By the Numbers: Week 9’s Interesting Stats
Monday, November 03, 2014
If you went to sleep early on Sunday night, you missed the culmination of perhaps the greatest two-game stretch of quarterback play we’ve ever witnessed. In terms of fantasy production, anyway, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s ridiculous Week 8 and 9 outings have been the best ever; no quarterback has ever come within even four fantasy points of his total over the past two weeks.
Let’s take a deeper look at Roethlisberger and four other intriguing stats from Week 9’s NFL action.
Editor’s Note: Rotoworld’s partner FanDuel is hosting a one-week $3 Million Fantasy Football league for Week 10’s games. It’s only $25 to join and first prize is $500,000. Starts Sunday, November 9th at 1pm ET. Here’s the link.
14: Ben Roethlisberger’s fantasy rank among quarterbacks after Week 7
Two weeks ago, Roethlisberger wasn’t even a QB1 in 12-team fantasy leagues. Fast-forward a couple weeks and he’s now the No. 2 scorer at the quarterback position, trailing only Andrew Luck.
Over the past two weeks, Roethlisberger has put together arguably the best two-game stretch in the history of the NFL, completing 65 of 86 passes (75.6 percent) for 862 yards, 12 touchdowns, and no interceptions. That’s 54.5 percent of Big Ben’s total touchdown count in the last two weeks alone!
Roethlisberger has a 100-plus passer rating in seven of nine games this season.
0.10: Fantasy points per dropback for Philip Rivers
You could make an argument that Sunday’s 37-0 loss to the Miami Dolphins was the worst game of Rivers’ career. Even though he has a 102.6 passer rating in 2014, Rivers couldn’t put the Chargers in position to score against the Dolphins in Week 9.
Rivers was so bad that no quarterback has posted worse efficiency in a single game all year. Yup, the 0.10 fantasy points per dropback that Rivers recorded has been the lowest total for any quarterback in 2014, according to Pro Football Focus.
0.99: Fantasy points per route for Martavis Bryant in 2014
Through Week 9, no wide receiver with more than two targets has been more efficient than Bryant. The rookie fourth-rounder has scored five times in his first three NFL games.
Bryant has ranked in the top seven among receivers in fantasy points per route in each of his first three games in the NFL, including first-place finishes in each of the last two games.
If Pittsburgh gets Bryant on the field more, look out.
3.3: Arian Foster’s average target depth in 2014
Foster injured his groin in Week 9 and could be on the shelf for a bit, although the Texans have their bye in Week 10. Before getting hurt, we saw what makes Foster so dangerous on a 56-yard touchdown catch out of the backfield. Foster ran a wheel route on the play and was targeted deep down the sideline.
Houston is using Foster as a true receiver quite often this year, as you can tell by the fact that his average target has come 3.3 yards past the line of scrimmage, according to Pro Football Focus. That might not sound very far, but running backs’ average target depth typically gets weighed down by screens and short check-down passes; Foster actually leads all running backs (with a minimum of eight targets) in the category.
40.6: Rob Gronkowski’s lead in fantasy points over all tight ends since Week 5
Over the past five weeks, Gronkowski has totaled 117.6 fantasy points in PPR formats—40.6 more than second-place tight end Antonio Gates. He’s been the most efficient tight end in the NFL over that time, and everything is clicking for Gronk right now.
After seeing five or fewer targets in three of his first four games, Gronkowski has no fewer than eight targets in each of the last five contests. He’s very clearly the top tight end option in the league and someone whose production doesn’t seem likely to cool down any time soon.
If you went to sleep early on Sunday night, you missed the culmination of perhaps the greatest two-game stretch of quarterback play we’ve ever witnessed. In terms of fantasy production, anyway, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s ridiculous Week 8 and 9 outings have been the best ever; no quarterback has ever come within even four fantasy points of his total over the past two weeks.
Let’s take a deeper look at Roethlisberger and four other intriguing stats from Week 9’s NFL action.
Editor’s Note: Rotoworld’s partner FanDuel is hosting a one-week $3 Million Fantasy Football league for Week 10’s games. It’s only $25 to join and first prize is $500,000. Starts Sunday, November 9th at 1pm ET. Here’s the link.
14: Ben Roethlisberger’s fantasy rank among quarterbacks after Week 7
Two weeks ago, Roethlisberger wasn’t even a QB1 in 12-team fantasy leagues. Fast-forward a couple weeks and he’s now the No. 2 scorer at the quarterback position, trailing only Andrew Luck.
Over the past two weeks, Roethlisberger has put together arguably the best two-game stretch in the history of the NFL, completing 65 of 86 passes (75.6 percent) for 862 yards, 12 touchdowns, and no interceptions. That’s 54.5 percent of Big Ben’s total touchdown count in the last two weeks alone!
Roethlisberger has a 100-plus passer rating in seven of nine games this season.
0.10: Fantasy points per dropback for Philip Rivers
You could make an argument that Sunday’s 37-0 loss to the Miami Dolphins was the worst game of Rivers’ career. Even though he has a 102.6 passer rating in 2014, Rivers couldn’t put the Chargers in position to score against the Dolphins in Week 9.
Rivers was so bad that no quarterback has posted worse efficiency in a single game all year. Yup, the 0.10 fantasy points per dropback that Rivers recorded has been the lowest total for any quarterback in 2014, according to Pro Football Focus.
0.99: Fantasy points per route for Martavis Bryant in 2014
Through Week 9, no wide receiver with more than two targets has been more efficient than Bryant. The rookie fourth-rounder has scored five times in his first three NFL games.
Bryant has ranked in the top seven among receivers in fantasy points per route in each of his first three games in the NFL, including first-place finishes in each of the last two games.
If Pittsburgh gets Bryant on the field more, look out.
3.3: Arian Foster’s average target depth in 2014
Foster injured his groin in Week 9 and could be on the shelf for a bit, although the Texans have their bye in Week 10. Before getting hurt, we saw what makes Foster so dangerous on a 56-yard touchdown catch out of the backfield. Foster ran a wheel route on the play and was targeted deep down the sideline.
Houston is using Foster as a true receiver quite often this year, as you can tell by the fact that his average target has come 3.3 yards past the line of scrimmage, according to Pro Football Focus. That might not sound very far, but running backs’ average target depth typically gets weighed down by screens and short check-down passes; Foster actually leads all running backs (with a minimum of eight targets) in the category.
40.6: Rob Gronkowski’s lead in fantasy points over all tight ends since Week 5
Over the past five weeks, Gronkowski has totaled 117.6 fantasy points in PPR formats—40.6 more than second-place tight end Antonio Gates. He’s been the most efficient tight end in the NFL over that time, and everything is clicking for Gronk right now.
After seeing five or fewer targets in three of his first four games, Gronkowski has no fewer than eight targets in each of the last five contests. He’s very clearly the top tight end option in the league and someone whose production doesn’t seem likely to cool down any time soon.
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