Sunday 1 PMs/Main Slate
IND/ATL
Colts have a great P matchup, meh RB matchup.
Falcons have a good RB matchup, meh P matchup.
Minshew has a great pressure rate situation, and a good pass potential.
Ridder has a good pressure rate situation, but a bad pass potential.
Colts TTR is 10th.
Falcons TTR is T-5th.
Pace of play is 1st (good). O/U Rank is 4th.
- Injuries - IND - On O, RB Moss is out, WR Pittman is out. T Smith out for 3rd week.
- ATL - On D, DT Street (31%+) is missing 2nd week. LB Dupree (67%) is Q to return from a 1 week absence, DT Onyemata (64%) is Q to return from a 2 week hiatus. On O, T McGary is Q, and FB Smith is doubtful.
Right before the bye/his new injury, Taylor increase his snaps/usage weekly, hitting 88% last and 24 opps (1 target),, with Moss officially out, and no more injury designation, I would be shocked if he falls below 70% of snaps... I think people will be fearful, it is a tough matchup on paper, and he is pricey, but he will absolutely be in my pool. The matchup for the WRs look bad at first glance, but really it's graded to be a good matchup... for tourneys I think we take some shots with the rising floor a missing Pittman provides. With Minshew he had a monster 31% target share. I'm ok with Downs 18% target share, but his aDOT is even worse than Pittmans, and Pierce grades out just as good looking at just metrics, and then you see he is 1.5K cheaper... I continue to say it, but Pierce over Downs for me if I need salary relief (Pierce 12.5%/15.07 --- Downs 18%/6.75). I was ready to say pass at TE, but with Pittman out, they are part of the group that may get a piece of this 30% target share... the problem is 4 play, none were over 6% target share but the last 3-4~ weeks, Granson and Alie-Cox have aDOTs that are at least 9.... so I can see one being sneaky, but I'd reserve them for mass entering, and as a cheap punt/salary relief for a lineup, but if you wanted to avoid it completely, I understand... and to help with that, we have our 3rd option... DK Montgomery... he is 3.3K, and really it is a 3 man WR core, as Fernea/Cleveland are not absorbing snaps... and no Pittman/Dulin/McKenzie... there is nobody else...
We are getting a big discount on Bijan again, despite knowing last week was a slopfest/more catered to Allgeier... I am for it! Week 9, in Heinicke's only full start, the RB group finished with 9 targets, in a game they lead until the 4th quarter (just a fg deficit).... I personally think Bijan has a 20+ touch/5 target floor, and in a game with the #1 pace, maybe we quietly see a shootout? London feels a little to cheap at 5.1K for a 21.5%/11.49 aDOT player.... but if you think that, then what about Pitts at 4K? when he has a 19% target share/11.12 aDOT --- the guy also runs a route on 71% of dropbacks (only 2 TEs cheaper are above him (otton/higbee)), going into the BYE he was and is continuing to separate himself from Joonu in snaps, which was not happening through the first 7 weeks, and in that 1 full Heinicke start, the TEs combined for a 32% target share (Pitts maintained his big aDOT, at 10.8...), when it comes to passing options, I mostly want him. Also an FYI, Heinicke is at 4.8K salary...14.4 points (3x) is not a hard ask (200 - 1 is already 12...) I think he is viable for tourneys too.
SEA/TEN
Seahawks have a great P matchup, meh RB matchup.
Titans have a great P matchup, good RB matchup.
Geno? has a great pass potential.
Levis has a meh pressure rate situation, but a good pass potential. Henry? has a good run potential.
Seahawks TTR is T-7th.
Titans TTR is 16th (meh).
Pace of play is 13th. O/U Rank is 7th (meh).
- Injuries - SEA - On D, S Adams (84%) is missing 2nd week, CB Witherspoon (93%) is Q (but hasn't practiced), and CB Brown (65%) is also Q. On O, RB Walker is Q but tracking to play,
- TEN - On D, LB Gibbens (66%)/S Hooker (98%)/S Wallace (87%)/CB Murphy-Bunting (87%), are out,. DT Peko (39%) is out for 2nd week. DT Simmons (81%)/CB Fulton (87%) are out for 3rd week. Even ancillary pieces that don't play much (but probably would here) are out too, LB Gifford/DE McLendon. On O, no WR Ikhine, most likely no QB Levis, and possibly no TE Chig.
