New York Jets
Jeremy Kerley: 6-11-11-BYE-8-3 (39), Dustin Keller: 1-7-11-BYE-5-2 (26), Stephen Hill: 3-7-7-BYE-2-2 (21), Clyde Gates: dnp-dnp-11-BYE-5-2 (18), Chaz Schilens: 4-3-5-BYE-0-5 (17), Shonn Greene: 0-9-5-BYE-2-0 (16), Lex Hilliard: 0-1-1-BYE-2-1 (5), Bilal Powell: 2-dnp-dnp-BYE-1-2 (5), Konrad Reuland: 0-1-1-BYE-0-1 (3), Jeff Cumberland: 1-1-dnp-BYE-0-1 (3), Joe McKnight: 0-0-0-BYE-dnp-2 (2), Jason Hill: 1-0-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp (1)
You can’t trust a Jets player. I really tried. Both Dustin Keller and Jeremy Kerley looked poised for some consistency, but pfft. Shonn Greene has been their best fantasy player this season and that’s with 3.7 yards per carry. His workload and five touchdowns elevate him to the 18th best fantasy running back and three of those touchdowns came in one game.
Oakland Raiders
Brandon Myers: 7-10-3-13-7-10 (50), Denarius Moore: 9-8-8-9-8-7 (49), Darrius Heyward-Bey: 2-7-3-6-8-5 (31), Marcel Reece: 1-6-0-9-9-5 (30), Rod Streater: 3-4-5-10-3-4 (29), Darren McFadden: 4-7-6-3-dnp-dnp (20), Derek Hagan: 4-1-1-3-5-2 (16), Juron Criner: 0-1-2-0-3-6 (12), Mike Goodson: 1-1-0-6-dnp-dnp (8), David Ausberry: 2-0-0-0-2-0 (4), Richard Gordon: dnp-dnp-0-2-0-0 (2), Jeremy Stewart: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-0-1 (1), Taiwan Jones: 0-dnp-dnp-0-1-0 (1)
We’ve watched Brandon Myers grow from the guy who catches every pass thrown his way, but not get any touchdowns, to the guy who drops touchdown passes, but still has more thrown his way. That’s what you want to see in a tight end, not the dropping part, but the “more thrown his way” part. Myers is second in targets for tight ends since week six.
Marcel Reece leads all running backs in targets and receptions over the last three weeks and it looks like he’ll get another chance this week with McFadden and Goodson still hurting. His usage is a fantasy player’s dream.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Wallace: 4-15-9-5-8-6 (47), Heath Miller: 9-8-6-5-4-5 (37), Emmanuel Sanders: 6-2-5-2-7-8 (30), Antonio Brown: 10-8-6-3-dnp-dnp (27), Jerricho Cotchery: 0-1-dnp-4-4-5 (14), Will Johnson: 1-1-2-3-3-3 (13), Isaac Redman: 5-dnp-dnp-2-3-0 (10), David Paulson: 1-1-0-2-2-2 (8), Chris Rainey: 1-1-2-3-0-1 (8), Jonathan Dwyer: dnp-0-1-dnp-1-3 (5), Rashard Mendenhall: 1-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-4 (5), Baron Batch: 1-1-1-0-0-0 (3), David Gilreath: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-0-1 (1), Leonard Pope: 0-0-1-0-0-0 (1)
The loss of Ben Roethlisberger has put a damper on the Steelers offense as a whole, but if your quarterback is worth anything, that’s how it should be (I’m looking at you Alex Smith). So I think as fantasy players, we just have to weather the storm, because Charlie Batch isn’t going to elevate the receivers’ play one bit.
Emmanuel Sanders has seen a nice uptick in targets with Antonio Brown out, but hasn’t done much with them. He needs Roethlisberger to even have a shot at fantasy relevance.
The running back situation could be better for fantasy owners. The Steelers backs have had success of late, but it with Rashard Mendenhall back, the divining pool is still murky. He and Jonathan Dwyer split work almost right down the middle against the Ravens, with Dwyer winning the numbers game overall.
