Well-Known Member
Garbage time can swing fantasy matchups in so many ways. There the late heroics from offensive players who are practically facing the opponents practice squad like you said.

There's also times when you get hurt having players on the winning side. Anyone needing a big game from Cobb was left was a performance of about 13 points this week after Rodgers and co took their foot off the gas in the 2nd half.

Then there's situations like having McCoy in last nights game...spending plenty of time on the sidelines in a blowout, missing out on opportunity
 

cctekguy

Staff member
I have no problem with teams that put in their second team in a blow out. Makes WAY too much sense.

...but as soon as the landslide winner puts in their 2nd team, why doesn't the landslide loser do the same?
 

Miller

Who Dey
Administrator
I know when I went to bed early in the 4th, I was up around 75 on FD for the week.....when I wrote up, it was about 25...so about 50 was the cost of garbage time.....
 

cctekguy

Staff member
Here we go...

Brandon Cooks held to 3 pts for 57 minutes.

Garbage time kicks in and he's already up to 10 with 2:00 left. :mad:
 
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