Fantasy Bad Beats: Maybe reconsider those yardage bonuses?

Did you suffer a crushing loss in Week 8, by way of a last-second defeat or a blowout?

Well, we here at Yahoo Fantasy are here for you, yet again, and always. We want to know all about it (so we can laugh at you) so we can help you get through it. Judge Andy Behrens can assist you through these troubled times, in Week 8 and every week of the fantasy football season.

Speaking of Week 8, even Andy himself suffered a bad beat, thanks to Aaron Jones, but our bad beat of the week comes courtesy of a fantasy gamer who figured his victory was in the bag on Sunday night. The Packers would just run out the clock with their running backs to a victory over the Chiefs, right? Wrong. Aaron Rodgers — his opponent’s starting quarterback — threw a six-yard pass late, securing another 300-yard game. Unfortunately, Rodgers also secured a yardage bonus for that 300-yard game to our gamer’s opponent, which would tip the scales in his favor. Yikes.

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This season, “Fantasy Bad Beats” will feature a new segment called “Blowout of the Week,” and in Week 8, another near-100-point loss came courtesy of a fantasy gamer who never even changed his team name ...