Ok wtf.... TEN Defense is WRECKED.... I'm kind of confused on what I do... If Walker is really ready to go and looks like how he was vs PHI, plus what I think will be a very much favorable script, I like him a lot... but at the same time... do we see explosive plays through the air, as this is typically the way to attack this defense... In that case, I'm going to want some Geno + Metcalf, with some JSN, maybe a touch of Lockett... obviously passing at TE... but I'm going to build lineups catered to Geno + Metcalf, and some to Walker, with maybe DEF. (or maybe an onslaught?
We are most likely getting Tannehill again, going back to his weeks 1-5, Hopkins had a huge 30% target share, with a really good 13.29 aDOT... add in maybe no Chig/no Westbrook (they actually accounted for 32% of Tanny's targets), WHILE also adding in a HIGHLY likely positive passing script, WHILE also also the possibility of a depleted starting secondary for SEA, and I may just lock Hopkins in 80%+ of my lineups... I do think ancillary pieces are fine, and maybe in a lineup or two you go burks, maybe 1 moore, as they are almost floor price, and get the same benefit of no Westbrook/Chig, but I don't think I have the heart to do a big team stack for one lineup.. as this is the titans we are talking about... No way in Hell do we play Henry when it is a projected negative script... his 20 opps for 10 total yards didn't help last week either, and he is way to expensive.. pass... now for tourneys... Spears is interesting.. he is under 5K, and in 4 of the 5 Tanny starts, he hit at least 4 targets... and this should be a game where he well out snaps Henry, I think he is fine for a couple of lineups.
DET/MIN
Lions have a bad P/RB matchup.
Vikings have a meh P matchup, bad RB matchup.
Goff has a great pressure rate situation.
Mullens has a good pass potential. Chandler? has a bad run potential.
Lions TTR is T-2nd (good).
Vikings TTR is 9th.
Pace of play is 4th. O/U Rank is 2nd (good).
- Injuries - DET - On D, LB Barnes (67%+) is doubtful, CB Jacobs (96%) is out for 2nd week. DT McNeill (69%) is out for 3rd week. On O, TE Wright is out.
- MIN - On D, LB Hicks (93%+) is returning after 4 weeks out. CB Murphy (100%) is out. On O, T O'Neill is Q, RB Mattison is Q.
I know there's some injuries on the D, and the total is high, the pace is good, but I do think these D's are better than portrayed, and because of that, I don't want full on QB game stacks, but I will look here for one-offs, or mini game stacks.
I'll start by saying I can't play either of these DET backs at this price, which is close or at peak for both of them, I know Gibbs looks like the preferred target based off explosiveness, and his bigger target games.. but he also hasn't even got to 20 touches since week 8, when Montgomery didn't even play, he hasn't even got over 15 opps in the last 3 weeks.. how can we pay 7K for that... IMO, we really have 3 one-off/mini game stack options from this side... the first is St. Brown, since the bye (6 games), he has a really good 28% target share to go with his 8.58 aDOT, and if the RBs are projected to have a big of a tougher time, they may use short passing as its replacement, which should start with this man. His price is hefty, but even in just the 2 write-ups above, there are viable cheapies. The 2nd is LaPorta, in that same span, he has a 20% target share (really good for a TE), with a decent 8.59 aDOT, while he is the most expensive TE, he is arguably the best candidate for slate breaking upside.... The only other side I'd consider is of course Jam. Williams... he is cheap at 3.7K, and in tourneys, when looking this low in price, you want either an injury replacement value, or a home run hitter, and he is obviously one of those. His playing time is rivaling the original WR2 of Reynolds, and he also carries a massive 17.82 aDOT.
