It’s hard to believe fantasy football is coming to a close and that this is my last recurring article of the season. Making just one championship is a feat in itself in this pandemic and injury-plagued year.
Playing in fantasy football leagues lately has felt like you're playing DFS except your choices are the under $5k guys
— BonnieNFL (@FantasyQueenB) December 26, 2021
With the hurdles we faced, I’m satisfied with advancing to four playoffs and two championship rounds out of seven leagues. I include the total number of leagues I’m in for a more transparent and accurate picture when discussing playoff records. There is a big difference between making the title game in 3 of 6 leagues versus 3 out of 25. That said, we did get ourselves here, so let’s take down some championships and start the New Year with a bang!
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In this column, I analyze players with some of the most considerable variances (standard deviations) in the individual PPR rankings by my FantasyPros colleagues. Hopefully, these comparative assessments against the rankings will aid with fantasy lineup decisions, and I will try to include less obvious and trending players when possible. If you like my work, please follow me on Twitter.
Feast
Devin Singletary – (BUF)
ECR: RB20 – STDEV 3.4
It’s been hard to predict Devin Singletary’s weekly workload this season, but he’s been leading the backfield in snaps since week 12. Zack Moss has been a healthy scratch in three of the Bills’ last five games in favor of Singletary and Matt Breida, with Breida handling just a few totes each outing. With Singletary dominating the carries, he has finished as a top-15 RB in three consecutive weeks and is averaging 16.8 ppg in the same span. He faces an Atlanta Falcons defense that gives up the ninth-most fantasy points to backs. Pencil him in for another RB2 performance.
Boston Scott – (PHI)
ECR: RB32 – STDEV 6.3
The Philadelphia backfield has produced plenty of production since the team committed to the run game in Week 8. The Washington Football team just surrendered two touchdowns to Ezekiel Elliott of the Cowboys, and the Eagles ran for 238/2 against them just two weeks ago. Boston Scott found the end zone after Miles Sanders exited the Week 16 game, and now Sanders is out this week, and Jordan Howard is questionable. If Howard can’t suit up, treat Scott as a mid to high-end RB 3.
Foster Moreau – (LV)
ECR: TE19 – STDEV 3.7
After Darren Waller‘s Week 12 injury, Foster Moreau was a waiver wire priority, but managers left him for dead after putting up duds in Weeks 13-14. Since being featured on offense in the last two weeks, Moreau has rebounded with consecutive top-10 finishes. He will be in the TE1 conversation again against a tight end-friendly Indianapolis defense that yields the third-most points to the position. The Colts also allow an average of 67.4 receiving yards per game to tight ends, the most in the league.
Famine
Isaiah McKenzie – (BUF)
ECR: WR50 – STDEV 10.3
Following his 29.5 point fantasy performance against the New England Patriots, Isaiah McKenzie was a popular addition off the waiver wire this week. He stepped up significantly in the absence of Cole Beasley and Gabriel Davis, hauling in 11 of 12 targets for 125 yards and one touchdown. Now he gets a compelling matchup against the pass funnel defense of the Atlanta Falcons. However, Beasley and Davis have cleared protocols and will be active for the game, relegating McKenzie back to a minimal role. Emmanuel Sanders missed practice this week, but the Bills will use Davis in three-receiver sets alongside Beasley and Stefon Diggs instead if Sanders doesn’t play. Before last week, McKenzie hadn’t had more than three targets in a game this season. With that said, it’s hard to imagine him even having WR4 value for this matchup.
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