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Ben Rolfe analyzes the first 14 weeks of NFL player data, measuring fantasy football performance using consistency data to help make start/sit lineup decisions.
A weird week this week with two Saturday games. If you are reading this on Saturday then make sure you have those lineups set. Thursday Night Football was incredible but for DFS purposes it has taken away a lot of talent. For season long leagues you may already have a good shot of making your finals if you were brave enough to start Mike Williams or Damien Williams. If so congratulations and I hope nothing derails that for you Sunday. We have some great matchups this week and it should be a fun week of football. Hopefully the information below helps you set the optimal lineup to make it to the final week of your leagues!
The information I am going to use in this articles comes from FFstatistics.com, founded by the person who used to write this article, Addison Hayes. Here are the links to the main articles last year where Addison introduced his key terms. The three main elements are standard deviation (explained here), calculations of players floors and ceiling (explained here) and then finally the use of the Coefficient of Variation to calculate Consistency Ratings or COR (explained here). This paragraph is going to be present a lot this year for those of you interested in the math behind the numbers below.
A final note for this article is that although this article will be published following Thursday Night Football, the numbers from those games will not be included. I will also be unlikely to touch on those players unless they stand out as major players you should be targeting on the following week's waiver wires. Therefore, do not be surprised to not see much mention of those players below.
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Quarterbacks
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes | 13 | 357.5 | 27.5 | 7.12 | 20.38 | 34.62 | 0.26 | 133.7 |
| 2 | Philip Rivers | 13 | 250.12 | 19.24 | 3.81 | 15.43 | 23.05 | 0.2 | 116.33 |
| 3 | Cam Newton | 13 | 273.86 | 21.07 | 5.7 | 15.36 | 26.77 | 0.27 | 98.86 |
| 4 | Aaron Rodgers | 13 | 259.2 | 19.94 | 5.36 | 14.58 | 25.29 | 0.27 | 94.16 |
| 5 | Andrew Luck | 13 | 270.16 | 20.78 | 6.57 | 14.21 | 27.35 | 0.32 | 86.55 |
| 6 | Ben Roethlisberger | 13 | 282.48 | 21.73 | 7.45 | 14.28 | 29.18 | 0.34 | 85.12 |
| 7 | Russell Wilson | 13 | 246.12 | 18.93 | 5.89 | 13.05 | 24.82 | 0.31 | 79.83 |
| 8 | Matt Ryan | 13 | 285.1 | 21.93 | 8.32 | 13.61 | 30.25 | 0.38 | 79.75 |
| 9 | Tom Brady | 13 | 239.5 | 18.42 | 5.97 | 12.45 | 24.39 | 0.32 | 75.28 |
| 10 | Baker Mayfield | 11 | 181.98 | 16.54 | 5.32 | 11.22 | 21.87 | 0.32 | 67.95 |
| 11 | Dak Prescott | 13 | 239.5 | 18.42 | 6.93 | 11.5 | 25.35 | 0.38 | 67.42 |
| 12 | Deshaun Watson | 13 | 254.92 | 19.61 | 8.15 | 11.46 | 27.76 | 0.42 | 66.77 |
