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Even though there are only four teams on bye, when you have the Chiefs and the Cowboys on bye, it's going to be tough to submit your lineup. But I'm going to try to help you out here with these rankings.
S tier, we do not need to talk about McCaffrey, Taylor, Bejan, Puka, JSN. If you have them, you put them in your lineup. Let's move on.
And honestly, I Let's get past A tier as well. If you have Gibbs, HN, James Cook, Rico Dael, I know Rico Dattle missed practice on Wednesday. He was back on Thursday. Rico Dattle is going to play this week. You put him in your lineup. Don't stress. Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley, Kairen Williams, Dererick Henry, Aman Ross St. Brown. If you have them, you put them in your lineup. Again, if you want to argue with me about the order of it, I'm not going to lie to you. I don't spend too much time thinking about the rankings in the top 14 players because all of these options are in your starting lineup anyway.
Now, going down to our B tier, this is when maybe we can discuss a few of these names. You should already know though, you are starting Justin Jefferson. If we're looking at Jefferson, well, yes, it's been by far and away the worst season of his NFL career where he is only averaging 15 and a half fantasy points per game. This is a career low, 81 receiving yards per game. This is a career low with his touchdowns per game, with his yards per target, with his yards per route run. Obviously, a lot of this has to do with quarterback play. It seemed like he was quarterback proof last year, but what we failed to understand was I guess Sam Darnold is just a great quarterback.
Going over and looking at Ibuka right now, you have an implied team total of 25 and a half points here for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This matchup against the Patriots should be a high-scoring one. And if you look at what we are currently dealing with when it comes to the lack of weapons for Baker Mayfield, everything is going to be funneled through Ibuka. You have no Godwin, you have no Mike Evans, and you have no Bucky Irving for this game. That's not official, but I'm going to assume it based on Bucky not practicing Wednesday or Thursday. If you make sure you're subscribed, I will continue to give you updates all the way until Sunday morning. McBuka is just going to be heavily involved. He is now four weeks removed from that injury that he had in week six against the San Francisco 49ers. So, we're going to assume the hamstrings 100% and he is going to be a jam.
Drake London is a jam as well. Drake London right now is averaging 19.1 fantasy points per game. That is more than Ibuka. That is more than Justin Jefferson. That puts him as the wide receiver six so far this season. This matchup in particular going up against the Indianapolis Colts overseas. I'm always going to be a little bit wary about these overseas games. But in reality, London's demonstrated an incredibly high ceiling. He scored three touchdowns this past week. I had to play against them this past week. It was brutal. You put them in your lineup against Indie.
And then Quinn Shawn Judkins actually is a really good matchup now that it looks like this New York Jets team has just completely given up. They've traded two of their best defensive players. So now all of a sudden they don't have a decent defense and at the same time you actually do have the Cleveland Browns favored in this game. So you should see Cleveland be able to run the ball consistently and Judkins does look like he is 100% from this shoulder injury.
Now moving over to our next tier, we are going to have Jaylen Warren. Um, Jaylen Warren just very stable when we're going to look at what we've had with the volume since he's returned from his injury. Again, I was concerned previously about the Kenneth Gainwell usage, but Gainwell's almost completely removed with Jaylen Warren. He had 16 carries, two targets this past week for a total of 18 opportunities. The week prior he had 16. The week before that, he had 21. So, he's just a three-down running back. I think the ceiling is going to be a little bit capped. This matchup specifically going up against the Los Angeles Chargers isn't great in Los Angeles where you do have the Chargers as the favorites.
Now, Bree Hall will be our next player. I personally just traded for Bree Hall. I will say that this is a brutal matchup going up against the Cleveland Browns. And while realistically you would want to assume, oh, okay, you're at risk for Breeze Hall just shutting down his season and kind of giving up on the year, clearly he was kicking and screaming trying to get traded out of the New York Jets organization earlier this week. Who can blame the guy? Um, I think that the reason he is going to toughen up and the reason why he is going to try to have a good end of this season is if you are looking at his contract situation this offseason, he needs all the leverage that he can get. He's a running back that is going in to his second deal. He's dealt with the significant injury in the past. So, I'm going to assume the last thing that Breez Hall wants is to end this season with an injury, whether real or fake, impacting his negotiation ability for his next contract. So, I'm assuming we're still getting Bree Hall trying his very best through the end of the year. This is a brutal matchup against the Cleveland Browns, though, where the Browns have been great against opposing running backs. The saving grace that I think we have with Bree this week, though, is he should be used as a receiver.
