stuff like this is great.

. Top fantasy players at each position

Quarterback Top 20
PaYd: 1 point for every 20
PaTD: 4 points each
RuYd: 1 point for every 10
RuTD: 6 points each

1. Palmer
2. Brady
3. E. Manning
4. Favre
5. Collins
6. P. Manning
7. Bledsoe
8. Brooks
9. Brees
10. Hasselbeck
11. McNabb
12. Vick
13. McNair
14. Delhomme
15. Brunell
16. Plummer
17. Leftwich
18. T. Green
19. Bulger
20. Carr

Running Back Top 25
RuYd: 1 point for every 10
RuTD: 6 points each
ReYd: 1 point for every 10
ReTD: 6 points each

1. Alexander
2. Tomlinson
3. E. James
4. Jordan
5. T. Barber
6. L. Johnson
7. S. Jackson
8. Westbrook
9. Dunn
10. R. Johnson
11. Portis
12. M. Anderson
13. T. Jones
14. C. Brown
15. Droughns
16. McGahee
17. S. Davis
18. D. Davis
19. R. Brown
20. C. Martin
21. P. Holmes
22. W. Parker
23. Bell
24. Dillon
25. Cadillac

Wide Receiver Top 30
ReYd: 1 point for every 10
ReTD: 6 points each

1. S. Smith
2. C. Johnson
3. Galloway
4. Fitzgerald
5. S. Moss
6. Holt
7. Burress
8. Harrison
9. Driver
10. Owens
11. Curtis
12. Boldin
13. Glenn
14. Stallworth
15. R. Smith
16. McCardell
17. R. Moss
18. Branch
19. Wayne
20. Ward
21. Jurevicius
22. Porter
23. Kennison
24. Keyshawn
25. J. Smith
26. Chambers
27. Mason
28. Houshmandzadeh
29. A. Bryant
30. Lloyd

Tight End Top 20
ReYd: 1 point for every 10
ReTD: 6 points each

1. Gates
2. Shockey
3. Crumpler
4. Heap
5. Witten
6. McMichael
7. L. Smith
8. Cooley
9. Gonzalez
10. Kinney
11. H. Miller
12. J. Stevens
13. Da. Clark
14. Wiggins
15. Pollard
16. Heiden
17. Watson
18. Graham
19. Troupe
20. C. Anderson

Kicker Top 10
FGMade: 3 points each
XPMade: 1 point each

1. Rackers
2. Feely
3. Tynes
4. Graham
5. Elam
6. Kaeding
7. Wilkins
8. Kasay
9. J. Reed
10. J. Brown


Team Defense Top 20 (interesting how this stacks up w/o points allowed)
Sack: 1 point each
FR: 1 point each
INT: 1 point each
Def TD: 6 points each
Safety: 2 points each
Kick TD: 6 points each

1. MIN
2. CHI
3. JAC
4. SF
5. TEN
6. IND
7. CAR
8. NYG
9. PIT
10. ATL
11. DEN
12. DAL
13. MIA
14. STL
15. KC
16. DET
17. PHI
18. CIN
19. TB
20. GB


2. Garrard to Jimmy Smith - possible trend here? - 7 of David Garrard's 12 passes last week at Arizona went to Jimmy Smith (58.3%). 70 of his 115 passing yards also went to Smith (60.8%)

Jimmy Smith stats with Garrard at QB

2004 week 10 - DET 7 rec, 109 yd, 1 TD (14 targets)
2004 week 11 - TEN 2 rec, 29 yd (7 targets)
2003 week 8 - TEN 3 rec, 60 yd, 1 TD (9 targets) Garrard had 12 total pass att.
2002 week 6 - TEN 4 rec, 49 yd (6 targets) Garrard had 7 total pass att.
2002 week 16 - TEN 3 rec, 15 yd, 1 TD (6 targets) Garrard had 13 total pass att.

In all of David Garrard's starts his completion percentage to Jimmy Smith is 34.7% 2 of his 4 career TD passes have gone to Jimmy as well.

3. Interesting stat of the week - The average length of a Chad Johnson TD this year is 39.8 yards.

4. Useless stat tidbit - Steve Smith has yet to score a TD in the 3rd quarter this season

Steve Smith scoring by quarter:

1st qtr: 1 TD
2nd qtr: 5 TD
3rd qtr: 0 TD
4th qtr: 3 TD

5. Seattle offense - outside of Shaun Alexander - Quietly, Joe Jurevicius has 7 of Hasselbeck's 14 TD passes.

6. QB's and completions

* Jake Delhomme has only 3 games with 20 completions or more
* Carson Palmer has had only 2 games in which he has not had at least 20 completions
* Kurt Warner has not had less than 27 completions in any game he started this year
* 24 NFL QB's have more completions than Ben Roethlisberger has attempts (granted he missed a few games, but Wow!)

