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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Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 10
Fitz’s Fantasy Football Takes
Daniel Jones has a great matchup against the Panthers, who have the second-worst opponent passer rating in the league and are giving up 8.0 yards per pass attempt. Carolina has allowed 18 touchdown passes, tied for third-most in the league. Jones has produced more than 200 passing yards in five of his last seven games and adds value as a runner. Consider him a high-end QB2 in what looks like a nice spot.
Najee Harris has run for over 100 yards in three consecutive games — coinciding with Jaylen Warren‘s return from a knee injury three weeks ago. It doesn’t matter much that Najee shares work with Warren since the Steelers are running the ball at the second-highest rate in the league. Najee has had 21 and 19 carries in his last two games. This week, Najee faces a Washington defense that has given up 366 rushing yards over its last two games. The Commanders’ run defense has slipped since losing DT Jonathan Allen to a torn pec a few weeks ago. Regard Najee as a midrange RB2 this week.
Hang in there, Jaylen Waddle stakeholders. This could be the week that your investment finally pays off. We had Jacob Gibbs of CBS as a guest on our rankings shows this week, and Jacob made some terrific points about Waddle. Jacob pointed out that since 2020, no college receiver has surpassed Waddle in yards per route run. He was the sixth overall draft pick in 2021. Waddle has begun his NFL career with three straight 1,000-yard seasons. Yes, his numbers have been bitterly disappointing. But the Miami passing game was completely broken while Tua Tagovailoa was recovering from a concussion, and Miami’s receivers have faced tricky matchups in three of the four games Tua has played. Two of those games were against the Bills, who have one of the lowest WR target rates and one of the highest RB target rates in the NFL. One of the other Tua games was against the Cardinals, whose defense has the lowest first-read target rate in the league. The Cardinals also have one of the highest low-box rates in the league. They want to take away the big play and invite you to run the ball and throw to your running backs. The other Tua game was against the Jaguars in Week 1, when Waddle had five catches for 109 yards. Get Waddle into your lineups against a Rams defense that has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points to wide receivers.
T.J. Hockenson had a training-wheels game last week in his return from a major knee injury. He played 45% of the Vikings’ offensive snaps and had 3-27-0 on four targets. Expect a bigger role for Hockenson this week against a Jaguars defense that has yielded the eighth-most fantasy points to tight ends.
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