Fantasy Football Injury Report
Fantasy Football Injury Report Even more quarterback turnover will take place after a whirlwind Week 9. However, a ton of impactful fantasy football options are due to return to action in Week 10. Our Fantasy Football Injury Report keeps you up-to-date on all the fantasy-relevant news that will impact Week 10 and the playoff drive. Also, a great starting point for staying updated on the latest injuries is to bookmark our NFL Injury Report. Finally, FullTime Fantasy Members will get the latest NFL injury news and advice live each Sunday and Thursday in the FullTime Fantasy Discord. Click below to join us today! Now, let’s break down all the latest fantasy-relevant injury news in this week’s Fantasy Football Injury Report for Week 9. We will continually update this list. Week 10 Byes: Kansas City, Los Angeles Rams, Miami, Philadelphia Ja’Marr Chase (WR) Cincinnati Bengals – Chase landed hard on his back in Cincinnati’s Sunday Night victory over Buffalo. Chase played through the injury. However, it had a noticeable impact on his play and the early report sounded disconcerting. We will keep the FullTime Discord updated. #Bengals Ja’Marr Chase making it sound like his back injury will be something worth monitoring. Concerned tone, to be certain, from him. “I’m just going to support my teammates, man. Let those guys do what they got to do. Only thing I can do is get healthy for the team.” — Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) November 6, 2023 Justin Jefferson (WR) Minnesota Vikings – The Vikings could welcome Jefferson back as early as this week. However, he has yet to return to practice. We will monitor Jefferson’s practice participation throughout the week and keep FullTime Fantasy Members advised in the Discord Channel. UPDATE: Jefferson and K.J. Osborn are expected to miss Week 10. Deebo Samuel (WR) San Francisco 49ers – The 49ers welcomed Samuel back to practice on Monday. He will return this week in Jacksonville and just in the nick of time too. San Francisco has lost three straight games and faces a surging Jaguars squad also coming off of their bye. Dallas Goedert (TE) Philadelphia Eagles – Godert fractured his right forearm trying to snag a sideline catch. He will miss a minimum of 3-4 weeks. The Eagles don’t have a viable in-house replacement, so expect more targets for DeVonta Smith and Kenneth Gainwell. Justin Fields (QB) Chicago Bears – After missing three games, Fields has returned to practice in a limited capacity. Fields is trending in the right direction. And his return would be a boost for all Chicago fantasy options. UPDATE: Fields is OUT. Justin Fields is considered day-to-day after returning to practice Friday on a limited basis — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) November 7, 2023 David Montgomery (RB) Detroit Lions – Montgomery returned to practice on Monday and will be back in Detroit’s lineup on Sunday in Los Angeles. This is a welcomed development for fantasy football managers. But, it does complicate things after Jahmyr Gibbs’s breakout performance prior to the bye. James Conner (RB) Arizona Cardinals – Some more good news- the Cardinals are expected to welcome back both QB Kyler Murray and RB James Conner. And after Arizona’s shutout loss in Cleveland, these reinforcements are just in time. Murray projects to be a middling QB2 until we see how he performs. However, Conner is a strong, volume-based RB2 option. Josh Downs (WR) Indianapolis Colts – Downs tweaked a knee injury and could not play in the second half of Indy’s Week 9 game. We will know more about his knee as the week progresses. Treylon Burks (WR) Tennessee Titans – Burks is in the NFL’s concussion protocol and is considered doubtful for Week 10. Cole Kmet (TE) Chicago Bears – You can breathe a sigh of relief as tight end Cole Kmet was a full participant in Tuesday’s practice after sitting out Monday. #Bears Tuesday Injury Report: pic.twitter.com/OGge04gVnA — Bears Communications (@BearsPR) November 7, 2023 Daniel