| 13 | Carson Wentz | 11 | 202.26 | 18.39 | 7.02 | 11.37 | 25.41 | 0.38 | 66.56 |
| 14 | Drew Brees | 13 | 281.02 | 21.62 | 10.58 | 11.04 | 32.2 | 0.49 | 65.79 |
| 15 | Eli Manning | 13 | 196.2 | 15.09 | 4.55 | 10.54 | 19.65 | 0.3 | 65.1 |
| 16 | Kirk Cousins | 13 | 242.72 | 18.67 | 7.65 | 11.02 | 26.32 | 0.41 | 64.22 |
| 17 | Alex Smith | 10 | 140 | 14 | 4.01 | 9.99 | 18.01 | 0.29 | 62.92 |
| 18 | Jameis Winston | 8 | 148.76 | 18.6 | 8.02 | 10.57 | 26.62 | 0.43 | 61.7 |
| 19 | Joe Flacco | 9 | 139.22 | 15.47 | 5.51 | 9.96 | 20.98 | 0.36 | 58.91 |
| 20 | CJ Beathard | 5 | 80.98 | 16.2 | 6.25 | 9.94 | 22.45 | 0.39 | 58.15 |
| 21 | Nick Mullens | 5 | 81.96 | 16.39 | 6.6 | 9.79 | 23 | 0.4 | 57.07 |
| 22 | Jimmy Garoppolo | 3 | 46.02 | 15.34 | 5.76 | 9.58 | 21.1 | 0.38 | 56.19 |
| 23 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 8 | 165.84 | 20.73 | 12.47 | 8.26 | 33.2 | 0.6 | 55.2 |
| 24 | Jared Goff | 13 | 258.46 | 19.88 | 11.47 | 8.42 | 31.35 | 0.58 | 54.36 |
| 25 | Andy Dalton | 11 | 174.54 | 15.87 | 6.66 | 9.21 | 22.52 | 0.42 | 53.7 |
| 26 | Mitchell Trubisky | 11 | 219.76 | 19.98 | 12.63 | 7.35 | 32.61 | 0.63 | 51.57 |
| 27 | Case Keenum | 13 | 178.06 | 13.7 | 5 | 8.7 | 18.69 | 0.36 | 51.24 |
| 28 | Derek Carr | 13 | 204.36 | 15.72 | 7.66 | 8.06 | 23.38 | 0.49 | 48 |
| 29 | Ryan Tannehill | 8 | 126.42 | 15.8 | 7.82 | 7.98 | 23.62 | 0.49 | 47.74 |
| 30 | Matthew Stafford | 13 | 184.78 | 14.21 | 6.39 | 7.83 | 20.6 | 0.45 | 45.85 |
The table above (and each table in the article) is sorted by players 2018 COR through 14 games from largest to smallest. As always I do not have a huge amount to say about the quarterback position. If you are in the playoffs in yearly leagues then you likely have the guy you trust and it is unlikely you are taking a chance streaming elsewhere, as I found out on twitter last week.
The Thursday game saw a face off of our two most consistent quarterbacks which is a pain if you are playing the main slate this week. The two Saturdays games are also taking away the 10th and 12th most consistent guys, adding to that pain a little. However, there are some other top-10 guys who could be in for a big week. Roethlisberger, Brady and Wilson all have great matchups and should be safe starts for your fantasy lineups.
However, if you have Newton, Rodgers, Luck or Ryan you may have concerns about their matchups. If so you are then looking deeper for value and it does not get much prettier. Prescott's matchup is reasonably tough, Wentz may be done for the year, Manning is facing a decent Titans defense and Winston faces a superb Ravens defense. The best of that group is probably Prescott as the Colts defense can be hit-or-miss.
Cousins has been a polarising figure this season and his 16th ranking here shows why. It has been hard to trust him and now he loses his offensive coordinator. However, that nay be a bonus as it may change the offensive philosophy a little. If so we may see the Vikings run the ball more which should buy Cousins more time in the passing game and with that offensive line that is exactly what he needs. He should be a consideration for streaming this week against Miami at home.
