• Rookie broad receivers shine within the early slate: The Jacksonville Jaguars‘ Brian Thomas Jr., the New York Giants‘ Malik Nabers and Carolina Panthers‘ Jalen Coker all achieved over 20 PPR factors.
• Chaos for fantasy working backs: Tyjae Spears, Jerome Ford and Justice Hill have been among the prime fantasy working backs from the early slate, whereas most common fantasy starters underperformed.
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PFF’s fantasy soccer recap focuses on participant utilization and stats, breaking down all of the important info it’s essential obtain fantasy success in 2024.
Dallas Cowboys @ Carolina Panthers
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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs @ Cleveland Browns
- Jerry Jeudy: 11 receptions, 108 yards
- Xavier Worthy: 6 receptions, 46 yards, 3 carries, 30 speeding yards, 1 speeding landing
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Miami Dolphins @ Houston Texans
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New York Jets @ Jacksonville Jaguars
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Washington Commanders @ New Orleans Saints
- Terry McLaurin: 7 receptions, 73 yards, 2 touchdowns
- Alvin Kamara: 5 carries, 12 yards, 4 receptions, 58 receiving yards, 1 receiving landing
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Baltimore Ravens @ New York Giants
Add Rashod Bateman: The Ravens broad receiver made two lengthy receptions for touchdowns.
Bateman has been the Ravens’ clear lead X receiver all season. He has been coping with a knee damage since Week 13, which left him with no receptions of their final sport, however after the bye week, he was a full participant in follow all week.
His fantasy worth has been very inconsistent all season due to his 16.1-yard common depth of goal combined with a 14.6% goal fee. His 80 receiving yards on this sport have been his second-most in a sport this season, and this was the primary multi-touchdown sport of his profession.
Regardless of the low goal fee, he must be one of many prime waiver wire choices at broad receiver this week. The Ravens have a troublesome matchup in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers subsequent week however face the Houston Texans in Week 17. The Texans have allowed the sixth-most fantasy factors to broad receivers this season. This must be a aggressive matchup the place the Ravens throw quite a bit. The Texans have allowed a comparatively low completion share on deep passes, however they’ve additionally allowed essentially the most deep touchdowns with 9. Whereas Bateman can be a really dangerous begin for fantasy championship weekend, he additionally has the potential for an additional huge sport.
Giants embrace a rotation of gamers: A number of backups for the Giants performed greater than common.
At working again, Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary acquired a comparatively regular cut up in snaps, however their speeding makes an attempt have been nearer than common. Tracy ran 10 instances in comparison with eight by Singletary, with each averaging 3.1 yards per carry. Singletary had each extra receptions and the purpose line speeding landing, resulting in rather more fantasy manufacturing.
At broad receiver, Jalin Hyatt was rotated in additional typically for Darius Slayton. Slayton constantly performed a minimum of 84% of New York’s offensive snaps for many of the season. He missed Week 10 however was eased again into motion and performed 85% of the crew’s snaps final week. This week, he was right down to 67% of the snaps. Slayton is an unrestricted free agent after the season, and he’s been some of the productive broad receivers who’s hitting free company and underneath the age of 30. The truth that the Giants obtained Hyatt extra concerned may very well be one other signal Slayton won’t be again subsequent season.
At tight finish, Greg Dulcich made his debut with the crew. He spent many of the season as a wholesome inactive for the Denver Broncos. He was lately waived, and the Giants claimed him off waivers. Bellinger caught three passes for 35 yards, however there’s a probability Dulcich continues to get extra concerned over these previous couple of weeks.
Miscellaneous Notes
Cincinnati Bengals @ Tennessee Titans
- Tyjae Spears: 4 carries, 5 yards, 1 landing, 6 receptions, 87 receiving yards, 1 receiving landing
- Tee Higgins: 5 receptions, 88 yards, 1 landing
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New England Patriots @ Arizona Cardinals
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Indianapolis Colts @ Denver Broncos
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Buffalo Payments @ Detroit Lions
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Los Angeles Chargers
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Pittsburgh Steelers @ Philadelphia Eagles
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Inexperienced Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks
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Desk Notes
- Snaps embody performs referred to as again on account 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 definitely discrepancy can be from a transparent thrown-away move, the place the NFL might give the goal to the closest receiver, whereas this knowledge is not going to.
- Carries are solely on designed performs. Quarterback scrambles gained’t rely for the entire variety of carries within the sport.