I know this is one of the hardest teams for a RB to face, but if Mattison is really out, Chandler is to cheap at under 6K when he will be projected 80%~ of snaps, and 24~ opps, I'm not saying I love him, and there is an argument to fade in tourneys IF he is going to be popular, but he should be in your player pool otherwise. I know he had a "quiet" game, but JJ last week with Mullens/full first game back, had a 96% snap count, 31.5% target share, and a 12.8 aDOT.... idk if we have forgotten, but those are WR1 overall metrics, and JJ has been the WR1 many times in his short career, yet he is priced as the WR4... I like him a lot. Addison had a big game last week, and a 19% target share/8.83 aDOT is overall fine but he is priced with the Hopkins area of the world, and that is to expensive for my blood. Even in a semi neutral script, Osborn hit a season low 54%, it's official he is the WR3, pass. Hockensons 22% target share is good, especially when considering they are top 5 in pass to run ratio, and the aDOT of 7 is on the better side for a TE... I'd say he is a direct pivot of LaPorta, and maybe even McBride, but I still don't think I'll have much of him if any at all, as I much prefer JJ, and maybe some Chandler.
WAS/NYJ
Commanders have a bad P/RB matchup.
Jets have a great P matchup, meh RB matchup.
Howell? has a bad pressure rate situation, and a bad pass potential. Br. Robinson? has a bad run potential.
Siemien? has a meh pressure rate situation. Hall has a bad run potential.
Commanders TTR is 17th (meh).
Jets TTR is T-13th.
Pace of play is 7th. O/U Rank is 8th (bad).
- Injuries - WAS - On D, LB Davis (86%) is out for 2nd week, S Butler (81%) is Q. On O, C/T Larsen and Leno are out. RB Br. Robinson is out.
- NYJ - On D, DT Jefferson (49%). On O, T Brown is Q.
What a bad time to support Howell in still being the starter after being pulled last week, and now having to go up against NYJ D down 2 offensive lineman..... Washington is the #1 pass play % team in the league, so from a PPR perspective, a player will definitely get there for this team, but howell in general shouldn't be played at his price, with the real potential of getting pulled again. Since Samuels return, Dotsons numbers have been baaaaad, 10% target share, with an 8 aDOT... Samuel is now more expensive, but by only $300... I am only using this team for one-offs (not often though),and while I prefer Samuel to Dotson, I won't be playing either of them..... because I want either a), McLaurin and his 22.5% target share/14.22 aDOT at under 6K, or Gibson... who again is thrust into the starting role, only 5.2K, and had 8 of his 9 opps (5 targets) in the first half last week, before the rams got their 3 possession lead.
Siemian last week came in when they were already down 3+ possessions, so it is hard to gauge the true target share breakdown/aDOT... having said that, Wilson/Lazard still played 90%+ of snaps, so I feel like it was kind of accurate from that perspective... and if that's the case, Wilson doesn't look as appealing... the problem is, when you look at his season numbers, he is dynamite under 6K... so I'm torn. My gut says to pass/be very underweight in tourneys, and maybe take a look at Lazard (did I just say that?) He is 3.2K, mentioned already but played 90%+ of snaps, had a good aDOT of 11, and a target share of 18%, those are really good for floor price... I'll note Gipsons numbers look identical, but his playing time/usage was probably most inflated from the script. I want to like Hall today, but I can't and I may eat those words. In a game where I am sure check downs were available.. Siemian only did it 3 times on his 26 pass attempts, and there is a likely chance the pass attempts as a whole are a bit lower than average with the probability of playing with a lead and catches are worth a lot more to breece than carries... so I'm feeling to pass. I am not chasing Conklin, his target share is nice, but like Breece, if there is no passing volume, I don't want 4 short aDOT targets as a max for 3.2K.
GBP/CAR
Packers have a great RB matchup, good P matchup.
Panthers have a great P/RB matchup.
Love has a great pressure rate situation, and a great pass potential. A. Jones? has a great run potential.
Young has a bad pressure rate situation.
Packers TTR is 12th.
Panthers TTR is 18th (bad).
Pace of play is 9th. O/U Rank is 9th (bad).
