Best Catches to Target Percentages Week One

Follow @cimini Often in games you will see announcers spotlight a defensive back in the amount of footballs thrown his way versus actual catches completed. Darrelle Revis only allowed one catch his way on four throws Sunday. Each week on Monday I will give you the reverse. For fantasy owners it is not all about the obvious stats that you should think about. Knowing how many targets versus actual catches is a necessity. Here are some key breakdowns of player's that fared well and one's that didn't when it came to targets there way. The top overall fantasy wide receivers in terms of targets and catches Anquan Boldin- Kaepernick looked Boldin's way often--17 times, and Boldin hauled in thirteen of those targets. Of course those type of numbers put Boldin at the top for both statistics this week. Reggie Wayne- Wayne was able to catch all of the eight targets that came his way. This is nothing new to Wayne as he is able to control his body and catch a ball in numerous ways. He had a fabolous one handed catch and a back of the endzone touchdown on Sunday. Danny Amendola- Filling Wes Welker's old role means Amendola should assume the piles of fantasy stats that Welker left. If he maintains his health ten catches on twelve targets may be on the low end of a week for Amendola. Brian Hartline- Hartline trailed Boldin just by two targets Sunday with fifteen. He only had nine catches though. Fifteen targets is awfully high. Miami had to resort the pass in the second half as the ground game just did not work. Jordan Cameron- Cleveland threw the ball enough to age Brandon Weeden another year Sunday. Cameron was one to benefit greatly from that with thirteen targets, and catching nine of those. Based on Cameron's preseason and his week one performance, he is now to be considered a top five fantasy tight end. Others that had strong outputs based on targets- Doug Baldwin 7 catches/8 targets, Jerome Simpson 7 catches/8 targets, AJ Green 9 catches/13 targets, Brandon Marshall 8 catches/10 targets, Andre Roberts 8 catches/9 targets, Jared Cook 7 catches/10 targets, Kellen Winslow 7 catches/8 targets, Julio Jones 7 catches/9 targets, Brandon Gibson 7 catches/10 targets, Vernon Davis 6 catches/9 targets, Emmanuel Sanders 7 catches/12 targets, Dallas Clark 7 catches/12 targets, Nate Burelson 6 catches/6 targets, Julian Edelman 7 catches/9 targets, Miles Austin 10 catches/12 targets, Jason Witten 8 catches/9 targets, Desean Jackson 7 catches/9 targets, Andre Johnson 12 catches/16 targets Others that did not handle their targets well Greg Olsen Olsen caught half of his ten targets. Carolina's mediocre offense is going to go on the shoulder's of Cam Newton. He needs to be more accurate and involve Olsen consistently on a week to week basis. Vincent Jackson and Mike Williams The slant worked to perfection by the Buccaneers offense. Other routes the receivers seemed to be stifled a bit. Vincent Jackson had a big day on paper but it could of been much better. He had thirteen targets and only hauled in seven passes, while MIke Williams caught four of his eight. This is something that Josh Freeman has to get better with and so do his receivers at catchin the football. Greg Jennings It was a disappointing debut for Jennings as a Viking. He caught just three passes on seven targets. Maybe Green Bay was correct in letting Jennings walk via free agency. Eric Decker Decker seemed to be out of it a bit on Thursday, as he had a few drops. Fantasy owners should not expect just a paltry two catches on seven targets typically. He'll bounce back from his rough opening game. Kembrell Thompkins Thompkins showed why he was undrafted Sunday and struggled in his new unexpected role with the Patriots. He had only four catches on fourteen targets. Cecil Shorts Seemingly the only receiver with fantasy consideration with Justin Blackmon suspended is Shorts. He did well last year, but Sunday no one on Jacksonville was able to do much of anything. Shorts was targeted eleven times and only had three catches.