Jones (QB) New York Giants – A lost season for Jones ended in Week 10. Jones suffered a non-contact new injury that turned out to be a torn ACL. With Tyrod Taylor (ribs) on IR, Tommy DeVito will take over for the Giants. Cam Akers (RB) Minnesota Vikings – A second ruptured Achilles will end Cam Akers’s season. Akers already made an unprecedented return to action following his first Achilles injury. However, expecting a second miraculous recovery is highly unlikely. Matthew Stafford (QB) Los Angeles Rams – The fact that the Rams signed Carson Wentz is worrisome. Stafford injured his thumb in Week 9 and missed last week’s game. When he’s up to speed, Wentz is an upgrade over Brett Rypien, who was held to 130 scoreless yards in Sunday’s defeat. Darren Waller (TE) New York Giants – More bad news for the Giants. The hamstring injury that forced Waller out of Week 9 is severe enough that the club placed Waller on IR. Subsequently, Waller will be out until at least Week 15. Robert Woods (WR) Houston Texans – After missing two games, Woods is expected to return this week at Cincinnati, so be cautious with the amount of FAAB you use on Noah Brown. Also, Woods makes an intriguing pickup per FullTime Fantsy’s Matchup Analyzer Tool, which ranks the Texans with the second-easiest schedule for wide receivers in the next four weeks. UPDATE: Woods has not returned to practice, putting his Week 10 status in doubt. Ka’imi Fairbairn (PK) Houston Texans – The Texans were forced to use RB Dare Ogunbowale as an emergency kicker after Fairbairn injured his quadriceps. Subsequently, the Texans just signed free agent Matt Amendola to their practice squad. That puts Fairbairn’s Week 10 availability in doubt. UPDATE: Faibarin will not play. Khalil Herbert (RB) Chicago Bears – Chicago designated their starting running back to return from IR. However, Herbert will not play on Thursday. Continue to start D’Onta Foreman. De’Von Achane (RB) Miami Dolphins – Reports indicate that Achane will be ready to return to action following Miami’s Week
Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Week 10
Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Week 10 A costly bye slate and more untimely injuries derailed a Week 9 that still had its share of headlines. Fantasy football managers are now less than a month from the playoffs. That makes the
A costly bye slate and more untimely injuries derailed a Week 9 that still had its share of headlines. Fantasy football managers are now less than a month from the playoffs. That makes the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Week 10 the most important week to load up for that postseason run.
As always, FullTime Fantasy has you covered. Also, the byes this week are even worse than Week 9, making the fantasy football waiver wire: week 10 even more impactful.
Week 10 Byes: Kansas City, Los Angeles Rams, Miami, Philadelphia
FAAB denotes Free Agent Acquisition Budget
Tank Dell (WR) Houston Texans (25% FAAB) – If you’re in the FullTime Fantasy Discord, you added Dell weeks ago. However, if he is still available in any league you’re in, be prepared to pay a king’s ransom. Dell is coming off of an amazing performance. His third 20-plus point fantasy outing this season. We can’t expect that kind of production weekly, but Dell is being targeted at a higher rate than Nico Collins. C.J. Stroud implored the Texans to draft Dell and that connection has certainly paid off.
Keaton Mitchell (RB) Baltimore Ravens (12% FAAB) – Before Week 9, Mitchell had all of one touch in 2023. That was mostly the same on Sunday until the Ravens were attempting to run out the clock. Mitchell only played 14 second-half snaps but parlayed them into 11 touches, 143 yards, and a touchdown in garbage time. Undoubtedly, Mitchell has a top gear lacking with Baltimore’s other two backs. However, that doesn’t mean that Mitchell will suddenly start earning a role. He’s worth a healthy FAAB bid. But fantasy managers would be wise to temper expectations and proceed with caution.