- Injuries - GBP - On D, S Savage (85%) missing 2nd week, LB Campbell (81%) is out, CB Alexander is Q to return after 6 week hiatus, and S Ford (100%~) is Q. On O, still no TE Musgrave, WR Watson is doubtful, WR Reed is Q but didn't practice... then WR/RB Wicks/Dillon are Q.
- CAR - On D, LB Cherelus may be returning. On O, TE Thomas is Q, obviously Hurst is still out.
I do want to think CAR pass D is better than they get credit for, but I also know it looks a bit amped up due to how poor they are vs the run AND teams not needing to pass because they're winning by 2+ possessions... having said that, I don't want to go all in here. We need to take a wait and see approach as we don't know if we will have 0, 1, or both of Reed/Wicks, obviously value opens up as more WRs are out though so I get it. Kraft feels a bit expensive at 3.9K for a 13% target share/5.22 aDOT, but he does play every snap, and should be included in the value rise if multiple WRs miss, but I don't think I'll have much. I'll obviously like him more if Dillon is out, but in either scenario, you have to think Jones should see an increase in snap count as weeks go by... He played just 48% of snaps last week and finished with 17 opps (4 targets), if he can get over 20+ with that target floor, 6.4K beings to look nice vs this CAR D.
Bryce has really been killing me because these WRs look so great, but they continue to fail --- remember when Thielen was a slate breaking god,,, I still think Thielen is slightly expensive at 5.9K, yet over the last 5 games he has a good 10.91 aDOT, and a good 22% target share... my issue is that Mingo looks AWESOME... he has a 28.5% target share, with a 12.53 aDOT --- you might think I'm crazy, but that's easily top 10 FLOOR WR numbers if you dropped him and those metrics on a team with a normal QB pulse, oh and he is just 3.6K.... I HAVE to continue to play him, because he will breakout very soon. Like the Colts TE, if you want to dart throw/salary save here with Tremble/Sullivan, be my guest.. I won't though. Hubbard is a lock for 100 total yards, and maybe 2 catches?, he has had 3 straight games with 24+ opps, yet he is under 6K... I think him, and definitely mingo are good options from this side to at least have in your pool.
CLV/HOU
Browns have a good P matchup, and a bad RB matchup.
Texans have a bad P/RB matchup.
Flacco has a meh pressure rate situation, and a meh pass potential. Ford? has a meh run potential.
Stroud? has a bad pressure rate situation, and a bad pass potential. Singletary has a bad run potential.
Browns TTR is 15th.
Texans TTR is T-5th.
Pace of play is 2nd (good). O/U Rank is 6th (meh).
- Injuries - CLV - On D, DE Okoronkwo (56%)/S Delpit (95%) are out for 2nd week, S Thornhill (93%) is out for 3rd week (and S McLeod (49%) has been out for 5 weeks). On O, T Jones out for 4th week, and G Bitonio is Q.
- HOU - On D, LB Cashman (77%)/DE Anderson (67%) are out for 2nd week, CB Thomas (78%) is out for 4th week. On O, obvi no WR Dell, but WR Collins is Q/Trending on playing
Flacco is averaging no fewer than 44 pass attempts in all 3 of his starts.... and what is crazy, is it has been a vast majority within a neutral game script (for a moment down 10 vs bears, but conversely in a negative pass script vs jags for longer...), now I don't think we need to play flacco per se, but 40+ pass attempts means PPR points for the pass catchers, and that's what I'm interested in. In the 3 starts, Cooper kind of grades out similarly to Moore, yet Moore is much cheaper. Cooper is 21%/12.3, while Moore is 16.5%/18.76.... I wouldn't go overboard but Moore>Cooper for me. I know the elephant in the room is Njoku, as he has a 22% target share/6.04 aDOT, but he is priced up with Engram/Hockenson AND McBride, I can't pick him over most of them....
