One quarter of the season has been played and there is still plenty of time to make up or lose ground in your fantasy leagues. Staying up to date with the trends, touches and targets of your rosters, or even your opponents, is important to constantly improve your weekly lineups. Each week I have been highlighting the interesting comments, facts and analysis that Twitter brings. You might not always have the time to read ten fantasy football articles a day, so hopefully this one will catch you up on everything you should know but likely do not.
Simply looking at the box scores on Monday and Tuesday can be dangerous to evaluate the performance of fantasy players. The below Twitter comments highlight trends, targets, general information and analysis from the past week of action and sometimes simply offer a suggestion from top fantasy football minds today.
Ahmad Bradshaw, Giants – Bradshaw’s absence the previous weeks opened the door for Andre Brown. Everyone was interested to see how the workload would be split in week 4. Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) offered this breakdown, “How serious are the Giants about a 1-2 RB punch? Ahmad Bradshaw was in on 58 plays last night. Andre Brown was in for 9.” John Paulsen (@4for4_John) also commented, “Ahmad Bradshaw 16 touches for 77 yards. Andre Brown six touches for 18 yards.” At this point Brown looks more of a handcuff than a weekly contributor.
Fred Jackson & C.J. Spiller, Bills – Another workload split fantasy owners were wondering about in week 4 was commented on by Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) Monday, “Fred Jackson only played 5 more snaps than CJ Spiller yesterday. Tashard Choice (3 snaps) was a non-factor.” Unlike what we saw with the Giants, this appears to be an even split capping each other’s fantasy upside.
Darren McFadden, Raiders – McFadden was a preseason favorite but he and the Raiders offense have yet to get going. Evan Silva (@evansilva) provided the following insight, “McFadden had ample in-space opps. Losing juice? Often ran hesitant & out of bounds a LOT. Either uncomfortable or not same RB.”
Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) presented a slightly different thought process on DMC, “Darren McFadden came into this season averaging 4.75 YPC for his career. He’s at 3.52 through four weeks this year.” Still believe he will pick up momentum and a worried owner could be ready to move on.
Andre Johnson, Texans – No one doubts AJ’s skills, but Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) tweeted the following, “Andre Johnson had 2 catches on first 2 passes of game. 1 in the remainder.” Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) also commented, “Here’s your ongoing issue with Andre Johnson – Led the Texans in pass routes yesterday…with 23.” With the Texans run offense and top defense the opportunities are not going to be there for Johnson week after week.
Michael Turner, Falcons – Mostly everyone predicted Turner to deliver a big game against the Panthers. Chad Parsons (@PFF_ChadParsons) summed up what most analysts and experts will tell you with this, “If you didn’t watch the #Panthers #Falcons game, you might think Michael Turner was back to his former level. Wrong. Mostly horrid tackling.” Turner is another RB you might want to look to shop before goal line chances from the 1 and 60 yard receptions do not continue to present themselves.
Arian Foster, Texans – John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) tweeted, “Arian Foster is on a pace for 412 carries, 1,520 yards, 20 touchdowns and 36 receptions.” Workload is obviously the concern, but Kubiak came out yesterday and even said Foster can handle 400+ carries. Fantasy owners should enjoy and pray for health.
Roddy White & Julio Jones, Falcons – John Paulsen (@4for4_John) pointed out the following in regards to the Atlanta receivers, “Roddy White out-targeting Julio Jones by 26% right now (38 to 31). Good time to buy low on Julio.”
Mikel Leshoure, Lions – Chad Parsons (@PFF_ChadParsons) provided this quick insight on Leshoure, “Mikel Leshoure offering a good buying opportunity after a ho-hum game this week. Skills/situation still there. Get him for less than W3 now.”
DeSean Jackson, Eagles – Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) offered this quick tweet on Monday, “DeSean Jackson dropped 9 of 67 “catchable” passes thrown his direction last year. Hasn’t dropped one of 20 catchable throws this season.” Jackson’s focus seems to be back this season and currently sits just inside the top 20 for WRs.
Dwayne Bowe, Chiefs – John Paulsen (@4for4_John) observes, “Dwayne Bowe (7-108-1) figures to score a lot of points in garbage time this year.” The good thing about Fantasy is that we don’t care when they score and the Chiefs will likely be playing catch up most weeks.
Ryan Williams, Cardinals – Williams was the favorite waiver wire pickup heading into week 4. After 13 carries for 26 yards, most new owners are probably already looking to drop him. Sigmund Bloom (@SigmundBloom) offered this note though, “ARI never committed to run, but Williams looked fine to me early, good balance, breaking tackles, tight spin move… not bailing on him.” The Dolphins are tough and the backfield belongs to Williams.
Chris Johnson, Titans – Michael Salfino (@MichaelSalfino) offered this tweet and likely trade you could make today, “I’ll take Cj2k over Doug Martin. CJ has established his NFL talent level. Martin still 100% projection.”
Shonn Greene, Jets – Prior to the season I suggested that you not draft any Jets on your fantasy rosters. Each week this is becoming more apparent and Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) made that even more clear stating, “Shonn Greene played only 18 Week 4 snaps. Bilal Powell was in on 32 plays. Zero for Joe McKnight.” This team is a mitigated mess right now and no one is worth rostering at this point.
All of the above information and tweets came across the News page of my website, Fantasy Football Aggregator. Twitter can be overwhelming for most, but the FFGator News feeds take out much of the noise and provides the ability to search on specific players as well. News from top sources and fantasy football analysts are aggregated in one place, so if you enjoyed the above breakdowns, check out the site for even more. If you are on Twitter I also suggest following all of the above for great fantasy football analysis and commentary.
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