Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Wayne: 8-7-6-4-14-6-6 (83), Pierre Garcon: 8-8-11-6-15-6-6 (81), Austin Collie: 7-2-6-5-7-5-5 (57), Dallas Clark: 4-5-7-0-10-5-dnp (50), Jacob Tamme: 0-0-1-0-0-7-8 (17), Joseph Addai: 2-1-dnp-2-dnp- dnp-dnp (15), Donald Brown: 0-0-2-0-1-3-4 (10)
Jacob Tamme was the lone bright spot for the Colts last week. Well, "bright spot" may be a bit of an exaggeration, maybe "less soul suckingly dark"? He led the Colts in targets, receptions and yards and in 2 tight end leagues is worth a look.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Mike Thomas: 11-7-6-1-4-BYE-1 (59), Jason Hill: 9-7-3-8-5-BYE-1 (43), Marcedes Lewis: 7-4-8-3-9-BYE-3 (39), Maurice Jones-Drew: 4-0-3-3-4-BYE-3 (24), Deji Karim: 1-4-1-0-1-BYE-3 (16), Jarett Dillard: 3-1-3- dnp-3-BYE-2 (14)
Like the Colts, the Jaguars are painful to watch. Oh, and they played each other last week. I hope you weren't there.
Chastin West led the Jaguars in targets with 5. If you own any Jaguar not named Maurice Jones-Drew you must have made an error somewhere.
Kansas City Chiefs
Dwayne Bowe: 9-11-BYE-10-11-10-7 (80), Steve Breaston: 5-5-BYE-9-4-11-6 (50), Dexter McCluster: 4-2-BYE- 2-3-4-8 (39), Leonard Pope: 1-3-BYE-1-1-2-5 (25), Jonathan Baldwin: dnp-dnp-BYE-5-8-5-5 (23), LeRon McClain: 4-0-BYE-2-2-1-2 (13), Keary Colbert: 4-2-BYE-0-1-1-dnp (12)
The good news for Chiefs fans is they no longer have a quarterback who went 13 for 28 for 93 yards against one of the worst pass defenses in the league! The bad news is they now have Tyler Palko. If only he was Panko we could batter and bread some food stuff and deep fry it to gorge our sorrows away! This isn't great news for the Chiefs receivers who have had some success this season.
Miami Dolphins
Brandon Marshall: 8-BYE-13-9-6-11-9 (87), Davone Bess: 5-BYE-3-12-5-3-6 (55), Brian Hartline: 5-BYE-6-2- 2-0-3 (36), Reggie Bush: 2-BYE-2-2-5-3-5 (31), Anthony Fasano: 4-BYE-2-2-1-3-4 (26), Charles Clay: 2- BYE-2-1-1-3-2 (12), Daniel Thomas: dnp-BYE-1-5-dnp-0-0 (10)
Matt Moore has helped Brandon Marshall to 15 receptions for 204 yards and a touchdown in the last 2 games. The rest of the season schedule is about middle of the road and Marshall is currently the 3rd most targeted receiver in the league. There's no reason to think that won't continue.
Minnesota Vikings
Percy Harvin: 7-2-9-3-5-BYE-8 (51), Visanthe Shiancoe: 8-6-7-8-4-BYE-4 (47), Michael Jenkins: 1-6-6-8-2- BYE-4 (43), Devin Aromashodu: 2-5-2-5-6-BYE-6 (30), Kyle Rudolph: 4-0-3-1-5-BYE-3 (21), Adrian Peterson: 1-0-1-1-5-BYE-1 (19)
The Vikings were beat down in a humiliating fashion on Monday night by the Packers, but who hasn't been? The good news is that Percy Harvin was once again the main target for Christian Ponder and even though it wasn't the best night he'll ever have, he did total 70 yards and had 6 receptions. That's not the end of the world in a PPR league. After Harvin it's a black hole filled with despair and slow receivers.