We still have Keenum at the helm, and HOU's players still have the Stroud inflation tied to them.... Brown had really insane metrics last week, but the tougher matchup, and the return of collins really dilutes this team... I'll fade it. Singletary played a high of 75% in the 4game span that Pierce has returned... there is no threat to this backfield... weeks 9/10 without Pierce/similarities to last week, he had a floor of 24 opps (2 targets) and a ceiling of 32 opps (2 targets) --- last week he had 31 opps (5 targets), at 5.5K, I hope the matchup scares people because I want me some Singletary.... Flacco isn't mistake free anymore, so we may even get set up in good field position from time to time.
Sunday 4PMs/Main Slate (cont.)
JAC/TBB
Jaguars have a meh P/RB matchup.
Bucs have a meh P matchup, bad RB matchup.
Lawrence has a good pressure rate situation, and a great pass potential. Etienne has a bad run potential.
Baker has a good pressure rate situation. R. White has a meh run potential.
Jaguars TTR is T-7th.
Bucs TTR is 11th.
Pace of play is 8th. O/U Rank is 5th.
- Injuries - JAC - On D, CB/S Campbell (84%)/Cisco (90%) are Q to return from hiatus's. CB Braswell may be returning from IR also. On O, no WR Kirk, WR Jones is Q, and QB Lawrence is Q.
- TBB - On D, DE Gholston (25%) is Q to return from 1 week hiatus. S Winfield (100%) is Q/didn't practrice.
The last 3 weeks without Kirk, Ridley/Jones grade out very well, 25.5%/23%, and 14.73 aDOT/17.63 aDOT... Zay is obviously much cheaper, and based off this, should be the preferred target, but I think both are extremely viable and I reluctantly think I want Ridley more though. We know TBB is pass funnel, and the offense is concentrated... and Ridley isn't coming in with a Hammy designation. Engram falls in with Njoku/Ferguson/Schultz, imo they are strictly leverage pivots off McBride (and sort of Hock/LaPorta), I don't really care for Engrams 5.22 aDOT, but if the volume is there, a 21% target share can get you there... I'll be underweight though, as I prefer both Ridley>Zay a bit more. Etienne continues to show he can have a safe PPR floor, but in his 6 games since the BYE, 5 have been his lowest snap count and has only got over 18 opps just once in them, While his price has come down, I still don't think I'm bucking just yet... and if he fails this week... we can all lineup to smash him next @CAR.
White's price continues to go up, and you'd think eventually people will fade him... I hope they do, as he is as steady as they come, hitting at least 23 opps (and at least 2 targets, usually more), in 5 of his last 7, averaging 1 TD/g, and playing well over 80% of snaps... he should never be off your player pool. There's a good chance this secondary is getting heathier, and I don't want to full on game stack this one too much, and I think I'd rather fade the ownership.. Having said that, if you like the TBB passing attack, go for it... Evans last 5 weeks has really good numbers with a 29% target share, and 14.13 aDOT, Godwin probably isn't cheap enough comparatively, but it still is good with a 25.5%/9.57 numbers. And of course Otton, he plays practically every snap, and is #5 among TEs in rountes ran per dropback... I know he isn't dynamiting every week, but he never breaks the bank and we know he could.
ARI/CHI
Cards have a good P matchup, bad RB matchup.
Bears have a great P/RB matchup.
Kyler has a good pressure rate situation, but a bad pass potential.
Fields has a good pass potential. R. Johnson? has a great run potential.
Cards TTR is T-13th.
Bears TTR is 4th (good).
Pace of play is 6th. O/U Rank is 3rd.
- Injuries - ARI - On D, LB White (95%)/DT Fotu (41%) are out for 4th week. LB Woods (78%)/CB Williams (67%) are out. CB Hamilton (75%+) is Q. On O, no WR Hollywood, WR Dortch is Q, and TE Swaim is out.
- CHI - On D, no DE Ngakoue (72%). On O, T Jenkins is out. WR St.Brown is out. RB Homer is Q, and RB Foreman is Q but isn't likely to play. TE Kmet is Q.
