Week 10 Early Fantasy Football Rankings: J.J. McCarthy, Kyle Monangai and More Players Climbing
Ian Hartitz has released his early rankings for Week 10, highlighting players like J.J. McCarthy and Kyle Monangai, and others moving up.
Life comes at your fast: The fantasy football season is more than halfway done!
With that said, now is NOT the time to relax. Your family and friends will (probably) be waiting for you after Week 17. Do not get complacent! What will you remember more in 10 years: That fantasy championship banner, or your dickhead boss saying that you've done a better job than usual recently? That's what I thought!
All Drake and Josh'ing around aside: What follows are my abbreviated early PPR ranks along with some key questions and answers ahead of this week's slate of action. Check out our Fantasy Life Rankings for full ranks from our squad of alleged expert rankers (code "Ian" for 20% off!).
As always: It's a great day to be great.
Early Week 10 Fantasy Football Rankings
Quarterback
Did J.J. McCarthy actually ball out in Week 9?
Kind of! Sure, nobody will be writing fables about this performance in 10 years (other than maybe Thor Nystrom), but the second-year signal-caller made a handful of truly impressive throws in just his third-career start.
Of course, averaging 5.7 yards per attempt against this injury-riddled Lions secondary isn't exactly an impressive feat (read: it's not good); just realize McCarthy at least flashed the ability to function as a decent NFL QB—which is quite the improvement from some of the discourse going around following his mostly disastrous first eight quarters to the season.
Perhaps most intriguing for fantasy purposes: McCarthy has continued to show a penchant for running the damn ball. Overall, he's posted 2-25-1, 5-25-0, and 9-12-1 rushing lines, emerging as a quality threat to pick up yards as a scrambler when needed.
As discussed on the Sunday night recap edition of THE Fantasy Life Show, I came away more optimistic about the Vikings passing game moving forward, while Dwain "The Rock" McFarland did not. So yeah: Choose your fighter!
The good news either way: McCarthy and company have back-to-back quality on-paper matchups against the Ravens (24th in EPA allowed per dropback) and Bears (22nd) on deck. Here's to hoping better counting numbers are accordingly ahead for all parties involved; for now McCarthy (my QB18) is still more of a superflex/bye-week filler option than anything fantasy managers should be getting too excited about.
Speaking of bye-week fillers…
What QBs have smashable second-half schedules?
The below chart denotes every QB's second-half strength of schedule in terms of their opponent's rank in fantasy points per game allowed to the position. Blue denotes an easy on-paper opponent, while red represents a tougher matchup.
A few notes:
Week 10 bye-week streamers. QBs available in 50%+ of Yahoo leagues with the best matchups this week feature: J.J. McCarthy (vs. BAL), Bryce Young (vs. NO) and Michael Penix (vs. IND). I don't know about you, but I'm not feeling too excited about replacing Dak Prescott or Patrick Mahomes with one of those guys! I do have McCarthy (QB18) ranked ahead of Penix (QB21) and Young (QB26), but would prefer to take my chances with Sam Darnold (QB10), Marcus Mariota (QB16), or hell, even Justin Fields (QB17) if possible despite their tougher on-paper matchups this week.
Don't be surprised if Jordan Love gets hot down the stretch. The top-five remaining schedules go to the Vikings, Dolphins, Browns, Patriots and Packers. I'm not exactly ready to crown either of the three former squads as passing offenses worth investing in, while Drake Maye has earned auto-start QB1 treatment regardless of the matchup anyways.
This brings us to Love, who is fresh off one of his worst games of the season and now has to function without the services of all-world TE Tucker Kraft (ACL). Still, Love has proven capable of dunking on bad pass defenses like the Steelers (360-3-0) and Cowboys (337-3-0); there's potential for late-season goodness with five prime matchups against bottom-10 defenses during his final seven games. Friendly reminder that Love has still been one of the game's most efficient QBs overall this season.
Sam Darnold will have his work cut out for himself in November and December. Nobody has tougher remaining schedules than Darnold, Baker Mayfield, Patrick Mahomes, Trevor Lawrence and Geno Smith. Unfortunately for Mr. Darnold, he doesn't have the same rushing floor as guys like Mayfield, Mahomes and T-Law to potentially overcome these tough spots. Now, I'm not exactly terrified of top-10 on-paper matchups with the Cardinals and Panthers; just realize Darnold needs to operate like one of the league's most efficient passers to make up for the lack of volume afforded inside the league's fifth-most run-heavy offense. And hey, the man has played the position as well as anyone this season and leads the NFL in EPA and success rate per dropback … but even that high-end efficiency has only produced QB16 numbers in terms of fantasy points per game. Elite QB1 *fantasy* heights down the stretch might be wishful thinking.