New England Patriots
Wes Welker: 14-8-10-BYE-8-10-8 (101), Rob Gronkowski: 5-4-7-BYE-9-15-11 (73), Deion Branch: 4-8-5-BYE-7- 5-9 (60), Aaron Hernandez: dnp-9-14-BYE-4-5-5 (55), Chad Ochocinco: 2-3-1-BYE-1-5-2 (23), Danny Woodhead: 0-dnp-3-BYE-0-6-3 (20)
As usual Tom Brady and Bill Belichick take what's given to them and on Sunday night the Jets were taking away Wes Welker and giving Rob Gronkowski room. Gronk has an amazing 16 receptions for 214 yards and 3 touchdowns in the last two games. And that was his third multi-TD game on the season. I think he's going to be ok. But we have seen a drop off in targets for Aaron Hernandez. With Mr. Belichick these things can turn around pretty quickly, but three games in a row of 5 or less targets for Hernandez is a little worrisome.
New Orleans Saints
Jimmy Graham: 14-12-11-7-8-8-12 (94), Darren Sproles: 7-7-11-6-7-6-6 (78), Marques Colston: 3-6-11-7-6-5 -9 (56), Lance Moore: 6-6-3-4-9-3-3 (47), Robert Meachem: 6-5-2-2-3-1-2 (41), Pierre Thomas: 4-3-1-6-4-5 -5 (38), Devery Henderson: 1-1-2-2-4-3-2 (31)
Jimbo Graham continues to keep his streak of 7-plus target games alive. He and Gronkowski are lapping the tight end field.
Since returning from his injury Marques Colston has been a top 10 fantasy receiver and besides Graham doesn't really have anyone taking looks away from him. His health will always be a concern, but his 7- plus targets a game will get you through the hard times.
The numbers by each name are targets for weeks’ 4-10 followed by the total year to date targets in parenthesis.
All snap count data comes from our friends over at Pro Football Focus.
Arizona Cardinals
Larry Fitzgerald: 11-8-BYE-10-5-12-13 (83), Early Doucet: 6-16-BYE-5-6-6-4 (58), Andre Roberts: 0-6-BYE- 5-3-7-7 (45), Jeff King: 1-6-BYE-1-3-2-5 (23), Todd Heap: 6-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-0-dnp (20), Rob Housler: 1-8 -BYE-6-2-dnp-dnp (17), Beanie Wells: 2-1-BYE-0-0-2-0 (11)
Larry Fitzgerald has his most targets and most touchdowns with John Skelton behind center. Oh, and the Cardinals have won both of Skelton's starts. Funny how things happen that way.
Andre Roberts also has his target highs with Skelton, but still hasn't topped 55 yards or found the end zone while Early Doucet has had less targets with Skelton but has a touchdown. Both are risky plays.
Atlanta Falcons
Roddy White: 11-9-5-10-BYE-9-7 (85), Tony Gonzalez: 9-8-3-8-BYE-6-10 (68), Julio Jones: 17-4-dnp-dnp- BYE-4-5 (50), Harry Douglas: 0-5-4-7-BYE-0-14 (43), Jason Snelling: dnp-2-1-1-BYE-0-2 (18), Jacquizz Rodgers: 1-1-1-4-BYE-1-2 (18), Michael Turner: 2-0-3-1-BYE-2-2 (15)
Harry Douglas was the target king last week with Tony Gonzalez not far behind. Roddy White is still the overall target leader for the Falcons but has only topped 100 yards once this season and only has 3 touchdowns. He can't be counted on as a WR1 anymore.
Baltimore Ravens
Anquan Boldin: 2-BYE-9-12-12-10-9 (82), Ed Dickson: 12-BYE-3-5-9-5-14 (68), Ray Rice: 5-BYE-7-8-9-7-10 (66), Torrey Smith: 6-BYE-5-5-9-9-8 (51), Dennis Pitta: 1-BYE-5-3-8-8-7 (38), Vonta Leach: 3-BYE-2-1-1-1 -1 (17), LaQuan Williams: 1-BYE-1-2-1-3-1 (12), Ricky Williams: 1-BYE-1-0-2-1-3 (11)
Ed Dickson led all Ravens last week in all the good categories, but as you've seen in this column Ed is as up and down as a rubber ducky in the Atlantic. He just can't be trusted from week to week especially with Dennis Pitta there.
The Ravens went pass happy against the Seahawks which usually is a good idea but they forgot they had Ray Rice on their team. Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin saw plenty of targets but were covered well. As long as they keep getting their looks they should be fine.
