Denard Robinson stat correction swings fantasy semi-final matchups
A late change in Robinson's rushing yard total affected the fantasy football playoffs.
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Jared Dubin
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In most fantasy football leagues, Week 15 is the semi-finals and Week 16 is the finals. It's just been that way for a while now, as people prefer to avoid the Week 17 games where teams might be sitting their stars because playoff spots and seeds, division titles, and various draft spots could already be locked up by then and there's no use in risking injury.
This year, some winners and losers saw their roles reversed due to a late stat correction for Jacksonville Jaguars running back Denard Robinson. Originally credited with 28 rushing yards against the Atlanta Falcons last week, Robinson saw his total changed to 41 rushing yards on a few different sites, which swung a whole bunch of matchups and allowed different people to reach the fantasy finals than their leagues originally thought.
Here's a sampling of some of those people expressing their pleasure (or displeasure) on Twitter:
Stat correction pulled through with Denard Robinson and put me in the championship. Ayeee pic.twitter.com/Swcyh2BdgY
— Kevin. (@KevinnnTurner) December 25, 2015
The Denard Robinson stat correction put me in the championship over my brother #ChristmasMiracle @MatthewBerryTMR pic.twitter.com/YrMpWbL2HR
— Anthony Chiarmonte (@Anth_Chiarmonte) December 25, 2015
@NFLfantasy thanks for that Denard Robinson stat correction. It put me in the ship. #MerryXmasToMe
— Mike Lowrey (@Gioj1023) December 25, 2015
I woke up to see that a Denard Robinson stat correction took me out of my championship game and now I am playing in the consolation bracket.
— Ryan Hodge (@RyanHodge) December 25, 2015
If you lost your semifinal matchup last week and had Robinson on your team (or if you won and your opponent had Robinson), make sure to double-check that final score and see if it affected your place in the fantasy finals.
