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Looks and touches: Week 14

The following is a list of the Week 14 leaders in looks and touches. It defines those running backs and receivers who received the most attention this past weekend.

Touches is defined as the number of times a running back carried or caught the football.
Looks is defined as the number of times a player was the intended target of a pass.

TOUCHES
Running backs among the leaders in touches per game over the past three weeks with less-than-universal (100 percent) ownership in Yahoo! leagues: Brandon Jacobs (25 – fifth), Justin Fargas (24.7 – eighth), Earnest Graham (24.3 – 10th), Adrian Peterson CHI (23 – 13th), Kolby Smith (23 – 13th), Ryan Grant (22.3 – 18th), Rudi Johnson (21 – 19th), Chester Taylor (20 – 20th), LenDale White (18.3 – 23rd), and Kevin Jones (17.3 – 24th).

The platoon watch notes when a team's RB2 is given at least half as many touches as the RB1, regardless of the reason. Platoon watch for Week 14 included: Atlanta (Jerious Norwood 8, Warrick Dunn 7), Buffalo (Marshawn Lynch 23, Fred Jackson 16), Dallas (Marion Barber 17, Julius Jones 10), Denver (Selvin Young 17, Travis Henry 10), Indianapolis (Joseph Addai 16, Clifton Dawson 8), Jacksonville (Fred Taylor 20, Maurice Jones-Drew 13), Miami (Samkon Gado 14, Lorenzo Booker 10), Minnesota (Adrian Peterson 14, Chester Taylor 11), Oakland (Justin Fargas 15, LaMont Jordan 15), and Seattle (Maurice Morris 16, Shaun Alexander 10).

Chester Taylor led all running backs with at least 10 touches in yards per touch for Week 14, as he totaled 124 yards of offense (101 rushing, 23 receiving) on just 11 touches (eight carries, three catches), good for an 11.27-yard average. The majority of his offense came on a single play, an 84-yard touchdown run. In one of the week's more surprising developments, the Vikings' Adrian Peterson came in on the opposite end of the spectrum – he managed just three rushing yards on his 14 carries (no catches), an average of 0.21 yards per touch. Peterson fell to second in the league in yards-per-carry (6.1) with the sub-par performance.

LOOKS
Widely-available running backs among the league leaders in looks per game over the past three weeks: Lorenzo Booker (7.5 – fifth), Adrian Peterson CHI (5.3 – eighth), Fred Jackson (5 – 10th), Ladell Betts (4.3 – 13th), Kevin Faulk (4.3 – 13th), Kenny Watson (4.3 – 13th), J.J. Arrington (3.6 – 17th), Ron Dayne (3.6 – 17th), Aaron Stecker (3.5 – 21st), Leon Washington (3.3 – 22nd), and Leonard Weaver (3.3 – 22nd).

Widely-available WR among the league leaders in looks per game over the past three weeks: Bryant Johnson (8.7 – 19th), Jerricho Cotchery (8.5 – 21st), Ted Ginn Jr. (8.3 – 22nd), Darrell Jackson (8 – 24th), Marty Booker (8 – 24th), Reggie Brown (7.7 – 29th), Isaac Bruce (7.3 – 32nd), Ronald Curry (7 – 36th), Jerry Porter (7 – 36th), Josh Reed (7 – 36th), and Ernest Wilford (7 – 36th).

Widely-available TE among the league leaders in looks per game over the past three weeks: Alge Crumpler (9.5 – third), Owen Daniels (6.7 – sixth), Marcedes Lewis (6.3 – ninth), Bo Scaife (6.3 – ninth), Vernon Davis (6 – 12th), and Jeff King (5.7 – 14th).