Buffalo Bills
Stevie Johnson: 6-5-10-BYE-9-6-5 (71), David Nelson: 3-2-6-BYE-5-7-5 (55), Donald Jones: 8-2-dnp-BYE- dnp-4-10 (45), Fred Jackson: 8-6-6-BYE-4-7-4 (44), Scott Chandler: 2-1-1-BYE-2-3-3 (24), Naaman Roosevelt: 1-7-2-BYE-1-3-1 (16), C.J. Spiller: 1-2-5-BYE-3-0-0 (14)
Stevie Johnson had the flu which may explain his low target numbers and productivity while Donald Jones doubled both David Nelson and Johnson in targets. Nelson and Jones have been off and on all season and both are averaging 6 targets a start overall. They can't be relied upon week to week.
Carolina Panthers
Steve Smith: 10-7-7-9-9-BYE-8 (81), Greg Olsen: 7-5-10-3-7-BYE-11 (63), Legedu Naanee: 11-7-2-3-7-BYE-9 (53), Jeremy Shockey: 5-7-7-4-3-BYE-1 (42), Jonathan Stewart: 4-1-3-0-3-BYE-7 (32), Brandon LaFell: 6-2- 1-3-2-BYE-2 (26), DeAngelo Williams: 1-0-3-0-2-BYE-1 (16)
I'll stop asking for more targets for Brandon LaFell because it just ain't working. After Steve Smith Greg Olsen is the only semi-safe receiver in Carolina. And even he is going to have his down target days, but (crossing my fingers) he has seen 18 targets to Jeremy Shockey's 4 targets in the last 2 games. Hopefully that will keep up.
Legedu Naanee had 9 targets and caught 8 of them for 75 yards. Both of those numbers are season highs. He has yet to get into the end zone though. If I had to spot start a Carolina receiver it would be Naanee but I wouldn't like it.
Chicago Bears
Matt Forte: 5-7-7-4-BYE-5-5 (61), Devin Hester: 2-7-7-9-BYE-5-0 (49), Johnny Knox: 4-2-4-6-BYE-1-2 (38), Dane Sanzenbacher: 2-10-3-3-BYE-2-0 (35), Roy Williams: 1-1-4-5-BYE-6-2 (27), Kellen Davis: 1-3-3-2-BYE- 3-2 (22), Earl Bennett: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-5-6 (16)
Halleluiah! Earl Bennett is back! Earl Bennett is back! Oh wait, that might be overdoing it a tad, but in the grand scheme of Bears' receivers it's close to the right sentiment. So far he's had 11 targets since returning and caught 11 for 176 yards and a touchdown. Last season he didn't drop a single catchable ball. With only 2 games under his belt since returning from a 5 week lay off he's already the Bears best wide receiver.
Cincinnati Bengals
A.J. Green: 10-8-7-BYE-10-7-2 (67), Jerome Simpson: 3-7-9-BYE-2-10-4 (57), Andre Caldwell: 5-4-4-BYE-6-9 -8 (53), Jermaine Gresham: 7-7-6-BYE-dnp-dnp-5 (46), Brian Leonard: 2-3-2-BYE-3-2-0 (17), Andrew Hawkins: 3-2-1-BYE-0-0-6 (12)
A.J. Green hyperextended his leg on a nice touchdown catch last week and Andrew Hawkins saw an uptick in targets catching 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards.
Jermaine Gresham returned to the field after missing two games and got back in the scoring game (much different than the crying game) with a touchdown on 4 receptions. He gets enough red zone looks to be fantasy relevant going forward.
Cleveland Browns
Greg Little: 8-BYE-12-7-11-8-6 (65), Ben Watson: 9-BYE-8-4-3-2-5 (52), Josh Cribbs: 8-BYE-5-6-3-5-5 (44), Mohamed Massaquoi: 9-BYE-7-2-dnp-1-dnp (38), Evan Moore: 2-BYE-3-4-2-2-0 (23), Alex Smith: 2-BYE-3-2-1-0 -2 (19), Montario Hardesty: 9-BYE-4-2-0-dnp-dnp (19), Peyton Hillis: 6-BYE-1-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (19), Chris Ogbonnaya: 0-BYE-dnp-5-8-1-2 (16)
Greg Little has seen more snaps and targets than any Browns receiver, but is still the 73rd ranked fantasy wide receiver. That tells you all you need to know about the Browns' passing game.
