Even Chargers Rookie's Own Father Benched Him In Fantasy Football Before Breakout

If you near Chargers rookie tight extremity Oronde Gadsden II connected your chair successful imagination shot for Week 7, don't consciousness bad. His ain begetter made nan aforesaid mistake.

Gadsden II collapsed retired successful a large measurement successful Week 7, tallying 7 receptions for a career-best 164 yards receiving and a touchdown reception successful nan Chargers' 38-24 nonaccomplishment to nan Colts. And while Gadsden's father, who played six seasons successful nan NFL, didn't get to watch his son's squad look victorious successful nan breakout performance, astatine slightest his imagination squad benefited from nan monster output. Right?

"It's nan 2nd week successful a statement I've mislaid by nether 10 [points]," The elder Gadsden said during his play quality connected 104.3 WQAM sports power this week. "And successful my convention they were like, 'What dada leaves their boy connected nan chair pinch 32 points? What dada does that?' "

Even though nan elder Gadsden had to look nan euphony and perceive it from his imagination convention members for his familial roster mismanagement, he's readying to double down and time off his boy connected nan bench—both for superstitious reasons and truthful that nary 1 other tin use from his stellar play.

"And conjecture wherever he will enactment for nan remainder of nan year? On nan bench! We conscionable playing imagination football—he's catching for existent retired there," Gadsden continued. "So he will enactment connected nan bench. Nobody other sewage him, we cool pinch it, I'm cool."

Gadsden II is connected a tear nan past mates of weeks, accumulating 14 receptions for 232 receiving yards and a touchdown. This past week, he became nan first Chargers rookie tight extremity to eclipse 100 receiving yards successful a crippled since Pro Football Hall of Famer Antonio Gates.

Even though he'll beryllium riding nan conifer for his father's imagination shot team, he surely won't beryllium doing truthful for nan immense mostly of different players aft these performances.

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