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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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Richardson has been a QB1 in two of his last four starts (QB5, QB9). This is largely due to his rushing production, as he has averaged nine carries and 46.8 rushing yards while logging four rushing touchdowns. Since Week 11, among 35 qualifying quarterbacks, he has ranked 30th in yards per attempt, 33rd in passer rating, 34th in highly accurate throw rate, and had the third-highest off-target throw rate. All of the improvements in his game that I saw on film against the Jets have seemingly melted away. It has been a rough showing over the last three games for Richardson. He has a wonderful matchup this week, but at this juncture, it’s legitimate to be worried about Richardson, even in good matchups. His rushing production will likely put him somewhere inside the top 15 fantasy quarterbacks for the week, but his passing will determine his ceiling for the week. Since Week 10, Tennessee has allowed the tenth-most yards per attempt, the fifth-most passing touchdowns, and the highest CPOE.
Since Week 11, Moore has been the WR13 in fantasy points per game while seeing six red zone targets. Since Week 7, Detroit has utilized single-high at the ninth-highest rate (58.8%). Since Week 11, against single-high, Moore has had a 33.3% target share, 2.32 YPRR, and a 37.9% first-read share. Moore should crush this week. Since Week 12, Detroit has allowed the 11th-most PPR points per target and fantasy points per game to perimeter wide receivers.
Well, I was wrong about Irving’s workload last week. I thought he would be more limited than he was. Irving played 44% of the snaps and rattled off 17 touches and 113 total yards. It was his second 100-yard rushing day of the season. Since Week 8, Irving has averaged 15.7 touches and 96.2 total yards as the RB11 in fantasy points per game. During those seven games, among 36 qualifying backs, Irving has ranked 12th in explosive run rate, fourth in missed tackles forced per attempt, and first in yards after contact per attempt. Irving is in the RB1/2 mix again in Week 16. Since Week 10, Dallas has allowed the 12th-most rushing yards per game, the sixth-highest explosive run rate, and the seventh-highest success rate to gap runs (since Week 10, Irving 58.8% gap).
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