Dallas Cowboys
Jason Witten: 10-BYE-4-6-12-7-7 (78), Dez Bryant: 5-BYE-8-8-5-9-6 (53), Miles Austin: dnp-BYE-10-5-3-3- dnp (45), Laurent Robinson: 10-BYE-2-3-8-5-3 (36), Demarco Murray: 1-BYE-2-2-3-6-7 (23)
Tony Romo was insanely on target last week completing 23 passes on 26 attempts so just 3 targets was plenty for Laurent Robinson to have 3 receptions for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns. Robinson led in fantasy points but Jason Witten and Dez Bryant are the 1a and 1b receivers going forward.
Denver Broncos
Eric Decker: 10-5-BYE-3-12-5-3 (64), Eddie Royal: dnp-dnp-BYE-4-13-5-2 (33), Daniel Fells: 3-4-BYE-4-1-1 -0 (25), Matt Willis: 1-3-BYE-2-3-0-1 (19), Willis McGahee: 2-1-BYE-0-dnp-0-0 (17), Demaryius Thomas: dnp-dnp-BYE-10-3-2-0 (15), Knowshon Moreno: 1-3-BYE-2-2-4-0 (15), Lance Ball: 2-0-BYE-0-3-0-1 (13)
On average Tim Tebow is completing 10 passes a game which doesn't leave much to spread around. And last week his 2 completions really made it tough for his receivers. Tebow will remain a safe-ish play based on his ability to run and get into the end zone, but relying on him throwing a touchdown to Eric Decker every week is a tall order.
Detroit Lions
Calvin Johnson: 13-6-9-11-7-BYE-20 (94), Brandon Pettigrew: 9-5-14-6-4-BYE-9 (69), Nate Burleson: 4-4-10 -3-7-BYE-9 (53), Titus Young: 5-4-5-3-5-BYE-10 (48), Jahvid Best: 8-4-8-dnp-dnp-BYE-dnp (40), Tony Scheffler: 1-1-dnp-3-3-BYE-7 (20), Maurice Morris: 0-1-1-4-3-BYE-2 (15)
Matthew Stafford was not on target with a boo boo on his throwing hand and with a deficit and no running game it meant a whole gaggle of targets to go around. Not much has changed with the Lions. Calvin Johnson is the man, Brandon Pettigrew is the outlet receiver and Nate Burleson and Titus Young are the ancillary guys looking for scraps.
Green Bay Packers
Greg Jennings: 7-5-10-10-BYE-8-5 (71), Jermichael Finley: 6-7-4-2-BYE-7-4 (48), Jordy Nelson: 6-7-3-4- BYE-6-5 (46), James Starks: 6-3-2-4-BYE-1-4 (29), Donald Driver: 4-2-5-1-BYE-2-4 (28), James Jones: 3-7- 1-4-BYE-1-1 (26), Randall Cobb: 3-2-0-2-BYE-0-3 (15), John Kuhn: 1-1-0-1-BYE-1-2 (11)
Not much news out of Green Bay target-land except that Aaron Rodgers is a bad mamma jamma. I think we learned that the 4-6-5 targets that Jordy Nelson has had the last three weeks is plenty for him to be a fantasy stud while the 4-1-1 targets James Jones has had will have us calling information asking for his whereabouts some weeks.
Houston Texans
Owen Daniels: 7-11-3-5-6-4-3 (55), Arian Foster: 5-7-11-5-4-7-4 (45), Jacoby Jones: 1-11-7-4-5-4-3 (44), Andre Johnson: 5-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (37), Kevin Walter: 1-6-8-4-9-1-1 (35), Derrick Mason: 3-1-4-1- 2-0-2 (31), Joel Dreessen: 1-9-2-2-2-2-1 (23), James Casey: 1-2-dnp-dnp-0-1-0 (14), Ben Tate: 0-dnp-1-0- 0-1-0 (10)
Two huge passing plays to Arian Foster and Jacoby Jones made up close to 70 percent of all Matt Schaub's passing yards against Tampa Bay. After that it was back on the rushing treadmill for Foster, Ben Tate and even Derrick Ward. Now with Schaub most likely done for the season and Matt Leinart at the helm it's hard to foresee much of an uptick in pass attempts.
Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Wayne: 8-7-6-4-14-6-6 (83), Pierre Garcon: 8-8-11-6-15-6-6 (81), Austin Collie: 7-2-6-5-7-5-5 (57), Dallas Clark: 4-5-7-0-10-5-dnp (50), Jacob Tamme: 0-0-1-0-0-7-8 (17), Joseph Addai: 2-1-dnp-2-dnp- dnp-dnp (15), Donald Brown: 0-0-2-0-1-3-4 (10)
Jacob Tamme was the lone bright spot for the Colts last week. Well, "bright spot" may be a bit of an exaggeration, maybe "less soul suckingly dark"? He led the Colts in targets, receptions and yards and in 2 tight end leagues is worth a look.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Mike Thomas: 11-7-6-1-4-BYE-1 (59), Jason Hill: 9-7-3-8-5-BYE-1 (43), Marcedes Lewis: 7-4-8-3-9-BYE-3 (39), Maurice Jones-Drew: 4-0-3-3-4-BYE-3 (24), Deji Karim: 1-4-1-0-1-BYE-3 (16), Jarett Dillard: 3-1-3- dnp-3-BYE-2 (14)
Like the Colts, the Jaguars are painful to watch. Oh, and they played each other last week. I hope you weren't there.
Chastin West led the Jaguars in targets with 5. If you own any Jaguar not named Maurice Jones-Drew you must have made an error somewhere.
Kansas City Chiefs
Dwayne Bowe: 9-11-BYE-10-11-10-7 (80), Steve Breaston: 5-5-BYE-9-4-11-6 (50), Dexter McCluster: 4-2-BYE- 2-3-4-8 (39), Leonard Pope: 1-3-BYE-1-1-2-5 (25), Jonathan Baldwin: dnp-dnp-BYE-5-8-5-5 (23), LeRon McClain: 4-0-BYE-2-2-1-2 (13), Keary Colbert: 4-2-BYE-0-1-1-dnp (12)
The good news for Chiefs fans is they no longer have a quarterback who went 13 for 28 for 93 yards against one of the worst pass defenses in the league! The bad news is they now have Tyler Palko. If only he was Panko we could batter and bread some food stuff and deep fry it to gorge our sorrows away! This isn't great news for the Chiefs receivers who have had some success this season.
Miami Dolphins
Brandon Marshall: 8-BYE-13-9-6-11-9 (87), Davone Bess: 5-BYE-3-12-5-3-6 (55), Brian Hartline: 5-BYE-6-2- 2-0-3 (36), Reggie Bush: 2-BYE-2-2-5-3-5 (31), Anthony Fasano: 4-BYE-2-2-1-3-4 (26), Charles Clay: 2- BYE-2-1-1-3-2 (12), Daniel Thomas: dnp-BYE-1-5-dnp-0-0 (10)
Matt Moore has helped Brandon Marshall to 15 receptions for 204 yards and a touchdown in the last 2 games. The rest of the season schedule is about middle of the road and Marshall is currently the 3rd most targeted receiver in the league. There's no reason to think that won't continue.
Minnesota Vikings
Percy Harvin: 7-2-9-3-5-BYE-8 (51), Visanthe Shiancoe: 8-6-7-8-4-BYE-4 (47), Michael Jenkins: 1-6-6-8-2- BYE-4 (43), Devin Aromashodu: 2-5-2-5-6-BYE-6 (30), Kyle Rudolph: 4-0-3-1-5-BYE-3 (21), Adrian Peterson: 1-0-1-1-5-BYE-1 (19)
The Vikings were beat down in a humiliating fashion on Monday night by the Packers, but who hasn't been? The good news is that Percy Harvin was once again the main target for Christian Ponder and even though it wasn't the best night he'll ever have, he did total 70 yards and had 6 receptions. That's not the end of the world in a PPR league. After Harvin it's a black hole filled with despair and slow receivers.
