Fantasy Fallout: Is Davante Adams on the slide?

Our NFL Nation reporters reply phantasy shot questions each Tuesday during the NFL season. Here's what they had to accidental pursuing Week 8.

What benignant of expectations bash you person for Isaiah Likely ... some if Mark Andrews misses important clip and if helium doesn't?

There should beryllium tempered expectations if Andrews doesn't miss immoderate important clip due to the fact that of enarthrosis and ankle injuries. In the archetypal 7 games, Likely averaged 11.7 routes run. In the Ravens' past game, erstwhile Andrews was not astatine afloat strength, Likely was targeted a season-high 30 times. Andrews simply dominates targets implicit the mediate erstwhile he's playing. The Ravens play lone 1 crippled implicit the adjacent 19 days, truthful Andrews volition person clip to heal up. -- Jamison Hensley

Should phantasy managers usage consecutive large games from DJ Moore arsenic a mode to commercialized him portion his worth is high, oregon bash you judge helium is susceptible of producing beardown numbers the remainder of the way?

No, Moore is 1 of the cardinal players the Panthers would similar to support and physique astir moving forward. He's fundamentally the lone proven seasoned among the wide receivers connected the roster and 1 of the much respected players connected the team. To commercialized him would decidedly awesome a vessel job. -- David Newton

Is this a full-blown committee backfield? Do you deliberation we tin consistently number connected either RB fixed the rushing relation of Justin Fields?

The Bears built the NFL's No. 1 rushing discourtesy not lone by utilizing their one-two punch of David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert, but the added menace of what backmost Fields tin bash with his legs marque Chicago a pugnacious squad to support connected the ground. Montgomery (92 rushes, 361 yards, 2 TDs) and Herbert (91 rushes, 563 yards, 4 TDs) are averaging astir the aforesaid workload arsenic the Bears purpose to thrust "the blistery hand" each week, according to manager Matt Eberflus, though Herbert's yards per effort (6.2) are astir treble Montgomery's (3.9). The divided successful carries should proceed going guardant considering the value the tally crippled carries connected discourtesy and the information Chicago has recovered occurrence divvying up that workload among aggregate players. -- Courtney Cronin

The question needs to beryllium asked ... however bash you spot the touches being distributed betwixt Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard erstwhile the erstwhile is healthy?

Sorry to accidental this, but the Cowboys volition proceed to divided the carries. Perhaps the Cowboys are telling you what they judge Pollard is erstwhile helium inactive didn't get much than 14 carries successful a crippled successful Elliott's absence. He is explosive. He tin marque the large play. He runs bigger than his size suggests, but they volition besides trust connected Elliott. Maybe they are being stubborn, but their tally crippled program entering the play is moving arsenic good arsenic they had hoped. Why change? -- Todd Archer

Consecutive games with Jerry Jeudy holding the borderline implicit Courtland Sutton successful catches, targets and yards. Should we beryllium considering him the WR1 successful Denver for the 2nd fractional of the season?

Two things person happened: First Jeudy has started to get much comfy with the way histrion successful the discourtesy and secondly, defenses person been tilting their coverages Sutton's way. As Jeudy, rookie choky extremity Greg Dulcich and KJ Hamler proceed to instrumentality vantage of azygous coverage, defenses mightiness person to set and Sutton volition person astatine slightest immoderate further country to work. But wide Jeudy, Dulcich and Hamler are going to spot the shot astir successful the weeks to travel if the Broncos person things the mode they privation them, but Suitton's accumulation should spell up from caller weeks unless defenses are simply excessively stubborn to nonstop the assistance elsewhere. -- Jeff Legwold

Jamaal Williams carried doubly for each 1 D'Andre Swift carry. Are they easing Swift backmost oregon is this a full-blown committee that features Williams successful close?

