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In order to make the best waiver and lineup decisions each week you really need to break down who is on the field the most and who is touching the ball the most. If you follow those very basic principles you will do quite well week in and week out.
 
So every week I will be taking a close look at the amount of snaps that players who are in platoon situations are getting in order to uncover those hidden gems that win championships.
 
This week we’ll look at players who are getting more and more snaps as we get deeper into the season. As we say all of the time, the more snaps (plays) a player is a part of the more opportunities he will receive and thus the more fantasy points he will produce.
 
First let’s take a look at players who’s snaps are increasing and thus are a good idea to add at this time:
 
(Player Snaps-Total Team Snaps)
 
Khiry Robinson, RB, Saints
              
Week 1: 12-76  (16%)
Week 2: 14-72 (19%)
Week 3: 30-72 (42%)
 
Breakdown: Robinson had been cutting into the Saints backfield workload even before the injury to Mark Ingram. Now he is front and center as the lead ballcarrier for a high octane offense. If he can factor into the goal line carries here in New Orleans then his fantasy value is quite immense at least until Ingram returns in 4-6 weeks.
 
Allen Robinson, WR, Jaguars
 
Week 1: 21-76 (28%)
Week 2: 32-52 (62%)
Week 3: 44-60 (73%)
 
Breakdown: Robinson is healthy and broke into the starting lineup in week three. He and newly anointed starter Blake Bortles had outstanding chemistry last week and could be the new Peyton Manning/Marvin Harrison for the next 8-10 years here in Jacksonville.
 
Bishop Sankey, RB, Titans
 
Week 1: 11-82 (13%)
Week 2: 4-51 (8%)
Week 3: 29-71 (41%)
 
Breakdown: Many (including me) thought that Sankey would easily be the Titans starting RB by now but that is not the case. Head coach Ken Whisenhunt has stated that Sankey isn’t going to start until he improves his footwork, a common issue for rookie RB’s. But the proof is in the snaps and the production which both skyrocketed in week three. Chances are somebody in your league has dropped Sankey after the first two duds.
 
Travis Kelce, TE, Chiefs
 
Week 1: 19-55 (34%)
Week 2: 32-86 (37%)
Week 3: 47-72 (65%)
 
Breakdown: I was dead set against Travis Kelce this preseason because he was simply not in line for many snaps in this very limited Chiefs passing offense. But I cannot ignore the trend here in that Kelce is getting a lot more snaps and even cutting into the plays of starting TE Anthony Fasano. As much as starting a backup TE in fantasy football bothers me, Kelce has enough upside to take a shot on him.
 
Dwayne Allen, TE, Colts
 
Week 1: 39-76 (51%)
Week 2: 59-75 (79%)
Week 3: 60-76 (79%)
 
Breakdown: Chances are that you are looking for a TE on the waiver wire this week. With Kyle Rudolph, Vernon Davis, Dennis Pitta, Jordan Reed and Marcedes Lewis all out for extended amounts of time, a guy like Dwayne Allen would come in very handy moving forward.
 
Davante Adams, WR, Packers
 
Week 1: 9-62 (15%)
Week 2: 37-62 (60%)
Week 3: 35-54 (65%)
 
Breakdown: Davante Adams is severely challenging Jarrett Boykin for the WR3 spot on the Packers right now. Boykin is struggling with drops and Adams is making play after play when his number is called which as you can see is more every week.
 
 
Now let’s take a look at players who have a perception of being more involved but who are actually trending in the wrong direction.
 
Jeremy Hill, RB, Bengals
 
Week 1: 10-67 (15%)
Week 2: 33-72 (46%)
Week 3: 15-60 (25%)
 
Breakdown: The love for Jeremy Hill is kinda out of control in my opinion. Listen, if I were running a football team I would prefer the size and makeup of Jeremy Hill to that of Giovani Bernard. But I am not in charge of the Bengals and can only base my valuation on the facts at hand. Hill isn’t getting more snaps and isn’t getting the goal line carries in Cincinnati either. Since he isn’t a pass catching RB, this leaves Hill virtually useless in fantasy right now.
 
Hakeem Nicks, WR, Colts
 
Week 1: 59-76 (78%)
Week 2: 31-75 (42%)
Week 3: 38-77 (49%)
 
Breakdown: Because Nicks is scoring TD’s the belief is that his fantasy stock should be going up. Although the scores are wonderful especially for a guy who hadn’t scored since 2012, he is still the fourth option in the Colts passing game right now. The fact that he is losing snaps since week one and has a lengthy injury history tells me to let someone else deal with Nicks this season.
 
Denarius Moore, WR, Raiders
 
Week 1: 50-56 (89%)
Week 2: 46-63 (73%)
Week 3: 38-60 (63%)
 
Breakdown: I’ll fully admit that I jumped on the Moore bandwagon early in the season because of the huge amount of snaps he was logging and the chemistry he and Derek Carr showed late in camp. But now that we see his plays whittling down and the production absent, we can safely surmise that Moore is once again destined to disappoint.
 
Jerick McKinnon, RB, Vikings
 
Week 1: 3-61 (5%)
Week 2: 23-69 (33%)
Week 3: 17-57 (30%)
 
Breakdown: McKinnon was supposed to see a big increase in playing time last week after logging a third of snaps the first week of Adrian Peterson’s absence. That didn’t happen as the Vikings continue to roll with Matt Asiata as their primary and evidently only runner. Now I strongly believe that McKinnon’s time will come but according to the numbers that time just isn’t right now.
 
Danny Amendola, WR, Patriots
 
Week 1: 61-86 (71%)
Week 2: 19-67 (28%)
Week 3: 28-77 (36%)
 
Breakdown: I put Amendola in here just to stress how far he has fallen from grace. You cannot trust Amendola here in this Patriots offense. He and Tom Brady just never formed that chemistry that we thought that they would a season ago.