New England Patriots
Wes Welker: 14-8-10-BYE-8-10-8 (101), Rob Gronkowski: 5-4-7-BYE-9-15-11 (73), Deion Branch: 4-8-5-BYE-7- 5-9 (60), Aaron Hernandez: dnp-9-14-BYE-4-5-5 (55), Chad Ochocinco: 2-3-1-BYE-1-5-2 (23), Danny Woodhead: 0-dnp-3-BYE-0-6-3 (20)
As usual Tom Brady and Bill Belichick take what's given to them and on Sunday night the Jets were taking away Wes Welker and giving Rob Gronkowski room. Gronk has an amazing 16 receptions for 214 yards and 3 touchdowns in the last two games. And that was his third multi-TD game on the season. I think he's going to be ok. But we have seen a drop off in targets for Aaron Hernandez. With Mr. Belichick these things can turn around pretty quickly, but three games in a row of 5 or less targets for Hernandez is a little worrisome.
New Orleans Saints
Jimmy Graham: 14-12-11-7-8-8-12 (94), Darren Sproles: 7-7-11-6-7-6-6 (78), Marques Colston: 3-6-11-7-6-5 -9 (56), Lance Moore: 6-6-3-4-9-3-3 (47), Robert Meachem: 6-5-2-2-3-1-2 (41), Pierre Thomas: 4-3-1-6-4-5 -5 (38), Devery Henderson: 1-1-2-2-4-3-2 (31)
Jimbo Graham continues to keep his streak of 7-plus target games alive. He and Gronkowski are lapping the tight end field.
Since returning from his injury Marques Colston has been a top 10 fantasy receiver and besides Graham doesn't really have anyone taking looks away from him. His health will always be a concern, but his 7- plus targets a game will get you through the hard times.
New York Giants
Hakeem Nicks: 14-7-7-BYE-10-dnp-4 (65), Victor Cruz: 9-11-4-BYE-9-11-11 (64), Mario Manningham: 5-9-8- BYE-9-7-10 (62), Jake Ballard: 3-4-5-BYE-7-7-4 (35), Ahmad Bradshaw: 5-5-2-BYE-5-dnp-dnp (29), Brandon Jacobs: 1-dnp-dnp-BYE-2-5-2 (15), D.J. Ware: 1-1-0-BYE-2-2-6 (13)
In the last four games Eli Manning is averaging 41 pass attempts and amazingly that means a lot of targets for his receivers. As long as the Giants keep passing all three of Mario Manningham, Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and sometimes even Jake Ballard can be starters in 12 team leagues.
New York Jets
Plaxico Burress: 8-8-4-8-BYE-5-8 (58), Dustin Keller: 8-2-5-8-BYE-7-4 (57), Santonio Holmes: 11-6-4-3- BYE-6-8 (54), LaDainian Tomlinson: 3-1-4-4-BYE-3-5 (35), Jeremy Kerley: 1-3-4-7-BYE-5-8 (28), Shonn Greene: 0-2-2-1-BYE-0-4 (19)
Ok, ok, I'm on the Plaxico Burress bandwagon now. It's not where I want to be. I much rather be on the Santonio Holmes train or some other mode of transportation, but it's just not happening. Burress and Holmes are neck in neck in fantasy points this season and it shouldn't even be close. If I own both I'm still starting Holmes over Burress because he's just better and is more consistent on a weekly basis, but Burress is going to keep getting targets and he's also going to limit Holmes' upside.
Oakland Raiders
Denarius Moore: 5-6-4-5-BYE-12-7 (54), Darrius Heyward-Bey: 7-12-9-11-BYE-1-0 (50), Jacoby Ford: 2-7-4-5 -BYE-6-1 (29), Darren McFadden: 6-3-1-1-BYE-dnp-dnp (23), Derek Hagan: 5-3-0-1-BYE-dnp-dnp (20), Michael Bush: 4-0-1-3-BYE-3-4 (18), Brandon Myers: 0-1-1-1-BYE-1-3 (16), Marcel Reece: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-5-1 (14), Chaz Schilens: 1-3-0-dnp-BYE-2-0 (11), Kevin Boss: 5-0-0-1-BYE-0-2 (10)
Denarius Moore had a breakout game against the Chargers on Thursday with 5 receptions for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns. Well, maybe that would be his second breakout game of the season since he had 5 receptions for 146 yards and a touchdown in Week 2 against the Bills. So will Moore follow this breakout game with 117 yards and a touchdown in his next 6 games like he did last time? I sure hope not! Carson Palmer and the demotion of Darrius Heyward-Bey should keep that from happening. Hopefully.