San Diego Chargers
Malcom Floyd: 5-BYE-7-4-7-6 (29), Antonio Gates: 10-BYE-4-3-5-4 (26), Ronnie Brown: 4-BYE-8-5-3-3 (23), Ryan Mathews: 5-BYE-4-2-6-6 (23), Danario Alexander: dnp-BYE-1-3-7-11 (22), Eddie Royal: 5-BYE-dnp-dnp-5-3 (13), Robert Meachem: 7-BYE-3-dnp-1-2 (13), Dante Rosario: 1-BYE-5-1-2-dnp (9), Randy McMichael: 2-BYE-0-0-1-1 (4), Ladarius Green: dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-3 (3), Richard Goodman: 2-BYE-0-dnp-dnp-dnp (2), Seyi Ajirotutu: dnp-BYE-dnp-1-dnp-dnp (1), Jackie Battle: 0-BYE-0-0-0-1 (1)
The Chargers have been awful this season, but they made a nice move in grabbing Danario Alexander. With 18 targets over the last two games, he has emerged as Philip Rivers go to target. We knew he had the ability if his knees could hold up and so far they have been. His upside is too good not to risk playing him.
Ryan Mathews has 12 targets in the last two games, which is a nice number. Now if they would just feed him the ball like they promised us in preseason! I believe I have grounds for a civil suit. The horribleness of Philip Rivers is not helping the situation at all.
Tennessee Titans
Kenny Britt: 11-6-5-8-6-BYE (36), Nate Washington: 10-8-6-2-2-BYE (28), Kendall Wright: 8-3-5-7-3-BYE (26), Jared Cook: 4-5-4-5-3-BYE (21), Chris Johnson: 4-2-3-6-2-BYE (17), Damian Williams: 3-4-1-3-2-BYE (13), Craig Stevens: 2-1-3-3-2-BYE (11), Quinn Johnson: 1-1-1-0-1-BYE (4), Darius Reynaud: 0-2-0-0-1-BYE (3), Taylor Thompson: 1-1-0-1-0-BYE (3)
The Titans used the bye week to watch old home movies on Matt Hasselbeck’s head.
Snap count data comes from our friends at Pro Football Focus and red zone data from our other friends at The Football Guys.
Happy Thanksgiving all you crazy fantasy footballers. I hope it’s a good one and you have plenty of family and friends and pie piled around you. For the giving part of the holiday, I’ll be handing out some AFC target info. And if you want, you can look at the NFC target info here. It’s all free! It’s a Thanksgiving miracle!! Enjoy!
Here is some red zone information for the season. The craziest bit of news here is that Arian Foster has seen the ball in the red zone more than Ray Rice and LeSean McCoy combined!
Red Zone Targets and Rushes
To start saving space I’ll be showing you the last 6 weeks of targets on each individual player. I’m also changing the parenthesized number to total targets for the last six weeks.
Baltimore Ravens
Torrey Smith: 4-13-BYE-9-6-7 (39), Anquan Boldin: 6-7-BYE-5-7-12 (37), Dennis Pitta: 5-8-BYE-3-5-1 (22), Ray Rice: 4-5-BYE-2-5-5 (21), Jacoby Jones: 3-2-BYE-2-3-4 (14), Ed Dickson: 2-5-BYE-3-2-2 (14), Tandon Doss: 0-1-BYE-0-3-0 (4), Vonta Leach: 1-0-BYE-0-2-0 (3), Bernard Pierce: 1-0-BYE-0-0-1 (2), Anthony Allen: 0-0-BYE-0-1-0 (1)
Torrey Smith finally leads the team in targets, so that’s something. He also has three touchdowns over the last three weeks and is seeing more red zone targets. He faced a tough Steelers pass defense last week, but it looks like they know who their playmaker is in the passing game now. After him, Anquan Boldin keeps getting targets and some receptions, but hasn’t hit paydirt since week one. He’s not gong to rack up a ton of yards, so touchdowns are imperative for his fantasy value.
Buffalo Bills
Steve Johnson: 11-7-BYE-7-9-9 (43), Donald Jones: 4-5-BYE-9-10-5 (33), Fred Jackson: 6-11-BYE-7-5-dnp (29), C.J. Spiller: 5-6-BYE-5-4-4 (24), Scott Chandler: 3-4-BYE-5-8-4 (24), T.J. Graham: 3-1-BYE-3-2-2 (11), Brad Smith: 0-1-BYE-0-1-0 (2), Dorin Dickerson: dnp-0-BYE-1-0-1 (2), Tashard Choice: 0-dnp-BYE-dnp-0-2 (2), Lee Smith: 0-0-BYE-0-1-0 (1)
Since Week 4 Donald Jones has more fantasy points than Stevie Johnson. Let that sink in for a bit. Of course touchdowns are the culprit. Johnson sees more targets as a whole, but Jones has three touchdowns to Johnson’s one during that span. Johnson is still the guy, but with Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing the ball and C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson running the ball, Johnson will have trouble being consistent.
