Target Practice, Week 8: Wayne's world

Following Sunday's 147-yard performance, Reggie Wayne(notes) leads all wide receivers in public league fantasy scoring. He's averaging 15.0 points per week. Wayne, like his quarterback, has delivered useful fantasy lines with robotic consistency. Check the weekly point totals: Week 1 - 22.0 (1st among WRs)Week 2 - 3.7 (54th)Week 3 - 18.6 (3rd)Week 4 - 13.4 (10th)Week 5 - 12.0 (16th)Week 6 - byeWeek 7 - 14.3 (8th)Week 8 - 20.7 (1st)That's just ridiculous. There are cases where one or two exceptional games can overstate a player's true fantasy usefulness, but that's not the story with Wayne at all. He's finished among the top 10 scorers at his position five times in seven games. Wayne wins his matchup at WR1 basically every week. He clearly belongs in the Fantasy MVP discussion. Wayne also led all players in targets in Week 8, posting the highest total we've seen so far this year... Again, ridiculous. Twenty is a silly number. You'll recall that Peyton...