The fantasy football season is already seven weeks old and hopefully your championship aspirations are still alive. Thousands of words of fantasy analysis are published daily for the avid fans’ enjoyment. You can find many of the best in one spot on the Analysis tab at FFGator.com. But for many like myself who like to digest short bursts of information and analysis in 140 characters or less, Twitter is the perfect medium.
Below is a compilation of some of the best stats, analysis and fantasy suggestions from the day after the games. Don’t simply let the box scores influence your fantasy maneuvers on a weekly basis and look to gain an edge on your competition from top fantasy football minds.
Darren McFadden, Raiders – McFadden continues to be a disappointment this season as Steve Corkran (@CorkOnTheNFL) illustrates, “Jaguars allowed 4.7 yards rushing per carry first five games. Darren McFadden went for 2.8 Sunday.” Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) showed an interesting player comparison when he tweeted, “Chris Johnson YTD stats: 110-496-2 (4.51 YPC) + 17-110-0. McFadden YTD stats: 103-324-2 (3.15 YPC) + 25-167-0.” Would you trade McFadden for Chris Johnson today?
Dustin Keller, Jets – Keller missed the beginning of the season due to injuries but looks to be healthy enough for fantasy relevance on a weekly basis. Chad Parson (@PFF_ChadParsons) commented, “Dustin Keller, intriguing add. Finally healthy, could be no.1, or no.2 at worst target on #Jets. 6 gms vs. 20th+ ranked pass defense ROS.” Week 7’s output of 93 yards and a TD is more likely a ceiling, but could do worse during your bye weeks.
Josh Gordon, Browns – Gordon has been on fire the last 3 weeks and Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) noted, “Josh Gordon led Browns’ wide receivers in snaps yesterday and ran all 43 possible routes.”
Cam Newton, Panthers – Cam is currently the 13th QB in standard scoring leagues and was taking a little heat after his teams’ most recent loss. John Paulsen (@4for4_John) tweeted, “There’s a reason why “sophomore slump” is a thing” and Rumford Johnny (@RumfordJohnny) also joked (maybe not) that “Cam Newton needs to go see the hypnotist from “Office Space.” #ComeBackToUsBruh.” Cam has already had his bye and plays the Bears this week. If you can get him for cents on the dollar I would make the move because the potential is still there for huge weeks.
LaRod Stephens-Howling, Cardinals – LSH looked to be the clear lead back in Arizona as Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) pointed out, “Only 10 snaps for William Powell to 55 for LSH. Touches 5 to 25. Clearly LSH the RB1 when fully healthy, which he appears to be.” Sigmund Bloom (@SigmundBloom) also commented, “Stephens-Howling didn’t run small vs MIN like he did vs BUF – leg drive, breaking tackles. ARI run blocking also vastly improved.” If you can’t grab Jennings off of the waiver wire this week, Stephens-Howling is likely your next best option.
Rams RBs – Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) broke down the Rams’ running back situation tweeting, “In the last four games, Steven Jackson is averaging 16.0 touches. Daryl Richardson is averaging 10.2 touches,” a two-thirds vs. one-third split. On Sunday that was a little more close to even as Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) noted, “35:24 snap edge for Steven Jackson over Daryl Richardson yesterday.” This backfield is here to stay and counting on Steven Jackson as a weekly start is no longer an option.
Steven Ridley, Patriots – Ridley has been a top 10 back this season but Evan Silva (@evansilva) might have some useful knowledge to consider moving forward, “Stevan Ridley had 2 slow weeks in a row. Current owners already sweat his usage. Good buy-low target. Has STL, BUF, IND, NYJ lined up next.”
James Jones, Packers – Jones could not keep up his pace of multiple touchdowns per week, but Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) highlighted he was still actively involved during week 7. “James Jones led the #Packers in targets (6-53-0 on 10 targets), but failed to find the end zone after recording 6 TDs in his last 3 games.” The Packers spread the ball around, but Jones can still be a flex-worthy option even once Jennings returns.
Chicago Bears Defense – Brad Evans (@YahooNoise) delivered this tweet about fantasy’s MVP, “Fun Fact about CHI D/ST: Currently average 13.0 fpts/game. Previous high of any team since 2000, BAL’06 (8.8). True Monsters of the Midway.” Drafted as the 7th defense overall and currently 9th in total fantasy scoring, the Bears are likely delivering weekly W’s for fantasy teams across the nation.
Alex Green, Packers – The following breakdown on Green came from Chet Gresham’s (@Chet_G) weekly column, The Morning After, “Rushing 20 times for 35 yards is an amazing stat for its complete ineptitude. You can’t say he wasn’t given enough chances or that the Rams have impenetrable run defense. One game doesn’t make a career of course, but we could see more James Starks in the future.”
Titus Young, Lions – A fantasy disappointment year to date, Titus Young will be a waiver wire target this week as Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) noted, “With Nate Burleson (leg) done for the season, Titus Young will be an every-down wideout and see an uptick in targets.”
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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