Lance Moore Bounces Back

After missing a week with a hamstring injury and then a week six bye, Lance Moore had himself a ball game Sunday against the Tampa Bay Bucs.

Analysis: Lance Moore caught nine balls on ten targets for 121 receiving yards Sunday. He was targeted heavily due to the fact that tight end Jimmy Graham was inactive this week. Regardless, Moore is a must own fantasy wide out. He’s caught eight touchdowns each of the past two seasons and already has two in five games this year with 408 receiving yards to his credit.

Moore is available in a few leagues and he certainly deserves a roster spot on most squads out there. The man simply produces and even more importantly produces in the touchdown department(18 last 35 games). If we break down his numbers by a per game basis this year we come up with 5.6 receptions per game and 81.6 receiving yards per game, not bad at all. It’s time to make a move on Lance Moore if he’s available in your league before it’s too late.

Jimmy Graham Is Undervalued

Jimmy Graham is being taken as the twelfth tight end off the board in standard ESPN leagues right now.

Analysis: New Orleans’ tight end Jimmy Graham turned it on late last year with five touchdowns in his final eight games. Now, fast forward to this season with Jeremy Shockey in Carolina and you have a tight end with some serious upside. Considering Saint tight ends were targeted 151 times last year and Shockey accounted for fifty-nine of those targets, Graham will be one of the more heavily targeted tight ends in the leagues this year. Greg Olsen is the tenth tight end being taken off the board in ESPN drafts right now and when considering he’s coming off of a 404 yard season with four scores it’s just ridiculous. Olsen may also be in Carolina but with the lack of a relaiable quarterback you have to wonder if he’ll even have a remotely productive season. I’m not saying Graham is a top eight tight end who will reach pay dirt double digit times this year but the amount of targets that will be coming his way with all the weapons on that Saint offense- it sure seems to point to Graham being a legit low tier TE1 heading into the 2011 season.