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Player Spotlight: Owen Daniels, TE, Houston Texans (2 Viewers)

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Thread Topic: Owen Daniels, TE, Houston Texans

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I've never been a fan, but he is consistent as they get. Does anyone else see the addition of DHopkins as a decrease in production from Daniels? I won't be targeting him at all, but I don't knock the people who do.

51/600/4

 
I've never been a fan, but he is consistent as they get. Does anyone else see the addition of DHopkins as a decrease in production from Daniels? I won't be targeting him at all, but I don't knock the people who do.51/600/4
Doubt it. I actually think he may have a chance to improve with Casey signing with Philly. I wouldn't expect more than last season's numbers, but there's at least a small but of upside associate with him.

 
I've never been a fan, but he is consistent as they get. Does anyone else see the addition of DHopkins as a decrease in production from Daniels? I won't be targeting him at all, but I don't knock the people who do.51/600/4
Doubt it. I actually think he may have a chance to improve with Casey signing with Philly. I wouldn't expect more than last season's numbers, but there's at least a small but of upside associate with him.
I wouldn't get too excited about that. Casey played fullback last year and only saw 45 targets.

I thought OD was a great value play last year and I think he still presents value, currently TE11 in 0ppr. He missed one game last year but still saw a career high 104 targets (7/game). Usually well above 60%, he had a 59.6% catch rate. I don't expect the rookie WR to garner many more targets than the duo of Kevin Walter and Keshawn Martin did last year, so if Daniels continues to get 7 targets a game, plays a full 16 game slate, and returns to his norm of around a 65% catch rate, he's in for a very solid year (~110 targets x .65% = 72 rec).

It is worth noting that Daniels really fell off as the season wore on, seeing his YPR slip from 12.9 to 9.5 and only catching 1 TD in the second half. I don't recall if there was injury that caused this (his number did drop after he missed week 10). Maybe we should be worried about him next year or maybe he'll be healthy and approach 13 YPR again. Makes his projection pretty difficult. Had he played a full 16 games, he'd have likely ended up around 66/764/6. I think he'll be close to that in 2013 if not a bit better if healthy.

70 rec x 12 ypr = 840 yds 6 TDs

 

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