Each week I have been walking through the Twitterverse extracting some of the best commentary from trusted fantasy football minds and delivering to the general public. Twitter can be overwhelming with the amount of information that streams live, but it also proves to be one of the fastest and easiest ways to communicate.
In 140 characters or less you can learn something about a player you would have never thought to analyze. Trends, stats, analysis and simple suggestions pour out weekly after the NFL action is completed and below are some of the highlights to consider when hitting the waiver wire or seeking trades to win your fantasy championships this season.
Adrian Peterson, Vikings – I am still waiting for more evidence to prove that AP is actually human. Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) pointed out that “Adrian Peterson is averaging 157 rush yards over last 4. If that pace continues for final 6 games, he would finish season with 2071 rush yards.” He did go on to add, “Standing in the way of Adrian Peterson’s race to 2000 rushing yards, however, is the #Bears twice and the #Texans once.” Evan Silva (@evansilva) had the best comment on AP though when stating, “Often hyperbole when we call players “unstoppable.” It is real for Adrian Peterson. Destroying defenses designed specifically to stop him.” If you can somehow convince his owner that his remaining schedule is brutal and trade the likes of anyone not named Foster to get him, go for it.
Ahmad Bradshaw, Giants – Bradshaw is piling up the nicks and bruises and his fantasy production is giving way to Andre Brown. In standard leagues, Bradshaw has had 5, 4 and 4 fantasy points the last three weeks. Brown has had 8, 8 and 14. Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) broke down Sunday’s snaps for the Giants RBs and offered one parting shot stating, “Ahmad Bradshaw played 23 snaps yesterday. Andre Brown played 44. Brown is also the goal-line back. Hope you sold high.”
C.J. Spiller, Bills – Spiller has been reined in by the Bills’ coaching staff and Fred Jackson this year. Patrick Daugherty (@RotoPat) emphasizes why the Bills are likely making a mistake when he tweeted, “C.J. Spiller is averaging just 12.7 touches per game, but has 929 yards from scrimmage. Averaging 8.1 yards per touch. Otherworldly numbers.” Jackson has already been ruled out for the Week 11 Thursday night game making Spiller a must start and here’s hoping the Bills fully utilize their best offensive weapon the rest of the season.
Danario Alexander, Chargers – Alexander grabbed a starting spot in San Diego and as Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) points out, “Danario Alexander’s 59 snaps led the Chargers WRs. He ran 5 more routes than Malcom Floyd. Robert Meachem = 8 snaps.” Evan Silva (@evansilva) also interjects why Alexander might be a good play in Week 11 and beyond stating, “Danario Alexander can be multi-week fantasy asset; not 1-game wonder. Entrenched starter. Floyd should draw Champ in Wk 11.” If he is on your waiver wire, and I bet he likely is, time to make a move.
LeSean McCoy, Eagles – McCoy is just outside the top 10 fantasy RBs and putting up simply consistent but not monster numbers. Frank DuPont (@FantasyDouche) shared an interesting fact in regards to McCoy’s receiving game stating, “Eagles RBs were hitting 700+ receiving yards on a regular basis. McCoy just 315 rec. yards last year and on pace for similar this year.” Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) responded to Frank, “McCoy pass blocking a lot more than last year. Product of the beat up line.” He also projected that the “Vick injury boosts McCoy a bit in rushing game, too – fewer designed QB runs, more Shady.” McCoy may likely see an uptick in fantasy production with Vick out, but Foles is still a rookie and mistakes and turnovers could continue to limit his weekly upside.
Daniel Thomas, Dolphins – Brad Evans (@YahooNoise) tweeted some sound advice in regards to the Dolphin’s rusher, “If there was one budget RB I would trade for NOW, it would be Daniel Thomas. Coming out party happens WK11 vs. BUF. WK 15/16 sched awesome.” When questioned about the presence of Reggie Brad also remarked that Thomas has “out-snapped Bush in three straight. Staff’s trust in Thomas growing.” Heed his advice and buy extremely low on Daniel.
Calvin Johnson, Lions – The past couple weeks I have been highlighting that Megatron has been a stud WR all year getting the yards and falling just short of TDs on a weekly basis. I hope you were able to trade for him as Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) tweeted, “Calvin Johnson is on pace for 107 caches and 1731 yards. Nevermind the TDs.” Johnson was the 11th overall WR in standard leagues last week, 6th this week and only 8 points out of 3rd. Would you like to bet that he doesn’t finish the season as the #1 fantasy WR?
Marcel Reece, Raiders – The question with McFadden and Goodson out was which Raiders RB would benefit the most. Reece became that man on Sunday and Evan Silva (@evansilva) commented that, “Marcel Reece will continue to pay major fantasy dividends. Everydown back utilized heavily in passing game.” Nathan Zegura (@NathanZegura) also commented, “With New Orleans coming to town in Week 11, look for Reece to be a GREAT PPR and even standard league start for your teams.” Reece can be a stop-gap for McFadden owners for the short term. Taiwan Jones should be back on the waiver wire as the coaching staff does not trust him.
Cecil Shorts, Jaguars – There must a lot of fantasy owners who are unfamiliar with Cecil as C.D. Carter (@CDCarter13) points out, “Cecil Shorts is owned in 15% of ESPN leagues. Jeremy Maclin, who is eight fantasy point behind Shorts, is owned in 97 percent of leagues.” He goes on to highlight further that “Cecil Shorts is tied with Brandon Lloyd with 58 fantasy points. I’d probably lean Shorts for the rest of the way.” There is still plenty of room on the Cecil bandwagon.
Danny Woodhead, Patriots – John Paulsen (@4for4_John) highlighted a quick fact on the Patriots backup RB, “Danny Woodhead has scored 8+ points in PPR formats in seven straight games.” PPR owners should take note of the dependable production.
Michael Turner, Falcons – Coming off a solid day against the Cowboys, Turner was supposed to eat up the Saints miserable defense on Sunday. 13 carries for 15 yards later and his owners were left wondering what do to with the “slow cooker” moving forward. TDs were supposed to be Turner’s bread and butter, though Chris Wesseling (@ChrisWesseling) shared that, “Michael Turner has had 17 goal-to-go carries this season. He’s scored on just 3 of them.”
Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) also highlighted that Turner’s running mate, “Jacquizz Rodgers carried the ball 3 times to Turner’s 13 and rushed for nearly twice as many yards (29 to 15) vs. NO no less.” If you have Turner you likely are needing to start him, but at this point it is hard to believe the Falcons coaching staff will rely on Turner as much the rest of the season.
Brandon Lloyd, Patriots – It might be time to stop thinking about Lloyd as even a weekly Flex option. Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) revealed that, “Deion Branch has blown past Julian Edelman on the depth chart and actually ran more routes than Brandon Lloyd yesterday.” I don’t recommend Branch in any format either, but with Hernandez almost back and Branch taking from Lloyd there is still not enough passes to go around to hope for anything more than 3 or 4 points per week from Brandon. Move on.
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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