Week 14 Touch Leaders

RANK

PLAYER

TEAM

Week 14

YEAR

T/G

1

LenDale White

TEN

32

260

20.00

2

LaDainian Tomlinson

SD

31

320

24.62

2

Ryan Grant

GB

31

177

14.75

4

Willie Parker

PIT

25

327

25.15

4

Brian Westbrook

PHI

25

310

25.83

4

Thomas Jones

NYJ

25

277

21.31

4

Brandon Jacobs

NYG

25

151

18.88

8

Jamal Lewis

CLE

24

241

20.08

8

Frank Gore

SF

24

233

19.42

8

Rudi Johnson

CIN

24

175

17.50

8

Kevin Jones

DET

24

171

15.55

12

Clinton Portis

WAS

23

293

22.54

12

Marshawn Lynch

BUF

23

234

23.40

12

Aaron Stecker

NO

23

106

8.15

15

Willis McGahee

BAL

22

302

23.23

15

Steven Jackson

STL

22

213

23.67

15

Darius Walker

HOU

22

22

22.00

18

Earnest Graham

TB

21

233

17.92

19

Fred Taylor

JAC

20

200

15.38

20

Adrian Peterson

CHI

18

132

10.15

21

Marion Barber

DAL

17

209

16.08

21

Selvin Young

DEN

17

125

10.42

23

Edgerrin James

ARI

16

274

21.08

23

Joseph Addai

IND

16

270

22.50

23

Maurice Morris

SEA

16

122

11.09

23

Fred Jackson

BUF

16

53

10.60

27

Justin Fargas

OAK

15

218

16.77

27

LaMont Jordan

OAK

15

172

15.64

29

Adrian Peterson

MIN

14

214

19.45

29

Kolby Smith

KC

14

86

6.62

29

Samkon Gado

MIA

14

42

21.00

32

Maurice Jones-Drew

JAC

13

174

13.38

33

DeShaun Foster

CAR

12

237

18.23

34

Chester Taylor

MIN

11

156

14.18

35

Shaun Alexander

SEA

10

191

19.10

35

Julius Jones

DAL

10

161

12.38

35

Travis Henry

DEN

10

160

17.78

35

Vernand Morency

GB

10

47

4.70

35

Lorenzo Booker

MIA

10

17

4.25

40

Ron Dayne

HOU

9

178

16.18

40

Kenny Watson

CIN

9

163

12.54

40

T.J. Duckett

DET

9

33

3.67

43

Laurence Maroney

NE

8

130

13.00

43

Jerious Norwood

ATL

8

100

8.33

43

Clifton Dawson

IND

8

20

2.50

46

Warrick Dunn

ATL

7

229

17.62

46

Chris Brown

TEN

7

101

11.22

46

Ladell Betts

WAS

7

89

6.85

46

Najeh Davenport

PIT

7

84

7.00

46

Leon Washington

NYJ

7

83

6.38

46

Garrett Wolfe

CHI

7

16

1.60

52

Pierre Thomas

NO

6

25

2.78

53

DeAngelo Williams

CAR

5

119

9.15

53

Kenton Keith

IND

5

116

8.92

53

Musa Smith

BAL

5

62

4.77

53

Leonard Weaver

SEA

5

50

3.85

53