Cincinnati Bengals
A.J. Green: 12-6-BYE-9-10-12 (49), Jermaine Gresham: 8-5-BYE-8-4-8 (33), Andrew Hawkins: 5-4-BYE-7-5-dnp (21), Mohamed Sanu: dnp-3-BYE-3-6-4 (16), Brandon Tate: 1-1-BYE-6-1-2 (11), Cedric Peerman: 8-0-BYE-0-1-0 (9), Ryan Whalen: dnp-7-BYE-dnp-0-1 (8), BenJarvus Green-Ellis: 1-1-BYE-3-2-1 (8), Brian Leonard: 1-dnp-BYE-4-0-1 (6), Armon Binns: 5-dnp-BYE-0-dnp-0 (5), Orson Charles: 2-0-BYE-1-1-0 (4)
A.J. Green is a beast and that’s indisputable. His presence continues to open up opportunities for other receivers, but none have really been consistent. Jermaine Gresham has been the most consistent in relation to other tight ends, but he’s still on the backend of startable.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis remains serviceable as a flex play, but is as replaceable as a running back can be. His 25 carries for 101 yards and a touchdown last week was his best game of the season and most likely will stay the best game of his season.
Cleveland Browns
Josh Gordon: 4-10-5-3-BYE-7 (29), Greg Little: 5-7-5-7-BYE-4 (28), Trent Richardson: 3-2-1-9-BYE-8 (23), Ben Watson: 5-3-4-3-BYE-8 (23), Josh Cooper: 3-8-1-dnp-BYE-2 (14), Jordan Cameron: 4-2-4-2-BYE-2 (14), Chris Ogbonnaya: 2-4-3-2-BYE-0 (11), Alex Smith: 0-dnp-3-4-BYE-1 (8), Travis Benjamin: dnp-5-0-3-BYE-0 (8), Mohamed Massaquoi: dnp-dnp-dnp-3-BYE-2 (5), Josh Cribbs: 1-0-1-0-BYE-1 (3), Owen Marecic: 2-0-dnp-dnp-BYE-dnp (2), Montario Hardesty: 1-0-0-dnp-BYE-0 (1)
After a nice stretch of games weeks two through seven, Weeden hasn’t produced much and in turn, the Browns receivers have also done very little, including Greg Little. Ben Watson had a big game last week, but that was about as fluky as games get. Trent Richardson remains the only rosterable fantasy player on the team.
Denver Broncos
Demaryius Thomas: 2-BYE-9-8-11-9 (39), Eric Decker: 9-BYE-6-11-4-5 (35), Joel Dreessen: 7-BYE-2-4-3-6 (22), Brandon Stokley: 4-BYE-2-4-5-5 (20), Jacob Tamme: 2-BYE-4-4-4-5 (19), Willis McGahee: 5-BYE-2-1-6-2 (16), Matthew Willis: 1-BYE-1-1-1-4 (8), Ronnie Hillman: 0-BYE-1-1-2-2 (6), Lance Ball: 0-BYE-0-1-0-3 (4), Virgil Green: 0-BYE-3-0-0-0 (3), Trindon Holliday: 0-BYE-0-0-2-0 (2)
Eric Decker hasn’t seen as many targets as Demaryius Thomas lately, but he’s still getting red zone looks and hasn’t fallen behind enough and for a sustained period to be overly concerned. Peyton Manning is quite good at evening out targets to his receivers.
Joel Dreessen has overtaken Jacob Tamme in targets over the last six weeks, but not by a wide enough margin to mean anything more than they both aren’t good fantasy plays.
With Willis McGahee done for the regular season, we saw Ronnie Hillman and Lance Ball share the load. Hillman was the lead back and should get the opportunity to remain the lead back going forward. He is a better talent than Ball or Knowshon Moreno, so hopefully that will show in the next few games.
