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Kevin looks for fantasy football risers, sleepers, breakout candidates for Week 11 of 2025. He analyzes last week's targets, receptions, air yards, snaps, routes.
It's a new week, and we're back with our fantasy football targets, routes, and snap counts analysis for Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season! We'll discuss every fantasy-relevant player in this article. Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent target-earners are among the top fantasy point scorers; they can be relied on by not just their team’s offense to earn targets and produce on those targets.
Week 10 began with an awful watch of a 10-7 game, and ended with an awful watch of a 10-7 game. So, symmetry? Ultimately, for fantasy scoring, Week 10 was a week for the running backs, as Jonathan Taylor and De'Von Achane both went off for 40+ fantasy points in their respective teams' wins on Sunday. TreVeyon Henderson finally broke out in a major way; will this stick when Rhamondre Stevenson returns to the New England Patriots' lineup?
We're creeping up on the fantasy playoffs as well, so it's going to be time VERY soon to whittle down our rosters and get rid of the players who aren't going to help us get to where we want to go. We'll be starting to get into some of that this week and next week. Of course, we'll have all the stats and analysis you've come to expect in this article, so let's dive right in!
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Cardinals Notes From Week 10:
To say that the Arizona Cardinals were shell-shocked by the Seattle Seahawks is perhaps the understatement of the decade. Before they knew it, the Cardinals were down 21-0 entering the second quarter and then down 38-0 at halftime. It wasn’t great!
The Seahawks had the opening kickoff and then scored, then Jacoby Brissett fumbled into a DeMarcus Lawrence fumble-six touchdown. Arizona got the ball back, punted, and then the Seahawks scored again. That was the first quarter. And then Lawrence scored AGAIN with another fumble-six. Then Seattle forced a punt and scored again. 35-0. That’s how quickly a game can get away from you.
Brissett had 53 dropbacks and 44 pass attempts here in the clear negative game script, so he got to stretch his legs a little bit by targeting the main players. That would be Trey McBride and Marvin Harrison Jr., who combined for 58 percent of the team’s targets. McBride (9-127-1) led with 13 targets and is as clear a difference maker as there is at the tight end position. Harrison (3-33-1) wasn’t very efficient on his 12 targets, but still caught one of two Brissett touchdowns.
Not much for the running game in a blowout like this, but Emari Demercado (4-64 rushing; 3-40 receiving) looked the best of the trio of backs here with a 55-yard run and some work in the passing game. It’s hard to judge a backfield in a game like this, but I would put some eggs in the Demercado basket if you’re looking to capture any efficiency before Trey Benson returns. Benson’s 21-day practice window hasn’t opened yet, so we’ll see about getting that opened up before prognosticating any return.
Falcons Notes From Week 10:
The first thing that sticks out here is that Michael Penix Jr. only completed 12-of-28 passes, but still, it’s great for Drake London. That’s the power of a hyper-condensed offense that schemes and gets the ball to a limited number of players. Because London (6-104-1) had half of the Penix’s completions, only Kyle Pitts Sr. (2-38) and Bijan Robinson (17-84 rushing; 2-4 receiving) had more than one reception.
With Robinson and Tyler Allgeier both seeing the field together, it drastically reduces the Falcons’ utilization of 12 personnel and increases their utilization of 21 personnel. We’ve seen the involvement of backup tight end Charlie Woerner (1-14) crater as a result, but Robinson being split out more as a wide receiver pushing down the third, extra wide receiver even further down the pecking order. Not that Casey Washington or David Sills V (one target) were ever that high in the pecking order to begin with.
Still, Allgeier (11-57-2) had two touchdowns on the ground in Week 10, is used plenty in the run game, and he could see some more work alongside Robinson. I’d be more than willing to play him at the flex in fantasy leagues with this specific involvement as long as it sticks. It’s going to be a net positive for Robinson in PPR formats, but less so in standard and half-PPR, where the benefit for more 21 personnel is mainly in the receiving game than for anything on the ground for Robinson.
Ravens Notes From Week 10:
It wasn’t the best of outings for these Baltimore Ravens, as nobody really popped on the Baltimore side. All the Ravens could do for most of three quarters was kick field goals, but they at least limited the Vikings on offense and forced three turnovers before scoring a touchdown in the third and fourth quarters to hold on to the 27-19 win.
Again, nothing too bombastic for the Ravens, with Zay Flowers having a modest 4-75 afternoon on a team-leading six targets and Mark Andrews (3-14-1) getting into the end zone.
