Nate Burleson: WTF? (1 Viewer)

[LAbronco]

Dude goes 7/77 + 1 TD his first game back from a prolonged absence.

Last week against a nice matchup vs GB he gets ONE target, NO receptions??

WTF happened?

 

[shadyridr]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

 

[TartanLion]

Our WR2 has never been reliable in terms of steady production, so it comes as no surprise to me that he would be up and down like this.

His first week back was just about his ceiling I'd imagine. Our run game has been successful this season, and both Bush and Bell get receptions as well. In the red zone Stafford looks for Fauria or Pettigrew with decent regularity, and all this on top of Megatron obviously being fed a lot of the passing targets.

When Burleson was out the production of Durham/Broyles/Ross/Edwards never really added up to much. Add in that Durham continues to get some looks, along with Ogletree getting a few looks now, and it really muddies up finding a secondary Lions passing target that will give you a stable production every week.

 

[Slider]

Boykin disease I suppose.

 

[ShockTheMonkey]

He had 1 target and didn't catch it. Matt Stafford don't stand for that kind of nonsense!

 

[dickey moe]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

Simply not true. When he's been on the field the past few seasons, he's exceeded expectations/projections more often than not. Problem is, he's been an injury risk the last few seasons, so you can't rely on him throughout the season. But the games he does start, he usually produces.

 

[Sabertooth]

I think he had more fantasy points than Megatron before he got in that car accident earlier this year. He's a good PPR option still. I am sitting him for Roddy this weekend though because let's face it, Green Bay is exactly the kind of defense Roddy can excel against....slow and weak.

 

[Area51Inhabitant]

Someone mentioned in another thread that Burleson has been playing in the slot since returning from the injury and as a result is seeing fewer snaps than before the injury. I still like him as a wr3/flex in ppr. Last game was likely an anomaly given that the Lions don't often run it more than they throw it and they threw it an awful lot to the rb's. The matchups seemed to dictate that Bush & Bell would be the "bellcows" against the Pack's slow lb's. Disappointing for certain but I still think Burleson will see a representative number of targets going forward.

 

[shadyridr]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

Simply not true. When he's been on the field the past few seasons, he's exceeded expectations/projections more often than not. Problem is, he's been an injury risk the last few seasons, so you can't rely on him throughout the season. But the games he does start, he usually produces.

really? Since hes been on Detroit, his high yardage total was 757. That was in a 16 game season in which he also caught a whopping 3 TDs. That was his best season with Detroit.

 

[Balance]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

Simply not true. When he's been on the field the past few seasons, he's exceeded expectations/projections more often than not. Problem is, he's been an injury risk the last few seasons, so you can't rely on him throughout the season. But the games he does start, he usually produces.

really? Since hes been on Detroit, his high yardage total was 757. That was in a 16 game season in which he also caught a whopping 3 TDs. That was his best season with Detroit.

11 starts 73 catches that year.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Dude goes 7/77 + 1 TD his first game back from a prolonged absence.

Last week against a nice matchup vs GB he gets ONE target, NO receptions??

WTF happened?

Marginal WR options are erratic from week to week.

 

[steveski]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

These are his numbers this year (before the dud):

6/78
7/45
6/116
7/77/1

TD's are fluky, but he's about as consistent as it gets for a solid flex play, up until last week. Not sure how those numbers aren't fantasy relevant.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Dude goes 7/77 + 1 TD his first game back from a prolonged absence.

Last week against a nice matchup vs GB he gets ONE target, NO receptions??

WTF happened?

Marginal WR options are erratic from week to week.

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[meatwad1]

Playing Burelson is like flipping a coin. If he is your best option, you should probably stick with him though.

 

[shadyridr]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

Simply not true. When he's been on the field the past few seasons, he's exceeded expectations/projections more often than not. Problem is, he's been an injury risk the last few seasons, so you can't rely on him throughout the season. But the games he does start, he usually produces.

really? Since hes been on Detroit, his high yardage total was 757. That was in a 16 game season in which he also caught a whopping 3 TDs. That was his best season with Detroit.

11 starts 73 catches that year.

Hey look go crazy starting the guy all you want. But dont come here crying about where he disappeared to after the games.

 

[Ridgelake]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

These are his numbers this year (before the dud):

6/78
7/45
6/116
7/77/1

TD's are fluky, but he's about as consistent as it gets for a solid flex play, up until last week. Not sure how those numbers aren't fantasy relevant.

That's the exact line that I could not get my head around too. Total non-sequetor to throw up a bagel after that series of lines for every game played this season.

 

[Ray]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

These are his numbers this year (before the dud):

6/78
7/45
6/116
7/77/1

TD's are fluky, but he's about as consistent as it gets for a solid flex play, up until last week. Not sure how those numbers aren't fantasy relevant.

That's the exact line that I could not get my head around too. Total non-sequetor to throw up a bagel after that series of lines for every game played this season.

I used the same reasoning in deciding to start him last week. He seemed like a very safe option (PPR). We're victims of a small sample size, I suppose.

What's more, Stafford completed passes to 9 different receivers. That has to be close to every player on the team wearing an eligible number besides Burleson.

Going forward, the thing that gave me the most pause is that they didn't use their 3 WR set as much as I expected. They'd obviously gameplanned to run on the Packers which hurt the chances of all the receivers; hurting Burleson the most.

 

[domvin]

Um, it was a blowout. Complexion of the game. Detroit did not need to pass the ball.

When your two rbs are running for 200 yards apiece, why would you air it out to WR2?

 

[packersfan]

All the numbers strongly suggest Burleson should be a real good WR3 in PPR this week. His established role in the offense when healthy this season. The matchup. Everything.

But that 0 last week sure is tough to try and overlook, especially when you consider how ridiculously awful the Packers' defense is.

 

[LAbronco]

Nate burleson has never been a good fantasy option with the lions. Not sure what everyone expected. He had a good game the week prior cuz revis was covering megatron

These are his numbers this year (before the dud):

6/78
7/45
6/116
7/77/1

TD's are fluky, but he's about as consistent as it gets for a solid flex play, up until last week. Not sure how those numbers aren't fantasy relevant.

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