I think Conner is fine from a volume standpoint, but he's had just 13 targets in his 5 games back, leading to 9 catches and 9 total yards... I don't really see a ceiling in this matchup, and there are others priced around him I like more, pass. WR is a crapshoot... last week they really didn't have hollywood, and the leading WR had just a 10.5% target share.. well they actually don't have hollywood this week, and dortch may miss... Do I think you can dart throw Wilson/Pascal, maybe moore? yes... but at best I'll have 1 of them in 1 lineup maybe. Who we really need to talk about is McBride... in Kylers 5 starts, he has a 27.5% target share (easily best among TEs), and an ok aDOT of 6.11... his direct backup in Swaim is out (plays 20-30% of snaps), as well as Hollywood/maybe Dortch... this guy should easily see 10+ targets and I expect them to be playing from behind... fire him up.
CHI is interesting.. I will always see the upside in Fields/Moore, but before I go there/what has me wanting to go neutral on ownership is Roschon. We are expected to not see Foreman in this game... when that happened in Week 12, Roschon played 74% of snaps (to Herberts 21%), and he finished with 15 opps (5 targets) in a tough matchup vs MIN.... now he has ARI and is priced below 5K... I see you. In Fields 4 games back, Moore has an amazing 33.5% target share, with a good 10.5 aDOT... those are WR1 overall numbers, yet he is not priced above 7K like he should be... I'll continue to ride him while I can. I will note, Mooney is more than half as cheap, and he quietly has a good 16% target share/11.68 aDOT since Fields return too, at almost floor price, he is a decent pick in this range, but I can see a scenario where CHI plays with a lead, so I'm hesitant. I'm not playing Kmets overpriced ass with his 2.8 aDOT, even with a 21% target share, pass.
DAL/MIA
Cowboys have a good RB matchup, meh P matchup.
Dolphins have a meh RB matchup, bad P matchup.
Dak has a meh pressure rate situation.
Mostert? has a good run potential.
Cowboys TTR is T-2nd (good).
Dolphins TTR is 1st (great).
Pace of play is 14th (meh). O/U Rank is 1st (great).
- Injuries - DAL - On D, 2nd week w/o DT Hankins (41%), but DE Fehoko may be returning. On O, T Tyron Smith our for 2nd week, and G Martin is Q/was limited this week.
- MIA - On D, 4th week w/o LB Phillips (71%), 3rd week w/o LB Baker (87%), On O, T Hunt out for 4th week, and WR Hill is Q.
Kind of like last week, I don't want to be overweight this game, but use it at most for one-offs/mini game stacks, as I don't like the pace with the combo of eyes/ownership of this game because of the best O/U. Also the big boys in this game are super expensive.
The game kind of got out of hand last week for DAL, but prior to that, Pollard was coming off b2b 24 opp (6 target average) games, I don't really like most RBs in this range, as I'd rather pay up or really go down here but I do prefer Pollard to Henry/Montgomery/Etienne. either way I'll be severely underweight at best. Since the BYE Lamb has DJ Moore numbers like mentioned above, with a 32.5% target share/10.99 aDOT...but rather than being 6.9K, he is rightfully 9.2K, and in a tougher matchup... I think he is fine if you want him, but I think I like the DET/MIN environment of ASB/JJ better, as well as Moore so I'll be severely underweight at best again. Cooks is fine at 4.9K, and his 13%/13.55 aDOT, and I obviously prefer Tolbert>Gallup if big stacking this game. Ferguson can breakout, but he is to expensive when compared to the guys just above him... I'd rather go up or much lower if I had too.
I know Mostert is techincally the RB1, but his PPR upside is non existent, so if he isn't scoring TDs, he will hurt you at this price. Since Achanes return, MIA really has played one close game.. and inthat game, he had 16 opps (9 targets!), and actually hasn't seen fewer than 3 in any of the 3 games equaling a 20% target share on this team... we know he has explosive upside, but he definitely feels safer than Mostert at that price imo. Ugh, idk what to do, but if Hill is in, my gut says to just fade and let others pay these massive prices while you go a bit lower and have the same type of projections.... but I will say if hill is out, Waddle for me all day. Smythe plays a lot, but he doesn't run a boatload of routes, if Hill is out maybe you can convince me of a punt, but otherwise pass.