Derrick Henry (20-75 rushing; 3-9 receiving) unsurprisingly carried the rushing volume, but John Harbaugh has said he wants to get Keaton Mitchell (4-31) more involved in the offense. Whether we choose to believe that is another animal altogether.
Bills Notes From Week 10:
The 30-13 score looks downright shocking for the Bills, but the game really just got away from Buffalo in this one. They went for it on fourth down near midfield after a Dolphins’ touchdown, where Josh Allen and the offense lined up tight on fourth and one, motioned into their version of the “tush push” called the “snow plow”, faked the handoff, and then threw a deep pass in the vicinity of Jackson Hawes and Dawson Knox.
Miami scored right after that. Before Buffalo knew it, they were down 16-0 at the half, and on the first drive coming back from halftime, Buffalo took 9:01 off the clock just to throw an interception in the end zone. They scored after that, but then the two teams traded turnovers before Achane called the game with a 59-yard rushing touchdown with just over six minutes left.
All that to say the Bills had their second-highest dropback total of the season (46) in this game. James Cook wasn’t much of a factor here in this negative game script, as it’s usually Ty Johnson getting on the field to provide some outlets for Allen.
11 different Bills players caught a pass, but only Khalil Shakir (7-58, team-leading nine targets) and Keon Coleman (3-46-1) carried any type of usable volume for our little game within a game we call fantasy football. Coleman caught one of Allen’s two scores and had 169 air yards – the third-highest mark of any Week 10 pass-catcher. Dalton Kincaid left relatively early in the game after pulling up with a hamstring injury, which is not great.
Panthers Notes From Week 10:
The Carolina Panthers had been winning games despite their quarterback, Bryce Young, who has been awful in most games this season. That is mostly thanks to Rico Dowdle (18-53-1 rushing; 3-10 receiving), who has been amazing since grabbing the starting gig when Chuba Hubbard went down with an injury, and then after Dave Canales saw the error of his ways in making the backfield a 50/50 split for two games.
But when Dowdle ISN’T having success? The Panthers are a tire fire. Case in point: Week 10. They let the New Orleans Saints come into Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte and dominate the game, and never let the Panthers score again after Dowdle got Carolina’s only score – a five-yard rushing touchdown that opened and closed the scoring for the Panthers.
In typical fashion, Tetairoa McMillan led the way for the Panthers with a 5-60 line on a team-high eight targets, but outside of Ja'Tavion Sanders’ (5-32) five targets, only four other Panthers were even targeted.
Bears Notes From Week 10:
There was quite a lot going on here with the Chicago Bears in Week 10, as they were getting Jaxson Dart’ed, but left with a concussion after a fumble in the third quarter, and the Bears scored two late touchdowns with under four minutes left to surge ahead of the New York Giants 24-20.
First: DJ Moore got banged up with a shoulder injury, left the game, but returned in the third quarter. That explains his routes at just 66 percent. A massive bounce-back game for Rome Odunze to (somewhat) silence the crowd of detractors. Let’s be honest, though: Odunze (6-86-1, team-high 10 targets) showed us he could be completely shut out of an offense where the team scored 47 points, and maybe it’s slightly unfair. But it’s in the range of outcomes, as was this game. Odunze remains a volatile fantasy asset, but one that should be started most weeks.
Luther Burden III (3-51) saw his highest routes and snap share of the season, helped out by Moore’s injury, but more because he was an actual part of the game plan instead of a once-in-a-while gadget player. Perhaps this could be the kick in the ass the Bears need to get him more involved? Good things happen! As opposed to Olamide Zaccheaus (1-5), who certainly had one of the Zaccheaus games of all time.
Colston Loveland (4-55) saw his routes fall precipitously to 56 percent with the return of Cole Kmet (1-5) to the Bears’ lineup. In the two games after Chicago’s Week 5 bye, Loveland comfortably ran more routes and earned more snaps than Kmet, but it was just a slight edge on Kmet's workload by Loveland. Confusing utilization for Loveland, a much better fit in how Ben Johnson wants to run his offense than Kmet.
Also returning to the Bears in Week 10 was D'Andre Swift (13-80 rushing; 5-18 receiving), who dominated opportunities (20-8 in favor of Swift) despite Kyle Monangai’s huge Week 9. That said, Monangai (7-28-1; one target) did get some opportunities, including a first-quarter touchdown. Clearly, it’s still Swift’s backfield moving forward.
The Cincinnati Bengals were on bye in Week 10.