Now, moving over to our next player, we are going to have Devonte Adams. Um, with Devonte Adams, he's currently averaging 16 and a half fantasy points per game so far this season. It's a really strong matchup against the NerS where you have an implied team total of 27 points for the Los Angeles Rams. So, we should see a tremendous amount of dropbacks for Matthew Stafford as that's been the case pretty much all year. And with Puganua, he's 100% but Devonte Adams still is getting there with the receiving touchdowns almost every week.
Now, moving over to our next name, we are going to have Michael Pitman Jr. missed practice on Wednesday, but practicing full on Thursday. So, we're going to assume that he is 100%. There is nothing to be concerned about with him. Um, in terms of the raw volume that he's received, it's not like he's averaging that many targets per game, but this matchup against the Atlanta Falcons, again, the Indianapolis Colts have an implied team total of 27 and a half points. I believe the only teams that project to score more than Indie this week are actually going to be the Detroit Lions and the Buffalo Bills. So, it should be a big bounceback spot, and Pitman has cemented himself as the alpha.
Um, Zay Flowers will be our next wide receiver. If you were just using underdog projections to make these rankings, maybe y'all think that's more important than my opinion. I know it probably is. Um, they have Z Flowers currently higher lower 67 and a half receiving yards in comparison to Michael Pitman who's higher or lower 56 and a half. So maybe you should have Flowers higher in these ranks. Um, right now you do have a tough matchup in my mind though traveling to Minnesota where you do have the Baltimore Ravens projected to score fewer points. I'm with Zay Flowers. He's averaging 13 and a half fantasy points per game so far this season. But I honestly don't necessarily know how valuable that data point is just given the fact that you had so many games being missed from Lamar.
Then Lad Manki is also up here higher or lower 66 and at receiving yards on underdog at the moment. So he also projects out better than Devonte Adams and Michael Pitman. But with Lad, he just hasn't shown the same consistency as what you've had with the other wide receivers. And you just have so much target competition here going up against Gadston, Quinton Johnston, and Kenan Allen. Now, I will say it's an incredibly strong matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. And Lad McConi is averaging about 10 targets a game over the past four weeks. But of course, if you wanted to say, Mason, I actually would rather listen to those underdog projections than you. Or if you want to say, Mason, those underdog projections are garbage. I'm going to go higher than on Michael Pitman Jr., Uh, you can find the link to underdog in the description as well as the comment section. If you use code flock, you're going to get a $100 added to your account after you play your first five. And on top of that, you will get a gimme Aaron Rogers pick for the game on Sunday. Higher, lower, half a total yard. Underdog fantasies available in almost every single state. And when you use code flock, you'll get free questions that you can ask in the live streams, which we are doing every single night till the end of the season.
Now, moving over to our next name, we are going to have Garrett Wilson. So, Garrett Wilson does look like he's going to be 100% good to go. And one thing that may be beneficial for him through the rest of the year is now that this Jets defense is certifiably garbage, we just know for almost a fact that we should expect that you have target after target after target in the second half as we know that they're going to be trailing games and Justin Fields is going to have to drop back consistently. Now I would be a little bit hesitant to get him his first week back in but he is averaging more points per game than Lad Sutton Flowers and Pitman and typically you throw against the Cleveland Browns.
Now moving over to our next wide receiver, we are going to have Rome Adun. If you were just listening to underdog projections right now Rome is higher lower 52 and at receiving yards which is much lower than what we have with some of the other wide receivers on this list. But the reason why I'm going to rank Rome higher than his projection is one, I really like this matchup against the Giants. You have an implied team total of 25 and a half points here. And if we look at Roma, you have his dad going out there crying that he needs to get involved more. So I'm going to assume that the squeaky wheel here is maybe going to get a little bit of grease. Uh, you do have Luther Burden playing, but honestly for Rome specifically, I don't know how much Luther Burden matters. I think that's more so going to make an impact to Olid Zakius.