Philadelphia Eagles
Jeremy Maclin: 11-8-7-BYE-3-9-5 (68), DeSean Jackson: 9-7-6-BYE-6-8-dnp (57), Brent Celek: 4-5-9-BYE-9-9 -7 (55), Jason Avant: 8-10-4-BYE-5-3-1 (47), LeSean McCoy: 9-7-4-BYE-3-5-5 (43), Steve Smith: 0-0-1-BYE- dnp-dnp-10 (18)
With DeSean Jackson out and Jeremy Maclin injured during the game the bulk of the targets ended up going to Steve Smith. This was surprising since he had only one target in the 5 previous games and Jason Avant looked to be the next receiver in line for targets. It's difficult to know how the targets will break down once Maclin and Jackson return and with the surge in looks for Brent Celek, but Smith needs to be back on the radar.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Antonio Brown: 10-4-2-9-15-10-6 (79), Mike Wallace: 4-7-6-7-7-6-10 (74), Heath Miller: 3-4-6-4-9-5-5 (50), Hines Ward: 4-8-4-4-dnp-1-1 (41), Emmanuel Sanders: 2-3-4-7-8-dnp-dnp (35), Rashard Mendenhall: 2- dnp-0-2-4-2-3 (20), Jerricho Cotchery: 1-1-0-1-1-6-4 (14), Isaac Redman: 1-3-1-2-2-1-1 (12)
Antonio Brown and Mike Wallace continue to be the main guys in Pittsburgh, but it looks like Hines Ward has been passed on the depth chart by Jerricho Cotchery. This isn't earth shattering fantasy news but Cotchery will have touchdown potential as an injury fill-in.
San Diego Chargers
Vincent Jackson: 4-6-BYE-8-8-12-7 (71), Mike Tolbert: 8-3-BYE-1-dnp-9-9 (53), Antonio Gates: dnp-dnp- BYE-7-7-11-6 (45), Ryan Mathews: 5-1-BYE-5-7-dnp-5 (41), Malcom Floyd: 3-7-BYE-4-7-dnp-dnp (36), Randy McMichael: 6-6-BYE-3-3-1-1 (29), Patrick Crayton: 1-2-BYE-1-4-3-5 (23), Vincent Brown: 2-0-BYE-1-dnp-6-9 (19), Jacob Hester: 0-2-BYE-1-0-2-1 (12)
Vincent Brown has risen! We've been waiting for him to get his opportunity and Thursday night it finally happened. He had 9 targets and caught 5 for 97 yards and a touchdown and had another touchdown called back that was in my estimation enough to give him at least 1.5 touchdowns on the day. There's a decent chance that Malcom Floyd will be Wally Pipp'd.
Seattle Seahawks
Sidney Rice: 6-5-BYE-5-14-8-4 (52), Doug Baldwin: 6-9-BYE-3-8-6-3 (47), Ben Obomanu: 4-10-BYE-2-4-2-2 (38), Marshawn Lynch: 4-6-BYE-dnp-0-2-7 (26), Zach Miller: 6-0-BYE-dnp-5-0-4 (24), Mike Williams: 5-dnp- BYE-4-dnp-3-1 (22), Golden Tate: 0-3-BYE-1-4-1-3 (22), Justin Forsett: 4-1-BYE-1-1-3-0 (21), Anthony McCoy: 0-6-BYE-4-1-2-2 (21), Leon Washington: 1-1-BYE-4-2-0-0 (12)
Marshawn Lynch was the whole offense for the Seahawks against the Ravens. After his 39 total looks the next non-Tarvaris Jacksons with the most opportunities were Zach Miller, Sidney Rice and Golden Tate with 4 each. Sidney Rice remains the best bet for targets.