Houston Texans
Andre Johnson: 12-10-BYE-10-9-19 (60), Owen Daniels: 5-10-BYE-8-dnp-9 (32), Kevin Walter: 4-6-BYE-3-3-8 (24), Garrett Graham: 5-2-BYE-2-4-9 (22), Arian Foster: 3-5-BYE-1-5-3 (17), James Casey: 2-2-BYE-3-2-3 (12), Keshawn Martin: 6-2-BYE-0-1-1 (10), Justin Forsett: 1-0-BYE-0-0-2 (3), Jonathan Grimes: dnp-1-BYE-0-0-0 (2), Lestar Jean: 0-0-BYE-0-0-1 (1), DeVier Posey: 1-0-BYE-dnp-0-0 (1)
So 19 targets is quite a bit huh? Through the first five games Andre Johnson averaged six targets a game and over the last five games he’s averaged 12! That’s more than six! This up in targets has helped him return to fantasy stud-dom and as long as he continues to get his looks he’ll be fine.
Arian Foster is on pace for 430 touches and a whopping 104 red zone looks (targets/rushes). That is a whole, whole bunch. He currently has 65 and the second best is Steven Ridley with 44. That makes Foster’s 3.8 yards per carry make a little more sense.
Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Wayne: 10-11-11-9-11-18 (70), Donnie Avery: 12-6-7-8-5-4 (42), T.Y. Hilton: 4-5-6-11-1-9 (36), Dwayne Allen: 4-2-5-7-2-11 (31), Vick Ballard: 3-1-1-6-2-1 (14), LaVon Brazill: 1-1-1-5-2-4 (14), Coby Fleener: 6-2-3-dnp-dnp-dnp (11), Donald Brown: dnp-dnp-1-1-1-2 (5), Nathan Palmer: 2-0-dnp-dnp-0-1 (3), Mewelde Moore: 0-0-2-dnp-dnp-dnp (2), Weslye Saunders: dnp-0-1-1-0-0 (2), Delone Carter: 0-1-0-0-0-0 (1), Robert Hughes: dnp-dnp-dnp-0-1-0 (1)
Reggie Wayne remains the target king with 130 to Calvin Johnson ‘s 107. Wayne is on pace for 208 targets this season. I only have data back to 2002, but that would be the most during that span. His ex-teammate Marvin Harrison had 205 in ’02, the only other 200+ target year in the last 10 years.
Rookie T.Y. Hilton has flashed some real ability this season, but is often target-sniped by Donnie Avery. Last week Avery left with a concussion and Hilton had a big game. It looks like Avery is practicing this week, so that hurts both their values.
It looks like Vick Ballard has taken over the lead back duties from Donald Brown. He was on the field for 46 snaps compared to Brown’s 19. That may fluctuate enough to hurt Ballard’s value without us being aware beforehand, but in plus matchups like the Bills this week, you’ll take it.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Cecil Shorts: BYE-10-12-4-13-6 (45), Justin Blackmon: BYE-4-8-9-5-13 (39), Laurent Robinson: BYE-dnp-dnp-9-15-2 (26), Marcedes Lewis: BYE-3-7-6-4-4 (24), Rashad Jennings: BYE-9-8-4-1-1 (23), Micheal Spurlock: BYE-0-2-5-6-5 (18), Jalen Parmele: BYE-1-1-1-2-3 (8), Kevin Elliott: BYE-1-2-0-0-0 (3), Zach Potter: BYE-1-0-0-0-1 (2)
Well, I didn’t think Chad Henne would be a huge boon for the Jaguars passing game, but it sure was. Oh, and they weren’t playing the Saints when Henne went off for 354 yards and four touchdowns, it was the Son of Bum’s Texans defense. If this game is any indication to what will happen target-wise while Henne is behind center, then Justin Blackmon is the man. His 13 targets are high enough to turn even a poor game into a fantasy worthy game. It will be interesting to see how they progress.
Jalen Parmele took the lead running back role from Rashad Jennings and rushed 24 times for 80 yards and had three targets, three receptions and three yards. I love the symmetry. It looks like he’ll at least get one more game before Jones-Drew spoils his fun.
Kansas City Chiefs
Dwayne Bowe: 9-BYE-6-10-9-2 (36), Dexter McCluster: 8-BYE-8-6-5-3 (30), Tony Moeaki: 2-BYE-8-0-6-6 (22), Jamaal Charles: 3-BYE-3-4-0-6 (16), Jon Baldwin: 5-BYE-2-2-3-dnp (12), Shaun Draughn: 4-BYE-2-2-0-3 (11), Terrance Copper: 0-BYE-0-1-1-4 (6), Steve Breaston: 0-BYE-1-2-dnp-3 (6), Steve Maneri: 5-BYE-dnp-0-0-0 (5), Jake OConnell: 0-BYE-3-0-0-dnp (3), Peyton Hillis: dnp-BYE-1-1-1-0 (3), Nate Eachus: 2-BYE-0-dnp-0-0 (2), Devon Wylie: dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-0-2 (2)
With Brady Quinn and Matt Cassel “leading” the Chiefs into the breach, well, you might as well go take a nap until they draft a good quarterback if you are wanting to use a Chiefs receiver.
