Agonizing Ways Your Fantasy Football Team Could Lose in Week 10

We all have an unforgettable tale of how our fantasy team came up short one week. It's burned in our soul and causes a spike in our blood pressure at the mere mention of the player or team that was at the root of it. It goes with the territory and odds are another horrid chapter can be branded into your memory in Week 10 of the current season. Here's hoping it's not one of these culprits.

Agonizing Ways Your Fantasy Football Team Could Lose in Week 10

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You bet on big things from the Steelers returning to Heinz Field, but something still isn't right with Ben Roethlisberger's knee. The Cowboys hold him, Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown in check and move to 8-1, putting another nail in the coffin of Tony Romo's Dallas career.

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Rishard Matthews continues his run as this year's Doug Baldwin, scoring three touchdowns against the Packers. Of course you're playing against him. After all, you went up against Baldwin during his three-touchdown game last season.

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Allen Robinson's season from hell continues apace. The Texans, with plenty of help from Blake Bortles's scattershot arm, hold Robinson to three catches for 26 yards.

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Your kicker gets roughed up after a defender jumps offsides and makes contact with him; the refs don't throw a flag on the unnecessary roughness and to complicate matters, they play a huge part in a costly delay of game penalty on the re-kick, which, of course, your kicker misses. Nah, couldn't ever happen.

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Your opponent started the Baltimore defense against winless Cleveland, which wasn't that damaging in the first half, but then the Browns benched quarterback Cody Kessler after intermission for Josh McCown, who proceeded to throw two interceptions and suffer a strip fumble as the Ravens D finished with double-digit points.

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You've finally had enough of Todd Gurley's underachieving ways, which of course makes this the week that he runs for 200 yards and two touchdowns against the Jets usually stout run defense.

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You forget to check the actives and inactives before the three afternoon games and repeat the Ty Montgomery fiasco from Week 8, only this time it’s Dez Bryant who is a surprise no-go.

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You’re counting on the Chargers to get Melvin Gordon into the end zone at least once against the Dolphins, but it turns out this is the week Philip Rivers wants to feed Antonio Gates, getting him closer to the career touchdown receptions record for tight ends before Gates retires at the end of the season.

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Having learned nothing from the worst play call in NFL history, the Seahawks test the Patriots pass defense again and fail, depriving Christine Michael of a touchdown run that you badly need.

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Don't look now, but Tyler Eifert is back with a vengeance and ruins your Monday night by running roughshod over the G-Men.

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Unshaken by the five sacks Cam Newton incurred in Week 9 against the Rams, you hold out hope that he'll return to his 2015 MVP form against the Chiefs and he lays an egg.

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Inspired by Travis Kelce throwing a towel at a ref over a bad call, Josh Norman follows suit and tosses one at official 88, getting ejected from Washington's game against Minnesota and costing your fantasy defense potential interceptions against Sam Bradford.

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You head into the weekend elated that Darren Sproles is suddenly the lead back in Philly, but the Falcons keep him bottled up.

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Your gamble backfires that Drew Brees will continue to be matchup-proof on his home turf as the Denver defense makes amends for its embarrassing season-low-point-of-a-showing in the Week 9 loss to Oakland.

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That winless owner in your league with the auto-draft team goes yet another week without adjusting his/her lineup and still out-scores your team, thanks mostly to Aaron Rodgers throwing five touchdown passes against the Titans.

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Repeating their November 2015 poke in the eye to fantasy owners, the Arizona Cardinals suit up wideout John Brown for the game but don’t play him a single snap, this time in a tasty matchup against the sieve-like San Francisco 49ers defense.

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With an injury-depleted running game, Jameis Winston throws it often and accurately against the Bears, putting you in a hole with 300-plus yards and four touchdowns, with rushing yards to boot.

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Your opponent plays Cordarelle Patterson in a pinch against Washington and he goes off for his third double-digit scoring game of the season.

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Fresh off a two-interception, four-touchdown day against the Eagles, Eli Manning can't find much success against the Bengals pass rush, rendering all the Giants useless.