Returnerguys - thru week 1
by Mike Herman, Exclusive to Footballguys.com						Fantasy points scoring: 6 points per TD, 1 point per 20 punt return yards, & 1 point per 40 kickoff return yards
Players				Punt Returns								Kick Returns							Combined PR & KR				Fantasy
Tm	Name	Pos	gms	Rets	Avg	rank	Yds	rank	Lng	TDs	FC	Rets	Avg	rank	Yds	rank	Lng	TDs	Yards	rank	TDs	rank	points	rank
ARI	Reggie Swinton	WR	1	1	-5.0	71	-5	71	-5	0	2	6	27.3	7	164	3	59	0	159	5	0	4	3.8	9
ARI	Obafemi Ayanbadejo	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	16.0	37	16	42	16	0	16	51	0	4	0.4	53
ATL	Allen Rossum	CB	1	2	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	2	2	26.5	10	53	20	33	0	53	24	0	4	1.3	29
BAL	B.J. Sams	RB	1	3	17.0	2	51	5	28	0	2	3	22.7	18	68	16	27	0	119	7	0	4	4.3	8
BAL	Justin Green	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	10.0	50	10	50	10	0	10	59	0	4	0.3	62
BUF	Nate Clements	CB	1	2	9.5	11	19	12	13	0	2	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	19	48	0	4	1.0	40
BUF	Daimon Shelton	FB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	16.0	37	16	42	16	0	16	51	0	4	0.4	53
BUF	Terrence McGee	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	16.0	37	16	42	16	0	16	51	0	4	0.4	53
CAR	Rod Smart	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	3	15.3	43	46	24	19	0	46	27	0	4	1.1	33
CAR	Nick Goings	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	21.0	23	21	37	21	0	21	44	0	4	0.5	49
CAR	Kris Mangum	TE	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	9.0	51	9	51	9	0	9	61	0	4	0.2	64
CAR	Steve Smith	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	1	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	0	66	0	4	0.0	66
CAR	Mike Seidman	TE	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	0	66	0	4	0.0	66
CHI	Mark Bradley	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	17.5	33	70	15	23	0	70	19	0	4	1.8	21
CHI	Bernard Berrian	WR	1	2	-1.5	70	-3	70	4	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	-3	71	0	4	-0.2	71
CIN	Tab Perry	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	27.0	8	108	8	50	0	108	10	0	4	2.7	12
CIN	Keiwan Ratliff	CB	1	2	9.0	13	18	14	9	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	18	49	0	4	0.9	42
CLE	Reuben Droughns	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	5	23.8	16	119	7	35	0	119	8	0	4	3.0	11
CLE	Dennis Northcutt	WR	1	2	10.0	9	20	11	13	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	20	46	0	4	1.0	36
CLE	Joshua Cribbs	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	14.0	45	14	47	14	0	14	55	0	4	0.4	58
DAL	Marion Barber	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	3	19.3	31	58	18	21	0	58	21	0	4	1.4	25
DAL	Aaron Glenn	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	20.0	27	20	38	20	0	20	46	0	4	0.5	50
DAL	Patrick Crayton	WR	1	1	2.0	23	2	24	2	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	2	65	0	4	0.1	65
DEN	Darrent Williams	CB	1	1	13.0	5	13	17	13	0	1	3	26.3	12	79	13	29	0	92	14	0	4	2.6	15
DEN	Charlie Adams	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	2	19.5	29	39	28	20	0	39	35	0	4	1.0	38
DET	Eddie Drummond	WR	1	6	2.0	23	12	18	5	0	0	2	14.5	44	29	32	15	0	41	31	0	4	1.3	29
GB	Antonio Chatman	WR	1	3	6.3	18	19	13	16	0	4	1	22.0	19	22	36	22	0	41	33	0	4	1.5	24
GB	Robert Ferguson	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	2	22.0	19	44	25	22	0	44	28	0	4	1.1	34
GB	Najeh Davenport	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	17.0	34	17	39	17	0	17	50	0	4	0.4	52
HOU	Vernand Morency	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	5	20.2	26	101	10	24	0	101	12	0	4	2.5	16
HOU	Domanick Davis	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	29.0	6	29	32	29	0	29	39	0	4	0.7	44
HOU	Phillip Buchanon	CB	1	1	6.0	19	6	21	6	0	1	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	6	63	0	4	0.3	60
HOU	Mark Bruener	TE	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	11.0	49	11	49	11	0	11	58	0	4	0.3	61
IND	Ran Carthon	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	14.0	45	14	47	14	0	14	55	0	4	0.4	58
IND	Troy Walters	WR	1	1	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	3	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	0	66	0	4	0.0	66
JAC	Alvin Pearman	RB	1	3	8.0	15	24	10	14	0	1	1	17.0	34	17	39	17	0	41	31	0	4	1.6	23
JAC	Derrick Wimbush	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	2	23.0	17	46	23	26	0	46	26	0	4	1.2	32
KC	Dante Hall	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	2	2	19.5	29	39	28	22	0	39	35	0	4	1.0	38
MIA	Wes Welker	WR	1	4	16.0	3	64	3	20	0	0	2	25.5	13	51	21	28	0	115	9	0	4	4.5	7
MIN	Keenan Howry	WR	1	5	10.8	8	54	4	19	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	54	23	0	4	2.7	12
MIN	Mewelde Moore	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	3	22.0	19	66	17	27	0	66	20	0	4	1.7	22
MIN	Troy Williamson	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	2	11.5	48	23	35	13	0	23	43	0	4	0.6	48
NE	Tim Dwight	WR	1	4	11.0	7	44	6	27	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	44	28	0	4	2.2	17
NE	Kevin Faulk	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	2	21.0	23	42	26	26	0	42	30	0	4	1.1	35
NE	Ellis Hobbs	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	37.0	2	37	30	37	0	37	37	0	4	0.9	41
