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Preseason games have one main purpose - to help teams determine which 53 players they want to keep on the active roster for the regular season and what the depth chart will be for every position. Within that there are a lot pf performances in the preseason that are surprisingly big or small and yet they mean absolutely nothing. Unless you view the games and stats with some wisdom and care, you could end up worse than had you never watched anything. Bottom line - for every good performance there are defenders to be released for allowing it to happen. For every bad performance, it may mean nothing more than getting a running back or receiver a few game reps and then getting them out before the blocking gets any worse.
But - there are some significant stats generated that actually do mean something for fantasy football. Let's see what came out of last week you should know.
Felix Jones vs. Titans- 5-17, 1 TD rushing, 2-47 receiving: Jones missed most of his rookie season but is healthy again and looking very sharp. Notable here - his touchdown was a 1-yard run at the goal line where he wasn't invited last year and he only had two catches all of last year. Use Jones as a receiver and he might be worthy as a starter in deeper leagues.
Tony Gonzalez at Rams, 3- 32, 1 TD : This made us feel a little more comfortable that Gonzo was starting to mesh with Matt Ryan despite reports that he was mostly blocking in practice and still learning the offense. Have to figure that Ryan tops every other quarterback that Gonzo played with other than maybe Trent Green.
Laurent Robinson vs Falcons, 5-65 : The #2 in St. Louis is currently the #1 until Donnie Avery gets back and he's showed up big in practice and now in games. Granted - the Rams look horrible so far but within that could be a lot of trash time catches, yardage and scores. Every week maybe.
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