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Week 10 QB Quick hits
QB2 Lamar Jackson: The top-two QBs in fantasy points per game from purely passing production are Matthew Stafford (makes sense) … and Lamar Jackson! That was the scariest part about Week 9's return to action: The Ravens seemed more than happy to ease the two-time MVP back as a rusher, but that didn't stop him from racking up 25 fantasy points by simply dicing up the overmatched Dolphins through the air. Week 10's matchup against the Vikings' eighth-ranked defense in EPA allowed per dropback is hardly a cake walk, but then again it's tough to think of a defense truly capable of slowing down this Ravens offense when Lamar is at 100%.
QB4 Justin Herbert: The NFL's leading rusher at the quarterback position is … Justin Herbert! His 305 yards are *one* less than he totaled in all of 2024. A career-high 6.6 yards per carry average has helped, as has a clean bill of health (I knocked on wood, don't worry). Of course, the absence of stud LT Joe Alt (high-ankle sprain, out for the season) doesn't help matters for the Chargers' real-life ambitions, but you could argue more pressure could actually persuade Herbert to take off and scramble more often—which is probably a net positive for his fantasy aspirations. Up next is the Steelers' man-heavy defense that has surrendered more fantasy points per game to opposing QBs than any group other than the Cowboys.
QB7 Jaxson Dart: Speaking of rushing goodness: Dart has racked up 5 rushing TDs since taking over as the Giants starting QB in Week 4—a mark surpassed only by Jonathan Taylor and Josh Jacobs! The man has been nothing short of an elite fantasy QB this season:
- Week 4: 19.8 fantasy points (QB10)
- Week 5: 15.6 (QB19)
- Week 6: 23.6 (QB3)
- Week 7: 28.4 (QB2)
- Week 8: 19.4 (QB13)
- Week 9 (pre-MNF): 27.2 (QB5)
It'd make sense if the team's lack of high-end playmakers hurts Dart's fantasy upside in tougher future matchups; just realize this week's spot against the Bears doesn't exactly qualify as one to overly worry about.
QB8 Caleb Williams: Speaking of Da Bears: Kudos to Williams for winning last Sunday's shootout with the Bengals, although I'm a bit hesitant to *Best Dennis Green impression* crown his ass considering, you know, it was the Bengals. Make no mistake about it: Williams has proven capable of absolutely cooking against bad defenses—it's the rest of the games that concern me.
You can argue EPA is more of a team stat, but that is also true for … pretty much every football stat.
Of course, the Giants aren't exactly a juggernaut in their own right. I'm giving Williams the benefit of the doubt as a top-8 fantasy option this week, even if this Bears passing offense still needs to prove itself in real life against quality competition at some point.
QB13 Daniel Jones: The Colts as a team had four turnovers in Weeks 1-8 … and Daniel Jones had five on his own in Week 9. Not great! Still, this was still an offense that ranked first in points per drive since 2000 coming into last Sunday. One bad data point shouldn't completely wipe away the first two months of the season, although this Sunday's Berlin-themed test against the Falcons' top-six defense in fantasy points per game allowed to the position hardly qualifies as a smash spot.
QB22 Aaron Rodgers: The QB with the lowest average target depth this season has been … Aaron Rodgers (5.7). Only Kyler Murray (5.8) and Dillon Gabriel (5.8) are also under six. Now, the Steelers have certainly prioritized getting the ball out of A-aron's hands quickly due to his relative lack of movement at his age; just realize this heavy emphasis on dinking-and-dunking down the field in a typically run-first offense has limited explosive plays—Rodgers has yet to reach even 250 passing yards in a game this season.
QB27 Tyler Shough: The Saints possessed the football for 16 minutes and 7 seconds on Sunday. That was good for the lowest time of possession since the 2011 John Skelton-led Cardinals! Accordingly, nobody on the Saints managed to accumulate great counting stats; just realize there were a few flashes throwing downfield late—better days could be ahead here ESPECIALLY if the team refrains from gutting its playmakers before the trade deadline.
Running Back
Who have been the RB position's best pass catchers?
The below chart denotes the top RBs in terms of yards and targets per route run this season (min. 15 targets).