Kyler Murray (QB) Arizona Cardinals (10% FAAB) – For several weeks we have recommended a proactive bid on…
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Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em Week 10
The fantasy football playoffs are just around the corner. With injuries and byes, fantasy managers have to make tough decisions. Our Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit Em Week 10 will help guide you to make the best decisions to benefit your fantasy rosters and walk away with a win. QUARTERBACKS Start ‘Em Justin Fields (Chicago Bears) Chicago has finally figured out how to use Justin Fields. Over weeks 5-9, Fields is the QB1 in fantasy football, averaging 25.91 fantasy points per game. He has 851 passing yards during that stretch, eight touchdowns, and two interceptions. He has also rushed for 455 rushing yards and three more scores. In week 10, he faces off against the Detroit Lions, who have given up the 3rd most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks who average 20.95 fantasy points a game vs. them. Fields checks in as my QB4 in the preliminary rankings. Russell Wilson (Denver Broncos) Russell Wilson hasn’t been the quarterback we hoped for when we selected him in fantasy drafts. Year to date, he is QB21, ECR, he is QB17, but this week he checks into my top 13 as he faces off against the Titans, who give up the 7th most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. The Titans also give up the 3rd most to opposing WRs and the 3rd most to opposing tight ends. There is a trend here; the titans have a terrible secondary. Denver is also coming off a bye week where they have had a little more time to get it together. It’s been clear Wilson has gained rapport with rookie tight end Greg Dulcich and WR Jerry Jeudy. I expect Russell Wilson to far exceed expectations in week 10. Sit ‘Em Geno Smith (Seattle Seahawks) Geno has far exceeded expectations and is one of the front runners in a wide variety of NFL honors, comeback player of the year, and MVP. He is the QB9 in fantasy points per game but faces off a pretty tough Buccaneers defense who have allowed the 3rd lowest yards per attempt and the 4th fewest success per dropback in the league. Derek Carr (Los Vegas Raiders) Derek Carr hasn’t produced up to this point despite the raiders landing Davante Adams in the offseason. Currently QB21 in fantasy points per game, Carr has been pretty pedestrian across the board. 16th in passing yards, 18th in yards per attempt, 32nd in true completion percentage, 28th in accuracy and 24th in pressured completion percentage. He faces off against the Colts, a top 13 team vs. opposing quarterbacks, who have allowed the 3rd-fewest passing yards per game and the 11th fewest touchdowns to opposing quarterbacks. RUNNING BACKS Start ‘Em Jeff Wilson (Miami Dolphins) Wilson joined the Miami Dolphins last week and immediately supplanted Raheem Mostert for lead-back duties. He out-snapped Mostert 49.1% to 47.4% while he was the clear favorite in passing situations. Wilson has familiarity with this McDaniel’s offense from their time spent together in San Francisco; he faces off against the Browns, who are the 5th-worst vs. the RB position. Cleveland has allowed 820 yards on the ground, 255 yards in the air, and 12 total touchdowns to opposing running backs. Travis Etienne (Jacksonville Jaguars) You don’t need me to tell you Travis Etienne is good at football. Since week 7, he has been the RB3 in PPR leagues, averaging 23.6 fantasy points per game. He is 5th in the league in the league in breakaway rate at 9.2%, 3rd in the league in breakaway runs, 5th in the league in yards per touch, 3rd in the league in yards per reception, and 5th in the league in red zone touches. ETN enters the Start ‘Em section as a top 5 running back in week 10. There aren’t very many names I’d consider above him. Sit ‘Em James Conner (Arizona Cardinals) Conner returned to action in Week 9, playing 71% of snaps with seven rushing attempts, 45 rushing yards, with five receptions for 19 yards. Conner gets the Los Angeles Rams in Week 10. LA has given up the 3rd fewest points to opposing running backs. Through 9 weeks, they have only given up 617 yards and three touchdowns. Najee Harris (Pittsburgh Steelers) Najee was one of the fades to start the season, and boy, have I been right. Currently the RB28 in fantasy points per game, Najee has been abysmal despite