Now, our next wide receiver will be AJ Brown. He has already been cleared to be good to go for this game on Monday night. It will be a super exciting game on Monday night. I swear to God if YouTube TV doesn't figure out their crap. Um, but regardless, I know that AJ Brown's been much worse than Devont Smith so far this season. But coming out of the bye, I think you have to assume when he's 100% from this hamstring that he has figured it out and there's no reason for him to keep crying. It's not like he got traded.
Um, moving to Nico Collins. I am starting Nico Collins on my own fantasy team. I am really hoping that we see Nico get back to what he was last season. Is it going to happen? No. Um, but he is still solidly the wide receiver one here. A big issue that you're gonna have with Nico this week though is you have no CJ Strad. Davis Mills is a very clear downgrade. Um Nico this past week with Davis Mills though I mean was able to have 11 targets, seven receptions, and 75 receiving yards.
Now Jaylen Wadd is a wide receiver I just traded for. If y'all saw the Flock League video came out today, you all see I traded away Roma Dunay as well as Travis CTN for Jaylen Wadd, Bree Hall and some Fab Dollars. And what's actually funny is if you're looking at just the raw underdog projections this week, they have waddle higher lower 64 and a half receiving yards comparison to Roma Dunay higher lower 52 and a half. But a big difference between the offenses will be that you just don't have that much touchdown upside for the Miami Dolphins. Um this week in particular though, you actually do have Miami projecting to score more points than like the um Houston Texans. They have an implied team total of 20 and a half and obviously they're not going to be able to run the ball against the second half against the Buffalo Bills. They're going to have to throw it over and over and over again.
Um Chris Ave is in an offense that's much worse than Miami. Right now you have the Saints projected to score three and a half fewer points than the Miami Dolphins and a game that has a much lower overunder. But a lav is very similar to Waddle and that he's just going to see every single target in his offense especially now that you have Shahed dealt.
Now, Debo Samuel will be our next wide receiver. Another player that's in a bad offense, but at the same time, you can at least say, "Oh, okay. Well, he's going to get everything." You have no Terry McLaren. You have no Luke McCaffrey. You have no Austin Eckler. So, the weapons are thin. And you have an implied team total of 21 points here for Washington. So, it's not like sports books are telling us that I mean this team's going to be just a complete dumpster fire though Jaden Daniels. They should lose the game, but they should be able to put points up while they do it.
And the Devont Smith will be our last wide receiver in this range. Um Dvontto Smith, if it wasn't for the matchup being so bad against the Green Bay Packers, he would actually have one of my favorite underdog projections. They currently have them high or lower 48 receiving yards. But it's tough to go that direction with how good this Packers defense is because right now you do have the Philadelphia Eagles this week projected out with an apply team total of only 21 and a half points which again is only like one point higher than the Miami Dolphins.
Now moving down to our next tier, we are going to have DeAndre Swift here. Um with DeAndre Swift I think the expectations will be he's probably just the guy coming back. He got in a full practice on Thursday. Um, this matchup against the New York Giants is one in which the Chicago Bears project to score a ton of points. I mean, here he is averaging 15.9 fantasy points per game so far this season. And realistically, if you look at the opportunities that he has had, I mean, since the buy he came through, he had 17, 20, and 13. Earlier in the season, he had 20, 17, 18, 22. So the usage is trending in the wrong direction, but still if you're averaging 16 points per game, getting used as a receiver, 100% healthy, and your offense looks to score a lot of points this week, you're probably startable. Now, of course, I'll have lowered expectations because Kyle Manungi is there, but that's why DeAndre Swift is lower than these players like Bree Hall, Jaylen Warren in these ranks.
Now, our next name will be Jordan Mason. Jordan Mason may end up having to get nuked. I am making this ranking of Jordan Mason operating under the assumption that Aaron Jones is not gonna play. But Aaron Jones did get into practice on Thursday. If Aaron Jones does end up playing, what will probably have to happen is you're going to have to go through, you're going to have to move Jordan Mason down your rankings dramatically as Aaron Jones will be the guy that ends up with the receiving role. And of course, this matchup here for the Minnesota Vikings is one in which they're projected to lose because they have to play against the Baltimore Ravens.
