Heroes and Zeroes of Week 12
Mike Harrison
Lotsa games, lotsa plays, lotsa potential Heroes this week! 'course, as
always there were Zeroes to be outed. Patrick Kerney's quartet of big plays
meant he was the Hero of the Week. It was really tough to be a Hero this time as
double-digit tacklers Gary Brackett, Kirk Morrison, Von Hutchins, Richard
Marshall and Keith Bulluck would agree. Double sackers Greg Ellis, Aaron Kampman,
Derrick Burgess, Will Witherspoon, and Brandon Chillar also failed to reach Hero
status, as did Walt Harris with 2 interceptions.
Scoring IDPs were Adam Carriker with a safety, Tully Banta-Cain with a
game-ending fumble recovery for a TD, and Terence Newman, Darren Sharper, Dwight
Smith and Chad Greenway each with 6 on an interception return.
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Heroes |
Last Week's Stats |
Comments |
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Michael Boley, ATL |
8 tackles, 1 assist, 3 sacks, 1 fumble forced |
Michael matched Kerney as top sacker of the week. |
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D'Qwell Jackson, CLE |
10 tackles, 2 assists, 1 interception, 1 pass defensed |
Another big game for D'Qwell as the Browns continue their improbable playoff
run continues. |
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Greg White, TB |
4 tackles, 1 sack, 2 fumbles forced, 1 fumble recovered |
Mr. Fumble of the week. 4 big plays plus 4 tackles made him an easy Hero
choice. |
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Patrick Kerney, SEA |
7 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 interception, 1 pass defensed, 1 fumble forced |
Patrick's second straight sack hat trick earned him his second straight
Hero. |
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Dwight Smith, MIN |
3 tackles, 1 assist, 2 interceptions, 3 passes defensed, 1 touchdown |
Besides all this action he had a third interception, and second touchdown
return, called back because of a penalty. |
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Osi Umenyiora, NYG |
5 tackles, 1 assist, 2 sacks, 1 fumble forced |
The Giants stunk up the Meadowlands but Osi's motor was revved up on every
snap as he never stopped coming. |
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Adewale Ogunleye, CHI |
6 tackles, 1 assist, 2 sacks, 1 fumble forced, 1 fumble recovered |
Lots of movement, lots of plays, lots of scoring for his IDP owners. |
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Patrick Willis, SF |
17 tackles, 1 assist, 0.5 sacks, 1 pass defensed |
Patrick was huge all day as he ranged all over the field in leading the 'niners
to an upset victory. |
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Michael Lewis, SF |
11 tackles, 1 assist, 1 sack, 1 fumble forced |
Michael cleaned up anyone who managed to evade Willis. |
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Gerald Hayes, ARI |
12 tackles, 1 sack |
Gerald was the number 2 tackler of the week. |
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Zeroes |
Last Week's Stats |
Comments |
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Robert Mathis, IND |
1 tackle, 1 assist |
Big Robert played very small. |
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DeMarcus Ware, DAL |
1 tackle, 3 assists |
The Jets were lousy but they didn't have to beware of DeMarcus. |
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A.J. Hawk, GB |
5 assists |
5 assists? Big deal. A zero Big Play score for a deserving Zero. |
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Charles Woodson, GB |
1 assist |
Woodson injured a toe in the first quarter and never returned. |
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Jason David, NO |
1 tackle, 1 pass defensed |
David looked lost as he barely registered in the box score. |
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Justin Smith, CIN |
4 assists |
Smith played as anonymously as his name. |
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Leon Hall, CIN |
1 tackle, 1 assist |
Not much action for Hall. Good thing the Bengals didn't need him. |
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Chris Hope, TEN |
1 tackle, 1 assist |
No Hope for Chris as he watched his club get clubbed. Too bad he was on the
field while he did it. |
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Sam Madison, NYG |
1 tackle |
The Giants were awful and Madison fit right in. |
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Angelo Cromartie, SD |
1 tackle |
Cromartie ate crow after the game. This was his second straight Zero after
2 Heroes. |
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