The Eagles play the Miami Dolphins this week, but that wasn’t the Reason safety Malcolm Jenkins pulled the plug on Ryan Tannehill as his fantasy football quarterback.
Tannehill and the 3-5 Dolphins have struggled early on, and the trendy upside pick only has 13 touchdowns to nine interceptions this season.
Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins fell for the Tannehill buzz during the preseason and drafted him for his fantasy football team.
Now he’s benching him!
“I have him as my fantasy quarterback,” Jenkins said Monday of Tannehill on 94WIP’s Locker Room Show with Eagles center Jason Kelce, Merrill Reese, Howard Eskin, and Jon Runyan. “He’s obviously not gonna start this week.”
“Yeah, you’re benching him this week?” Kelce joked.
“Yeah, he’s not gonna start this week.” Jenkins reiterated. “I plan on playing well. Interceptions are negative points in fantasy, so I plan on getting my hands on a couple. Gotta sit [him] on my bench this week.”
It was only a few weeks ago that Tannehill was 18-19 for 282 yards and four touchdowns in an explosive 44-26 win over the Houston Texans.