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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It’s pretty amazing that we’re now confidently ranking Sam Darnold as a low-end QB1 in a week where there are only two teams on bye. But, hey, we love Darnold’s pass catchers, we love Kevin O’Connell as a play caller, and the matchup against the Lions this week isn’t bad — especially with Aidan Hutchinson no longer around to harass quarterbacks. Darnold has topped 20 fantasy points in three of his five games this season.
Sean Tucker quickened pulses with 14-136-1 rushing and 3-56-1 receiving last week in the Buccaneers’ 51-27 win over the Saints. Rachaad White missed that game with a foot injury, and Tucker was out-snapped by Bucky Irving 49-29, with a lot of Tucker’s touches coming late in the game. The only Tampa Bay RB I’m interested in is Irving, who’s looked terrific this season. Irving had a spectacular 31-yard run last week on which he ran wide left, broke one tackle, stiff-armed another defender to the ground, then cut back across the field to set up a series of blocks and wound up going out of bounds on the right sideline. Assuming White misses another game, I’m ranking Irving RB19 and Tucker RB47. If White returns, I’ll have Irving ranked as a high-end RB3 and White as a low-end RB3.
I initially ranked Amari Cooper as a high-end WR3 for his Buffalo debut but now have him as a low-end WR3. He’s probably not going to walk right into 12-13 targets, and he has a difficult matchup against the Titans, who have allowed the second-fewest fantasy points to wide receivers. But it’s worth noting that Cooper has been traded in-season once before. He went from the Raiders to the Cowboys in 2018, and that deal also took place in Week 7. Cooper played right away for Dallas, logged an 85% snap share and had five catches for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Mark Andrews finally scored his first touchdown of the season last week. Yay! He also had a season-high 66 yards. But Andrews only played half of the Ravens’ offensive snaps. I still have concerns about Andrews’ role, so I can’t rank him any higher than TE13. (And quite frankly, even that feels a little too high.)
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