At least they used their best weapon; you may know him as J.C. Superstar. He touched the ball 21 times for 118 yards. He’s just that good, so give him the ball ok?!
Miami Dolphins
Davone Bess: 9-BYE-9-9-6-11 (44), Brian Hartline: 0-BYE-6-12-10-7 (35), Anthony Fasano: 6-BYE-2-4-3-2 (17), Reggie Bush: 7-BYE-1-3-2-3 (16), Daniel Thomas: dnp-BYE-2-4-6-0 (12), Charles Clay: 2-BYE-1-1-4-2 (10), Jabar Gaffney: dnp-BYE-2-3-5-dnp (10), Marlon Moore: 3-BYE-1-1-0-1 (6), Jorvorskie Lane: 2-BYE-0-1-0-0 (3), Lamar Miller: 0-BYE-dnp-0-3-0 (3), Rishard Matthews: dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-2 (2)
Ryan Tannehill has hit the skids in two nice matchups the last two weeks and that killed the value of any fantasy types. With him regressing I’m backing away from the Thanksgiving dinner table and heading over to the Festivus pole and airing out some grievances.
New England Patriots
Wes Welker: 14-8-9-BYE-11-11 (53), Rob Gronkowski: 8-9-13-BYE-4-7 (41), Brandon Lloyd: 12-8-4-BYE-6-7 (37), Danny Woodhead: 5-4-7-BYE-6-0 (22), Aaron Hernandez: 9-7-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp (16), Deion Branch: 4-2-1-BYE-8-dnp (15), Julian Edelman: dnp-2-2-BYE-0-7 (11), Shane Vereen: 0-1-1-BYE-1-3 (6), Stevan Ridley: 2-0-0-BYE-1-0 (3), Daniel Fells: 2-0-0-BYE-0-dnp (2), Michael Hoomanawanui: dnp-0-1-BYE-1-0 (2)
Gronk broke arm. Gronk stud football player. Gronk’s fantasy owners sad. Say goodbye to all those touchdowns and hello to Vinsanthe Shiancoe! The Patriots have plenty of players to target and should keep up their fantasy goodness, but a lot will depend on how well Aaron Hernandez returns from his injury.
New York Jets
Jeremy Kerley: 6-11-11-BYE-8-3 (39), Dustin Keller: 1-7-11-BYE-5-2 (26), Stephen Hill: 3-7-7-BYE-2-2 (21), Clyde Gates: dnp-dnp-11-BYE-5-2 (18), Chaz Schilens: 4-3-5-BYE-0-5 (17), Shonn Greene: 0-9-5-BYE-2-0 (16), Lex Hilliard: 0-1-1-BYE-2-1 (5), Bilal Powell: 2-dnp-dnp-BYE-1-2 (5), Konrad Reuland: 0-1-1-BYE-0-1 (3), Jeff Cumberland: 1-1-dnp-BYE-0-1 (3), Joe McKnight: 0-0-0-BYE-dnp-2 (2), Jason Hill: 1-0-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp (1)
You can’t trust a Jets player. I really tried. Both Dustin Keller and Jeremy Kerley looked poised for some consistency, but pfft. Shonn Greene has been their best fantasy player this season and that’s with 3.7 yards per carry. His workload and five touchdowns elevate him to the 18th best fantasy running back and three of those touchdowns came in one game.
Oakland Raiders
Brandon Myers: 7-10-3-13-7-10 (50), Denarius Moore: 9-8-8-9-8-7 (49), Darrius Heyward-Bey: 2-7-3-6-8-5 (31), Marcel Reece: 1-6-0-9-9-5 (30), Rod Streater: 3-4-5-10-3-4 (29), Darren McFadden: 4-7-6-3-dnp-dnp (20), Derek Hagan: 4-1-1-3-5-2 (16), Juron Criner: 0-1-2-0-3-6 (12), Mike Goodson: 1-1-0-6-dnp-dnp (8), David Ausberry: 2-0-0-0-2-0 (4), Richard Gordon: dnp-dnp-0-2-0-0 (2), Jeremy Stewart: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-0-1 (1), Taiwan Jones: 0-dnp-dnp-0-1-0 (1)
We’ve watched Brandon Myers grow from the guy who catches every pass thrown his way, but not get any touchdowns, to the guy who drops touchdown passes, but still has more thrown his way. That’s what you want to see in a tight end, not the dropping part, but the “more thrown his way” part. Myers is second in targets for tight ends since week six.
