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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice
Goff has been cooking as the QB11 in fantasy. He is blowing the doors off efficiency metrics, ranking first in yards per attempt, sixth in passer rating, tenth in fantasy points per dropback, and fifth in hero throw rate. He will face a tough test against Minnesota this week. The Vikings have been locking down passers, allowing the fifth-lowest yards per attempt, the lowest passer rating in the NFL, and the 12th-lowest CPOE. Minnesota’s league-leading blitz and pressure rates have been a big part of their success. Goff could torch this secondary this week, as he has also been excellent against the blitz. Goff is 13th in passing grade, sixth in big-time throw rate, and first in yards per attempt when blitzed.
Last week, Andrews FINALLY led the tight end group for Baltimore in route share (53%). He turned the playing time into a 15.4% target share, 66 receiving yards (4.13 YPRR), and an 18.2% first-read share. Andrews’ playing time this season has been puzzling, but it seems that Baltimore is finally waking up and realizing that playing Andrews more means good things for this offense. Overall, Andrews has 1.68 YPRR and a 12.7% first read share. He is fifth on the team with only two red zone looks, but they have both come in the last two games. This is a great matchup to consider Andrews for lineups this week. Tampa Bay is 16th in fantasy points per game allowed to tight ends, but they have allowed the fourth-most receiving yards to the position.
Otton is the TE20 in fantasy points per game. That doesn’t really tell the entire story of his season so far. Since Week 3, his usage has increased. Across the last four weeks, he is the TE12 in fantasy with a 17.9% target share, 1.41 YPRR, and a 15.5% first-read share. Otton is third on the team with five red zone targets. He has a glorious matchup this week and should flirt with TE1 value again in Week 7. Baltimore has allowed the most receiving yards and the tenth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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