Gilbert Harris

KC

5

10

3.33

58

Greg Jones

JAC

4

28

2.15

58

DeDe Dorsey

CIN

4

22

2.20

60

Reuben Droughns

NYG

3

86

6.62

60

Kevin Faulk

NE

3

84

6.46

60

Antonio Pittman

STL

3

33

4.13

60

Lawrence Vickers

CLE

3

27

2.08

60

Jeremi Johnson

CIN

3

13

1.00

60

Jason Snelling

ATL

3

9

2.25

60

Mike Anderson

BAL

3

9

1.50

67

Brian Leonard

STL

2

109

8.38

67

Correll Buckhalter

PHI

2

59

4.92

67

Michael Turner

SD

2

50

3.85

67

J.J. Arrington

ARI

2

41

3.15

67

Michael Robinson

SF

2

36

2.77

67

Adimchinobi Echemandu

HOU

2

22

3.67

67

Mike Karney

NO

2

20

1.54

67

Marcel Shipp

ARI

2

19

1.46

67

Jerome Harrison

CLE

2

16

2.67

67

Thomas Tapeh

PHI

2

11

0.85

77

Jason Wright

CLE

1

72

5.54

77

Mike Sellers

WAS

1

38

3.45

77

Cecil Sapp

DEN

1

29

2.23

77

Maurice Hicks

SF

1

28

2.15

77

Justin Griffith

OAK

1

24

1.85

77

Vonta Leach

HOU

1

21

1.62

77

B.J. Askew

TB

1

18

1.38

77

Le'Ron McClain

BAL

1

14

1.08

77

Aveion Cason

DET

1

13

1.44

77

Tony Richardson

MIN

1

13

1.18

77

Chris Barclay

TEN

1

3

1.00

77

Boomer Grigsby

KC

1

1

0.10

77

Andrew Pinnock

SD

1

1

0.14

Week 14 Look Leaders

RANK

PLAYER

TEAM

Week 14

YEAR

L/G

1

Jason Witten

DAL

18

115

8.85

2

Michael Jenkins

ATL

14

71

5.46

2

Derek Hagan

MIA

14

45

3.46

4

Brandon Marshall

DEN

13

128

9.85

4

Marques Colston

NO

13

117

9.00

6

T.J. Houshmandzadeh

CIN

12

146

11.23

6

Bernard Berrian

CHI

12

115

8.85

6

Shaun McDonald

DET

12

97

7.46

9

Randy Moss

NE

11

123

9.46

9

Wes Welker

NE

11

122

9.38

9

Plaxico Burress

NYG

11

113

8.69

9

Hines Ward

PIT

11

98

8.91

9

Laveranues Coles

NYJ

11

89

8.09

9

Earnest Graham

TB

11

62

4.77

9

Andre Johnson

HOU

11

59

9.83

16

Larry Fitzgerald

ARI

10

135

11.25

16

Torry Holt

STL

10

124

9.54

16

Tony Gonzalez

KC

10

116

8.92

16

Chris Chambers

SD

10

114

8.77

16

Steve Smith

CAR

10

114

9.50

16

Jerricho Cotchery

NYJ

10

100

8.33

16

Antonio Gates

SD

10

99

7.62

16

David Patten

NO

10

66

5.08

16

Frank Gore

SF

10

59

4.92

16

Drew Carter

CAR

10

57

4.38

16

Ted Ginn Jr.

