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Let’s kick off the Week 7 edition of our Tweet Storm in style – here’s Jared Smola with some sobering statistical information for Ezekiel Elliott owners:
Lead-back YPCs vs. the #Eagles this season:
Derrius Guice 1.8
Devonta Freeman 2.0
Kerryon Johnson 1.8
Aaron Jones 1.6
Le'Veon Bell 2.9
Dalvin Cook 2.6— Jared Smola (@SmolaDS) October 17, 2019
You obviously aren’t benching Elliott if you own him, but this might be a good week to temper expectations – particularly in daily fantasy, where Zeke’s potential return on investment could pale in comparison to other options with more appealing matchups at lower salaries.
Tevin Coleman owners waited a while for a payoff – but as Graham Barfield points out, Coleman is in great position to produce consistent fantasy value moving forward:
Tevin Coleman has played 12-of-13 snaps inside of the 10-yard line since returning two weeks ago. He's clearly the #49ers red-zone back now. Matt Breida has just two inside-10 snaps all year
— Graham Barfield (@GrahamBarfield) October 17, 2019
Coleman has a sensational matchup this week against a Washington team that hasn’t done much on defense; combine that with what should be a positive game script for San Francisco running backs, and it’s clear that Coleman belongs firmly in the high-end RB2 conversation.
This one might not represent a pure fantasy take, but it does offer some value as Hayden Winks breaks down how plays per minute and NFL team totals correlate this week:
Things that matter: NFL team totals and plays per minute. pic.twitter.com/B91NlKlpgu
— Hayden Winks 🧢 (@HaydenWinks) October 17, 2019
So if we’re understanding this correctly, the Rams are going to score a bunch and run a lot of plays, the Bills are going to score a bunch despite not running a bunch of plays, and the Dolphins … have a great shot at drafting Tua Tagovailoa next spring. Got it.
Jacob Gibbs offers hope to Brandin Cooks owners who are still waiting for their guy to break out; could it happen against the Falcons this week? This note suggests it just might:
In Weeks 1-5, Arizona’s WRs averaged a combined 55 yards per game on deep passes.
In Week 6, they combined for 118 against Atlanta.
We all saw what Houston did with the deep ball against ATL in week 5.Could this be Brandin Cooks week? pic.twitter.com/RrLwnrKIWy
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 16, 2019
Cooks is in must-start territory most weeks, but this could be the kind of matchup that either restores owners’ faith, or increases his trade value. Whatever the case, he’s a great season-long play and could be a sneaky daily fantasy option that might not be widely owned.
And it wouldn’t be a Tweet Storm without some perspective from Scott Barrett, who simultaneously fetes the newly-retired Brock Osweiler while sending Jared Goff owners into full tilt:
And just like that, Brock Osweiler (The Brockweiler) rides off into the sunset… Retiring with $41M in the bank and a career passer rating of 78.0.
For reference, Jared Goff has a passer rating of 77.0 over his last 14 games.
— Scott Barrett (@ScottBarrettDFB) October 17, 2019
Look for Goff to get right against the Falcons this week; if he doesn’t, he’s easily on the list of most disappointing fantasy options of 2019.
Here’s a sampling of the other notable tweets we discovered this week:
Keenan Allen: Weeks 1-3
– 29/404/3
Keenan Allen: Weeks 4-6
– 11/99/0
— Kyle Yates (@KyleYNFL) October 15, 2019
Joe Mixon has run 20 pass routes over the last two weeks. For reference of how little pass catching opportunity that is… Tevin Coleman ran 16 routes in Week 6 alone.
— Graham Barfield (@GrahamBarfield) October 17, 2019
Over the past two weeks, ONE RB has more rushing yards (222) than Lamar Jackson. He ranks 11th among RBs in rushing attempts (33) during that time.
Jackson's 31.2 DK pts as a rusher over the past two weeks would rank him as the RB16, ahead of Kamara, Lev Bell, Ekeler, & D Henry
— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) October 17, 2019
Players with at least 24% of their team's targets and 35% of their team's air yards
Michael Thomas
Odell Beckham
Kenny Golladay
Mike Evans
Adam Thielen
Allen Robinson
Courtland Sutton
Will Fuller
John Brown— TJ Hernandez (@TJHernandez) October 16, 2019
Largest passer rating decline when pressured versus with a clean pocket (via @PFF). pic.twitter.com/tJ9CR0jZmf
— Pat Thorman (@Pat_Thorman) October 17, 2019
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