Matthew Stafford

It's tough to start Stafford this week outside of Superflex formats. Injuries have decimated the Rams receiver room and offensive line. Stafford and this offense will experience growing pains with all of the shuffling of the depth chart. It's not like Stafford has been playing lights out either before adding all of these elements into the equation. Stafford is the QB27 in fantasy points per game. Among 34 qualifying quarterbacks, he is 19th in yards per attempt, 24th in CPOE, and 29th in fantasy points per dropback. Stafford has also faced the tenth-highest pressure rate. San Francisco has given up the fourth-highest yards per attempt, the eighth-highest passer rating, and the fourth-most fantasy points from passing. They have not been a good pass defense, but they could be elevated this week against an offense that features plenty of backups that have been elevated because of injury armageddon.

Matthew Stafford completed 19-of-27 passes for 216 yards in the Rams 41-10 loss against the Cardinals.

Fantasy Impact

Stafford did not throw for a touchdown or an interception, but did lose a fumble. He was already playing without Puka Nacua and lost Cooper Kupp on Sunday, so he'll be tough for fantasy managers to trust next week against the 49ers.