Matthew Berry's 10 Facts For Week 8 Fantasy Football: Colston Loveland, Jonah Coleman & More
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Matthew Berry's 10 Facts For Week 8 Fantasy Football: Colston Loveland, Jonah Coleman & More

Matthew Berry highlights the 10 facts you NEED to know before Week 8 of the fantasy football season kicks off.

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But before you do that, you need to read this. Because these are the …

10 Facts You Need To Know For Week 8 Fantasy Football

  1. In Week 7, Bo Nix scored a season-high 26.2 fantasy points.
    1. 18.3 of those points came on 2 plays.
    2. Literally 70% of his production was on a 62-yard TD run where Nix was untouched, and then a 52-yard screen pass to RJ Harvey, where Harvey gained 60 yards after the catch.
    3. If you want to believe, you do you, but I’m not there yet.
       
  2. In his first game back from IR, Jonah Coleman led the Broncos backfield in snap rate (50%).
    1. And touches (11).
    2. 21% of his runs have gained 10+ yards.
    3. For the season, Coleman is now averaging 4.9 YPC
    4. RJ Harvey is at 3.6 YPC
    5. J.K. Dobbins is at 3.4.
       
  3. In the first quarter against the Falcons last week, Kaelon Black had a 53% snap rate.
    1. He also got 7 touches.
    2. He also saw multiple red zone touches for the fifth time in his past 6 games.
    3. With Christian McCaffrey dealing with a mild hamstring strain, Black is a must-add in leagues where he’s still available, even though he’s on a bye this week.
       
  4. The last time TreVeyon Henderson reached 5 fantasy points in a game was … Week 2.
    1. In the 5 games since, he’s seen just 30% of the Patriots' RB touches.
    2. I mean, there’s still value there as injury insurance for Rhamondre Stevenson, but that’s about it.
       
  5. Last week was Dylan Sampson’s first game back from IR.
    1. That same week, Quinshon Judkins set season lows in snap rate (51.5%).
    2. And target share (3%).
    3. In the 5 games Judkins played withOUT Sampson this season, Judkins averaged a 13.6% target share.
    4. Judkins will continue to see the majority of touches in this backfield, but with Sampson back in the lineup, Judkins’ role in the passing game takes a significant hit.
       
  6. In his 5 completed games prior to Week 7 this season, KC Concepcion was averaging an aDOT of 5.3 and 30 air yards.
    1. But in Week 7, KC Concepcion had an aDOT of 11.1 and saw 111 air yards.
    2. He’s seen a target share of at least 20% in every full game he’s played.
    3. If the addition of more deep targets continues, rocket ship emoji.
       
  7. Since Mike Evans was injured in the second quarter of Week 6, Brock Purdy has attempted 49 passes.
    1. Of those 49 passes, only 15 have gone to WRs.
    2. Let’s hope that Evans and/or Deebo Samuel can return following the 49ers bye, because if not, there’s not a single SF WR worth starting in fantasy.
       
  8. In the 2 games since Caleb Williams returned, Colston Loveland is averaging a 30% target share.
    1. And 19.2 PPG.
    2. He leads the position in utilization score over that stretch.
    3. He has finished as a top 5 TE in both weeks. 
       
  9. In Week 7, Isaiah Likely saw a season-low 4 targets.
    1. He finished with just 24 air yards.
    2. Since J.J. McCarthy took over as the starter, Likely is averaging a 16% target share.
    3. With Jameis Winston under center, his target share was 30%. 
       
  10. In the 3 games since Mason Taylor returned from injury, he’s run 35 more routes than Kenyon Sadiq.
    1. And in each of the past 2 weeks, Taylor’s seen a target share of at least 20%.
    2. His role still isn’t big enough to make him anything more than a mid-tier TE2, but he’s completely killed the fantasy value of Sadiq.

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