7. Barber on the rise? - Tiki Barber has 17 recs in his last 4 games. 24 of his 31 recs are in his last 6 games.

8. Finally?? - Reuben Droughns needs 59 yards to become the first Browns RB with 1000 yards since the combo of Ernest Byner and Kevin Mack did it in 1985. That's crazy considering the Browns have not had one lone RB average just 62.5 yards per game in 21 years!

9. Plummer 1st half vs. 2nd half - Jake Plummer has a 108.4 QB rating in the 1st half, but a 73.5 rating in the 2nd half.

10. Ouch - This could be the reason why the Packers have only 2 wins - Brett Favre has thrown eight 4th quarter interceptions.

11. Hmmmm - interesting - 7 of Kerry Collins 15 TD passes have come in the 4th quarter.

More 4th quarter stats:

* Donovan McNabb has 16 TD passes on the year, but only 1 in the 4th quarter.
* Drew Brees has 18 TD passes, but only 2 in the 4th quarter.
* Marvin Harrison and Larry Fitzgerald lead the NFL with 4 TD in the 4th quarter.

12. Passing yards lost by penalty

Carson Palmer 221
Eli Manning 210
Trent Green 159
Brett Favre 135
Jake Delhomme 126
Mark Brunell 118
Drew Bledsoe 110
Kerry Collins 106

13. Wow - impressive - Carson Palmer has a 76.2% completion percentage on 1st and 10.

14. Just pass all the time, Peyton - 44% of the time Peyton Manning attempts a pass - it's a first down. (NFL leader)

15. When it's 3rd and long - who do you want as your QB? I found a stat where David Carr is better than Carson Palmer

% of first downs on pass attempts of 3rd and 8 or greater

49% Brunell
40% Vick
38.9% Brees
35.9% P. Manning
35.7% Griese
35.3% Bledsoe
34.7% Brooks
33.3% Favre
33.3% E. Manning
33.3% Warner
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28.9% David Carr
28.3% Carson Palmer

16. Interesting stat re: Chad Johnson - Chad Johnson leads the NFL in receptions for a first down with 53. 80% of the time Chad catches a pass, it's for a first down.

17. More good info on Jimmy Smith

First down receptions on 3rd and 7 or greater

Jimmy Smith 10
Ernest Wilford 3
Matt Jones 3

Smith, by the way is tied with Santana Moss for the NFL lead in first down receptions with 3rd and 7 or more to go.

18. Fred Taylor is a better RB in the first half of games

1st half ypc: 5.0
2nd half ypc: 3.4
carries 1-10: 4.8
carries 11-20: 4.2

19. Another look at the amazing Neil Rackers...

Total points

120 S. Alexander
114 Tomlinson
110 Rackers
100 J. Feely
94 Tynes
89 S. Graham
85 Vanderjagt
83 Wilkins
83 Kaeding
83 Elam

20. Players with 10+ targets in week 12 (consecutive weeks of 10+ targets in parenthesis)

17 A. Johnson (2)
16 Holt (2)
16 Boldin (2)
15 Shockey TE
14 Burress (3) Had only 2 games with less than 10 targets - both games he had 9
13 J. Smith
13 Jurevicius
12 Chambers
12 Branch
12 Houshmandzadeh
11 Lloyd (2)
11 Crumpler TE
10 Moulds
10 Keyshawn
10 Toomer
10 Engram (3)
10 E. Parker
10 Battle
10 Jordan RB

 

Targets? I'm not sure what that is, do you mean they were thrown to as targets? Targetted?

Also, very interesting stats, and good work.

Altho, those QBs who have bunches of 1st, 2nd, and/or 3rd TD quarter passes, don't need any 4th qtr TD passes, because in most games they have a decent lead by the 3rd and 4th qtr and their respective teams wil be running a lot in the 4th.

That's Favre's problem in the fourths. He's pressing to make a play, desperately, slinging the ball downfield- becuase they are losing in the 4th.

Interseting stats, yes, cool too. But one can make any argument with them either way one would like, just by picking and choosing bits and pieces- without the other relationships and cause and effect thereof.

 

People who like to argue their opinions on the internet.

Math nerds.

Losers.

Mexican and philthy fans.

and Patriot fans for the last coupla years.

 

I actually prefer stats over page after page of arguing over whatever.

 

He didn't come up with that information, he's just copying and pasting it. I do wish he would have included the source.

This is a gross misconception. Stats, just like quotes, can be manipulated and people who don't know any better can be fooled into thinking something that isn't true. But the more basic and transparent your stats are, the more useful things they tell you. The more familiarity you have the statistics, the better you're able to understand exactly what they say and what they don't, just as someone more familiar with football can interpret a coach's quotes for instance.

 

He didn't come up with that information, he's just copying and pasting it.


how do you know?

 

Because the content and delivery clearly indicate that it came from a fantasy football website.

 

but you dont know for sure, you're just assuming because of the content and delivery.

 

Yes, I'm assuming, but I'm also correct.