Running Backs
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Melvin Gordon | 10 | 247.5 | 24.75 | 5.76 | 18.99 | 30.51 | 0.23 | 131.04 |
| 2 | Saquon Barkley | 13 | 332.3 | 25.56 | 7.09 | 18.47 | 32.65 | 0.28 | 117.75 |
| 3 | Todd Gurley | 13 | 334.7 | 25.75 | 8.09 | 17.66 | 33.83 | 0.31 | 107.72 |
| 4 | Christian McCaffrey | 13 | 326.7 | 25.13 | 9.9 | 15.23 | 35.03 | 0.39 | 88.92 |
| 5 | Ezekiel Elliott | 13 | 299.5 | 23.04 | 8.51 | 14.53 | 31.55 | 0.37 | 85.4 |
| 6 | James Conner | 12 | 267.6 | 22.3 | 10.72 | 11.58 | 33.02 | 0.48 | 68.68 |
| 7 | Alvin Kamara | 13 | 298.4 | 22.95 | 11.55 | 11.4 | 34.5 | 0.5 | 68.57 |
| 8 | Kareem Hunt | 11 | 231.2 | 21.02 | 9.85 | 11.17 | 30.87 | 0.47 | 65.87 |
| 9 | Joe Mixon | 11 | 196.9 | 17.9 | 7.04 | 10.86 | 24.94 | 0.39 | 63.39 |
| 10 | James White | 13 | 239.6 | 18.43 | 8.96 | 9.47 | 27.39 | 0.49 | 56.36 |
| 11 | Phillip Lindsay | 13 | 206.7 | 15.9 | 6.96 | 8.94 | 22.86 | 0.44 | 52.22 |
| 12 | Alex Collins | 10 | 115.6 | 11.56 | 3.5 | 8.06 | 15.06 | 0.3 | 49.75 |
| 13 | Marshawn Lynch | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 4.92 | 8.24 | 18.09 | 0.37 | 48.39 |
| 14 | David Johnson | 13 | 206.1 | 15.85 | 7.86 | 8 | 23.71 | 0.5 | 47.84 |
| 15 | Kerryon Johnson | 10 | 142.4 | 14.24 | 6.2 | 8.04 | 20.44 | 0.44 | 46.94 |
| 16 | Lamar Miller | 12 | 162.2 | 13.52 | 5.58 | 7.93 | 19.1 | 0.41 | 46.23 |
| 17 | Aaron Jones | 11 | 172.7 | 15.7 | 8.67 | 7.03 | 24.37 | 0.55 | 44.13 |
| 18 | Devonta Freeman | 2 | 14.1 | 7.05 | 1.34 | 5.71 | 8.39 | 0.19 | 44.04 |
| 19 | Tarik Cohen | 13 | 209.3 | 16.1 | 9.82 | 6.28 | 25.92 | 0.61 | 42.5 |
| 20 | Darren Sproles | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 2.87 | 6.46 | 12.21 | 0.31 | 39.66 |
| 21 | Leonard Fournette | 6 | 94.9 | 15.82 | 10.59 | 5.22 | 26.41 | 0.67 | 39.43 |
| 22 | Theo Riddick | 11 | 102 | 9.27 | 2.9 | 6.38 | 12.17 | 0.31 | 38.96 |
| 23 | TJ Yeldon | 13 | 175 | 13.46 | 7.28 | 6.18 | 20.75 | 0.54 | 38.34 |
| 24 | Dalvin Cook | 8 | 102.9 | 12.86 | 6.51 | 6.35 | 19.37 | 0.51 | 38.27 |
| 25 | Kenyan Drake | 13 | 181.9 | 13.99 | 8.33 | 5.67 | 22.32 | 0.6 | 37.51 |
| 26 | Chris Carson | 11 | 135.1 | 12.28 | 6 | 6.28 | 18.29 | 0.49 | 37.4 |
| 27 | Mark Ingram | 9 | 117.5 | 13.06 | 7.97 | 5.08 | 21.03 | 0.61 | 34.43 |
| 28 | Austin Ekeler | 13 | 161 | 12.38 | 7.01 | 5.37 | 19.4 | 0.57 | 34.26 |
| 29 | Adrian Peterson | 13 | 171.2 | 13.17 | 8.23 | 4.94 | 21.4 | 0.62 | 34.24 |
| 30 | Kenneth Dixon | 3 | 30.7 | 10.23 | 4.85 | 5.38 | 15.09 | 0.47 | 31.82 |
| 31 | Jay Ajayi | 4 | 43.4 | 10.85 | 5.69 | 5.16 | 16.54 | 0.52 | 31.55 |
| 32 | Tevin Coleman | 13 | 155.6 | 11.97 | 7.46 | 4.51 | 19.43 | 0.62 | 31.17 |
