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Do players play worse on Thursday night? (1 Viewer)

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Feels like the Thursday games are usually stinkers, in part due to the short prep (so the openers and post-bye weeks are excluded), so my "gambler's bias" is that if I have a choice, I sit the Thursday guy in favor of the Sunday guy. For example, I'm sitting Torrey Smith for Malcolm Floyd who feel close rankings wise, although I'm clearly starting Ray Rice and crossing my fingers.

Has anyone done or seen any actual analysis of how players play on Thursday vs. their typical performance with a full week of prep? Would love to know...

 
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):

Romo 307/3/1

Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9

Austin 4/73/1

Ogletree 8/114/2

Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15

M. Bennett 4/40/1

Eli 288/1/0

A. Brown 20/113/2

Barden 9/138/0

M. Bennett 6/73/1

Olsen 7/98/0

S. Smith 4/86/0

Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35

Jordy 6/84/0

Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.

 
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'gianmarco said:
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):Romo 307/3/1Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9Austin 4/73/1Ogletree 8/114/2Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15M. Bennett 4/40/1Eli 288/1/0A. Brown 20/113/2Barden 9/138/0M. Bennett 6/73/1Olsen 7/98/0S. Smith 4/86/0Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35Jordy 6/84/0Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.
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'gianmarco said:
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):Romo 307/3/1Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9Austin 4/73/1Ogletree 8/114/2Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15M. Bennett 4/40/1Eli 288/1/0A. Brown 20/113/2Barden 9/138/0M. Bennett 6/73/1Olsen 7/98/0S. Smith 4/86/0Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35Jordy 6/84/0Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.
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Most of those performances were on Opening Night, and not sandwiched between other games.
 
'tunamelt warrior said:
'gianmarco said:
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):Romo 307/3/1Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9Austin 4/73/1Ogletree 8/114/2Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15M. Bennett 4/40/1Eli 288/1/0A. Brown 20/113/2Barden 9/138/0M. Bennett 6/73/1Olsen 7/98/0S. Smith 4/86/0Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35Jordy 6/84/0Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.
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Most of those performances were on Opening Night, and not sandwiched between other games.
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...and Andre Brown and Ramses Barden were getting playing time for the first time this year, so they were fresh as well.
 
'tunamelt warrior said:
'tunamelt warrior said:
'gianmarco said:
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):

Romo 307/3/1

Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9

Austin 4/73/1

Ogletree 8/114/2

Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15

M. Bennett 4/40/1

Eli 288/1/0

A. Brown 20/113/2

Barden 9/138/0

M. Bennett 6/73/1

Olsen 7/98/0

S. Smith 4/86/0

Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35

Jordy 6/84/0

Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.
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Most of those performances were on Opening Night, and not sandwiched between other games.
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...and Andre Brown and Ramses Barden were getting playing time for the first time this year, so they were fresh as well.
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So let's cross em out and see what we have....####.

 
'tunamelt warrior said:
'gianmarco said:
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):Romo 307/3/1Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9Austin 4/73/1Ogletree 8/114/2Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15M. Bennett 4/40/1Eli 288/1/0A. Brown 20/113/2Barden 9/138/0M. Bennett 6/73/1Olsen 7/98/0S. Smith 4/86/0Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35Jordy 6/84/0Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.
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Most of those performances were on Opening Night, and not sandwiched between other games.
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Okay. The flip side of disregarding opening night is now you're down to a sample size of two games.
 
'FantasyTrader said:
'tunamelt warrior said:
'gianmarco said:
So far during only 3 Thursday games (well, 1 Wednesday game):Romo 307/3/1Murray 20/131/0 and 2/9Austin 4/73/1Ogletree 8/114/2Bradshaw 17/78/1 and 2/15M. Bennett 4/40/1Eli 288/1/0A. Brown 20/113/2Barden 9/138/0M. Bennett 6/73/1Olsen 7/98/0S. Smith 4/86/0Benson 20/81/0 and 4/35Jordy 6/84/0Looks like plenty of decent performances to me. Not every player is going to have a stud game every week.
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Most of those performances were on Opening Night, and not sandwiched between other games.
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Okay. The flip side of disregarding opening night is now you're down to a sample size of two games.
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I see your point, but in no way would I lump opening night in with normal Thursday games, it's just an entirely different animal IMO.
 
:yes: player do play worse on Thursday night...and some play better. In general, total points scored are a little lower than average (and more than half go under the total).
 
Oops. Clearly a good question though - one that's on a lot of people's minds!

At least now, I can go with a clear "studs only" Thursday night strategy and feel good about it.

 
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