Our own Pat Fitzmaurice has been among the most accurate fantasy football experts in the industry over the last several years. Fitz was THE most accurate in-season ranker in 2020. What better way to prepare for your fantasy football start/sit lineup decisions than by reviewing his fantasy football rankings? You can do just that below.
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In 2021, Joe Burrow threw for 941 yards and seven touchdowns in two regular-season games against the Ravens. Since then, the Ravens have had better luck against Mr. Burrow. Over his last five games against Baltimore (including a playoff game in early 2022), Burrow has averaged 192.8 passing yards. It’s not an encouraging trend, but Burrow has been sharp over his last three games, throwing seven TD passes and averaging 7.8 yards per attempt. Consider him a low-end QB1 this week.
De’Von Achane is a hard player to rank. It’s easy to understand any reluctance to start him after Achane had 10-15-0 rushing and 3-14-0 receiving in Miami’s putrid offensive performance against the Titans on Monday night. The thing is, there are 13 appealing options at running back this week. To me, Achane is the best of the rest. Yes, the Dolphins’ offense has become a fetid swamp. But Achane is clearly Miami’s lead back, he’s getting a lot of touches, and he has the speed to break off a big play any time he touches the ball.
Please don’t spite-bench Garrett Wilson. Yes, he’s off to a slow start, but Wilson has dealt with some difficult matchups over the first four weeks, and his numbers are far from awful. He has a 25.6 percent target share. He’s on pace for 85 catches and just over 1,000 — which is about what he gave us the last two years with worse QB situations. I’m not worried about Aaron Rodgers‘ passing ability based on what we’ve seen so far. Wilson is still no worse than a low-end WR1 or top-end WR2. Bench him at your own peril.
In a bleak TE landscape, Green Bay’s Tucker Kraft could be a ray of hope now that Packers QB Jordan Love has returned from a sprained MCL. Kraft earned nine targets against the Vikings last week and had a season-high six receptions for 53 yards and a touchdown. Love threw 54 passes with the Packers in catch-up mode for most of that game, so we shouldn’t count on such heavy target volume for Kraft every week. But Love is one of the NFL’s better passers, and Kraft has getting ample playing time. His snap shares in Green Bay’s last two games: 80% and 96%.
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