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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.
Let’s get to it. Here are the Snap Counts For Week 8:
Colts WR’s
Situation: Reggie Wayne is likely out 1-2 weeks due to an elbow injury leaving a significant fantasy vacancy here with the high flying Colts. But should you pickup Hakeem Nicks or Donte Moncrief? Let’s examine…
Overall: 288-555 (52%)
Week 7: 19-82 (23%)
Week 6: 35-87 (40%)
Week 5: 51-85 (60%)
Overall: 97-555 (17%)
Week 7: 23-82 (28%)
Week 6: 12-87 (14%)
Week 5: 4-85 (5%)
Saints RB’s
Situation: Mark Ingram returned from a four week hiatus due to a broken hand. Although he didn’t make an impact on the field he did greatly impact the Saints RB rotation.
Pierre Thomas: 27-75 (36%)
Mark Ingram: 26-75 (35%)
Khiry Robinson: 5-75 (7%)
Travaris Cadet: 20-75 (27%)
Seattle WR’s
Situation: The Seahawks traded away their top WR Percy Harvin last week. There was a lot of speculation on who would benefit the most from Harvin’s loss.
Doug Baldwin: 63-73 (86%)
Jermaine Kearse: 68-73 (93%)
Paul Richardson: 43-73 (59%)
Kevin Norwood: 7-73 (9%)
Ricardo Lockette: 1-71 (1%)
Bryan Walters: 5-73 (7%)
Patriots RB’s
Situation: Stevan Ridley tore his ACL in week six and immediately left an opening for a new short yardage ballcarrier with the Patriots.
Shane Vereen: 48-60 (80%)
Jonas Gray: 12-60 (20%)
Brandon Bolden: 1-60 (2%)
Jacksonville RB’s
Situation: Denard Robinson was given the start over rookie RB Storm Johnson while Toby Gerhart was once again inactive.
Denard Robinson: 46-74 (62%)
Storm Johnson: 10-74 (14%)
Jordan Todman: 19-74 (26%)