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Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft
Week 11 of the 2022 phantasy shot play featured 3 much abbreviated touchdowns by Detroit's Jamaal Williams and different large crippled by Green Bay rookie Christian Watson. Which different developments from the week are worthy speechmaking into? Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft connection their analysis.
Lions thin connected Williams -- not Swift -- adjacent extremity zone
Attribute the Lions' 31-18 triumph implicit the Giants Jamaal Williams astir entirely, arsenic helium acceptable a idiosyncratic champion with 3 rushing touchdowns, taking implicit the league's pb with 12, and exceeded 20 PPR phantasy points for the 4th clip successful 2022. Williams is connected way to beryllium 1 of the astir improbable categorical leaders, and helium has go a instrumentality successful goal-line situations (see the attached chart). But it's much than simply stealing D'Andre Swift's touchdown opportunities, arsenic Williams has taken implicit the lion's stock of the enactment betwixt the 20s, different unexpected development. Williams' emergence successful enactment arsenic good arsenic his short-yardage prowess person earned him a play spot successful immoderate phantasy lineup arsenic a borderline RB2 -- thing that mightiness fortify if these backs' shares widen immoderate further. -- Cockcroft
Tristan, Swift was astir to get a antagonistic write-up successful this spot until helium scored connected a precocious crippled touchdown run, which pushed his PPR full to 12.2 points. But determination inactive has to beryllium concerns here, right? Swift logged 8 touches today. That's it. Last week? Seven. The week before? Just five. The deficiency of measurement here, positive Williams' relation arsenic the pb runner successful Detroit, should person Swift managers scrambling a bit. And I'm not definite helium tin beryllium viewed arsenic much than a Flex enactment close now. -- Bowen
Watson continues to unfastened eyes
Flash backmost to Thursday night, and it was Christian Watson delivering 1 of the week's champion performances, a 2nd consecutive successful which helium cleared the 20-point PPR phantasy plateau. This 1 locked successful Watson's breakout presumption helium carved retired successful Week 10. After a 32.7 pointer past week, helium went for a 21.1 pointer against the Titans, highlighting the magnitude helium brings to the Packers' vertical passing crippled and giving Green Bay a morganatic big-play receiver for the archetypal clip successful 2022. Watson volition beryllium challenged by the stingy Eagles defence successful Week 12, and helium has a bye up (Week 14), but helium was the past week's pickup you should beryllium celebrating and rolling retired arsenic a play WR3 with a borderline-WR1's upside. -- Cockcroft
With Watson connected the field, Rodgers has a existent one-on-one matchup player. We cognize helium tin agelong defenses vertically, and he's besides shown the quality to tally distant from sum connected crossers. So, erstwhile Rodgers reads single-high coverage, it opens the doorway for Watson to nutrient scoring plays. -- Bowen
Barkley a non-factor vs. Lions
Among Week 11's astir disappointing squad performances came from the hot-starting Giants, who dropped a 31-18 stinker nonaccomplishment to the Lions. Blame Daniel Jones for his 2 interceptions, if you wish, but Barkley's 5.5 PPR phantasy points connected 17 touches, and particularly his 22 yards connected 15 rushing attempts, were unacceptable considering the matchup -- the Lions entered the week the position's ninth most-favorable docket adjusted matchup with the league's worst all-around defense. It was Barkley's worst single-game people successful his vocation successful immoderate crippled which helium played 30 oregon much violative snaps. That's not what you privation to spot erstwhile a captious matchup against the Cowboys is upcoming, a roadworthy crippled connected the abbreviated week connected Thanksgiving. -- Cockcroft
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Tristan H. Cockcroft explains the level of interest phantasy managers should person with Saquon Barkley.
Pierce remains quiescent successful loss
Any of the barbs I mightiness sling astir Dameon Pierce's 3.7 PPR phantasy points would caput successful the absorption of his team's atrocious offense, which performed conscionable astir arsenic poorly arsenic could beryllium imagined during the information of the crippled wherever the rookie moving backmost might've made an impact. Davis Mills was picked aboriginal and sacked 5 times, and the Texans amassed 148 yards arsenic a team, things that endanger Pierce's productivity successful coming weeks, particularly games against the Dolphins (Week 12), Cowboys (Week 14) oregon Chiefs (Week 15), wherever crippled travel mightiness beryllium problematic. Pierce did transcend the 70% threshold of violative snaps played for the 5th clip successful the past six weeks, and helium had 12 touches, truthful it's wide he'll beryllium fed astatine immoderate and each opportunities. That's plentifulness to support him RB2-relevant, but support your fingers crossed his Texans tin play crisper shot against better, upcoming foes. -- Cockcroft
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Tristan H. Cockcroft examines Dameon Pierce's relation for the Texans arsenic the squad goes done immoderate violative woes.
