Roy Helu caught fourteen balls Sunday afternoon against the Niners to lead all NFL players on the day.
Analysis: With seventeen targets and fourteen receptions Sunday, Roy Helu has grabbed the attention of all fantasy owners. Helu’s twenty-four total touches against the Niners dwarfed Ryan Torain’s two touches. Obviously, when Mike Shanahan is involved in any running back situation you cannot entirely trust any back but Helu offers some serious upside here. He’s available in over eighty percent of fantasy leagues and if Ryan Torain continues to underperform, Helu just may be a RB3 in standard leagues going forward.
It was clear even before the San Francisco game that Helu was their best passing threat out of the backfield. At the time Tim Hightower went down, Helu only had three fewer targets(12) than him on the year. Meanwhile, Ryan Torain only has two receptions on three targets for the year. With the Skins being down late in games often, Helu’s PPR value could be huge. He also carried the rock ten times Sunday and is sporting a 4.6 yards per carry average on the year. The time to act is now, Helu is now a force in PPR leagues or at least until Mike Shanahan decides otherwise.