| 33 | Marlon Mack | 9 | 119.6 | 13.29 | 9.96 | 3.32 | 23.25 | 0.75 | 31.01 |
| 34 | Jeff Wilson | 3 | 37.1 | 12.37 | 8.29 | 4.07 | 20.66 | 0.67 | 30.81 |
| 35 | Matt Breida | 12 | 146.3 | 12.19 | 8.1 | 4.09 | 20.29 | 0.66 | 30.54 |
| 36 | Jalen Richard | 13 | 129.1 | 9.93 | 5 | 4.93 | 14.93 | 0.5 | 29.64 |
| 37 | Jordan Howard | 13 | 128.1 | 9.85 | 4.99 | 4.86 | 14.85 | 0.51 | 29.3 |
| 38 | Dion Lewis | 13 | 144.5 | 11.12 | 6.94 | 4.18 | 18.05 | 0.62 | 28.93 |
| 39 | Nick Chubb | 13 | 169 | 13 | 11.49 | 1.51 | 24.49 | 0.88 | 27.71 |
| 40 | Sony Michel | 10 | 112.6 | 11.26 | 7.86 | 3.4 | 19.12 | 0.7 | 27.39 |
| 41 | Nyheim Hines | 13 | 131.3 | 10.1 | 6.64 | 3.46 | 16.74 | 0.66 | 25.46 |
| 42 | Isaiah Crowell | 13 | 142.7 | 10.98 | 8.46 | 2.52 | 19.44 | 0.77 | 25.22 |
| 43 | Chris Thompson | 7 | 78.1 | 11.16 | 9.01 | 2.15 | 20.17 | 0.81 | 24.97 |
| 44 | Bilal Powell | 7 | 62.3 | 8.9 | 4.93 | 3.97 | 13.83 | 0.55 | 24.97 |
| 45 | Peyton Barber | 13 | 121 | 9.31 | 5.93 | 3.38 | 15.24 | 0.64 | 23.92 |
| 46 | Ito Smith | 12 | 91.8 | 7.65 | 3.64 | 4.01 | 11.29 | 0.48 | 23.71 |
| 47 | Frank Gore | 13 | 101.2 | 7.78 | 3.94 | 3.85 | 11.72 | 0.51 | 23.17 |
| 48 | Derrick Henry | 13 | 145 | 11.15 | 11.89 | -0.73 | 23.04 | 1.07 | 21.62 |
| 49 | Royce Freeman | 11 | 81.1 | 7.37 | 3.9 | 3.47 | 11.27 | 0.53 | 21.31 |
| 50 | Javorius Allen | 11 | 95.7 | 8.7 | 6.03 | 2.67 | 14.73 | 0.69 | 21.26 |
At this stage in the season the running back position is a little all over the place. It has become clear in recent weeks that sometimes the best thing for a running game can be some fresh legs. We have seen many of the guys at the top of this list stutter a little bit over the past few weeks and that has been a concern. However, everyone currently active in the top-10 is hard to ignore from a starting perspective.
On the injury front we will hopefully see James Conner back this week against a Patriots defense that looks putrid against the run. Even so I would still start Jaylen Samuels this week because we saw plenty of running backs have success for Miami last week. Breida could also return this week for the 49ers against a Seattle defense who have had trouble at times against running backs. I still think there is a chance he leaves the game at some point, if active, so Wilson will have value in those deeper leagues.
Hopefully we can also see Lamar Miller have success on the ground against the Jets. Miller has had some fantastic games this season but last week we saw the Colts key in on the run and ask the Texans passing game to beat them. It will be interesting to see if that is going to be a trend going forward.
Finally, it will be intriguing to see what happens on the Titans offense after Henry's big game last week. He has been in a time share all season with Lewis, but Henry has looked better in the majority of games I have watched this season. After his big breakout it would be good to see him get 15-20 touches this week.
