Journey Through the Box Scores: Week 2

Every week, I try to go through all the box scores and pick out a few interesting tidbits for fantasy owners. I post them on Twitter as I go, but below is a compilation of this week’s tweets.

- DMC 27 touches, 143 yards, 2 TD; Bush 4 touches, 23 yards, TD; Bush still vulturing some goal line looks, but DMC getting a ton of work.

- Hagan 5-61 overshadowed by D. Moore’s big day. If Ford/DHB continue to be sidelined, might be worth a look.

- Fred Jackson has 229 rushing yards in last two weeks. 38 touches vs. Spiller’s 11. F-Jax upcoming sched: NE, CIN, PHI, NYG.

- David Nelson 10-83-1 on 13 targets. Stevie 20 targets, Nelson 19, D. Jones 11, Chandler 9.

- Jahvid Best 3.6 ypc, lackluster rushing once again. However he posted 6-66 in the passing game plus two TDs.

- Nate Burleson 7-93, leading the Lions in targets. Don’t forget about him, especially in PPR leagues. Titus Young 7 targets (5-89).

- Brandon Pettigrew 1-7 on three targets. Yeesh. Sit him down. Scheffler 1-36-1 on four targets.

- Nate Washington 7-99…13 catches through two games. Targets so far: Britt (23), Washington (18), CJ2K (12), Cook (5).

- Hillis 27 carries to Hardesty’s three. Total touches were 31 to 3. Not worried about Montario right now.

- Delone Carter, 11 carries for 46 yards (4.2), but Addai produced 64 yards on 14 carries (4.6) along with 4-37 in passing game.

- Greg Little once again played more snaps than any other CLE WR, per PFF. Little (48), Mass (39), Cribbs (29), Robiskie (26).

- Evan Moore only played nine snaps, and had just one target (which was a TD). Be careful. Watson played 66 snaps, per PFF.

- Austin Collie saw 10 targets per ESPN, 8 per PFF – I’m holding for now, but with D. Moore, Nelson, Decker out there, it’s tough…

- Josh Freeman is a white-knuckle start – 144 yds, 0 TD heading into 4th, finished with 243 & a TD. Seems like he always scores big in 4th.

- Not sure what to make of Benn vs. Parker. Benn starter but Parker 13 targets to Benn’s 9. 10-142 Parker, 5-52-1 Benn.

- Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin are the only Vikings I’d even consider starting at this point.

- I thought LeGarrette Blount would go the way of the dodo once TB fell behind, but they stuck with run. 71 yds, 2 TD.

- Chicago Bears: 45 pass attempts, 12 rushes. Yeesh. Thought Cutler was going to have a bigger day, but he had no time.

- NO targets: Sproles (10), Graham (7), Meachem, Moore and Pierre (4), Henderson (3), Arrington (2)

- Holding onto Mike Thomas — 21 targets through two games. Jets were a terrible matchup and TEN is playing good D as well.

- Jets targets: Holmes & Keller (14), Burress (11, just 2 in W2), LT2 (9), Mason (8)

- Mendenhall owners should handcuff Isaac Redman. That is all.

- Antonio Brown 15 targets, tied with Ward for #2 on team. Sanders (6) is behind H. Miller (8).

- Don’t know what to say about the Seahawks. Rush schedule will get easier, but it’s tough to wait on Lynch.

- Fred Davis is the real deal. TE1-caliber the rest of the way.

- Gaffney a Burlesonesque spot starter in PPR. 8-116-1 on 15 targets through two weeks.

- Beanie Wells – 14 carries, 93 yards, TD. Two targets, no catches. Looks like a solid RB2 going forward.

- Tony Romo earned some brownie points with his 345-yard, 2-TD, punctured lung performance in W2. Impressive.

- Felix Jones love bubble officially deflating. WAS, DET up next.

- Paging Vernon Davis. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.

- Cautiously optimistic about CIN passing game. Dalton looks sharp, but DEN pass D dreadful on Sunday. Simpson/Green talent WR…Gresham…

- Eric Decker 5-113-2, but what happens when Lloyd returns? Can a J. Fox offense support two fantasy WRs?

- McGahee a solid, high-usage start with Moreno out. Had him at #20 last week. 28 carries!

- Hartline saw 7 targets to Bess’s 5. For season, Hartline (14) and Bess (12). Like both as filler WR in PPR formats.

- Daniel Thomas 19 touches, 117 yards; Reggie Bush 7 touches, 21 yards. What happened to 70/30 Bush/Thomas split?!?

- Jacoby Jones disappoints me yet again. 3-48, but only 4 targets, so not necessarily his fault.

- Chad Henne falls to Earth with 12/30, 170-yard performance.

- Hernandez injury pushes Gronkowski into TE3 territory. Kid is a beast. Branch a solid WR2/WR3 with Ocho’s struggles.

- Antonio Gates, one target. ONE! Argh!

- Law Firm will score more when Pats have the lead, Woody when they are tied or trailing. NE should lead most of the time.

- Jeremy Maclin! STL game was an aberration. Don’t expect 15 targets every week though. WR2 going forward, though QB situation is dicey.

- Julio Jones has 13 targets in two games. Production should get better as season wears on.

- MSW 6-92 vs. Giants. More typical of his production going forward. 11 targets Mon night.

- What kind of line does Manningham finish with if he catches that bomb cleanly instead of concussing himself? Good grief.

- Danario Alexander is the fastest guy with bad knees that I’ve ever seen. 3-122-1 on seven targets.

- Giants bottled up both THT and Cadillac Williams. Not looking like a great start for opposing RBs, though McCoy in W3 will be tough test.

- Still relatively optimistic about Bradford. Low completion percentage, but 331 yards and a TD.

That concludes my Journey Through the Box Scores this week. Thank you for reading.

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