Marcel Reece leads all running backs in targets and receptions over the last three weeks and it looks like he’ll get another chance this week with McFadden and Goodson still hurting. His usage is a fantasy player’s dream.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Wallace: 4-15-9-5-8-6 (47), Heath Miller: 9-8-6-5-4-5 (37), Emmanuel Sanders: 6-2-5-2-7-8 (30), Antonio Brown: 10-8-6-3-dnp-dnp (27), Jerricho Cotchery: 0-1-dnp-4-4-5 (14), Will Johnson: 1-1-2-3-3-3 (13), Isaac Redman: 5-dnp-dnp-2-3-0 (10), David Paulson: 1-1-0-2-2-2 (8), Chris Rainey: 1-1-2-3-0-1 (8), Jonathan Dwyer: dnp-0-1-dnp-1-3 (5), Rashard Mendenhall: 1-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-4 (5), Baron Batch: 1-1-1-0-0-0 (3), David Gilreath: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-0-1 (1), Leonard Pope: 0-0-1-0-0-0 (1)
The loss of Ben Roethlisberger has put a damper on the Steelers offense as a whole, but if your quarterback is worth anything, that’s how it should be (I’m looking at you Alex Smith). So I think as fantasy players, we just have to weather the storm, because Charlie Batch isn’t going to elevate the receivers’ play one bit.
Emmanuel Sanders has seen a nice uptick in targets with Antonio Brown out, but hasn’t done much with them. He needs Roethlisberger to even have a shot at fantasy relevance.
The running back situation could be better for fantasy owners. The Steelers backs have had success of late, but it with Rashard Mendenhall back, the divining pool is still murky. He and Jonathan Dwyer split work almost right down the middle against the Ravens, with Dwyer winning the numbers game overall.
San Diego Chargers
Malcom Floyd: 5-BYE-7-4-7-6 (29), Antonio Gates: 10-BYE-4-3-5-4 (26), Ronnie Brown: 4-BYE-8-5-3-3 (23), Ryan Mathews: 5-BYE-4-2-6-6 (23), Danario Alexander: dnp-BYE-1-3-7-11 (22), Eddie Royal: 5-BYE-dnp-dnp-5-3 (13), Robert Meachem: 7-BYE-3-dnp-1-2 (13), Dante Rosario: 1-BYE-5-1-2-dnp (9), Randy McMichael: 2-BYE-0-0-1-1 (4), Ladarius Green: dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-3 (3), Richard Goodman: 2-BYE-0-dnp-dnp-dnp (2), Seyi Ajirotutu: dnp-BYE-dnp-1-dnp-dnp (1), Jackie Battle: 0-BYE-0-0-0-1 (1)
The Chargers have been awful this season, but they made a nice move in grabbing Danario Alexander. With 18 targets over the last two games, he has emerged as Philip Rivers go to target. We knew he had the ability if his knees could hold up and so far they have been. His upside is too good not to risk playing him.
Ryan Mathews has 12 targets in the last two games, which is a nice number. Now if they would just feed him the ball like they promised us in preseason! I believe I have grounds for a civil suit. The horribleness of Philip Rivers is not helping the situation at all.
Tennessee Titans
Kenny Britt: 11-6-5-8-6-BYE (36), Nate Washington: 10-8-6-2-2-BYE (28), Kendall Wright: 8-3-5-7-3-BYE (26), Jared Cook: 4-5-4-5-3-BYE (21), Chris Johnson: 4-2-3-6-2-BYE (17), Damian Williams: 3-4-1-3-2-BYE (13), Craig Stevens: 2-1-3-3-2-BYE (11), Quinn Johnson: 1-1-1-0-1-BYE (4), Darius Reynaud: 0-2-0-0-1-BYE (3), Taylor Thompson: 1-1-0-1-0-BYE (3)
The Titans used the bye week to watch old home movies on Matt Hasselbeck’s head.
Snap count data comes from our friends at Pro Football Focus and red zone data from our other friends at The Football Guys.