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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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Last week, with Love back, Kraft had an 84% route share, a 13% target share, 1.13 YPRR, 53 receiving yards, and an 11.1% first-read share. Overall, this season, Kraft is the TE12 in fantasy points per game. Kraft is tied for the team lead in red zone targets with four. Kraft is a low-end TE1 this week against a Rams pass defense that has allowed the fifth-most fantasy points per game and the seventh-most receiving yards to tight ends.
Yeah, sadly, this is where we are right now. Mahomes has fallen from must-start status. No, this isn’t an overreaction. He’s currently the QB16 in fantasy points per game. Among 37 qualifying quarterbacks, he has flashed his usual excellence, ranking ninth in CPOE and seventh in highly accurate throw rate, but it hasn’t equated to fantasy success as he’s 15th in yards per attempt, 20th in passer rating, and 20th in fantasy points per dropback. Depending on your options at quarterback this week, it’s worth considering streaming another quarterback over Mahomes. New Orleans has allowed only one passing touchdown this season, the lowest passer rating, the 11th-lowest CPOE, and the seventh-fewest fantasy points via passing.
Hunt took over as the team’s leadback last week. He played 45% of the snaps with 16 touches and 85 total yards. Hunt led the way with a 58.3% snap share on rushing plays and split the red zone snaps with Perine (50% for each player). He conceded the passing game work to Perine with only a 32.4% passing down snapshare. Hunt looked good in his first game back, with a 21% missed tackle rate and 2.71 yards after contact per attempt. We’ll see if he can maintain that level of tackle-breaking as the volume piles up. Hunt has a decent matchup this week against the Saints, who have allowed the 14th-highest explosive run rate and missed tackle rate while also surrendering the fourth-highest yards before contact per attempt. The Chiefs’ offensive line has done a decent job of opening up room for the backs, ranking 14th-best in yards before contact per attempt.
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