San Francisco 49ers
Michael Crabtree: 9-5-15-BYE-9-5-4 (55), Vernon Davis: 6-3-2-BYE-3-7-4 (42), Delanie Walker: 3-3-3-BYE-0 -2-7 (25), Braylon Edwards: dnp-dnp-dnp-BYE-7-3-6 (23), Frank Gore: 2-2-5-BYE-0-3-1 (22), Josh Morgan: 3 -6-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp (20), Ted Ginn: 1-0-5-BYE-1-1-4 (19), Kendall Hunter: 5-0-0-BYE-0-0-3 (10)
This was an interesting game target-wise for the 49ers. Delanie Walker and Braylon Edwards were the target leaders with 7 and 6 while Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis had 4 each. Those numbers coupled with the propensity for Alex Smith to not throw the ball all that often as it is makes for poor fantasy production from a single player consistently.
St. Louis Rams
Brandon Lloyd: 11-BYE-dnp-12-13-13-9 (80), Brandon Gibson: 1-BYE-10-dnp-6-5-3 (45), Danario Alexander: 8 -BYE-10-6-dnp-dnp-dnp (39), Lance Kendricks: 9-BYE-6-1-3-1-dnp (32), Steven Jackson: 8-BYE-5-5-5-2-3 (29), Cadillac Williams: dnp-BYE-3-1-0-0-0 (21), Austin Pettis: 7-BYE-0-0-1-5-4 (19), Billy Bajema: 2- BYE-0-2-2-1-2 (13), Michael Hoomanawanui: 1-BYE-0-3-1-0-3 (13)
Now unlike the 49ers target distribution the Rams are being a little more fantasy friendly by throwing to Brandon Lloyd and then throwing to Brandon Lloyd again and so on and so forth. All those guys under Lloyd on the target list not named Steven Jackson ... don't worry too much about them right now.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mike Williams: 8-9-13-11-BYE-8-5 (77), Kellen Winslow: 6-9-10-12-BYE-6-6 (69), Preston Parker: 7-3-5-6- BYE-4-4 (43), Arrelious Benn: 1-4-6-1-BYE-2-6 (33), Earnest Graham: 6-0-2-1-BYE-dnp-dnp (31), Kregg Lumpkin: 3-1-0-8-BYE-6-7 (27), Dezmon Briscoe: 0-2-2-10-BYE-2-2 (24), LeGarrette Blount: 2-3-dnp-dnp- BYE-3-2 (13), Luke Stocker: 4-dnp-dnp-3-BYE-0-0 (11)
This Tampa Bay team (said in my best Jon Gruden voice) had a ton of fantasy potential. And now? Nothing. Freeman, Blount, Williams and Winslow all looked poised for above average fantasy seasons, but they have all regressed into barely startable at best.
Tennessee Titans
Nate Washington: 4-8-BYE-3-6-6-4 (58), Chris Johnson: 2-3-BYE-6-5-6-7 (48), Damian Williams: 4-11-BYE-4- 5-7-7 (43), Lavelle Hawkins: 4-8-BYE-7-5-6-1 (40), Jared Cook: 6-9-BYE-2-2-8-3 (37), Javon Ringer: 0-6- BYE-1-6-2-3 (22)
From Week 3 on Damian Williams has led the Titans in number of targets. It is close though and the targets are being spread out pretty evenly. Williams did top 100 yards for the first time last game and caught his fourth touchdown of the season. His upside is good, but he's not getting the consistent looks to assure starter value week in and week out.
Washington Redskins
Fred Davis: 6-BYE-11-8-9-7-7 (64), Jabar Gaffney: 4-BYE-10-8-5-5-6 (59), Santana Moss: 10-BYE-6-2-dnp- dnp-dnp (43), Roy Helu: 0-BYE-4-2-4-17-3 (36), Terrence Austin: 0-BYE-1-6-3-5-1 (20), Leonard Hankerson: dnp-BYE-dnp-1-4-5-9 (19), Anthony Armstrong: dnp-BYE-dnp-4-4-1-0 (19)
Last week Leonard Hankerson led the Redskins in targets, receptions and yards and is now on injured reserve. That right there encapsulates Washington's season. After Hankerson, Fred Davis and Jabar Gaffney were second and third in targets and will have the best chance at fantasy value going forward.
As you probably know Coach Shanahan started Ryan Torain and watched him go nowhere and then gave Roy Helu a few carries and of course he fared much better. Tashard Choice joins the fray now and your guess is probably better than mine as to what happens next.