Reporters give advice on Jerry Jeudy, Khalil Herbert and more
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Many a successful NFL season, and by the same token, many a successful fantasy football season, is determined by a team’s relative health.
For actual teams as well as fantasy managers, when a player such as Christian McCaffrey goes down, it’s a difficult pill to swallow. There simply isn’t much you can do. Some teams have better backups than others, and some fantasy managers actually will handcuff starters with the No. 2 on the same team (it makes perfect sense with Dalvin Cook and Alexander Mattison, for instance).
Injuries also have tentacles, particularly when a quarterback is involved. The Seattle Seahawks without Russell Wilson are like spaghetti without sauce. It’s not really spaghetti then, is it? It’s just wet noodles, kind of like the Seattle offense has been.
The drop-off for DK Metcalf hasn’t been quite as precipitous as that of Tyler Lockett. Metcalf at least has managed to find the end zone twice with Geno Smith throwing to him. Lockett has barely found the ball since Wilson suffered a thumb injury.
Here’s a nugget to depress Lockett managers: 46 receivers have 10+ targets over the past two weeks. Lockett ranks 45th in points per target over that stretch.
As such, ESPN fantasy sports researcher Kyle Soppe, who generates the fantasy questions, is wondering whether there is anyone trustworthy in Seattle for fantasy managers. He also has questions about the receivers in New England, Denver and Tampa Bay. And our reporters have answers.
On byes this week and thus not included below are the Raiders and Ravens. Away we go.
AFC EAST
Who stands to gain the most in the way of targets with Dawson Knox banged up?
Unfortunately from a fantasy perspective, a number of players are set up to get more targets with Knox’s absence due to a hand injury. Depth at tight end is limited for the Bills, and while Tommy Sweeney will get some opportunities in his place, all of the targets that would have been directed toward Knox are unlikely to go to just Sweeney based on his limited…
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