Wide Receivers
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Davante Adams | 13 | 283.6 | 21.82 | 5.55 | 16.26 | 27.37 | 0.25 | 107.56 |
| 2 | Adam Thielen | 13 | 284.4 | 21.88 | 6.92 | 14.96 | 28.8 | 0.32 | 91.03 |
| 3 | Antonio Brown | 13 | 264.3 | 20.33 | 6.21 | 14.12 | 26.54 | 0.31 | 86.87 |
| 4 | Julian Edelman | 9 | 153.4 | 17.04 | 4.33 | 12.72 | 21.37 | 0.25 | 84.18 |
| 5 | DeAndre Hopkins | 13 | 257.4 | 19.8 | 6.19 | 13.61 | 25.99 | 0.31 | 83.17 |
| 6 | Julio Jones | 13 | 271 | 20.85 | 7.97 | 12.88 | 28.81 | 0.38 | 75.39 |
| 7 | Odell Beckham Jr | 12 | 223.1 | 18.59 | 6.86 | 11.73 | 25.45 | 0.37 | 69 |
| 8 | Keenan Allen | 13 | 238.9 | 18.38 | 7 | 11.37 | 25.38 | 0.38 | 66.6 |
| 9 | Robert Woods | 13 | 218.4 | 16.8 | 6.33 | 10.47 | 23.13 | 0.38 | 61.41 |
| 10 | Michael Thomas | 13 | 273.8 | 21.06 | 11.17 | 9.89 | 32.23 | 0.53 | 60.76 |
| 11 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 13 | 251.7 | 19.36 | 9.3 | 10.06 | 28.66 | 0.48 | 59.66 |
| 12 | Tyreek Hill | 13 | 281.2 | 21.63 | 12.65 | 8.98 | 34.28 | 0.58 | 58.61 |
| 13 | Stefon Diggs | 12 | 226.8 | 18.9 | 9.42 | 9.48 | 28.32 | 0.5 | 56.81 |
| 14 | Tyler Lockett | 13 | 184 | 14.15 | 4.78 | 9.37 | 18.94 | 0.34 | 56.04 |
| 15 | AJ Green | 9 | 158.4 | 17.6 | 8.17 | 9.43 | 25.77 | 0.46 | 55.5 |
| 16 | Brandin Cooks | 12 | 199.9 | 16.66 | 7.2 | 9.45 | 23.86 | 0.43 | 55.18 |
| 17 | TY Hilton | 11 | 196.6 | 17.87 | 8.91 | 8.96 | 26.78 | 0.5 | 53.73 |
| 18 | Emmanuel Sanders | 12 | 194.1 | 16.18 | 7.27 | 8.9 | 23.45 | 0.45 | 52.15 |
| 19 | Mike Evans | 13 | 224.7 | 17.28 | 8.81 | 8.48 | 26.09 | 0.51 | 51.2 |
| 20 | Trey Quinn | 2 | 22.5 | 11.25 | 3.32 | 7.93 | 14.57 | 0.3 | 49.33 |
| 21 | Tyler Boyd | 13 | 208.3 | 16.02 | 8.16 | 7.87 | 24.18 | 0.51 | 47.5 |
| 22 | Cooper Kupp | 8 | 135.1 | 16.89 | 10.49 | 6.4 | 27.38 | 0.62 | 44.07 |
| 23 | Josh Gordon | 11 | 138.8 | 12.62 | 5.1 | 7.52 | 17.72 | 0.4 | 43.85 |
| 24 | Will Fuller | 7 | 108.3 | 15.47 | 8.55 | 6.92 | 24.02 | 0.55 | 43.46 |
| 25 | Curtis Samuel | 9 | 109 | 12.11 | 4.69 | 7.42 | 16.8 | 0.39 | 43.39 |
| 26 | Willie Snead | 12 | 124.1 | 10.34 | 3.32 | 7.02 | 13.66 | 0.32 | 42.59 |
| 27 | Jarvis Landry | 13 | 182.4 | 14.03 | 7.98 | 6.05 | 22.01 | 0.57 | 38.71 |
| 28 | Geronimo Allison | 5 | 62.3 | 12.46 | 5.98 | 6.48 | 18.44 | 0.48 | 38.42 |
| 29 | Kenny Golladay | 13 | 173.7 | 13.36 | 7.54 | 5.82 | 20.9 | 0.56 | 37.04 |
| 30 | DeSean Jackson | 11 | 150.5 | 13.68 | 8.04 | 5.64 | 21.72 | 0.59 | 36.96 |
| 31 | Marvin Jones | 9 | 116.8 | 12.98 | 7.51 | 5.47 | 20.49 | 0.58 | 35.4 |
| 32 | Brandon LaFell | 4 | 37.5 | 9.38 | 3.38 | 5.99 | 12.76 | 0.36 | 35.35 |