Some takeaways:
- There's certainly an argument for the Chiefs getting Brashard Smith more involved *as a receiver*. I refuse to campaign for the man getting more rush attempts until he can average 3 yards per carry. Those are the rules.
- Dylan Sampson is a quality deeper-league handcuff option especially with Quinshon Judkins (shoulder) being banged up at the moment. Check out more underrated waiver wire options here.
- Please be healthy, Bucky Irving.
- That Christian McCaffrey guy is pretty special as a receiver. In fact, CMC would be the PPR RB8 without a single rush attempt this season! CMC has more PPR points from receiving than Jahmyr Gibbs and Saquon Barkley have combined! The 49ers haven't had their bye week yet so I'm cheating a bit there, but still: Madness!
- Broncos rookie RB RJ Harvey has really made the most out of his opportunities this season. In fact, nobody has averaged more PPR points per touch than Harvey (1.39) this season! This is good company! Don't expect JK Dobbins to go away, but the handcuff upside here is MASSIVE.
Were Week 9's two biggest performances real or fugazis?
CMC led the way with 34.3 PPR points in Week 9 (pre-MNF), but the next two most productive RBs came as relative surprises at least based on what they managed to accomplish the last few weeks.
Panthers RB Rico Dowdle (28.1 PPR points, RB2)
It turns out we were correct to interpret Panthers head coach Dave Canales' comments last week as a sign of a backfield shift coming. Overall, Dowdle converted 27 touches into 141 total yards and a pair of scores against Micah Parsons and company, continuing to look every bit like one of the better RBs in the league.
The usage matched what we saw in Weeks 5 and 6 when Chuba Hubbard was sidelined with a calf injury.
Side note: The Fantasy Life team is aware of Rico's ridiculous headshot–and we don't care. We're keeping it as is. It's awesome. Deal with it.
It's not necessarily a given that THIS high of usage will continue, but then again, why should we believe it won't? Bryce Young and this passing game rank 29th in net pass yards per attempt, ahead of only the Jets, Titans and Browns. Leaning on the run game simultaneously plays to their biggest strength while hiding their biggest weakness.
Ruling: I'm buying Dowdle as a legit RB1 for the time being. It felt f*cking crazy to rank him ahead of Saquon Barkley this week, but hey, the man has earned it. Get your popcorn ready for this week's matchup against the Saints' bottom-10 defense in PPR points per game allowed to the position.
Bears RB Kyle Monangai (22.8 PPR points, RB3)
Monangai became the latest RB to absolutely terrorize the Bengals' sad excuse for a run defense on Sunday. Overall, the seventh-round rookie converted 29 touches into 198-scoreless yards, dodging, ducking, dipping, diving and dodging his way around would-be tacklers all afternoon.
The performance really was impressive. Then again … it was the Bengals! Did Jaylen Warren and Breece Hall going for 150+ total yards against this group completely change your rest-of-season outlook for them, too?
Look, Monangai was already seeing his role ramp up in previous weeks and is clearly in the RB1 conversation for however long D'Andre Swift (groin) is sidelined; I'm just hesitant to assume Swift will be demoted to backup status after this performance. Reminder: Swift averaged 20.5 PPR points per game (RB8 behind Bijan Robinson) in Weeks 6-8 while averaging a robust 6.3 yards per carry. If Monangai is so much better than Swift, how come he wasn't averaging more yards per carry behind the same offensive line against the same defenses in Weeks 1-8?
Ruling: I'm selling the idea that Monangai will completely displace Swift once he's healthy enough to return, although we could see this more closely resemble Ben Johnson's 1A/1B Detroit backfields moving forward. And honestly: Split usage could be enough for both RBs to produce something close to RB2 numbers the rest of the way, and we know both backs have RB1 upside when given the benefit of the full workload. Pretty cool either way!
Who was *this* close to having a much bigger Week 9?
I've been tracking when players get tackled at the 1-yard line and did NOT score on the same drive every week for roughly the last five years or so. I truly can't recall a slate of games featuring this many occurrences.
Players tackled at the 1-yard line and did NOT score on the same drive:
- Jaguars RB Travis Etienne (x5 over the course over 3 different drives)
- Bills RB James Cook (x2)
- Titans RB Tony Pollard (x2, same drive)
- Cardinals RB Bam Knight (x2, same drive)
- Colts RB Jonathan Taylor
- Falcons RB Bijan Robinson
- Ravens RB Derrick Henry
- Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty
- Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker
- Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt
- Bears RB Kyle Monangai
- Texans RB Nick Chubb
- Rams WR Puka Nacua
- Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown
- Titans WR Chimere Dike
- Raiders TE Brock Bowers (that's right, he almost had 4 TDs!)