seeing 67.3% of the snaps. He is presently RB30 in rushing yards with 361, RB34 in receiving yards with 112, RB27 in TDs with 3, and RB61 in fantasy points per opportunity at 0.64. Additionally, beat writers expect Jaylen Warren to take more snaps in week ten as they face off against the New Orleans Saints. As a result, I wouldn’t trust Najee in lineups this week. WIDE RECEIVERS Start ‘Em Allen Lazard (Green Bay Packers) People need to start respecting Allen Lazard. Currently, the WR19 in PPR leagues Weeks 2-9 despite missing Week 8. He’s 5th in the league in deep targets, 11th in the league in red zone targets, 8th in the league in touchdowns, 20th in air yards, 14th in ADOT, and 14th in fantasy points per game. Romeo Doubs is out with an ankle injury, Christian Watson can’t seem to stay on the field, and the tight end play has been inconsistent at best. Expect Rodgers to lean on Lazard like he has all season. Chris Olave (New Orleans Saints) In the conversation for Rookie of The Year, Chris Olave is quietly the WR16 in fantasy points per game. In Week 10, he faces off against the Steelers, who are dead last in the league against the wide receiver position. However, through the first eight weeks of football, the Steelers have allowed 1703 receiving yards and ten touchdowns- the most in the league. Olave played 90% of snaps in week 9; he has the 10th most targets in the league with 72, the 15th most target share with 27%, he is 2nd in air yards
Fantasy Football Sleepers Week 10
Four more teams are on bye this week. That will send many fantasy managers scrambling to the waiver wire to look for replacements. Our Fantasy Football Sleepers: Week 10 will help you find high-upside options to start. Whether it is as a bye-week replacement or longer, here are some Fantasy Football Sleepers Week 10 to consider. Week 9 Byes: Ravens, Bengals, Patriots, Jets Quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence – Jacksonville Jaguars This might come as a surprise but Lawrence enters Week 10 as an overall QB1. Despite being hurt by a league-worst 19 drops, Lawrence has shown big improvements as a sophomore. There have been no “dud” games by the sophomore this season, but Week 10 offers up the potential for another top-10 outing. Jacksonville travels to Kansas City this week in a game that has the highest over/under for Week 10. Garbage time production counts, so even if the 9.5-point underdog Jaguars are trailing big, Lawrence should get plenty of opportunities to rack up production. Jacoby Brissett – Cleveland Browns Brissett’s time as Cleveland’s starter is limited, but he’s played reasonably well. In fact, Brissett enters Week 10 as the QB18 overall. Of course, Brissett has only produced nine total touchdowns in eight starts but he is a candidate to produce multiple scores this week. Cleveland travels to Miami to take on a Dolphins defense that surrenders the most fantasy points to opposing passers. Miami has allowed 300-plus passing yards and/or multiple touchdowns in 6-of-9 games. Plus, at 49 points, this game has the second-highest over/under on the slate. Running Backs Antonio Gibson – Washington Commanders The Commanders are 11-point underdogs on Monday. That’s a game script that favors Gibson and the passing attack. Gibson has comfortably out-snapped Brian Robinson in the past two games. Additionally, Robinson’s 3.3% target share is substantially behind Gibson’s 13.8% mark. With J.D. McKissic expected to miss another week, Gibson looks like a good bet for 40-50% of Washington’s rushes and nearly all of their backfield targets in Philadelphia. Don’t forget to tune in, like, and subscribe to the FullTime Fantasy Podcast which airs Thursday 7 pm eastern! Devin Singletary – Buffalo Bills We still don’t know the status of QB Josh Allen. It’s entirely possible Allen could sit this week, or, at the very least, be limited. Regardless, it feels like a game where the Bills will try to protect their MVP signal-caller. That should mean a larger dose of hand-offs. Singletary is still dominating snaps out of the backfield, boasting a 71% snap share so far in 2022. Singletary also leads Buffalo’s back in target share (12%) and rush share (41%.) Snow is also a possibility this week which only increases Singletary’s odds of racking up touches against the Vikings. Jerick McKinnon – Kansas City Chiefs McKinnon quietly led the Chiefs in snaps again last week. He also enters