| 33 | Golden Tate | 12 | 163 | 13.58 | 8.79 | 4.79 | 22.37 | 0.65 | 34.57 |
| 34 | Alshon Jeffery | 10 | 136.2 | 13.62 | 8.86 | 4.76 | 22.48 | 0.65 | 34.56 |
| 35 | Cameron Meredith | 3 | 26.4 | 8.8 | 3.01 | 5.79 | 11.81 | 0.34 | 34.51 |
| 36 | Marcell Ateman | 4 | 30.7 | 7.68 | 2.23 | 5.44 | 9.91 | 0.29 | 34.06 |
| 37 | Amari Cooper | 12 | 197 | 16.42 | 15.49 | 0.93 | 31.9 | 0.94 | 33.82 |
| 38 | Dede Westbrook | 13 | 154.1 | 11.85 | 6.4 | 5.45 | 18.25 | 0.54 | 33.81 |
| 39 | Mohamed Sanu | 13 | 132.9 | 10.22 | 4.43 | 5.79 | 14.66 | 0.43 | 33.79 |
| 40 | Chris Godwin | 13 | 149.9 | 11.53 | 6.26 | 5.27 | 17.79 | 0.54 | 32.77 |
| 41 | Adam Humphries | 13 | 156.9 | 12.07 | 7.07 | 5 | 19.13 | 0.59 | 32.69 |
| 42 | Allen Robinson | 11 | 135.5 | 12.32 | 7.62 | 4.7 | 19.94 | 0.62 | 32.23 |
| 43 | Isaiah McKenzie | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 4.79 | 5.46 | 15.04 | 0.47 | 32.21 |
| 44 | Rashad Greene | 4 | 7.8 | 1.95 | 0.13 | 1.82 | 2.08 | 0.07 | 31.4 |
| 45 | Jamison Crowder | 6 | 59.7 | 9.95 | 4.62 | 5.33 | 14.57 | 0.46 | 31.38 |
| 46 | Christian Kirk | 12 | 126.5 | 10.54 | 5.35 | 5.19 | 15.89 | 0.51 | 31.3 |
| 47 | Andy Jones | 2 | 2.9 | 1.45 | 0.07 | 1.38 | 1.52 | 0.05 | 31.18 |
| 48 | Larry Fitzgerald | 13 | 142.3 | 10.95 | 5.98 | 4.97 | 16.93 | 0.55 | 30.98 |
| 49 | Sterling Shepard | 13 | 149.2 | 11.48 | 6.88 | 4.59 | 18.36 | 0.6 | 30.62 |
| 50 | Corey Davis | 13 | 163.9 | 12.61 | 8.84 | 3.76 | 21.45 | 0.7 | 30.58 |
Any of the top 20 who are on the field this weekend are a virtual must-start at this stage of the season. Beyond that Tyler Boyd should have a nice matchup this week, while Josh Gordon could draw the attention of Joe Haden and could be frozen out a little because of it. Jarvis Landry had a monster game last week and I would love to see the Browns keep finding ways to get the ball in his hands so he can do what he does best and make plays.
Amari Cooper would be a lot higher in these rankings if we simply excluded his time in Oakland. Cooper has been a monster since arriving in Dallas and I do not expect that to end this week, given the lack of other reliable pass catchers. Kenny Golladay is the only safe pair of hands for the Lions and should be able to put up decent numbers despite a really tough matchup.
The Eagles guys have all gone from having a really nice matchup against a Rams defense that has been giving up chunk plays to players you simply cannot trust. When Nick Foles took over at the end of last season it took a number of weeks before that offense started to show any signs of life. The situation this year is a little diffrent but we have already seen the Foles show this season and it was not pretty.