- Steelers TE Darnell Washington
- Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers
- Texans FB British Brooks (x2, same drive)
That's right: ETN could have realistically had 3 TDs on Sunday. Nobody has been tackled at the 1 on five separate occasions in one game since 2017!
That said: Don't let Etienne's unfortunate lack of success around the goal line distract from the fact that the Jaguars RB1 looked damn good coming out of the team's Week 8 bye:
- Etienne had 84 rushing yards … but 88 rushing yards AFTER contact. Think about that.
- The sixth-year veteran was credited with forcing 11 missed tackles on Sunday—tied for the third-best single-game mark of 2025. Only Bijan Robinson has topped it!
- Enough numbers? Fair. Watch the film!
Many fantasy football nerds and virgins were hoping rookie Bhayshul Tuten would experience a post-bye rookie bump of sorts, but that simply wasn't the case. Don't get it twisted: Tuten maintains sky-high handcuff upside and remains an intriguing size/speed specimen, but I'd be VERY surprised at this point of a backfield takeover ever happening without an injury.
RB Quick hits
RB6 Josh Jacobs: Has scored 27 touchdowns in 26 games with the Packers over the past two seasons. Pretty, pretty, pretty good!
RB10 Derrick Henry: Winter is coming.
Henry career yards per carry by month:
- September: 4.3
- October: 4.8
- November: 4.9
- December: 5.2
- January: 5.4
RB17 Jaylen Warren: Shoutout to Warren for finally finding the end zone as a rusher last week! And he had so much fun, that he decided to do so twice! The NFL's new leader in most rush attempts without a rushing TD is … Bucky Irving (71). Anyway, Warren continued to largely dominate touches in Pittsburgh, which bodes well for his potential upside down the stretch. The team's upcoming schedule is borderline erotic for fantasy purposes.
- Week 10 (Chargers): 14th in PPR points per game allowed to RBs
- Week 11 (Bengals): 32nd
- Week 12 (Bears): 19th
- Week 13 (Bills): 26th
- Week 14 (Ravens): 27th
- Week 15 (Dolphins): 29th
RB20 TreVeyon Henderson, RB37 Terrell Jennings: While Jennings managed to ram his way into the end zone for the backfield's lone TD, Henderson's usage as a whole was encouraging: He easily led the way in terms of snaps (75%), rush attempts (56%) and routes (70%) alike, cementing him as a volume-based RB2 for however long Rhamondre Stevenson (toe) is sidelined.
RB23 Aaron Jones, RB31 Jordan Mason: Here's to hoping the Vikings' are correct in their early-week assertion that Jones' shoulder injury isn't too serious because the veteran back was looking good during his limited action against the Lions on Sunday. We've seen Minnesota continue to treat A-aron as their clear lead RB ahead of Mason since he's returned from injury; there's potential boom upside here ahead of back-to-back winnable matchups with the Ravens (27th in PPR points per game allowed to RBs) and Bears (19th).
RB27 Tyrone Tracy, RB34 Devin Singletary: We (me) were fully expecting Tracy to lead this backfield based on what we saw in Week 8 and throughout most of 2024. Gotta love fantasy football!
I still prefer to keep a chip on Tracy moving forward, but unfortunately this is looking Woody Marks-esque in terms of Tracy being more of a weekly RB3/FLEX in a not-great offense as opposed to someone you can consistently trust regardless of the matchup.
Wide Receiver
What WRs have borderline erotic second-half schedules?
The below chart denotes every team's strength of schedule in terms of their opponent's rank in PPR points per game allowed to opposing WR rooms.
The most fantasy-friendly remaining schedules belong to: The Vikings, Browns, Lions, Eagles, Giants and Packers. This is good propaganda for Jameson Williams truthers, although the field-stretching specialist obviously isn't guaranteed to be blessed with high-end volume in these good spots. I'm more so interested in getting pieces of the latter two passing attacks: Wan'Dale Robinson, Darius Slayton, Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson and Jayden Reed (once healthy) profile as the sort of FLEX options who could make a habit of providing usable weeks down the stretch.
