We may have a little thing called the playoffs going on, but for most of us the fantasy football season has come to an end. We will still play DFS contests. That's what this "addiction" is all about.
Most of us will also start looking forward to the 2016 season with preparation and the utilization of recency bias. While that can be a dangerous thing, all we really have to go off of right now is sample series and previous production.
In this, one of the most-important things to look at is how an individual player performed the previous season.
In what will be the second of a series of articles over the next couple weeks, here is your look at the five-most disappointing fantasy quarterbacks from the 2015 season.
1. Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts
Statistics: 1,881 passing yards, 196 rushing yards, 15 total touchdowns, 13 interceptions (130.84 fantasy points)
Prior to missing the final seven games of the season due to injury, Luck was struggling a great deal in his fourth season with the Colts. He tallied 12 interceptions (13 total turnovers) in seven games, including five multi-interception outings.
While Luck did finish with above-average fantasy points in all but one of his starts, he only finished in the top eight in fantasy points three times. Luck's average of 20.3 fantasy points would have seen him finish as a top-seven quarterback for the season. Unfortunately, missing half the season gave fantasy owners a ton of headaches throughout the year.
The good news here is that Luck promises to perform at a much higher level moving forward. If he returns to full health, which is more than likely at this point, the Colts franchise quarterback will continue to remain an elite-level fantasy option.
2. Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons
Statistics: 4,591 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, 21 turnovers (233.94 fantasy points)
With a fantasy consistency ranking that had him 28th among qualified quarterbacks this past regular season, Ryan was an absolute dud in the fake football world. He failed to reach as much as 15 fantasy points in half of his starts, tallying three single-digit point totals in the process.
The amazing thing here is that Ryan failed to put up more than one touchdown in 10 of his 16 starts, including zero scores two different times.
With a No. 19 overall ranking among fantasy quarterbacks when all was said and done, Ryan was among the biggest busts this season.
3. Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
Statistics: 2,249 passing yards, nine touchdowns, 17 turnovers (91.36 fantasy points)
Man, was Manning absolutely dreadful during the regular season. He led all NFL quarterbacks with 17 interceptions when he went down with injury in Week 10. In his nine starts prior to said injury, this future Hall of Famer put up single-digit fantasy points five times, including negative 6.6 points against the Chiefs in Week 10.
Based off Manning's production in these nine games, he would have finished among the five-worst qualified fantasy quarterbacks in the NFL. Ouch!
4. Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers
Statistics: 1,615 passing yards, 256 rushing yards, seven total touchdowns, six turnovers (110.20 fantasy points)
Talk about bad. We weren't necessarily relying on Kaepernick to be a QB1. Instead, he was one of those bench options some expected to hit lightning in a bottle at times throughout the year. No one expected him to get benched in favor of Blaine Gabbert.
What happened with Kaepernick in 2015 was about as astonishing as any storyline around the fantasy football world.
Kaepernick put up below-average fantasy performances in all but three of his starts, including two games with five points or less. He tallied less than 200 passing yards in five starts, zero passing touchdowns five times and tallied just six touchdown passes in eight combined starts. Yeah, nothing really to add to this one.
5. Sam Bradford, Philadelphia Eagles
Statistics: 3,725 passing yards, 19 total touchdowns, 17 turnovers (194.90 fantasy points)
Remember when Bradford was considered a potential fantasy juggernaut back in August? That seems like so long ago. Of the 22 quarterbacks that started 14 games or more, Bradford was the only one to finish with less than 200 points.
He ranked 27th among qualified quarterbacks in fantasy consistency, put up 20-plus fantasy points just once and tallied single-digit points four different times.