Tight Ends
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Travis Kelce | 13 | 261.9 | 20.15 | 10.2 | 9.95 | 30.34 | 0.51 | 59.94 |
| 2 | Zach Ertz | 13 | 237.6 | 18.28 | 9.53 | 8.75 | 27.81 | 0.52 | 53.33 |
| 3 | George Kittle | 13 | 206.3 | 15.87 | 8.1 | 7.77 | 23.97 | 0.51 | 46.97 |
| 4 | Eric Ebron | 13 | 199.4 | 15.34 | 7.57 | 7.77 | 22.91 | 0.49 | 46.42 |
| 5 | Hakeem Valles | 2 | 3.1 | 1.55 | 0.07 | 1.48 | 1.62 | 0.05 | 35.53 |
| 6 | Jared Cook | 13 | 179.5 | 13.81 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 22.71 | 0.64 | 35.22 |
| 7 | OJ Howard | 10 | 124.5 | 12.45 | 6.99 | 5.46 | 19.44 | 0.56 | 34.62 |
| 8 | Jordan Reed | 12 | 123.8 | 10.32 | 4.42 | 5.9 | 14.73 | 0.43 | 34.42 |
| 9 | Rob Gronkowski | 10 | 124.7 | 12.47 | 7.47 | 5 | 19.94 | 0.6 | 33.29 |
| 10 | Jack Doyle | 6 | 62.5 | 10.42 | 5.33 | 5.09 | 15.75 | 0.51 | 30.78 |
| 11 | Austin Hooper | 13 | 144.7 | 11.13 | 6.51 | 4.62 | 17.65 | 0.59 | 30.15 |
| 12 | Tyler Eifert | 4 | 38.9 | 9.73 | 4.65 | 5.07 | 14.38 | 0.48 | 30.05 |
| 13 | Vance McDonald | 12 | 112.9 | 9.41 | 5.3 | 4.11 | 14.71 | 0.56 | 26.11 |
| 14 | Kyle Rudolph | 13 | 110 | 8.46 | 4.09 | 4.37 | 12.55 | 0.48 | 25.96 |
| 15 | Evan Engram | 8 | 73.4 | 9.18 | 5.52 | 3.65 | 14.7 | 0.6 | 24.42 |
| 16 | Greg Olsen | 9 | 83.1 | 9.23 | 5.66 | 3.58 | 14.89 | 0.61 | 24.3 |
| 17 | Geoff Swaim | 8 | 56.2 | 7.03 | 3.11 | 3.92 | 10.13 | 0.44 | 22.92 |
| 18 | Lee Smith | 5 | 28.2 | 5.64 | 1.89 | 3.75 | 7.53 | 0.34 | 22.46 |
| 19 | Jimmy Graham | 13 | 112.9 | 8.68 | 5.58 | 3.11 | 14.26 | 0.64 | 22.21 |
| 20 | Mark Andrews | 12 | 76.4 | 6.37 | 2.6 | 3.77 | 8.96 | 0.41 | 21.97 |
| 21 | David Njoku | 13 | 114.4 | 8.8 | 6.04 | 2.76 | 14.84 | 0.69 | 21.62 |
| 22 | Trey Burton | 13 | 119 | 9.15 | 7.77 | 1.38 | 16.93 | 0.85 | 19.93 |
| 23 | Chris Herndon | 11 | 85.9 | 7.81 | 5.08 | 2.73 | 12.89 | 0.65 | 19.8 |
| 24 | Anthony Firkser | 6 | 42.1 | 7.02 | 3.88 | 3.13 | 10.9 | 0.55 | 19.7 |
| 25 | Ben Watson | 10 | 76.7 | 7.67 | 5.26 | 2.41 | 12.93 | 0.69 | 18.86 |
| 26 | CJ Uzomah | 13 | 84.7 | 6.52 | 3.57 | 2.94 | 10.09 | 0.55 | 18.39 |
| 27 | Will Dissly | 4 | 35.6 | 8.9 | 8.98 | -0.08 | 17.88 | 1.01 | 17.72 |
| 28 | Cameron Brate | 12 | 85.3 | 7.11 | 4.81 | 2.3 | 11.92 | 0.68 | 17.62 |
| 29 | Jake Butt | 3 | 16.5 | 5.5 | 3.04 | 2.46 | 8.54 | 0.55 | 15.44 |
| 30 | Jeff Heuerman | 10 | 71.1 | 7.11 | 6.46 | 0.65 | 13.57 | 0.91 | 14.93 |
I desperately want to belie Ertz can be quarterback proof and he is still a must-start in nearly all situations. However, I am scared that this Wentz injury could lead to bad week and his absence could end a lot of fantasy seasons this week. Ebron also has a tough matchup but if he is fully healthy you have to trust him because if Luck trusts him that is good enough for me.
With four of the top 12 on the injured reserve things are incredibly thin at this position. Engram's return is a boost to the position, especially if Beckham is out. Uzomah has a really nice matchup against the Raiders but I do not want to be leaving my fantasy semi finals potentially in the hands of Uzomah.
Outside of this list we have Ian Thomas, who had 11 targets last week but has a really tough matchup to overcome. However, I like the idea of being able to go into Monday Night Football with a chance if he is my tight end this week. We also have the potential for a Jesse James revenge game. McDonald is the number one in Pittsburgh but James has unfinished business against the Patriots from last year...