Week 10 with 25 targets on the season. That is more than Kareem Hunt and Dameon Pierce. This week, the Chiefs are looking at a potential shootout with the Jaguars. Jacksonville has surrendered a league-high 60 receptions to running backs. McKinnons’ 8% target share leads KC’s backfield and indicates he’ll get plenty of opportunities in Week 10. Wide Receivers Josh Palmer – Los Angeles Chargers In his last two games acting as LA’s de facto No. 1 receiver, Palmer has snagged 17-of-22 targets. Although a matchup with San Francisco seems intimidating, the banged-up 49ers’ secondary has allowed the 11th-most fantasy points to enemy wideouts. Palmer looks like a good bet to see double-digit targets in a contest that offers up the fourth-highest over/under for the week. George Pickens – Pittsburgh Steelers Pickens has topped 14-plus PPR points in three of the five games since Kenny Pickett took over as the starter. That occurred in Week 4, and in that period Pickens actually leads the Steelers with a 32% target share. Plus, with Chase Claypool now in Chicago, Pickens should continue to be heavily utilized against a depleted Saints secondary that will be missing Marshon Lattimore. New Orleans has allowed a wideout to top 90 yards in five of their last seven games. Keelan Cole – Las Vegas Raiders Here is a desperation play. Hunter Renfrow (oblique) is on IR, and Keelan Cole will step in as the club’s slot receiver. Vegas will also be without TE Darren Waller, which puts Cole in a further position to see a respectable amount of targets for the next month. Although facing the Colts’ secondary isn’t ideal, Cole will be covered by the weak link of that unit, slot corner Kenny Moore. Moore has allowed the 11th-most receptions and yards to slot receivers and cedes a 114.6 QB Rating when targeted. Tight Ends Tyler Higbee – Los Angeles Rams Higbee has really struggled over his last three, accumulating all of three grabs and 22 yards. However, Week 10 offers up a scintillating ‘get right’ game. No team has allowed more fantasy points to tight ends than Arizona. Higbee has recorded 3-plus receptions in each of his last four versus the Cardinals. Also, the Rams may be trotting out a backup quarterback, which could see Higbee acting as even more of a safety outlet. ENTER OUR WEEK 10 DRAFT CONTEST! How it Works: Draft your team using our On-Demand Simulator. Try to stack the team with players you think will do well in Week 10! The highest Week 10 Score wins! (PLUS: You get to see the Thursday Night game and then draft!) Here’s our Week 10 Player Rankings to help. It’s a bestball contest, so no need to submit a lineup. We’ll optimize the best one! Just sit back and watch your team climb the leaderboard! Weekly Prizes and a Grand Prize at the end of the season! 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Manic Monday Week 10
Ugly seems like a good adjective to describe what we saw in Week 10. The action on the field–or rather lack of action–led to some boring games, poor plays, and a lack of fantasy production. Those kinds of weeks always lead to us questioning our process, like anyone could have seen some of this garbage happening. A tie- that Pittsburgh/Detroit tilt set the sport back at least two years. Jared Goff had like 11 passing yards into the third quarter. The only positive here is that neither team deserved to win, yet somehow all of us lost. Bucs second bye – Tampa didn’t look ready to play in the first half. It’s pretty rare to see Tom Brady throw multiple first-half picks. Even worse, I was expecting the well-rested Bucs to come out and blow away the NFL’s worst secondary. True to Week 10 form, Washington win, and all the Tampa Bay fantasy options disappointed. No afternoon delight – After that forgettable early slate, some of the 4 PM games looked promising, but nope. The Cardinals had their worst half of the season, Chargers got little done against a vulnerable Minnesota secondary, and this appealing Packers/Seahawks contest featuring the return of both Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers–the lowest-scoring first half of the entire season. Somehow, in this cruelest of weeks, Seattle was shut out for the first time in like a decade. Kinda wish Dwight had run one of his fire drills before this week started. We Put the ‘Under’ in Blunder In an effort to pull some kind of positive from the Sunday slate, I can say that bettors inclined to