Stat Monkey's NFL Facts That Will Not Help You Win Your Fantasy Football League

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed the tweets I throw out there contain random fantasy stats.  Some of these are relevant, others just silly facts that I find interesting and like to share for your entertainment purposes.  Nevertheless, it's earned me the nickname "Stat Monkey", courtesy of fellow Fantasy Football Pharmacy Pharmacist RumfordJohnny. 

It's also inspired this article in which I'll share with you the interesting tidbits I come across each week.  They'll do you absolutely no good in fantasy for the most part (most are completely irrelevant), but feel free to steal them and show everyone how smart you are.

2nd Year Wide Receivers - Share the Wealth!

-- Darrius Heyward-Bey has been targeted 46 times this year and has 19 receptions for a 41% rate (the worst among all receivers with over 40 targets). 

-- Michael Crabtree has 31 catches on 55 targets (56%). 

-- Austin Collie has 44 catches on 54 targets (81%, best in the league among WRs with more than 30 targets).

Collie has 44 rec. for 503 yards and 6 TDs (and also missed week 8).  Crabtree and Heyward-Bey combined have 50 rec. for 651 yards and 4 TDs.

Guaranteed money for Crabtree and Heyward-Bey: $40.5M.  Guaranteed money for Collie: $437,555 (signing bonus)

A Look At This Year's Fantasy Running Backs, Exactly What We Expected!

PPR - Top 10 running backs off the draft board (ADP in Parentheses):

1.)    Chris Johnson (1.01)

2.)    Adrian Peterson (1.02)

3.)    Ray Rice (1.03)

4.)    Maurice Jones-Drew (1.05)

5.)    Frank Gore (1.06)

6.)    Michael Turner (1.09)

7.)    Steven Jackson (1.11)

8.)    Ryan Mathews (2.03)

9.)    Rashard Mendenhall (2.07)

10.) Deangelo Williams (2.10)

PPR - Top 10 Running Backs through 8 Weeks:

1.)    Arian Foster (4.02)

2.)    Frank Gore (1.06)

3.)    Adrian Peterson (1.02)

4.)    Chris Johnson (1.01)

5.)    LeSean McCoy (3.11)

6.)    Darren McFadden (9.09)

7.)    Peyton Hillis (13.11)

8.)    Jahvid Best (3.12)

9.)    Matt Forte (4.07)

10.)  LaDainian Tomlinson (8.09)

Week 8 Quarterbacks...No Surprises Here, Right?

Last week’s top 4 quarterbacks:

1.)    David Garrard

2.)    Matt Stafford

3.)    Jason Campbell

4.)    Kyle Orton

Last week’s bottom 4 quarterbacks (of those who started, #1 is the worst of the worst):

1.)    Max Hall

2.)    Matt Hasselbeck

3.)    Ben Roethlisberger

4.)    Aaron Rodgers

Antonio Gates is a Decent Tight End

Number of points Antonio Gates has in NON-PPR leagues: 120
Number of points by the 2nd highest scoring tight end in PPR leagues (Jason Witten): 106
Number of points scored by next two highest tight ends (M. Lewis & Z. Miller) in NON-PPR combined: 142

Is It Because of the Mullet?

Team with the most sacks in 2009: Minnesota Vikings (48)
Team with the least sacks in 2010: Minnesota Vikings (6)

This article first appeared at The Fantasy Football Pharmacy >>>

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