WRs who have their work cut out for themselves moving forward include: Pass catchers from the Saints, Buccaneers, Colts, Titans, Rams and Chiefs. Of course, volume is always capable of overcoming a perceived bad on-paper matchup, so I wouldn't overly downgrade guys like Chris Olave, Emeka Egbuka, Michael Pittman, Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, and Rashee Rice moving forward.
Still, I am fairly bearish at this point on Xavier Worthy getting going in a meaningful way while working as the second banana to Rice. The second-year pass-catcher has now posted 2-47-1, 2-17-0, 2-17-0, 3-35-0, 5-53-0, and 3-23-0 receiving lines in his six full games alongside Rice. We also simply haven't seen Mr. 4.21 manage to consistently take the top off defenses.
Worst catch rate on passes thrown 30+ yards downfield in 2024-205 (min. 10 targets)
- Troy Franklin (4.5%)
- Xavier Legette (9.1%)
- Dontayvion Wicks (9.1%)
- Xavier Worthy (12.5%)
Who have been the league's most-efficient WRs on a per-route basis?
Among 84 WRs with at least 25 targets this season …
Truly amazing stuff from Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua, who top the ranks this week with Ja'Marr Chase chilling on bye.
The other name that continues to stick out is Zay Flowers. While last week's 5-64-0 performance wasn't exactly the sort of boom we were hoping for after recommending to buy low on the third-year talent, it was another example that we aren't dealing with the same sort of scary weekly floor as last year. The man couldn't be more overdue for a TD (54 straight targets without a receiving score), and the return of Lamar Jackson certainly has this passing attack looking dangerous once again.
Who left some serious meat on the bone in Week 9?
"Unrealized air yards" measure the total amount of air yards on incomplete targets. This helps identify players who had all sorts of fantasy-friendly downfield opportunities, but they simply couldn't come up with completions for one reason or another.
Anyway, nine players had at least 60 unrealized air yards in Week 9 (pre-MNF):
- Broncos WR Troy Franklin (172)
- Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb (124)
- Colts WR Alec Pierce (121)
- Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy (106)
- Broncos WR Courtland Sutton (102)
- Texans WR Nico Collins (86)
- Titans WR Van Jefferson (68)
- Patriots WR DeMario Douglas (64)
- Jaguars WR Dyami Brown (64)
Note that Franklin (64) now has more targets than Sutton (62) this season. Wild! Of course, the latter receiver has made far more out of his opportunities; just realize Franklin does continue to profile as a quality fantasy WR3 with the upside for much more if he can ever get on the same page with his former collegiate QB.
WR Quick hits
WR4 Drake London: Our sample of London playing with Michael Penix is absolutely awesome:
- Week 16, 2024: 5 receptions-59 yards-0 TD (8 targets), PPR WR41
- Week 17, 2024: 7-106-0 (13), WR24
- Week 18, 2024: 10-187-2 (18), WR1
- Week 1, 2025: 8-55-0 (15), WR22
- Week 2, 2025: 3-49-0 (4), WR75
- Week 3, 2025: 5-55-0 (8), WR35
- Week 4, 2025: 8-110-1 (10), WR5
- Week 6, 2025: 10-158-1 (16), WR1
- Week 7, 2025: 4-42-0 (10), WR39
- Week 9, 2025: 9-118-3 (14), WR1
116 targets in 10 games (197 target pace over 17 games)! Three overall WR1 finishes! Not too shabby!
WR9 Ladd McConkey, WR25 Quentin Johnston, WR33 Keenan Allen: McConkey has been balling for the better part of the last five weeks, and it was great to see QJ find his way back to the end zone in Week 9 following that brutal Thursday night goose egg. Unfortunately, the success of these two and future Hall of Famer TE Oronde Gadsden (kidding, or am I?) has started to squeeze out Keenan. Now, the veteran is just two weeks removed from an 11-119-1 performance; just realize he's finished with under 60 scoreless yards in his five other games since Week 4. Wild but true: You can't score fantasy points without being on the field.
WR13 DeVonta Smith, WR15 A.J. Brown: That's right: I ranked Smith over AJB. And why not? Smith easily leads the way this season (WR15 vs. WR34 in PPR points per game) and trails AJB by 0.21 when including last year. Smith's route-running highlights from Week 8 were borderline erotic. Here's to hoping Brown (hamstring) is healthy enough to make me look stupid ahead of the Week 10 Monday night showdown against the Packers.