Browns Notes From Week 10:
After the Browns’ bye week, the intent seemed to be “get Jerry Jeudy” the ball, as Jeudy (6-78-1) peeled himself off the milk carton he’s been on for a couple of months and led the Browns with a team-high 12 targets. I want to see much more from Jeudy before he’s anywhere close to startable in fantasy, but it was a good little reminder of what Jeudy can do and can provide for fantasy.
After Jeudy, it was Harold Fannin Jr. (4-44) who had a decent edge on David Njoku (2-21-1) in routes, but while Fannin was the second target in terms of volume, Njoku had the first of Cleveland’s two touchdowns in the passing game.
Volume has never been an issue for Quinshon Judkins, as he earned a ton for the Browns in this game to modest success. The Browns and Jets certainly had no problem running the ball as the Jets were at -22.4 percent PROE (second-lowest mark of Week 10) and the Browns were the ninth-lowest team at -4.1 percent, despite 44 dropbacks from quarterback Dillon Gabriel.
The Dallas Cowboys were on bye in Week 10.
Broncos Notes From Week 10:
The Broncos kicked off Week 10’s action with one of the worst games imaginable. I promise, I’m just trying to rip off the Band-Aid as quickly as possible. To say the Broncos struggled is a gross understatement, as they had just 220 total yards as a team. Yet, it was good enough to beat the Las Vegas Raiders, 10-7.
Troy Franklin (5-40-1, team-high nine targets) led everything for the Broncos, as he scored Denver’s only touchdown on the night. There wasn’t a lot going on downfield besides the stuff to Franklin and a 43-yard completion to Pat Bryant, his only reception of the game.
While it’s been said in this article plenty of times about Courtland Sutton’s (3-24) grasp on this passing game as the top target, that has to be in question now with Franklin’s emergence as a solidified target. Sutton is still an excellent fantasy receiver, and he’s still running the most routes on the team, but anything added to the receiving room takes from Sutton’s upside, little by little.
Franklin is averaging nine targets per game in his last four games, and while some of the reception stuff has been lacking (4.5 receptions and 44 yards per game in that span), he’s also scored four touchdowns to buoy the lack of receptions. There are some efficiency issues with Franklin, but the intent is clearly there to make Franklin a focal point as long as he has Bo Nix’s attention (former college teammates at Oregon). Franklin is going to be at least interesting for fantasy on an eight-win team.
No other Broncos besides Evan Engram (2-12) had more than one reception.
J.K. Dobbins (18-77 rushing; 1-7 receiving) was the primary workhorse for his work on the ground, but he’s been managed in obvious passing downs and situations with R.J. Harvey, and Harvey (4-9 rushing; 2-9 receiving) could be pressed into high-leverage action in Week 11 against the Chiefs. Dobbins reportedly sustained a foot injury on a hip-drop tackle in the third quarter of Week 10, which could put him on IR.
If that’s the case and Dobbins is either out or worse, is placed on injured reserve, Harvey vaults up to RB2 status with RB1 upside. Keep in mind that Harvey is likely to be just as managed with Tyler Badie (one target) and Jaleel McLaughlin behind him. But the preseason thesis for Harvey could ring true, just a bit later than we anticipated.
Lions Notes From Week 10:
In one of the biggest narrative spots of the season, the Lions, who lost to the Commanders in the playoffs, had all the incentive to dominate things here against an undermanned Washington team. They did just that, winning 44-22.
We said it was a week for running backs, and with a week where Taylor, Achane, and Henderson all dominated, Jahmyr Gibbs (15-142-2 rushing; 3-30-1 receiving) crushed rather quietly with three touchdowns. The Lions did score 44 points, so Gibbs was among the many focal points in this game. David Montgomery (15-71 rushing; one target) was awesome as well with 15 carries of his own.
Both wide receivers got there with Amon-Ra St. Brown (5-58-1) and Jameson Williams (6-119-1), both scoring touchdowns and combining for 15 targets. Sam LaPorta (5-53) was solid as well in a more muted role with the receivers balling out.
Packers Notes From Week 10:
It’s not all roses, gumdrops, and rainbows in Packerland. Not even close. Packers fans (including this writer) are fed up with head coach Matt LaFleur’s playcalling that continues to hinder this offense.
Without Tucker Kraft, who is out for the season, LaFleur is 100 percent content to lethargically run the ball with Josh Jacobs, as if he were frozen in the 1920s and then thawed 10 minutes before the game and given a headset into quarterback Jordan Love’s earpiece in his helmet. It’s not a sexy movie premise, that’s for sure.
