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.
Talented Backup RBs – John Paulsen (@4for4_John)
offers some simple advice that can prevent your playoff team from falling apart
during the final weeks of the season. “With
bye weeks over, it's a good time to stash talented RB2s who are an injury away
from starting. There are obvious pickups this week like Bryce Brown, Hillman
and maybe Dunbar, but B Pierce, Turbin, J Bell, Gerhart would all hold starter
value with an injury to the RB1.” If you will never start that 5th
WR on your bench, grab the backup RB to your starter.
Broncos RBs – With the loss of McGahee for the fantasy season, there has been a lot of speculation around who will benefit most in Denver. Evan Silva (@evansilva) offers his opinion stating, “McGahee loss likely to benefit Manning, Decker, Demaryius in fantasy. Broncos doubtful to have sustaining run game now. More passing. Ronnie Hillman still obvious must-add. Role has grown steadily. Quick feet & good burst. Lots of value on 15-18 touch/game RB in high-scoring O.” Chris Wesseling (@ChrisWesseling) followed up noting “Hillman isn't the sustainer that McGahee is. Has struggled a bit between the tackles. Would be surprised if he was used as the goal line.” Hillman still appears to be the most obvious add this week, but Hillman most likely will not be the bell-cow and we don’t know who will get goal line looks. Ball is worth an add if you miss out on Hillman.
Ray Rice, Ravens – Rice has been
disappointing averaging just over 10 points per game in standard scoring
leagues over the last month. Josh Moore
(@4for4_Josh)
offered a quick reaction to Sunday’s performance tweeting, “Ray Rice’s 40 yards
on 20 carries his lowest ever in a game with at least 20 carries. Prev low was
41 on 20 vs Jets, 2010 W1.” Patrick
Daugherty (@RotoPat)
highlighted Rice’s season struggles when he tweeted, “Ray Rice since Week 4:
61.3 rushing yards per game, 3.6 yards per carry.” Finally, Chad Parsons (@PFF_ChadParsons)
offered a player comparison that could make Rice owners even more worried. “MJD had 1080 touches between 2009-11 and he
is on the shelf in 2012. Ray Rice had
1070 touches between 2009-11. He is living off a very high RZ conversion rate
in '12. For the record, he's on watchlist as well.” Hopefully he will hold up through the year
but the high touches definitely appear to be slowing the RB down.
LeSean McCoy, Eagles – McCoy’s value continues
to slide with the problems the Eagles offensive line has had as Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL)
tweeted, “LeSean McCoy was forced into pass blocking on 17 of 37 pass plays
yesterday.” His status for week 12 is
questionable with the concussion he sustained as well. Bryce Brown is the next man up if McCoy can’t
go, but fantasy production expectations should be tempered with this team.
DeSean Jackson & Jeremy Maclin, Eagles
– Along the same line as the worries around McCoy and Brown, Reuben Frank (@RoobCSN)
shared this observation for the Eagels WRs, “DeSean (5) and Maclin (0) combined
for 5 receiving yards. I just went back
to 1980 & that is fewest combined yards by Eagles' starting WRs.” Really
not sure I would feel good about starting anyone on the Eagles at this point.
Jamaal Charles, Chiefs – It has been a
tough year for Charles owners, but Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) offers some hope stating, “Jamaal
Charles received 21 of KCs 28 RB touches in W11. Schedule is fantastic after
DEN this week: CAR, CLE, OAK, IND.”
Start him if you got him.
Calvin Johnson, Lions – Chad Parsons (@PFF_ChadParsons)
tweeted this quick note, “Calvin Johnson has 7+ targets in every game this year
and 11+ in 7-of-10. He is on pace for 1787 rec.yds, most since '95 Jerry Rice.” Hope you did not lose faith when the TDs were
sparse early in the year. Congrats if
you traded for him when he was “down”.
Mikel Leshoure, Lions – Just a quick
observation from Chet Gresham (@Chet_G)
if you are deciding between Mikel or another close option this week. “The Texans still haven't given up a rushing
touchdown to a RB this season.”
Doug Martin, Buccaneers – Doug Martin
has been on an absolute tear of late and C.D.Carter (@CDCarter13) highlights this even more with this
tweet, “Doug Martin has 592 rushing yards (6.2 YPC) in his past four games.
Arian Foster has 388 (3.8 YPC) yards over that span.”
Josh Gordon, Browns – Gordon could have
found himself back on the waiver wire after posting a total of 12 fantasy
points over the last 3 games. Might be
worth picking up as Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL)
noted “Josh Gordon ran all but 1 route yesterday. He's clearly Cleveland's No.
1 WR these days.” Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh)
also offers a reason to keep Gordon around explaining, “Gordon w/season high 5
receptions (prev high 3). No big play, but look out if he starts getting
volume. OAK, KC, WAS W13-15.”
Danario Alexander, Chargers – If you
missed Alexander’s last two games, Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) will catch you up and why he should be
owned and started, “Danario Alexander is (Chargers’) WR1. Leads in rec (12),
yds (230), TDs (3) & tgts (18) over last 2. Borderline WR2 while healthy.”
Jalen Parmele, Jaguars – Dave Richard (@daverichard)
has quick and easy waiver advice for you, “Get the name Jalen Parmele on your
radar. Jags going w/ him at RB this week vs. TEN. Had over 80 total yards vs.
HOU yesterday.” Jennings is not the
answer and MJD is already ruled out for week 12 and listed as week to week.
Colin Kapernick, 49ers – Kapernick
performed outstanding against a tough Chicago defense on Monday night. Everyone, including Chris Mortensen (@mortreport),
was reporting Harbaugh’s comments after the game in regards to his starting QB
and using the “hot hand” approach. Kapernick
is worth an add in deeper or 2QB leagues.
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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