Now, Travis ETN will be our next player. Again, I just traded away Travis ETN myself. Um, I really don't like the matchup that you have going up against the Houston Texans. Right now, you have an implied team total of 19 and a half points. This game has an overunder of like 37 and a half. It projects to be the lowest scoring game of the week. And if we are looking at this specific setup with the usage for ETN, while he did have 22 carries this past week, I mean that was good for 52% of the carries for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The numbers look a little bit inflated, of course, because this team did end up going to overtime.
Now, moving over to Rashad White, we are making this ranking under the assumption that you are going to have no Bucky Irving. This is a tough rush defense to go up against. And at the same time, what we can say is if we are looking at Shawn Tucker, um he expanded his role this past week before the buy for Tampa based off Rashad White's inability at the goal line. Um but if you have no Bucky Irving, Rashad White still has been able to come through and he's been able to have at least 15 opportunities per game every single game that you've had no Bucky.
Now Trevon Henderson will be our next running back. If we are looking at Trevian scores 12 and a half fantasy points the week without Remadre, of course you don't have him seeing everything in his backfield, but he did play 77% of the snaps. He had 20 opportunities. I still believe that he is a talented running back while at the same time you're in a spot in which um this should be a high-scoring game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Now with Well Robinson, um it's a good offense now. Jackson Dart just looks incredible. I mean, if we are looking at the volume that Wandelle's been getting as well, he had 11 targets this past week for the week prior, but then 1277. So without Malik Neighbors, I mean, he's sitting here averaging 7.6 targets per game, a career-high 60 receiving yards per game, a career-high 7.9 yards per target. So, it's just a much better offense. Of course, with Dart and this matchup, they actually do have an implied team total of 21 points at Chicago. It will be important to make sure that you monitor the weather. I know a lot of people are concerned about the weather here for the Chicago Bears Giants game. I will say, of course, Sports Books, they have information about the weather and they are putting out these projections. With that in mind,
Now Stefon Diggs will be our next wide receiver. If you look at Stefon Diggs, you do currently have a bump up with the expected target volume because you have no Kahan Booty. Now, realistically, if you look at Diggs, he's sitting here averaging 9.6 yards per target, 2.45 yards per route run. So, like, he's been an efficient wide receiver. He just hasn't been able to get on the field. He's only averaged 23 routes run per game according to flockfantasy.com. So, um, realistically, if the routes go up dramatically because you have no Kan Booty and at the same time this level of efficiency holds, Stefon Diggs could crush this week.
Now Marvin Harrison will be our next name. If you are looking at Marv, um, I understand that he had the massive week this past week against the Dallas Cowboys. And of course, this past week, he was much higher in our rankings because he played against the Dallas Cowboys. This week. It's a really tough matchup that you have going up against the Seattle Seahawks. So, I would be a little bit hesitant. I know he has a career-high with his seven receptions, but think about how sad that is. This is a player that has played 25 games in his NFL career, and his career high is seven receptions.
Um DK Metaf is going to be in my own lineup this week. Again, Metaf is sitting at a career low receptions per game. Pretty much career low targets per game. The man just isn't getting volume. This offense doesn't function to funnel volume to their wide receivers. They would rather use six different tight ends. Um, but you still have touchdown upside with DK Medaf. I mean, we all know he's built like me, he's athletic like me, he's tall like me, he's handsome like me, he's jack like me. So, I mean, when you have that type of physique, you're always able to go out there and have yourself a day.
Um, Romeo Dobs will be our next player. With Dobs, this matchup against Philly isn't a great one, but you have no Jaden Reed, you have no Tucker Craft, and potentially, I would assume, you have no Matthew Golden as well. So, you're actually seeing him this season with a career-high 85% of this team's snap share, and you're seeing him with a career-high 22.2% team target share. So, Romeo Dobs is turning into kind of a must-start name. Like him versus Tedo and McMillan. Like they're very similar with underdog projections. Rome's a higher lower 52 and a half receiving yards. T's higher lower 53 and a half. The reason I would go Rome though is I just think you have more touchdown upside in that offense. Like realistically with T, he has scored two touchdowns this season. Both came against the Dallas Cowboys and you're just dealing with some of the worst quarterback play in the NFL with Bryce Young.
