Each week I
will be 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.
Pierre Garcon, Redskins – As John
Paulsen (@4for4_John) pointed out, “Garcon has
15-207-1 through two weeks and is showing no ill-effects from injury. Will
continue to thrive, especially with way D is playing.” Getting 12 targets a game and defense that
will force the passing game late, Garcon makes a great trade target as a
high-end No. 2 WR.
Alfred Morris, Redskins – John (@4for4_John) followed up his tweet on
Garcon stating, “Speaking of the WAS D, it's limiting Alfred Morris's upside.
He averaged 20.9 carries last season and now has 25 total through two weeks.” Morris is not the Redskins 3rd
down back and when the team gets behind his upside gets limited quickly.
Texans RBs – Rotoworld’s Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) offered this stat on the
Texans running game after 2 weeks, “Arian Foster is averaging 3.67 YPC on his
37 carries this season. Ben Tate is averaging 8.33 YPC on his 18 carries.” While Foster still got the majority of
touches after Kubiak stated he wanted closer to 50/50 split, Tate should begin
to get more if he keeps this spread in production up.
Eddie Royal, Chargers – Looking for the
biggest regression candidate in fantasy?
As Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) tweeted, “Eddie Royal
offensive TDs 2009-2012: 5. Eddie Royal offensive TDs 2013 Weeks 1 & 2: 5.” Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) also offered this insight, “Only
one of Eddie Royal's 5 scores came on an endzone target. Caught the others at the
3, 6, 9, and 18 yard lines.” I would be
trying to sell Royal for top dollar if you own him as the TDs will not continue
to pour in for this guy.
Lamar Miller, Dolphins – A horrendous
week 1 left a sour taste in fantasy owner’s mouths. Evan Silva (@evansilva)
tweeted the following after Sunday, “Dolphins committed 16 touches to Lamar
Miller & found a run game in Wk 2. Imagine that. LM ran downhill with zip.
Expect more work ahead.” Miller may just
turn into the RB everyone expected and Thomas should fall back towards more of
a backup role. You also may still be
able to acquire Miller relatively cheap so test the waters.
Adrian Peterson, Vikings – After a week
1 performance bolstered by 3 TDs, AP quickly looked to be earning his #1
overall draft selection. Ryan Boser (@Ryan_Boser) offered the
following stats and analysis that should provide pause to Peterson owners, “AP has
rushed for 115 yards on 43 carries (under 2.7 YPC) since his season-opening
78-yd TD. Why = Ponder + OL + Felton suspension.” AP overcame stacked boxes and Ponder last
season, but 2,500 yards does not appear to be in the cards for the Viking RB in
2013.
Marlon Brown, Ravens – Brown is likely
on your waiver wire and someone people still might not know at this point. As Chris Wesseling (@ChrisWesseling) points out though, “Marlon Brown is the
first player in Ravens history with a TD in each of his first two games.” Torrey Smith will continue to draw the most
coverage and Brown will get his looks.
Eric Decker,
Broncos – A poor week 1 might have sent Decker to the
bench, but as Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) stated, “A
week after being the odd man out, Eric Decker led Broncos in targets (13),
receptions (9) & rec yards (87). Manning will find open man.” Not sure you can bench any of the receiving
options in Denver unless you are really deep.
This may cause some down weeks, but Manning does a great job of
spreading the ball around and getting his guys involved.
David Wilson, Giants – Some recent
tweets on the Giants RB: From Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh), “David Wilson still has
negative fantasy points on the season, making him something like RB190.” From RyFo18 (@RyFo18),
“As long as the #Giants are getting blown out, the longer David Wilson is gonna
suck. Won't sniff the field if playing catch up.” From Juan Elway (@JuanElway),
“Coughlin is kidding himself if he thinks the running game will get going w/o
Wilson getting touches. Eli needs a
running game-7 INT already.” Wilson is
struggling and his is not even clearly defined in this offense, but Jacobs and
Scott are not the answers. You can likely
buy Wilson for waiver priority or some FAB dollars at this point so why not buy
as low as possible and hope he becomes the stud many were expecting.
2013 Fantasy QBs – Practically everyone
is a fantasy starting QB these days as Sigmund Bloom (@SigmundBloom) tweeted, “16 QBs
averaging over 20 pts a game in 4 pt pass TD/pt per 20 pass yd format. And that doesn't include
Romo/Brady/Wilson/Newton.” Denny Carter
(@CDCarter13) also shared, “QB
stats that jump off the page: Bradford has thrown 96 passes. Eli has 812 pass
yards. Tannehill has completed 70% of his 73 passes.” We are only 2 weeks into the season and the
cream may rise to the top, but drafting your QBs early may be a losing strategy
while streaming them may be the way to go.
Look for 2 QB leagues to become more commonplace moving forward as the league
continues it aerial assault.
Kendall Wright, Titans – Not that you
want to necessarily own any of the Titans passing game, but as Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) offered, “32% of Jake
Locker's throws have been directed at Kendall Wright so far. You didn't notice
because of all the running.” Britt was
bench for a part of week 2 for mistakes and being lazy leaving Wright as the
most consistent WR on this team. The
Titans pound the ball a lot so anything more than a WR3 should not be
expected.
Mark Ingram, Saints - JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) offered this
simple stat on Ingram, “Mark Ingram through two games: 17 carries, 31 yards.” If you are holding onto him, don’t. Also realize though that Sproles remains your
only bet for RB production in this offense.
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