The Hype Train Station - Week 11

With my wife currently Ill and a project at work on the edge of happening, I’m having to cut back on the blog for a few weeks. When it returns a few things may be different but essentially I’m a bit like the Bills. Trying out a few things and preparing for next season but need some feedback and data to do it.

One thing that won’t be changing will be the Hype Train since it’s my flagship article. This week it’s a bit shorter in formation but I didn’t want to be completely silent. So who’s train should have all aboard and who is all at sea?

Standing Room only - David Johnson (ARI)
The change in coordinators seems to have released DJ back into the levels of fantasy performance we were expecting. He may end the season on a high so people are going to believe again.

Reservations Recommended - Nick Chubb (CLE)
Remove Carlos Hyde from the system and this happens. Duke Johnson was expected to win take off but Nick Chubb has totally outdone him and exceeded many peoples expectations. He and Duke are almost making the WRs look like an afterthought.

Ready to depart - Leonard Fournette (JAX)
He’s back from injury, survived a full game and scored 2TDs. If you weren’t sure whether to play him in his return or were worried about Carlos Hyde; week 10 gave you the answers.

Delayed - Golden Tate (PHI)
Mid-season trades aren’t great for fantasy production. Snaps and targets are a gamble with people not yet conversant with the playbook. Tate has a slow first game and with him fighting with Jeffrey, Ertz, and Agholor for targets it’s going to be tough. I think he will eventually have an effect but not in the same way he did with the Lions.

Canceled - Carlos Hyde (JAX)
Hyde was a decent asset in Cleveland. The trade to Jacksonville looked like a sign Fournette was going on IR. Now L4 is back and Hyde is still learning the playbook his value is basically zero.

The Sleeper Train - Theo Riddick (DET)
I didn’t want to believe this one myself at first. Riddick has been injured or irrelevant all year but with Tate not there and Marvin Jones keeping on being banged up the Lions need more than Kenny Golladay. Riddick looks set to spend the rest of the season as a pseudo WR3 which in PPR is a lovely sound. Especially without a TE of note to take targets either.