After Sunday's loss, Lions manager Dan Campbell said Swift is surely not 100 percent aft missing 3 games, but the Lions were blessed to get a "few plays retired of him." So, yes, they're easing Swift backmost in, but ever since past season, Williams has proven to beryllium the astir reliable enactment by simply staying connected the field. In a cleanable world, Swift would beryllium the feline with his accomplishment acceptable arsenic the team's astir dynamic violative playmaker, but Williams is bigger and overmuch much durable, which is wherefore helium has been capable to instrumentality connected much of the workload. This is surely meant to beryllium a full-blown committee situation, but truthful far, Williams has been much impactful with 8 rushing touchdowns, which are tied for astir successful the league. -- Eric Woodyard

Christian Kirk caught 18 passes with 3 TDs successful his archetypal 3 games but has a full of 17 catches and conscionable 1 people successful his 5 games since. Which mentation of Kirk bash you deliberation we spot for the 2nd fractional of the season?

Kirk had a batch of occurrence connected crossing routes aboriginal successful the season, and teams are doing a bully occupation of taking that distant arsenic the Jaguars are doing their champion to adjust. Trevor Lawrence targeted Kirk 17 times successful the past 2 games, but Kirk had lone 10 catches, truthful the Jaguars request to beryllium much effectual successful getting him involved. Kirk is inactive the Jaguars' apical receiver, but the preseason estimates that helium would drawback 100 passes this play aren't realistic now. -- Mike DiRocco

Davante Adams and Hunter Renfrow combined for 9 yards and 7 targets. Anything to interest astir from Adams? Are we harmless to chopped ties with Renfrow?

Well, if an All-Pro WR similar Adams is entering the 4th fourth of a crippled with conscionable 1 touch, a 1-yard nonaccomplishment connected a instrumentality pitchy sweep, and he's going to decorativeness with 1 drawback for 3 yards, yeah, that's unsettling. The chemistry betwixt aged assemblage buddies Adams and QB Derek Carr is real, it's conscionable they are not utilized to seeing the myriad NFL coverages teams are throwing their mode portion successful caller manager Josh McDaniels' scheme. The learning curve is steep and erratic, hence immense phantasy games from Adams mixed successful with what happened successful New Orleans. And with Adams the premier people and inactive moving done things, Renfrow volition instrumentality a backmost seat, truthful to speak, successful phantasy terms. -- Paul Gutierrez

We got the afloat Christian McCaffrey experience. He adjacent threw a TD. When this squad is full (Deebo Samuel returns), tin it prolong 4 viable threats (McCaffrey, Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and George Kittle)? If so, great! If not, who draws the abbreviated straw much often than not?

This is simply a spot of a cop-out answer, but it's besides the truth: The Niners are going to instrumentality vantage of immoderate matchup manager Kyle Shanahan finds astir appetizing from week to week. Obviously, there's a built-in vantage for McCaffrey and Samuel due to the fact that they tin some simply beryllium handed the shot to bash their harm but otherwise, overmuch volition beryllium connected however teams effort to support everyone connected the field. Which is precisely wherefore Shanahan and the Niners coveted McCaffrey successful the archetypal place. The conjecture would beryllium Kittle's wide numbers endure the astir due to the fact that helium tin beryllium truthful adjuvant arsenic a blocker, but don't beryllium amazed if helium continues to payment successful the reddish zone. -- Nick Wagoner

Leonard Fournette has averaged 3.4 yards per transportation and had less than 15 carries successful 5 of six games. He has saved his managers with his passing-game usage, but the rushing is usually what provides a accumulation floor. Are amended times ahead, oregon bash phantasy managers request to set expectations?

It isn't conscionable Fournette who's struggling. It's a operation of the violative line's tally blocking and immoderate of the playcalling by violative coordinator Byron Leftwich. Taking a look specifically astatine tally blocking -- Bucs moving backs are averaging conscionable 1.67 rushing yards earlier archetypal interaction per tally -- fewest successful the NFL. That's a beauteous bully indicator that Fournette and rookie Rachaad White don't person a batch of blocking help. Still, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the Bucs commencement giving White much opportunities due to the fact that of his quicker archetypal measurement and occurrence successful short-yardage situations. -- Jenna Laine