The straw that broke the camel’s back for me happened to be on Green Bay’s touchdown drive after the Eagles scored their touchdown, with an immediate handoff to Jacobs (21-74-1 rushing; 5-33 receiving) for three yards down 10-0 with 10:35 left in the game. It’s just more of the same ultra-conservative playcalling behind an underperforming offensive line and the glacier pace of the offense.
No Kraft means this team is looking for an identity in the passing game. We surely didn’t figure out much in this game, as Romeo Doubs (1-5) left with a chest injury in the third quarter. Dontayvion Wicks (4-38) led the Packers in targets with six – tied with Jacobs, but it ultimately doesn’t mean too much with the ball spread out so much between as many as 10 (or more!) Packers depending on the week.
Texans Notes From Week 10:
The Houston Texans were down 29-10 entering the fourth quarter, but scored 26 unanswered points, including a little salt in the wound with a fumble return touchdown up 30-29 on the last play of the game, to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 36-29.
It was Davis Mills leading the charge here as C.J. Stroud was inactive, and he had his favorites in this one. If Nico Collins is ever on your team and NOT your favorite target, just pack it in. Collins was the unquestioned alpha here with 7-136 on a team-high 14 targets and Week 10-leading 202 air yards. Not to be outdone was Dalton Schultz (7-53-1), who earned 11 targets himself and had a solid day.
The Texans continue to play games with their receiver depth, with a mess of Christian Kirk (1-3), Jayden Higgins (5-42-1), and Jaylin Noel (4-35) all running rather inconsequential route percentages. Higgins did get in the end zone and earned seven targets, but on just 53 percent of routes.
Putting some distance between himself and Nick Chubb (5-47 rushing; 1-5 receiving) is Woody Marks, who took a whopping 80 percent of snaps, and it’s really his backfield at this point. Marks (14-63-1 rushing; 2-18 receiving) was solid and ended up with the lone rushing touchdown plus a little bit of receiving work. It’s not a high-upside backfield in most weeks, but it’s a solid workload, and Marks has a little juice. You can do MUCH worse here.
Colts Notes From Week 10:
It’s hard not to be a run-heavy team when you employ Taylor, but he was pretty good, I’d say. Taylor (32-244-3 rushing; 3-42 receiving) had his FIFTH game (of 10 total games) with three touchdowns. That’s half of his games. He was +111 rush yards over expected, just behind James Cook’s monster game against the Panthers in Week 8 for the most RYOE in a single game this season. While the league MVP has been primarily a quarterback award, Taylor will for sure get some votes. He’s transcendent.
With a running back like Taylor, a lot of heavy lifting is already done for Daniel Jones, and that’s why he’s been so successful in this structure for the Colts. It was a muted game for players like Michael Pittman Jr. (2-19) and Josh Downs (1-3). Alec Pierce (4-84-1) has been a massive piece of the puzzle for the Colts, as he’s averaged 156 air yards over the last five weeks since returning from a concussion. After all that with Indianapolis, Tyler Warren (8-99, team-high nine targets) was a main chain mover for the Colts.
Before this game, the Atlanta Falcons had allowed five fantasy points per game to the tight end position – by far the least among any team in the NFL. A lot of people were scared off from playing Warren in their lineups, but this goes back to the “shutdown corner” thing. Yeah, of course, it stinks to have a guy going up against Patrick Surtain II or another top corner in a given week, but what if the offensive player is really good too? And knows what the play is going to be, while the defense doesn’t?
Don’t get cute. That’s why you start your studs regardless of the opponent. This is a PSA from your friendly, neighborhood guy who is always online and writes ~8,000 words per week about every NFL team.
Jaguars Notes From Week 10:
Well, the Jaguars had leads of 17-0, 20-3, and 29-10 with about a minute left in the third quarter. And then… they didn’t. Jacksonville allowed Mills to go down the field multiple times to chip away at the lead with touchdown drives and win the game at the last minute with a 14-yard touchdown scramble.
The Jaguars didn’t even really pop in the stat sheet, but they were also without Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter as well. I guess we’re building the plane out of Parker Washington? Washington (3-33-1, special teams TD, team-leading four targets) had a touchdown grab and then minutes later, returned a punt for a score as well. It’s hard to fight the Washington stuff at this point.
In Jakobi Meyers’ first game action as a Jaguar, Meyers (3-41) was solid on 49 percent of routes, and almost had a touchdown too if it weren’t for a false start penalty wiping it away. We’ll get a ramp-up here for Meyers, and it wouldn’t surprise me if Meyers was in the 70-80 percent range in Week 11.