NE	Troy Brown	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	2	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	0	66	0	4	0.0	66
NO	Michael Lewis	WR	1	1	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	18.8	32	75	14	20	0	75	18	0	4	1.9	20
NYG	Willie Ponder	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	47.8	1	191	1	95	1	191	1	1	1	10.8	1
NYG	Chad Morton	RB	1	6	14.7	4	88	1	52	1	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	88	15	1	1	10.4	2
NYG	Brandon Jacobs	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	33.0	4	33	31	33	0	33	38	0	4	0.8	43
NYJ	Justin Miller	CB	1	1	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	6	30.3	5	182	2	50	0	182	2	0	4	4.5	5
NYJ	Jerricho Cotchery	WR	1	1	8.0	15	8	20	8	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	8	62	0	4	0.4	53
OAK	Chris Carr	DB	1	3	5.0	20	15	15	15	0	0	6	25.2	14	151	4	29	0	166	4	0	4	4.5	6
PHI	Dexter Wynn	DB	1	3	9.3	12	28	7	17	0	1	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	28	40	0	4	1.4	26
PHI	Roderick Hood	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	3	16.0	37	48	22	16	0	48	25	0	4	1.2	31
PIT	Ike Taylor	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	2	20.0	27	40	27	24	0	40	34	0	4	1.0	36
PIT	Antwaan Randle El	WR	1	1	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	0	66	0	4	0.0	66
SD	Darren Sproles	RB	1	2	12.5	6	25	9	14	0	0	4	36.5	3	146	5	49	0	171	3	0	4	4.9	4
SD	Eric Parker	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	16.0	37	16	42	16	0	16	51	0	4	0.4	53
SEA	Josh Scobey	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	3	27.0	8	81	12	31	0	81	17	0	4	2.0	19
SEA	Peter Warrick	WR	1	1	5.0	20	5	22	5	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	5	64	0	4	0.3	62
SF	Otis Amey	WR	1	1	75.0	1	75	2	75	1	0	1	17.0	34	17	39	17	0	92	13	1	1	10.2	3
SF	Maurice Hicks	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	26.5	10	106	9	40	0	106	11	0	4	2.7	14
STL	Chris Johnson	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	13.8	47	55	19	25	0	55	22	0	4	1.4	27
STL	Shaun McDonald	WR	1	2	7.0	17	14	16	13	0	1	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	14	55	0	4	0.7	45
TB	Torrie Cox	CB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	4	20.8	25	83	11	26	0	83	16	0	4	2.1	18
TB	Mark Jones	WR	1	3	9.0	13	27	8	14	0	0	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	27	41	0	4	1.4	28
TEN	Courtney Roby	WR	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	6	22.0	19	132	6	27	0	132	6	0	4	3.3	10
TEN	Andrae Thurman	WR	1	1	10.0	9	10	19	10	0	1	0	0.0	52	0	52	0	0	10	59	0	4	0.5	50
WAS	Antonio Brown	WR	1	2	2.5	22	5	22	5	0	2	1	16.0	37	16	42	16	0	21	44	0	4	0.7	46
WAS	Ladell Betts	RB	1	0	0.0	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	25.0	15	25	34	25	0	25	42	0	4	0.6	47
NEWS & NOTES
ATL	Despite preseason comments by the team that Allen Rossum would handle only punt returns this year, he again handled kickoff returns in week 1.
BAL	B.J. Sams returned a punt 88 yards to the 1-yard line, but it was called back due to a penalty.
CHI	The Bears are easing CB Jerry Azumah back into  full action, but would like to get him back on kickoff returns, since rookie WR Mark Bradley was a mediocre substitute in week 1. Azumah experienced soreness Monday in the hip on which he had surgery however, so the Bears may have to wait another week. Bernard Berrian fumbled an attempted reverse on a punt return.
CLE	Reuben Droughns took over on kickoff returns, after Joshua Cribbs left the game with knee injury. Cribbs could miss several weeks.
DAL	Rookie RB Tyson Thompson was expected to be the primary PR/KR guy, however he was inactive for the week 1 game.
DET	Green Bay didn't have a very good game, however they did manage to contained Lions return specialist Eddie Drummond.
JAC	WR Chad Owens is the most explosive returner for the Jaguars, and is no. 1 on the depth chart, however he was inactive for the week 1 game.
NYG	The Giants scored two special teams touchdowns in the second half, a punt return by Chad Morton and a kickoff return by Willie Ponder.
OAK	Rookie Chris Carr has performed well enough on kickoff returns, that he may keep the job even after incumbent KR/WR Doug Gabriel returns from injury. Norv Turner also noted that using both "would be a good combination."
SD	Rookie Darren Sproles looked special as the PR/KR specialist. "That No. 43 doesn't need a real big hole,'' Marty Schottenheimer noted.
SEA	Josh Scobey's 27 yard average on kickoffs looks good on paper, however he fumbled the opening kickoff away to Jacksonville.
SF	The 49ers had several big returns, including a 75-yard punt return for a TD, however keep in mind this was against a Rams team that set records for special teams futility last year.
STL	Recently signed Chris Johnson stepped out of bounds at his own 1 yard line on the opening kickoff. The Rams still plan to let him return kicks again this week at Arizona.
TEN	Rookie Andrea Thurman was promoted from the practice squad when the Titans released Troy Edwards.
WAS	Top PR/KR Antonio Brown was released Tuesday. His fumbled kickoff led to Chicago's only score. He was replaced in the game by Ladell Betts. Joe Gibbs has indicated they plan to get WR Santana Moss involved punt returns at some point in the year.