Is it time to consider Gordon as a sell-high?
Against Indy and NO, considered to be two bottom of the barrel run defenses, he barely averaged two yards a carry, and is averaging just over 3 yards a carry on the season, against marginal defenses at best. This touchdown rate seems unsustainable (pro-rated out to 24 touchdowns for a 16 week FF year), and the emergence of Henry as a potential redzone weapon has me worried they might not turn as readily to Gordon for those goal line plunges he's been gifted so far this season. The only thing that gives me pause is his recent utilization in the passing game, fueled largely by the loss of Woodhead for the season:
Receiving numbers so far this season:
Week 1 - 0 targets, 0 catches, 0 yards
Week 2 - 3 targets, 3 catches, 18 yards
Week 3 - 7 targets, 4 catches, 43 yards
Week 4 - 7 targets, 6 catches, 43 yards
If he continues to generate almost 100 all purpose yards a game, with a score, I'm not sure I'll care too much what his yards per carry looks like. Should we expect Melvin Gordon to take a late season tumble down the rankings though, similar to Devonta Freeman last year, after his touchdown rate inevitably regresses to the expected mean? I'm strongly considering taking advantage of his current standing as the #3 running back overall in my league (0.5 PPR), packaging him with a guy like Diggs, and capitalizing on their hot streaks to go after a guy like Mike Evans from a RB hungry team. Freeman's fall from grace last season was abrupt and ugly, and I'm worried Gordon's 2016 campaign, fueled largely by an unsustainable TD rate, may take a similar path.