Checking out the stats the matter in fantasy football, and even some that don’t.
WR/TE Targets For Past Month
With December here and the fantasy playoffs just around the corner, identifying hot players is more important now more than ever. Fortunately, the always insightful Ken Daube over at ESPN has highlighted which receivers have gotten the most targets over the past five weeks.
Read Article >Star WRs Struggle When Facing The Jets
When we look at stats in fantasy, it’s all about yards, TDs scored, INTs thrown, and on and on. Generally, it’s all about the offense. Of course, we track our own fantasy defenses that we have parked on our rosters. If we play in a league with IDPs, we have to keep tabs on that. Sometimes, we even pay attention to the rankings of the opposing defenses that our offensive stars will be playing each week.
But only the obsessive, or perhaps the clever, track individual defensive matchups. Most fantasy players wouldn’t bench their good receivers just because the have a tough matchup against a good cornerback. But maybe they should when their WRs take on the Jets CB Darrelle Revis, because they generally end up slumping for that week.
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