Travis Etienne Jr. (16-58-1 rushing; 2-19 receiving) scored and was generally solid, albeit a little boring. The role is very good, and there’s nothing to suggest we’ll get any sort of non-injury encroachment on Etienne’s workload from Bhayshul Tuten this season.
The Kansas City Chiefs were on bye in Week 10.
Raiders Notes From Week 10:
The Raiders stink. Out loud. They’re shouting it from the rooftops, folks.
This was always going to be a terrible spot for the Raiders: short week, on the road in Denver against a divisional opponent. But how they managed this game was deplorable.
The Raiders were treading water – as only the Raiders can – without Brock Bowers (1-31) in the lineup for the entirety of October. Now that they have him back, they featured him extensively against the Jaguars and looked completely healthy. But in a game against the Broncos on the road, where you were either up a touchdown, tied, or down a field goal, Bowers is only targeted TWICE? Two times.
And yet, 33-year-old Tyler Lockett (5-44) – who has been with the team a grand total of 16 days at the time of this writing – is leading the Las Vegas Raiders – allegedly an NFL team – in targets (6) in Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season. This is what’s happening.
It’s actually a massive indictment on everybody else on this team – the front office, the rookies in his own receiving room, the coaching, offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, quarterback Geno Smith – that Lockett is happening.
Ashton Jeanty (19-60-1 rushing; 3-3 receiving) is absolved for the sins of the receiving game; he could have had a bigger day had one of those awful rookies (Jack Bech) not had a holding call that brought back a 32-yard run.
Chargers Notes From Week 10:
For the Chargers, there wasn’t a lot of heavy lifting on the offensive side as the Chargers’ defense forced three Aaron Rodgers turnovers en route to a 25-10 win that wasn’t even as close as the score may indicate.
It was a Kimani Vidal game, as Vidal (25-95-1 rushing; 1-13 receiving) got a ton of work with 93 percent of snaps and 81 percent of the team’s rushing attempts. That kind of role obviously bodes well for the eventual return of Omarion Hampton, but I doubt Vidal just goes away completely when Hampton is back in the lineup. Vidal has earned a role.
The passing game was a bit inefficient and more balanced than typical, but that’s what the game script had here as the Steelers weren’t very competitive. Ladd McConkey (4-102-1) paced this group with the only discernible downfield role across the cadre of pass-catchers with a 12.2-yard aDOT; the only player with a double-digit aDOT for Los Angeles.
Quentin Johnston (5-42) earned a team-high eight targets and was alright given how this game went. Keenan Allen’s (2-19) routes remained much lower than they had been over the first half-dozen weeks of the season, and there’s not much to do with him but bench him.
Oronde Gadsden II (3-13) had a dud game but was solidly targeted (six targets) at the very least. He left the game with a knee injury, but practiced in full on Wednesday, so it’s looking like it’s a bit more minor an injury than previously thought.
Rams Notes From Week 10:
Matthew Stafford continued his MVP case as he threw four touchdown passes and the Rams got up 21-0 at one point on the San Francisco 49ers. While the 49ers did end up scoring quite a bit, the Rams matched them score for score almost through to the final whistle, winning 42-26.
More of the same with the production skewing to the wide receivers, as both Puka Nacua (5-64-1-) and Davante Adams (6-77-1) scored touchdowns. Colby Parkinson (4-41-1) and Davis Allen (2-8-1) also scored, with some of the craziest tight end utilization. No team in the NFL uses more 13 personnel (three tight ends) than the Rams, so this tracks with four tight ends seeing at least 35 percent of routes and all but Terrance Ferguson (1-32) seeing at least 50 percent of snaps.
The run game was very productive as well, with Kyren Williams (14-73-2 rushing; 2-11 receiving) seeing two end zone trips and Blake Corum (13-56) getting some volume as well. Both are alternating drives here, but Williams got the scores. We’re not super worried about the backfield split, but do know that it could get a bit volatile.
Dolphins Notes From Week 10:
At home in this one, the Dolphins capitalized on an enormous number of mistakes by Buffalo to pull out ahead and stay ahead. The typically condensed Dolphins were mainly a two-man operation in this one, with Jaylen Waddle (5-84-1) continuing his awesome play in the post-Tyreek Hill era with 160 air yards and a team-leading seven targets. We’ve said it time and time again here: the Dolphins, for all their faults, really hammer home that Waddle and Achane are the guys getting the ball, so try and stop them.
