Each week, TSN.ca Fantasy Editor Scott Cullen and NFL Editors Ben Fisher and Mike Hetherington discuss three hot fantasy football topics.
 
Is Arian Foster on track for the best fantasy football season of his career?

Cullen: Foster ranks second among running backs in touches per game and is on his way to a great season, provided he stays healthy, but to call it the best of his career misses out on how just how spectacular Foster was in, say, 2010. That year, Foster accumulated 2,220 yards from scrimmage and scored 18 total touchdowns. No matter how spectacular Foster is the rest of the way, he’s going to be hard-pressed to approach those numbers.

Fisher: Albeit much more quietly this season, Foster is once again putting up monster numbers. I thought that Foster left us a couple years and a couple injuries ago but the Texans running back is once again giving us a top tier season, only this time at a late first round price. This won’t be Foster’s best fantasy season however because even if he can stay healthy, Houston’s offence isn’t good enough. In Foster’s prime, the Texans were winning divisions and going to the playoffs; now they are led by Ryan Fitzpatrick and already showing cracks from their impressive start.

Hetherington: Foster is well on his way to another big fantasy season, but can he match his best? I doubt it. Playing as a relative unknown in 2010, Foster led the league with 1,616 rushing yards, while finding paydirt 16 times on the ground and twice more through the air, while notching 604 receiving yards. Even his 15 touchdown season in 2012 couldn’t top that and now, working in a Texans offence teams stack the box against, Foster will struggle to get close to that number. Foster is a top-three fantasy back this year, but I’m afraid we’ve already seen his fantasy peak.
 
Will the Packers finish with two receivers in the Top 10?
 
Cullen: As strong as the Packers’ passing game is, and there is a reasonable chance for Jordy Nelson to challenge for the top spot, I can’t bring myself to expect Randall Cobb to finish in the Top 10. Cobb’s numbers are inflated by his scoring eight touchdowns in seven games and chasing scores is a risky way to accumulate fantasy points. So, if Cobb ends up scoring 17 or 18 touchdowns, sure, he can finish in the Top 10, but that’s not likely and Cobb isn’t getting targeted enough (6.86 per game, tied for 43rd among wide receivers) to generate enough yardage.

Fisher: It’s not out of the realm of possibility as just last year Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery accomplished the feat for the Chicago Bears. And while Randall Cobb is more of a WR2 in terms of receiving yards, the Packers score at such a rate his touchdown totals should be able to keep him in the Top 10. And Nelson’s a given, so I think there’s a real shot.

Hetherington: While I don’t see them both finishing the year as Top 5 receivers, as they are now, I fully expect both wide outs to finish in the Top 10. There’s no doubt the Packers are going throw the ball and Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb are consistently Aaron Rodgers’ first looks. Also helping the chances for the two are the injuries to fantasy’s top projected wide receivers. Calvin Johnson, AJ Green and Brandon Marshall have all battled injuries that have slowed their production this season, opening the door for a shakeup at the top.

Are you buying Ryan Tannehill’s recent surge in fantasy production?

Cullen: I’m going with no, but maybe a qualified no. If you’re in a league that uses two quarterbacks, by all means, go for Tannehill, because I can buy him as a Top 20ish quarterback, but I need more than six touchdown passes over three weeks to start pushing him into the discussion with other fantasy starters.

Fisher: My initial reaction was to say no, because after all it’s Ryan Tannehill. But I think the third-year QB has a chance to average low-end QB1 numbers the rest of the year. If the Dolphins can maintain their .500 ball, Tannehill should be able to maintain his mid-200 passing yards and two touchdown passes. Any interception trouble the young QB gets in is more than mitigated by his quietly impressive rushing totals.

Hetherington: Despite his recent strong performances, Tannehill has still yet to throw for more than two touchdowns in a game this season and remains well outside QB1 consideration in my books. If you need a bye week replacement though, Tannehill could fit the bill, especially this week against the Jacksonville Jaguars. What I am buying into is Tannehill’s bounce back from coach Joe Philbin’s threat to bench the third-year QB after the Dolphins loss to the Chiefs in Week 3. That that threat seems to be ancient history now.

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