WR14 Rome Odunze: The 2024 NFL Draft's ninth overall pick looked unstoppable during the first month of the season on his way to working as the WR3 in PPR points per game (19.9) in Weeks 1-4. But since returning from the team's Week 5 bye? Yikes: Odunze's 7.2 PPR points per game are good for WR67 status behind guys like Mack Hollins and Tyler Johnson. Credit to Bengals CB DJ Turner for making life difficult last Sunday; maybe the Giants' 28th-ranked scoring defense is the get-right spot that the second-year talent so desperately needs.
WR23 Wan'Dale Robinson: The artist formerly known as Scam'Dale was back to his old tricks in Week 9.
Of course, style points don't matter in fantasy football land, and Robinson deserves credit for returning three top-25 finishes in the last four weeks inside an offense without many (any?) better places to go with the football. More fantasy goodness should be on tap this Sunday against the Bears' 29th-ranked scoring defense.
WR38 Tory Horton: Horton's 4-48-2 breakout on Sunday night football was awesome; just realize the extra opportunities were mostly there thanks to the absence of Cooper Kupp (heel, hamstring). Horton posted back-to-back goose-eggs in two games before the Seahawks' Week 8 bye and won't be a recommended start if Kupp does return to action for Sunday's matchup with the Cardinals. Still, the rookie has flashed and is deserving of a bench spots in fantasy leagues of most shapes and sizes.
WR49 Parker Washington: Will get a nice bump up the ranks into WR3 territory if Brian Thomas Jr. (ankle) and Dyami Brown (concussion) are unable to suit up this week. Of course, the matchup is far from ideal against Derek Stingley and a Texans defense that has allowed an NFL-low 15.1 points per game this season.
WR55 Jerry Jeudy: Leads the NFL with 54 targets without a receiving TD. Jakobi Meyers (49), Dalton Schultz (48) and Alec Pierce (45) are the only guys even close. Not great!
Tight End
Holy hell Brock Bowers!
What a performance from the stud TE! 13 targets, 12 receptions, 127 yards and 3 TDs–and Bowers even got tackled at the 1-yard line on another occasion. There was meat left on the bone!
Overall, Bowers racked up 43.3 PPR points—the highest single-game mark of 2025. Fun fact: Teammate Tre Tucker (40.9) is the only other guy to crack 40.
TE Quick hits
TE3 George Kittle: The stud TE has posted 0-0-0, 4-43-1 and 4-32-0 receiving lines on just 11 total targets in three games since returning from injury. Does this suck? Yes. Am I overly worried? No. Here's to hoping the potential return of Brock Purdy produces a spike, but yeah: Kittle remains one of the best football players on the planet—it's a matter of when, not if, a big-time explosion happens in fantasy land.
TE9 Colston Loveland: Shoutout to the 2025 NFL Draft's 10th overall pick for finally producing a big-time performance! 6 receptions, 118 yards, and a pair of scores: Loveland dominated … the Bengals … and Cole Kmet (concussion) missing the bulk of the afternoon certainly helped matters. This ranking reflects if Kmet is sidelined for Week 10, although it'd certainly make sense if the Bears start to (finally) lean into the playmaking ability of their rookie more moving forward.
TE11 Theo Johnson: While Johnson has gained only 35-plus yards on one occasion this season, the man knows how to find the end zone and continues to profile as a top-3 target (at worst) inside this Jaxson Dart-led passing attack.
- Week 4: 3 receptions-17 yards-1 TD (5 targets), PPR TE14
- Week 5: 6-33-2 (7), TE3
- Week 6: 2-27-0 (4), TE35
- Week 7: 3-66-1 (7), TE9
- Week 8: 3-20-0 (4), TE24
- Week 9: 3-27-1 (6), TE9
TE13 Mark Andrews: The man has 4 TDs in five games with Lamar Jackson this season. Funny how that works. Still, Andrews has just 21 total targets across those contests, and the recent route usage with the return of Isaiah Likely hasn't been ideal. With all that said: I admit this ranking feels low.
TE23 Luke Musgrave: The new TE1 in Green Bay with Tucker Kraft (ACL) done for the season. Ugh. Musgrave is talented in his own right, but the likelihood that this offense continues to spread things out in the passing game doesn't make him someone to overly prioritize in fantasy land for meow.
TE24 AJ Barner, TE34 Elijah Arroyo: Seahawks TEs as a whole have averaged 17.2 PPR points per game. That's more than teams like the Colts and Chargers! We could really get excited about this if fantasy embraced a team TE position … but that's not the reality of the situation, so both good real-life options remain TD-or-bust fantasy darts. Sad!
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