• The elite extensive receivers placed on a present: Ja’Marr Chase and CeeDee Lamb every scored touchdowns and mixed for 63.9 PPR factors.
• Younger working backs proceed to impress: Chase Brown and Rico Dowdle are two of one of the best shock working backs of the season, and each gave purpose for optimism throughout the fantasy playoffs.
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PFF’s fantasy soccer recap focuses on participant utilization and stats, breaking down all of the very important info it’s worthwhile to obtain fantasy success in 2024.
Cincinnati Bengals @ Dallas Cowboys
- Ja’Marr Chase: 14 receptions, 177 yards, 2 touchdowns
- Chase Brown: 14 carries, 58 yards, 6 receptions, 65 receiving yards, 1 receiving landing
Rico Dowdle stays on the rise: Whereas Dowdle grew to become the Cowboys’ clear lead again weeks in the past, his function has continued to develop.
Dowdle began the season rotating by drive with Ezekiel Elliott, whereas Hunter Luepke performed in clear passing conditions. Since Week 10, when Dowdle returned after lacking a sport, Elliott’s enjoying time has nose-dived. As a substitute of rotating by drive like within the first 9 weeks of the season, Elliott entered the sport solely when Dowdle wanted a break. Because the weeks went on, Dowdle wanted much less break day.
This helped Dowdle obtain his first 100-career dashing sport final week and his second one this week. This week wasn’t only a good sport for Dowdle’s dashing manufacturing, but additionally his enjoying time. For the primary time since Week 2, Luepke didn’t dominate third-down snaps. Dowdle took a few of these performs, together with runs on third-and-3 and third-and-24. It’s doable he noticed extra snaps as a result of the Cowboys simply needed to run the ball, however he additionally ran a route on a third-and-5. Dowdle was additionally on the sphere within the final minute of the sport whereas the Cowboys tried a comeback.
If Dowdle continues to take vital third-down snaps in video games the place the Cowboys are in additional third-down conditions, he could have among the best roles throughout the fantasy playoffs. Dallas has a robust schedule for working backs the following two weeks in opposition to the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Jake Ferguson returns for the Cowboys: The Cowboys’ main tight finish missed the previous two weeks with a concussion.
Ferguson has proven some sparks this season however has disenchanted extra weeks than not. He’s gained at the least 70 receiving yards in three video games however was held to lower than 25 yards in 5 video games earlier than this week and hasn’t scored a landing this season.
Luke Schoonmaker has been Dallas’ major receiving tight finish for the previous three weeks. He’s gained at the least 30 receiving yards in all three video games and added one landing. It was affordable to assume Schoonmaker would see extra enjoying time than he did earlier within the season.
With Ferguson again, Schoonmaker performed greater than standard, nevertheless it was largely within the type of two-tight finish units slightly than taking enjoying time from Ferguson. This was partially as a result of the sport remained shut. Ferguson was nonetheless persistently on the sphere in clear passing conditions.
Regardless of Ferguson taking many of the routes, Schoonmaker was almost as productive, with two receptions for 22 yards in comparison with three for 32 by Ferguson. Will probably be arduous to belief both tight finish over the remainder of the season, as there may be nonetheless a risk Schoonmaker will earn extra enjoying time than Ferguson. Each gamers will probably be on their rookie contract in 2025, so this potential enjoying time competitors might proceed all through subsequent season.
Mike Gesicki’s quiet sport: Gesicki’s enjoying time has not too long ago declined.
He had some of the talked-about splits within the fantasy soccer group, with all his greatest video games coming when Tee Higgins was inactive. He’s been inconsistent outdoors of these weeks, however there was a latest pattern of him not enjoying as a lot.
Over the primary 45 minutes of the sport, Gesicki caught one move for five yards. Within the fourth quarter, he made receptions on two straight performs to present him a extra respectable stat line of three receptions for twenty-four yards, which was nonetheless disappointing for anybody beginning him in fantasy.
That is doubtless as a result of how the Bengals use their tight ends. In latest seasons, Drew Pattern has been their run-blocking tight finish, and Cincinnati typically makes use of 4 tight ends. Gesicki has been a transparent receiving tight finish all through his profession. Cincinnati didn’t have left sort out Orlando Brown Jr. this week as a result of a fibula damage, they usually’ve been with out Trent Brown since Week 3. Cody Ford, who has spent all of his profession at guard and proper sort out, was the beginning left sort out this week. The Bengals have additionally confronted T.J. Watt and Micah Parsons in back-to-back weeks. Cincinnati has understandably left its run-blocking tight ends on the sphere to assist defend Joe Burrow, which hurts Gesicki’s enjoying time and receiving manufacturing.
Sadly, the Bengals face the Tennessee Titans subsequent week, they usually have usually performed effectively in opposition to tight ends. Cincinnati then faces two top-10 pass-rush models by PFF pass-rush grade. We would not see one other large sport out of Gesicki this fantasy season.
Miscellaneous Notes
• Bengals working again Khalil Herbert’s enjoying time has slowly elevated, chopping into Chase Brown’s work.
• Bengals backup extensive receiver and returner Charlie Jones was inactive for a fifth straight sport as a result of a groin damage.
• The Bengals elevated kicker Cade York off the observe squad for this sport with Evan McPherson on injured reserve.
• Cowboys extensive receiver Jalen Brooks was a wholesome inactive for the second time up to now 4 weeks. He performed greater than 50% of offensive snaps throughout late October and early November however has fallen down the depth chart due to Brandin Cooks’ return and a scarcity of manufacturing.
• Cooks noticed a slight enhance in snaps throughout his second sport again. His snaps largely got here on the expense of Jalen Tolbert, whose enjoying time has decreased considerably in latest weeks.
Desk Notes
• Snaps embrace performs referred to as again as a result of penalties, together with offensive holding or defensive move interference. The opposite three stats have these performs eliminated.
• Targets might differ from official NFL sources. The most probably discrepancy could be from a transparent thrown-away move, the place the NFL might give the goal to the closest receiver whereas this information is not going to.
• Carries are solely on designed performs. Quarterback scrambles received’t depend for the entire variety of carries within the sport.