Achane was unreal, with two long fourth-quarter touchdown runs of 59 and 35 yards that put the game out of reach for the Bills. He was also a huge factor receiving as well, to further drive the point home about the Dolphins’ offense.
Greg Dulcich (1-22) got up to 74 percent of routes, a season high. Which is awesome, but he could only turn his three targets into one catch. Still, Dulcich will be mildly interesting for fantasy purposes in the time he has this role before Darren Waller returns. It really only means as a streamer in weeks where you don’t have a locked-in starter, however.
Vikings Notes From Week 10:
I’m not sure what the difference between Carson Wentz and J.J. McCarthy is at this point. Honestly. If you ever played Gran Turismo 2 for the original PlayStation, you could purchase and have the fastest car in the game for “just” $2 million: the Suzuki V6 Escudo Pikes Peak Special ’98. If you know, you know, but if you don’t, you could take this car onto most courses and hit the gas and run into a wall, straighten out, and hit the gas to hit another wall. Repeat, and you can win most races. Not all of them, though.
This is what the Vikings’ offense feels like with McCarthy.
McCarthy has all the pieces to dominate in this offense, and he’s no better than Wentz is. Is it fair that he’s had all of four NFL starts so far? I guess not, but he’s had an interception in all four of those games to just five touchdown passes.
Okay, maybe Wentz is like, leaps and bounds better!
Justin Jefferson (4-37, team-high 12 targets) was missed on quite a few occasions by McCarthy, which helps to explain a lot of the criticism.
Hilariously, the target numbers vary by statistical providers, so while sites like ESPN and others have Jordan Addison (3-35) at 11 targets, PFF has him for just six. That’s probably the widest discrepancy from one site to another that I’ve ever seen, and I’ve charted targets back to 2006. Normal protocol for ESPN and the like gives credit for a target to the closest available receiver to the area where the ball is thrown, so for that to be off by FIVE whole targets is something.
The big game was from Jalen Nailor (5-124-1), who caught a go route for 62 yards and then later on, caught an awesome toe-tap touchdown in the back of the end zone. He earned all of his production, for sure. T.J. Hockenson continues to be present and accounted for, but with McCarthy not able to support than one or two options for fantasy purposes, Hockenson is a drop candidate.
Aaron Jones Sr. (9-47-1 rushing; 3-22 receiving) left Week 9’s game early, but was front and center here, taking a ton of work and really separating himself from Jordan Mason (4-25 rushing; 1-6 receiving) in the backfield. It sure doesn’t seem like a split backfield with Jones getting the four-yard touchdown plunge in the red zone, plus 71 percent of snaps and 63 percent of routes. Mason might just be that high-value handcuff, but he won’t provide much standalone value for fantasy managers.
Patriots Notes From Week 10:
This is for Henderson and only Henderson.
Sometimes, all it takes is not just one thing being right, but a confluence of things that are interwoven and lead to something great. Here, we had the coming-out party for Henderson. Of course, we had one part, with Stevenson being inactive. We had the second part – Terrell Jennings (4-5 rushing) only playing five snaps before leaving the game with a knee injury. While Mike Vrabel and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could have helped to manage Henderson a bit with the recent practice squad elevation of D'Ernest Johnson, they did not.
Henderson (14-147-2 rushing; 1-3 receiving) didn’t see his first touch of the football until a shade over 3:00 left in the first quarter, a 16-yard gain. But then he gained more trust, ultimately hitting for the 55-yard touchdown in the GIF above, and then a 69-yard rushing touchdown to seal the win for the Patriots. He’s awesome and doesn’t need to be the bellcow to do this, but he took 84 percent of snaps and 72 percent of routes per dropback out of necessity because of injuries.
With Stevenson out again for Thursday Night Football, fire him up yet again for overall RB1-level upside.
On the passing side, Mack Hollins and Kyle Williams both saw an uptick in involvement with Kayshon Boutte out, but Hollins (6-106, team-high 10 targets) led everything in the target-earning department; however, the scores went to Williams (1-72-1) and Stefon Diggs. Diggs (5-46-1) caught his touchdown before halftime as they went for the touchdown rather than boot a field goal. Cool, aggressive stuff here on the road.
Saints Notes From Week 10:
When the Carolina Panthers make you look like a competent NFL team, there are issues. That said, the New Orleans Saints decided to run the ball like there was no tomorrow with the sixth-lowest PROE (-8 percent) of all Week 10 teams.
Alvin Kamara touched the ball 25 times and looked pretty good compared to most weeks, as he tallied 115 yards from scrimmage on 22 carries and caught all three of his targets. The Saints even got Devin Neal (4-22 rushing; 3-9) involved a little bit as well, with a few carries and some work in the receiving game.
