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.
Danario Alexander,
Chargers – Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh)
highlighted Alexander’s week 14 performance stating, “Alexander excelled in a
tough matchup. 7-88-2 on 11 targets. He’s a WR1 as long as he’s healthy.
30-494-5 last 5 games.” Averaging 15 fantasy
points per week over the last 5 in standard leagues, Alexander has proven
himself a valuable fantasy asset and weekly start.
Jeremy Maclin, Eagles
– Despite his 9 catches, 104 yards and a TD in week 14, Maclin would not be in
my starting lineups for the fantasy playoffs.
A short week and the Bengals will most surely drop Maclin down to an
unreliable fantasy start. As C.D. Carter
(@CDCarter13)
wrote, “More than anything, Jeremy Maclin's Week 14 resurgence shows that every
WR deserves consideration against that awful Bucs secondary.” I would be looking Lance Moore’s way this
week.
Joique Bell, Lions
– Brad Evans (@YahooNoise)
offered a little week 15 roster advice to consider tweeting, “Great to see
Linehan get Joique Bell more touches. RB averaging re-donk 6.9 yards per touch
on season. Flexy sexy option at ARI in WK15.”
Ryan Mathews,
Chargers – Mathews has been one of the most disappointing fantasy players
this season. The extents of his failures
were underscored best by Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) sarcastically stating, “Ryan Mathews
25 touches, 6.5 fantasy football points. All he needed was the touches!” Josh went on to explain, “Jackie Battle (62)
& Ronnie Brown (82) combined for 144 touches & 105 fantasy football
points. Mathews has 95 (fantasy
football) points on 216 touches. Now
this is just amazing. Both Ronnie Brown
(4.7/7.8) & Jackie Battle (4.1/7.5) have higher YPC & YPR than Ryan
Mathews (3.8/6.8) in 2012.” I present
Josh’s thoughts and stats more as something to remember before next season’s
drafts. Mathews was thought of as a top
5 overall pick before his preseason injury and might actually get hyped again
after Norv has departed, but Ryan is one player I will likely be avoiding.
Aaron Rodgers,
Packers – The struggles of the elite QBs has been mentioned before in this
weekly article, and Jim Day (@Fantasytaz)
emphasized this trend even more when he tweeted, “There were 12 QBs who scored
20+ fantasy points in Wk 14 & didn't include Brees, RG3, Peyton, Rodgers,
Dalton, Freeman & Luck.” Jim went on
to focus particularly on Rodgers stating, “Over the last month Aaron Rodgers is
the 15th best scoring QB & didn't top 120 fantasy points.
#FantasyPlayoffKiller.” If you made it
to the playoffs with Rodgers congratulations, the rest of your team must have
been really good.
Brandon Marshall,
Bears – Marshall sits atop the fantasy WRs through fourteen weeks. Chris Wesseling (@ChrisWesseling) highlighted an amazing stat that
should possibly gain Marshall some real-life MVP attention of his own, “Only 8
WRs have 1,075+ yards this season. Brandon Marshall has 1,086 more receiving
yards than the next closest Bears player.”
When you get it done despite being the only threat you deserve some recognition.
Kenny Britt, Titans
– Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh)
tweeted, “Titans made a point of getting Kenny Britt involved. Season high 8
receptions & 143 yards on 9 targets. Jets, Packers, Jaguars next.” With the recent news regarding Cook being out
the remainder of the season, Britt could see even more targets come his
way. Britt is a fantasy playoff flex
worth considering.
Cam Newton, Panthers
– Newton was struggling earlier this season and most likely getting benched in
fantasy leagues. Evan Silva (@evansilva) shows why for
fantasy you just need to be hot at the right time stating, “Cam Newton is on a fantasy
football team-carrying tear. Last 6 games: 15 TDs, 2 turnovers. 308.2-yard avg.
NFL's hottest QB west of Foxboro.”
Hopefully you either still own Cam or are not playing against him.
Aaron Hernandez,
Patriots – Hernandez is another player who is coming on strong just in time
for the fantasy playoffs after a mid-season injury. Rumford Johnny (@RumfordJohnny) presented this takeaway from Monday
night, “Hernandez was expected to be the main target, and he didn’t disappoint-
8/58/2TDs.” Despite playing the 2nd
toughest defense against the tight ends in the 49ers this week, Hernandez
should be starting for you if you own him.
Jets RBs – Watching the Jets play is
not advised, but flexing their running backs might still be a viable option as
Chris Wesseling (@ChrisWesseling)
notes, “Your wild-card contending Jets have a pair of top-20 fantasy RBs over
the past 5 weeks, Powell (15) + Greene (18).”
The below players are simply names and
thoughts looking forward to 2013 fantasy drafts.
Josh Gordon, Browns – From Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh), “Season
high 12 tgts & 8 recs for Josh Gordon. Volume + big play. Big-time sleeper
in 2013. Fringe WR1 upside.”
Jacquizz Rodgers, Falcons – From Mike
Clay (@MikeClayNFL),
“Rodgers played more snaps than Michael Turner for the fourth week in a row -
could Turner be offseason cap casualty? (Due $5.5 mill)” Rodgers may never be a workhorse RB, but a
starter in the Falcons offense could net solid fantasy points on a weekly
basis.
Pierre Garcon, Redskins – From Grant
Paulsen (@granthpaulsen),
“Pierre Garcon's been targeted 26 times in his last 3 games. It's unbelievable
how different WSH's offense is w/ him on the field.” Garcon may be a guy who slips in drafts
because he did not play most of the season.
Don’t let him slip too far as he has top 10 fantasy WR potential.
Vernon Davis, 49ers – From Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh), “Vernon
Davis with 3 catches for 19 yards, no TDs on 6 targets... over his last 3
games. 13-169-4 his first 3 games of season.”
With Kaepernick as the QB Davis has not been involved.
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