pick unders probably had a pretty profitable day. Some of our crack VegasWhispers.com crew in our Discord absolutely nailed those early games and made a killing. The unders on the early slate went 4-3 but that wasn’t even half the story. How about betting unders on player props? With all that lack of fantasy production, people that like playing on the dark side must’ve cleaned up. Only one quarterback surpassed 300 passing yards and more than half of the starters failed to even hit 200 passing yards. All with the weather playing very little factor in the mediocrity. Only four running backs hit the century mark and two of them came in that horrible Lions/Steelers game where all forward passes looked like Pam Beasley targeting Meredith’s grill. A mere four wideouts managed to top 100 yards, including…Gabriel Davis and Marcus Johnson? And all this on the week that Jakobi Meyers finally got into the end zone. Let’s just hope that this was the 2021 mulligan week because we don’t need to experience another Sunday like that or I’m going to have to start penning Panic Monday every week. Where We Were Right We like Las Vegas QB Derek Carr quite a bit, ranking him as the QB9 for the week. Despite the ugly results of the Sunday Night game overall, Carr managed to come through, throwing for 261 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Heading into Monday, Carr sits as QB8 overall. Many people in the industry got excited about newly-signed Tennessee RB Adrian Peterson after the 36-year-0ld veteran punched in a touchdown last week in his debut. We actually expected Peterson to lose touches to D’Onta Foreman and that’s exactly what happened. We had Peterson outside of RB3 range for the week and he’s barely hanging onto a top-50 spot with a middling outing of 20 yards on nine touches. What looked like a head-scratcher became quite prophetic for Dallas Goedert. Our projections didn’t like the matchup for Goedert traveling to Denver and he was outside of our top-20 tight ends for the week. Granted, Goedert left the game in the first quarter with an injury, but it’s hard to find many victories in a week that was this whacky. Where We Were Wrong It became evident pretty early on that Week 10 was going to be one of those weeks. Quarterback was pretty rough…no way to sugarcoat that. Justin Herbert was projected as a top-3 option but ended up being outscored by Mason Rudolph and Tua Tagovailoa- who wasn’t even supposed to play. Tom Brady was also a big disappointment coming off of a bye and facing the league’s worst pass defense. That lingering shin injury and lack of usage for Antonio Gibson finally led to us dropping him well out of RB2 range. A big part of that was the opponent, as Tampa Bay had managed to make it extremely hard for opponents to run the ball. Gibson earned 26 touches, scored twice, and enters Monday as the RB7. Can we just say Seahawks? Huge miss on that Seattle/Green Bay tilt. I expected Russell Wilson to return and breathe some life into the Seahawks offense, which led to rather generous projection for Wilson, DK Metcalf, and Tyler Lockett. In true Week 10 fashion, we instead go one of the worst performances of Wilson’s career and the Seahawks got blanked. Nope. Don’t like that. Shout out to Scott. You got this, boss! 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NFL DFS: Week 11 WR Report
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NFL DFS: Week 10 TE Report
FAVORABLE MATCHUPS (CASH/GPP) Jared Cook (DK – $4,700/FD – $5,500): Cook has been up and down all season leading to two impact games (9/180 and 8/110/2), one steady game (4/74/1), and five boring showings (4/49, 5/31, 4/20, 2/10, and 2/20). Jared averages 6.25 targets per game while being on pace to set career highs in catches (76), yards (988), TDs (6), and targets (100). With Amari Cooper no longer on the roster, Cook will be a top two receiving option for Derek Carr going forward. The Chargers held him to a short game (4/20) in Week 5. LA ranks 15th in the NFL vs. the TE position (37/369/4 on 61 targets) with the 49ers (6/125/1) and the Browns (8/63/1) having the most success. A TE has scored a TD against the Chargers in four of their last five games. Oakland’s passing game appears to be dead in the water, but they will play better at home. I expect a nice showing this week plus LA has some talent at CB forcing Carr to look for his TE more often. Trey Burton (DK – $3,900/FD – $6,100): Burton is the 7th highest scoring TE in PPR leagues after nine weeks despite only have one elite game (9/126/1). Trey has a TD in five of his last seven games while being on pace for 58 catches for 742 yards and ten TDs on 80 targets. The Lions are league average defending TEs (33/417/3) with no team scoring over 17.0 Fantasy points at the TE position. Chicago has the talent to have success running the ball in close, but a play action TE seems very likely in this game. Not a bad swing at this level due to his scoring ability and the Lions may at least push the issue on the scoreboard. MATCHUP RISK / AGAINST THE GRAIN (GPP) O.J. Howard (DK – $5,300/FD – $6,500): Howard doesn’t have an elite opportunity in targets (five per game) or snaps (59.8 percent in his eight games played), but his value has been rock solid in his last six games (18.6, 13.2, 16.2, 11.7, 16.8, and 21.3) in the season-long contests. His best outing of the year came last week (4/53/2) while scoring four TDs in his last four games. This season Tampa TEs have 48 catches for 635 yards and eight TDs on 65 targets. Washington sits 12th in the league vs. TEs (37/333/3 on 58 targets) with no TE scoring over 16.0 Fantasy points. Only a low-teen Fantasy option this week unless he hits on a long play. BAD MATCHUP (AVOID) C.J. Uzomah (DK – $3,700/FD – $5,400): Cinci expected to have Uzomah back in the starting lineup this week after having a bye week to recover from a chest issue. In his last game, C.J. didn’t have a catch vs. a porous Bucs’ defense. Over the last four games, he has ten catches for 110 yards and one TD on 15 targets. The Saints are 6th in NFL vs. TEs (30/338/1 on 48 targets) with seven teams scoring fewer than ten Fantasy points. Easy avoid in all formats. NEUTRAL (ALL FORMATS) Travis Kelce (DK – $7,000/FD – $8,000): Last week Kelce had his second impactful game (7/99/2) of the season while falling one yard short of the three-point bonus for 100 yards at DraftKings. Travis has five catches or more in eight straight games with three games with over 100 yards receiving (7/109/2, 8/114, and 5/100) and six TDs. He averages 8.8 targets per game. The Cardinals are 7th in the NFL defending TEs (28/332/2 on 39 targets) with no TE scoring over 16.0 Fantasy points. Most teams haven’t had to pass to beat the Cardinals plus the best TE they’ve faced in 2018 is George Kittle (5/83 and 5/57). I expect a TD and steady production, but the lack of a battle on the scoreboard should leave him short of delivering an impact score needed to fill his salary bucket. Ron Gronkowski (DK – $5,600/FD – $6,900): Gronkowski has already hurt Fantasy owners in two games in 2018 by not playing. The Patriots have scored 25 TDs over their six-game winning streak, but Rob hasn’t scored a TD since Week 1 when he delivered his only impact game (7/123/1). His yards per catch (15.4) remain strong, but Gronk only averages 6.1 targets per game this season. He’s listed as questionable for this week’s game with back and ankle issues. The Titans have the second best TE defense (30/268/0 on 45 targets) in the league, but they did falter when matched up with the Eagles’ stud TEs (12/125 on 16 targets). Rob has a sliding salary, but a Fantasy owner won’t know his status until just before kickoff on Sunday. Jimmy Graham (DK – $4,600/FD – $6,300): With eight games of work in 2018, a Fantasy owner can easily see that Graham isn’t the player that he once was. He’s on pace for 64 catches for 850 yards and four TDs on 108 targets, which is respectable while offering no impact game this year. His best game came in Week 6 (5/104). Miami fell to 22nd in TE defense (42/453/5 on 59 targets) after allowing five TDs to TEs over the last four games. The Dolphins allowed fewer than 60 yards receiving to TEs in seven of their last eight games with their biggest failure in catches (7) and yards (101) coming in Week 1 vs. the Titans. Possible TD, but he falls more in the steady category in Week 10. His ace in the hole is Aaron Rodgers playing at home and needing a win in the worst way. Jordan Reed (DK – $4,400/FD – $5,200): Reed landed on the injury report this week with a back issue, but the Redskins expect him to play. Just like Rob Gronkowski, Jordan hasn’t scored a TD since Week 1. He has fewer than 45 yards receiving in five straight games while averaging 6.6 targets per game on
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