MIA

10

51

3.92

16

Marion Barber

DAL

10

45

3.46

28

Reggie Brown

PHI

9

91

7.00

28

Mark Clayton

BAL

9

73

5.62

28

Anthony Gonzalez

IND

9

42

3.82

28

Jabar Gaffney

NE

9

38

2.92

32

Kellen Winslow

CLE

8

118

9.08

32

Kevin Walter

HOU

8

95

7.31

32

Joey Galloway

TB

8

88

6.77

32

Darrell Jackson

SF

8

85

6.54

32

LaDainian Tomlinson

SD

8

80

6.15

32

Bryant Johnson

ARI

8

72

5.54

32

Vernon Davis

SF

8

69

6.27

32

Calvin Johnson

DET

8

67

5.58

32

Ernest Wilford

JAC

8

56

4.31

32

Greg Olsen

CHI

8

54

4.91

32

Delanie Walker

SF

8

33

2.54

32

Devin Hester

CHI

8

28

2.15

32

Ashley Lelie

SF

8

26

2.36

32

Lorenzo Booker

MIA

8

15

3.00

46

Roddy White

ATL

7

100

7.69

46

Chris Cooley

WAS

7

93

7.15

46

Jerry Porter

OAK

7

80

6.15

46

Vincent Jackson

SD

7

67

5.15

46

Alge Crumpler

ATL

7

56

5.09

46

Reggie Williams

JAC

7

47

3.92

46

Jerheme Urban

ARI

7

31

3.88

46

Sean McHugh

DET

7

24

2.00

54

Derrick Mason

BAL

6

136

10.46

54

Chad Johnson

CIN

6

132

10.15

54

Braylon Edwards

CLE

6

124

9.54

54

Bobby Engram

SEA

6

111

8.54

54

Brian Westbrook

PHI

6

97

8.08

54

Dwayne Bowe

KC

6

94

7.23

54

Jeremy Shockey

NYG

6

91

7.00

54

Santana Moss

WAS

6

89

8.09

54

Ronald Curry

OAK

6

86

6.62

54

Isaac Bruce

STL

6

78

7.09

54

Roydell Williams

TEN

6

73

5.62

54

Antwaan Randle El

WAS

6

66

5.50

54

Patrick Crayton

DAL

6

64

5.33

54

Desmond Clark

CHI

6

62

4.77

54

Kenny Watson

CIN

6

56

4.31

54

Clinton Portis

WAS

6

49

3.77

54

Leon Washington

NYJ

6

39

3.00

54

Leonard Pope

ARI

6

34

2.62

54

Ladell Betts

WAS

6

28

2.15

54

Michael Clayton

TB

6

18

1.64

54

Steve Breaston

ARI

6

12

0.92

54

Darius Walker

HOU

6

6

3.00

76

Donald Driver

GB

5

107

8.23

76

Amani Toomer

NYG

5

81

6.23

76

Owen Daniels

HOU

5

79

6.08

76

Nate Burleson

SEA

5

77

5.92

76

Jeff King

CAR

5

74

5.69

76

Bo Scaife

TEN

5

71

5.46

76

Muhsin Muhammad

CHI

5

71

5.46

76

Dennis Northcutt

JAC

5

64

4.92

76

Donte' Stallworth

NE

5

64

4.92

76

Donald Lee

GB

5

57

4.38

76

Brad Smith

NYJ

5

55

4.23

76

Roscoe Parrish

BUF

5

48

3.69

76

Willis McGahee

BAL

5

47

3.62

76

Benjamin Watson

NE

5

43

3.91

76

Steven Jackson

STL

5

42

4.67

76

Leonard Weaver

SEA

5

39

3.00

76

Robert Ferguson

MIN

5

37

3.08

76

Alex Smith

TB

5

35

3.18

76

LaMont Jordan

OAK

5

33

3.00

76

Willie Parker

PIT

5

27

2.08

96

Terrell Owens

DAL

4

121

9.31

96

Kevin Curtis

PHI

4

104

8.00

96

Lee Evans

BUF

4

93

7.15

96

Greg Jennings

GB

4

73

6.64

96

Josh Reed

BUF

4

72

6.00

96

Deion Branch

SEA

4

67

7.44

96

Bobby Wade

MIN

4

64

4.92

96

Santonio Holmes

PIT

4

60

6.00

96

Laurent Robinson

ATL

4

53

4.42

96

Heath Miller

PIT

4

52

4.00

96

Marcedes Lewis

JAC

4

51

3.92

96

Sidney Rice

MIN

4

51

4.25

96

Kevin Faulk

NE

4

49

3.77

96

Chris Baker

NYJ

4

45

3.75

96

L.J. Smith

PHI

4

44

4.40

96

Lance Moore

NO

4

43

3.31

96

Maurice Jones-Drew

JAC

4

42

3.23

96

Kris Wilson

KC

4

41

3.15

96

Nate Washington

PIT

4

41

3.15

96

Tony Scheffler

DEN

4

41

3.42

96

Devery Henderson

NO

4

38

2.92

96

David Martin

MIA

4

38

3.17

96

Visanthe Shiancoe

MIN

4

37

2.85

96

DeAngelo Williams

CAR

4

34

2.62

96

Jamal Lewis

CLE

4

32

2.67

96

Chester Taylor

MIN

4

31

2.82

96

Robert Royal

BUF

4

30

2.31

96

Marcus Pollard

SEA

4

29

2.64

96

Matt Jones

JAC

4

28

3.11

96

Craig Davis

SD

4

27

2.45

96

Sam Hurd

DAL

4

23

1.77

96

Brandon Jacobs

NYG

4

19

2.38

96

Garrett Wolfe

CHI

4

6

0.60