Since he arrived in Detroit, the adage on Jared Goff was - start
him at home, sit him on the road. Two things make that a fallacy.
One, Detroit’s offense is like a well-oiled machine and
even without rushing capabilities, I wouldn’t take Goff
outside of my top-6 fantasy signal callers anytime soon. Two,
playing in Indianapolis isn’t much different, field conditions
wise, than playing in Detroit. Plus, a multitude of Lions fans
will make the short drive down to Indy for this game, giving it
a home game feel. As such, don’t even think about benching
Goff.
Herbert’s rise as a fantasy viable QB began in Week 7 vs.
the Cardinals when he threw for his first 300-yard game of the
season. Since then, he’s been north of 20 fantasy points
every week and has increased his running production at the same
time, averaging 49 yards rushing in three of his last four contests.
Baltimore is going to score points and the Chargers will be forced
to keep up. Expect more of the same then this week for the resurgent
Herbert.
Daniels has seemingly hit that “rookie wall” after
about 8 games. In his last three games, he’s averaging 202
passing yards and 1 passing TD. Moreover, he hasn’t scored
a rushing touchdown since Week 4 and is only averaging 19 rushing
yards over that span. Sounds like good reasons to bench him then,
right? Maybe in the fantasy playoffs given his volatility, but
not this week vs. Dallas. Dallas has the look of a beaten team
and the Commanders will be looking for someone to take their last
two losses out on. Consider this the ultimate bounce-back opportunity
for Daniels and company.
If Wilson is your only option at QB, you might want to draw up
a contingency plan. Weather in Cleveland looks like a problem
for this game and that is going to affect passing on both sides
of the ball. Also, Pittsburgh is fighting for playoff positioning
at this point and they’re going to want to get out of Cleveland
with a win in the most conservative way possible. That means a
game plan similar to last week when Wilson had 5.7 yards per attempt.
Finally, he’s averaging 3 rushing yards per game. That’s
not helpful.
After three miserable weeks in which he completed just over 50%
of his passes, Williams saw improvement last week, completing
70% of his thorws. That said, he’ll be matched up against
a Brian Flores defense that has been stingy to say the least.
It will be Williams’s first look at the blitzing Vikings-D
and D’Andre Swift is dealing with a groin injury and may
not be able to take the pressure of Williams as much as the Bears
would like. Expect a tough day in training for the Bears signal
caller.
Any week in fantasy football a player can catch lightning in
a bottle as was the case with Richardson last week when he threw
for 270+ yards, 1 TD and ran for two touchdowns. I also believe
that the early season struggles with inaccuracy and bad footwork
that Richardson encountered haven’t corrected themselves.
The Lions could force Richardson into some positions that will
leave him dazed and confused and a repeat of last week appears
to be a longshot as the Lions have given up the 5th fewest fantasy
points to the position.