Now this matchup in particular, you can tell by us ranking Rico Dattle up there as the ninth best player in fantasy football this week, it's going to be one in which the Carolina Panthers project to run the ball heavily as they are pretty big favorites here against the New Orleans Saints, which won't happen often.
Now Khil Shakir will be our next wide receiver. The Bills project to score a ton of points, but James Cook's good now, and they're probably going to be able to do this on the ground. Um, Shakir averaging 12.1 fantasy points per game, which is the same exact mark that you have with um, Tedo and McMillan. It's actually lower than what you have with our next few wide receivers with Jordan Addison as well as Quinton Johnston. Um, right now Addison's averaging 14 and a half fantasy points per game, but if you're just looking at the projections that you have with JJ McCarthy, not expected to see a ton of drawbacks, not expected to see a ton of passing volume, and you have back-to-back games here for Addison with only four targets. And obviously, this Baltimore Ravens defense is a lot healthier now than what it was.
Um, Quinton Johnston, my most drafted player on Underdog Fantasy. Super happy that we got the touchdown this past week. It was his first usable week that we have had since week four. But realistically, the targets are now just gone. I would love to rank him higher. I would love to say like, oh, Quinton Johnson is still a mustart name. But if we're looking at the amount of targets he has had with weeks five, seven, and I mean eight, nine all combined. He didn't play in week six, but week five he had four. Week seven he had six. Week eight, he had zero. Week nine, he had six. So, he's had 16 targets in the last like four games he's played. He's averaging four targets a game during that stretch. So, the volume is just now gone. Now, he's just a touchdown or bus player that's running um pretty hot on touchdowns.
Now David McGomery will be our next player. Obviously, David McGomery kind of a touchdown or bus running back, but this matchup in particular, they are heavily favored against Washington. So, you'd assume that they should be able to run the ball consistently, especially in the second half with Montgomery.
Um, Keenan Allen very similar to Quinton Johnston is just trending in the wrong direction. Like, if you go ahead and look at the emergence of Gadston, this has led us to see Keenan Allen fall over the past two weeks to only running 17 and 21 routes, where in the first seven weeks of the season, his lowest mark was 26. He's actually only had five targets here in back-to-back games. So, Keenan Allen just simply doesn't look startable at this point.
Now, going over and looking at Kenneth Walker, um Kenneth Walker is a running back that isn't startable because he doesn't see enough volume. Like, as a receiver, he has regressed so much where in 2024, he was averaging 4.8 targets per game. Since then that has come down to 1.4 and also he is sitting with a career low of 13.3 carries per game despite him getting to play a game this season with no Zack Charbanet and now Charbanet is good to go.
Um Kamani Vidal I understand maybe you want to go ahead maybe you want to put him higher in these ranks and I wouldn't fault you at all if you decided to do it. My hold up with him is, oh, okay. Well, we saw him fall dramatically this past week to only 13 total opportunities. And over the past two weeks, he's only had three total targets. Now, you have Joall injured. It's a spot in which this offensive line now projects be one of the worst in the league. And I don't think Kamani Vidal is that talented of a running back.
Um, Tyrone Tracy will be our next RB. Tyrone Tracy I thought was going to be able to come through and see like 70 plus% of the snaps the same way that he did in week one and he split the back field with Devin Singleary and only played 44%. And Tyrone Tracy sadly is not talented enough to be a startable running back in fantasy if he's playing half of the snaps for the New York Giants.
Um DJ Moore will be our next wide receiver. If you're looking at more, I understand that he had the massive blow up this past week. And if you look this past week, he was higher in our rankings because what happened? He played against the Cincinnati Bengals. And you had no Luther Burton. So, it was a great matchup. You had no Luther Burden. You go jam in DJ Moore here. He doesn't get to play against the Bengals this week. Luther Burden's back. And DJ Moore honestly had the massive blowout. and I want to say was a tad bit lucky to get there because realistically he still only had six targets. DJ Moore this season is averaging five and a half targets per game which is the lowest mark that we have seen since his rookie season.