Allowing the Saints to do that in the run was Tyler Shough, who averaged 10.4 yards per attempt here as receiving work consolidated to Chris Olave (5-104-1, team-high eight targets) and Juwan Johnson (4-92-1) following the team trading Rashid Shaheed to the Seattle Seahawks. Getting the huge bump in routes post-Shaheed was Devaughn Vele (1-15), but it’s clear that work most weeks will consolidate to these previously mentioned two of Olave and Johnson. They should be the only pass-catchers rostered in fantasy leagues.
Giants Notes From Week 10:
Obviously, the big story here is the concussion suffered by Jaxson Dart that let the Bears back into the game and eventually win. This cost head coach Brian Daboll his job as he was fired a day later. This team is going to be in some serious flux over the next half-dozen weeks, but general manager Joe Schoen was retained and will lead the search for the next head coach. I’m sure we won’t hear Bill Belichick’s name a billion times.
Dart was in for three quarters after his drive-ending fumble, where he suffered the concussion. He lasted a play into the fourth quarter when he was pulled for Russell Wilson, who is a clear and obvious downgrade here, but has moments of competence from time to time. Wan’Dale Robinson (6-62, team-high 10 targets) collects his PPR pension, and Darius Slayton (4-89) is fun for some occasional deep shots.
I truly don’t know how to feel about Theo Johnson (7-75), but I’m probably more comfortable not reading too much into him now, considering his surroundings. The fact that he’s a young tight end on a team that will give him routes is certainly worth something. He’s going to get time to see if he can figure it out at a position that takes time to learn. Johnson is athletic, but it’s an unwinnable situation here for the Giants. Without Cam Skattebo and Malik Nabers, the Giants are directionless for the rest of the season, and for the short term, could be missing Dart for a game.
After Week 9, where Devin Singletary had one more opportunity than Tyrone Tracy Jr. and had a 56/44 percent snap edge on him, the opportunities (16 to 11) and snaps (67-33 percent) flipped back to Tracy’s favor. Tracy (14-71 rushing; 1-0 receiving) was solid on the ground, but Singletary (8-20 rushing; 3-53 receiving) was more of a factor in the receiving game. It’s going to be a game-by-game thing for both backs, so I’m not putting much stock into either back for fantasy. It’s clear that from a talent edge, I’d prefer Tracy, but it’s a hot-hand situation going forward.
Jets Notes From Week 10:
The Jets had two quick return touchdowns in the first quarter and then proceeded to take all of the air out of the ball. Only Garrett Wilson (no catches) and Mason Taylor (1-4) had more than one target, and both had two targets. Wilson hurt his knee and will miss several weeks with a knee sprain to the same knee he was sidelined with originally.
The Jets had just 45 air yards as a team, which is just brutal for everybody involved. And the Jets WON. Obviously, without Wilson, you can pretty much ignore everybody else here outside of a very deep-league flier on Taylor at tight end.
The only thing we can really talk about is Breece Hall (21-83 rushing; 1-42-1 receiving), who had 125 yards from scrimmage. It’s fun to say “he was the entire offense” as a statement to give you all an idea of how integral a player was to his team’s success or lack thereof. But Hall had 125 out of the team’s 171 total yards. So, you tell me!
Eagles Notes From Week 10:
The Philadelphia Eagles did Eagles things, mainly play stifling defense and run the ball until the wheels fall off with Saquon Barkley. Barkley (22-60 rushing; 3-41 receiving) definitely 2.7 yards per carry his way to that end, and DeVonta Smith scored the lone touchdown of the game for Philadelphia en route to putting a lid on Week 10 with a 10-7 win over the Green Bay Packers.
Only five Eagles caught a pass in this game, led by Smith (4-69-1) and his team-high seven targets, plus Dallas Goedert’s 4-43 line on six targets. A.J. Brown (2-13) caught a couple of short passes in the first quarter, but then was targeted deep on a fourth down with just 33 seconds left that would have put the game away. How bad has it gotten in Philadelphia for Brown? He told fantasy managers, “If you have me, get rid of me.” Thank you, A.J., for telling us now, as most leagues’ trade deadlines are fast approaching.
Steelers Notes From Week 10:
This should be an easy one, as the Steelers never really threatened the Chargers in any real way on Sunday Night Football. Just 221 total yards for the Steelers here, and not much beat on the bone for anybody.