What to marque of Mariota
With 17.74 phantasy points successful the Week 11 triumph implicit Chicago, Marcus Mariota has present posted 17 oregon much phantasy points successful 5 of his past 7 games. Is determination a signifier here? Maybe. Mariota has thrown astatine slightest 1 touchdown walk successful six of his past six starts. We cognize helium volition beryllium utilized arsenic a runner connected designed concepts successful Arthur Smith's offense. And we saw that successful the Week 11 crippled with Mariota scoring connected a zone-read concept. But erstwhile I brought it up today, during the aboriginal games, Tristan was highly speedy to driblet Mariota's upcoming docket connected me. Do I inactive similar Mariota successful deeper leagues? Yeah, I deliberation there's immoderate upside present fixed his rushing quality if you request a past infinitesimal pickup to play successful to play successful the lineup. -- Bowen
Matt, my main gripe with Mariota -- astir whom I hold does person streaming/2QB/superflex entreaty -- is that I look astatine his Week 14 bye, Week 15 against the Saints and Week 16 against the Ravens and can't ideate myself feeling comfy starting him -- positive I simply cannot basal late-season byes, due to the fact that of however overmuch it adversely impacts my roster flexibility. Mariota's occupation is that his crippled log doesn't autumn into a earthy signifier of exploiting matchups, truthful a grade of guesswork is involved, arsenic the astir captious weeks approach. -- Cockcroft
Other observations:
Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills: He and the Bills discourtesy couldn't look to adjacent the woody successful Week 11, and Allen's 12.58 phantasy points coiled up his fewest since Week 13 of 2021 against the Patriots, disappointing considering the Browns' defence isn't anyplace adjacent the pugnacious matchup that the Patriots were astatine that time. Theorize that Allen's elbow wounded has had an power if you wish, but I'm not buying it from what I've seen, and deliberation that the abrupt alteration successful regular -- remember, this crippled was moved to Detroit to debar the monolithic snowfall successful Buffalo -- is simply a much rational explanation, particularly since Allen seemed to vigor up arsenic the crippled progressed. Speaking of Detroit, Allen present faces the Lions connected Thanksgiving, the abbreviated week a antagonistic but the matchup itself an overwhelming positive. I person small uncertainty that Allen volition beryllium my QB1 for that one. -- Cockcroft
Chris Olave, WR, New Orleans Saints: For the archetypal clip since Week 3, Olave topped the 20 constituent PPR mark, checking-in with 21.2 PPR points successful the Week 11 triumph implicit the Rams. The rookie wide receiver caught 5-of-6 targets successful this 1 for 102 yards, positive a score. And that touchdown drawback -- connected a 53 gait propulsion from Andy Dalton -- highlighted Olave's heavy shot ability. He floats down the field. Easy speed. And nary wasted movement. Now, I inactive deliberation Olvae has a higher phantasy ceiling erstwhile paired with backmost Jameis Winston. He's simply a overmuch much assertive thrower connected vertical concepts. But with Dalton expected to stay arsenic the No.1 for the Saints, Olave volition instrumentality arsenic a WR2 for the Week 12 matchup versus the 49ers defense. -- Bowen
0:35 Eric Moody highlights Chris Olave's Week 11 show with 102 receiving yards and a touchdown.
David Montgomery, RB, Chicago Bears: Montgomery posted a season-high 21.1 PPR points successful the Week 11 nonaccomplishment to the Falcons. And the measurement for Montgomery (20 touches) points to a beauteous defined relation arsenic the pb backmost successful Chicago moving forward. With Khalil Herbert connected IR, and rookie Trestan Ebner lone logging six carries, Montgomery finished with 17 rushing attempts and 3 receptions. The seasoned backmost scored connected a debased reddish portion carry, and besides produced a 32 gait reception connected schemed concept. While I don't emotion the Week 12 matchup for Montgomery versus the Jets defense, helium inactive has RB2 worth fixed the anticipated measurement successful the Bears run-heavy approach. -- Bowen
Amari Cooper, WR, Cleveland Browns: Cooper's 31.3 PPR points led each players successful the aboriginal slate of games, arsenic the wide receiver went to enactment connected a Buffalo secondary that is struggling successful sum connected the perimeter close now. Cooper logged 2 touchdown here, portion catching 8-of-12 targets for 113 yards. With Deshaun Watson returning successful Week 13, Cooper volition get 1 much crippled with Jacoby Brissett astatine backmost adjacent Sunday versus the Bucs. I similar the creaseless way runner present arsenic a high-end WR2 versus the Bucs single-high coverages. -- Bowen
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Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses wherefore Amari Cooper should proceed his phantasy accumulation erstwhile the Browns power implicit to Deshaun Watson.
Darius Slayton, WR, New York Giants: With 4 consecutive games of double-digit PPR production, support Slayton connected your database of imaginable streaming options depending connected the play matchup. Sure, Slayton posted immoderate precocious crippled stats connected Sunday successful the nonaccomplishment to the Lions. But he's besides logged 16 receptions - with 2 scores - during this 4 crippled stretch. And we cognize helium tin get escaped arsenic a vertical people for backmost Daniel Jones. Slayton and the Giants get the Cowboys adjacent connected Thanksgiving. You tin play Slayton present successful 12-14 squad leagues successful a crippled wherever the Giants could person to propulsion with much volume. -- Bowen
Juwan Johnson, TE, New Orleans Saints: The Saints choky extremity caught different touchdown connected Sunday successful the triumph implicit the Rams, giving him 5 full scores successful his past 4 games. While determination is nary question that Johnson tin beryllium viewed arsenic a touchdown babelike subordinate astatine the position, he's posted double-digit PPR accumulation successful 4 of the past 5 games. Currently disposable successful implicit 80% of ESPN leagues, Johnson volition stay a apical streaming enactment for maine successful the Week 12 matchup versus the 49ers. -- Bowen
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Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses Juwan Johnson's palmy Week 11 phantasy performance.
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