Now Alec Pierce will be our next wide receiver. Alec Pierce is trending in the right direction. I mean Alec Pierce right now is averaging a career-high 6.4 targets per game. Career-high 3.4 four receptions, 71 receiving yards, career-high 2.33 yards per out run. Um, this past week he had 13 targets. If you start him, you at least get to watch him on the island game here in Europe with no other games going on.
Um, Jawan Jennings will be our next wide receiver. If we are looking at Jennings, I mean, I'm a little bit hesitant to go out there and say that he's a must-art player, but he's had four receptions every week over the past three. You have no Ricky Pieraw. This should be a game in which there are a ton of points scored against the Los Angeles Rams. So, I mean, he is a week healthier as well.
Woody Marks will be our next player. Um, Woody Marks super low with the underdog projections this week. Currently higher lower 51 and a half total yards. I guess maybe this just has to do with the fact that it's going to be a bad offense with no CJ Shroud. Not super concerned about the matchup that you have against the Jacksonville Jaguars at this point. Um, and Woody Marks at the same time's averaged four targets a game over the past three games. He's averaged 10 carries a game over the past three games. So, he does seem like somebody that you can definitely start. Like I would put him over Nick Chub just because you do have the points per reception from Markx where obviously you're not going to be getting that from Chub.
Even if Chub projects to have more yards with Zack Charbanet, if we were looking at him in comparison to Kenneth Walker, he's actually been able to come through and see more work while they both been healthy together. Like while Kenneth Ber is seeing a career low when it comes to his carries per game, Zack Sharpet is seeing a career high when it comes to his carries per game with 11.4. Zack Sharpet is also averaging 1.3 carries per game inside the 5yd line. And if we're going to be comparing this to Kenneth Walker, Kenneth Walker is averaging 0.6 carries inside the five yard line from a per game perspective. So you do have Sharp as the goal line back. I just think Kenneth Walker is the more talented player and you actually have more big play upside with him.
Moving over to Alvin Kamara. This is a statement ranking from Alvin Kamara. I just don't want you to put him in your lineup. He's dusted. It's over. Alvin Kamar is averaging 9.1 fantasy points per game. I don't even know if he's going to be drafted in fantasy drafts next year. It is sad, but again, he is just it's done.
Now, our next player will be Jameson Williams. With JMO, he had a big week last week, so what can you pencil in? He's not going to have a big week this week.
Parker Washington, I know a lot of people are excited to put him in their lineups, but I'd say two things. One, they just traded for a player named Jacobe Buy Myers. While I understand Parker Washington's still going to be on the field because again, every wide receiver in this Jacksonville Jaguars offense is injured. I think Parker Washington's a bad wide receiver. I think he has a bad quarterback. I think he's in a bad offense and I think he's a bad matchup. And Jacobe is there now.
Now our last tier players, Dermacado is a bad running back in a bad offense in a bad matchup in a committee. Don't start him. Jaka Crossit is in a bad matchup in a bad offense and doesn't catch the ball. Don't start him. Kyle Manungi, I think he eats into Swift's workload. He's capping Swift in my rankings this week, but I wouldn't start him. Christian Watson would not start, but you do have big play upside. Jerry Judy is a stain to fantasy football. I wouldn't start him even if you have Harold Fannon out.
Um Jacobe Myers, Darius Sllayton, Shahed, Josh DS. Honestly, um if you check the rankings on flockfantasy.com, we're going to update this. The only player that looks startable in this range, the guy that I would put in would actually be Darius Sllayton. But I really appreciate y'all hanging out with us in this video. Again, I want to remind you if you wanted to check out any of those underdog projections, you can find the link to underdog fantasy in the description as well as the comment section of this video. If you use code flock, you're going to get a $100 added to your account after you play your first five. And on top of that, you're going to get a gimme Aaron Rogers pick high or lower half a total yard for that Sunday game. And you're going to be getting free questions that you can ask me in the live streams that I'm going to be live streaming every single day until the end of the season. I really appreciate you. Really hope we get to see on the live stream sometime soon.