Seahawks and Bears disappoint fantasy managers in championship week

The Grinch stole more than just Christmas this year. He also stole our fantasy points.

A day after the entire Houston Texans team, including the defense, scored an atrocious 50.1 fantasy points, the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears combined for nine points at halftime on Thursday night… and neither team would score another point! Ouch!

The fantasy numbers stink, stink, stink too.

The Seahawks and Bears oddly scored 59.9 fantasy points everyincluding defense. In fact, Seattle’s defense scored the most points of any “player” in the game with 13. DJ Moore was second with 12.2 points, D’Andre Swift was third with 12.1 points and Zach Charbonnet was fourth with 10.6 points. Every other player scored in single digits.

Charbonnet was particularly disappointing because the Bears’ defense had allowed a running back to score at least 18.6 fantasy points against them in the last three games. Additionally, one runner had scored at least 15.4 points in the last six games against Chicago.

Jaxon Smith Njigba, who ranked eighth among wide receivers in PPR points scored and 10th in fantasy points scored per game since Week 11, scored just 6.2 points. It was his worst stat line since Week 7 and his third-worst total of the season. DK Metcalf, who was active in many lineups, only scored 7.2 points. That’s 5.4 points less than his season average.

Between the Texans, Seahawks and Bears and their complete lack of fantasy production, countless managers will be struggling to score points this championship weekend. So if you find yourself in a bind after starting players like Joe Mixon, Charbonnet, Nico Collins, Smith-Njigba or Metcalf, be sure to lean on players with high ceilings for the rest of the week.