DK Metcalf (3-35) and Calvin Austin III (2-14) both led the team with seven targets apiece and ran the most routes of any Steelers’ pass-catcher. Both combined for just five receptions for 49 yards. Yikes. Roman Wilson (2-35-1) scored the lone touchdown VERY late in the fourth quarter in clear garbage time on Pittsburgh’s final drive.
Jaylen Warren’s workload is not in question, however, as he had 88 percent of the team’s rushing attempts. That said, Kenneth Gainwell (2-4 receiving) was on the field quite a bit (71 percent of routes) in garbage time, but never really amounted to much.
A pretty abysmal game from the Steelers, all things told.
49ers Notes From Week 10:
The 49ers were playing from behind through most of this game, but Mac Jones was awesome minus his interception, as he was 33-of-39 passing for 319 yards and three touchdowns.
A lot of the passing volume was divvied up between Jauan Jennings (6-71-1), George Kittle (9-84-1), and Christian McCaffrey (8-66), who each co-led the team with nine targets and combined for 71 percent of the 49ers’ targets. It’s typically this condensed, so this is a target hierarchy you can pretty much pencil in at his point, whether it’s Jones or Brock Purdy.
McCaffrey’s rushing inefficiency reared its head, but in a negative game script, that’s somewhat to be expected. Brian Robinson Jr. did get some run on the ground with an efficient 41 yards on eight carries, including a late score. It wouldn’t surprise me if Robinson got a bit more involved in the rushing end of things with McCaffrey struggling to an extent on the ground.
Seahawks Notes From Week 10:
It’s an easy recap here for a team that capitalized on two Jacoby Brissett fumbles, turning them into return touchdowns. All of Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s (5-93-1) production came in the early part of the game, but he’s been so dominant that he still ended up as a top-10 fantasy receiver in a week where Sam Darnold had 12 passing attempts and 13 dropbacks – the lowest total of the season for any NFL team.
Cooper Kupp (2-74) also returned, and his lone highlight was a 67-yard catch among his two targets and grabs on the afternoon. The debut of Rashid Shaheed (1-3 receiving; 2-20 rushing) saw him get some creative looks out of the backfield. He ended up with two carries plus a target behind the line of scrimmage.
Both Kenneth Walker III (14-67 rushing; 1-3 receiving) and Zach Charbonnet (14-83-1) got quite a bit of work here as 12 total pass attempts will allow extensive run-game opportunities. Even the third back, George Holani (7-31-1), got in on the fun with a rushing touchdown. It’s still a split here between Walker and Charbonnet, but Charbonnet is trusted more with the red-zone and high-value touches.
Buccaneers Notes From Week 10:
On the Buccaneers' side, Tampa Bay had the fourth-highest dropbacks of any team in Week 10, and that probably would have been the case even if they weren’t in a neutral to slightly negative game script.
Tampa’s run game has fallen off considerably over the last few weeks, to the point where Sean Tucker (9-53 rushing; 1-(-2) receiving) is really starting to encroach on the workload of Rachaad White. White (10-38 rushing; 5-16 receiving) will continue to get his massive volume of snaps (73 percent) and routes (69 percent) as the most trusted back, but it shows just how lacking White is as a rusher.
Combining for 58 percent of the team’s targets were Emeka Egbuka (6-115-1, team-high 13 targets) and Cade Otton (9-82, 12 targets), which that percentage was good for 25 total targets. Consolidating touchdown equity was Tez Johnson, who continues to be a very solid receiver for a team in desperate need. Johnson (4-42-2) is getting a ton of routes now over the last two weeks (96 and 87 percent) and should remain that high even with a Chris Godwin return in the next couple of weeks.
The Tennessee Titans were on bye in Week 10.
Commanders Notes From Week 10:
No Terry McLaurin, no Jayden Daniels, no real reason to tune in here to Washington. It’s a lost season as they’re now 3-7 on the campaign. The only realistic players you’re rostering are Deebo Samuel Sr. (4-29-1), who was at least moderately useful with a touchdown. Zach Ertz (4-54) has some tight-end utility, I suppose, but he’s a bit hampered by the backup quarterback Marcus Mariota. The reclamation project that is Treylon Burks (3-58) is gaining a little bit of steam, though, as he’s up to 50 percent of routes.
The backfield has gotten so bad over the last month that it’s pretty much a three-way split between Jacory Croskey-Merritt (11-30), Chris Rodriguez Jr. (6-16-1), and Jeremy McNichols (5-25 rushing; 1-4 receiving). You can’t start anybody right now.
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