4) Patrick Mahomes vs. Commanders
Mahomes is so good that he was able to put up over 26 points last week without even playing the 4th quarter. His offense is now clicking on all cylinders as they welcomed back Rashee Rice to their receiver room to join a finally healthy Xavier Worthy, along with Hollywood Brown, Juju Smith-Schuster, Tyquon Thornton, and Travis Kelce. Mahomes is having one of the best seasons of his career, and the only negative I can possibly see is that he won’t need to run as much as he has in the early going since he will now have plenty of open targets downfield. Luckily for his fantasy owners, the Chiefs still don’t have much of a running game, so Mahomes will keep slinging it until the games get comfortably out of reach for their opponents. This week, the Chiefs take on Marcus Mariota and the Commanders, and Mahomes should be able to put up numbers similar to what Dak Prescott did against them last week. He’s an easy every-week starter regardless of opponent.
5) Bo Nix vs. Cowboys
Here we are again. Insert “Quarterback X against the Cowboys” in our top 10 every week, regardless of who that QB happens to be. Even somebody like Bryce Young managed to have one of his best games of the season against Dallas, so why wouldn’t we want to fire up an exciting young player coming off of his best fantasy game of the season? It’s a rhetorical question; we would and we do and we will. Nix caught fire in the 4th quarter last week against the Giants and ended up being the top fantasy scorer for the week with almost 40 points. I wouldn’t expect that perfect storm to happen again this week, but he will be a top 10 option against a Dallas squad that is ranked dead last against the pass in the league. The Cowboys have played in shootouts every week and even a stout Denver defense isn’t going to completely shut down Dak and company. If Jackson Dart and the Giants can post 30+ points against the Broncos in Denver, there’s no reason to think the Cowboys won’t be able to post a similar number on the scoreboard. Get any pieces of this game you may have on your roster in your lineup this week.
6) Dak Prescott vs. Broncos
Almost everything I just wrote about Bo Nix and Patrick Mahomes also applies to Dak. Like Mahomes, Dak’s offense is now clicking on all cylinders as he was able to welcome back CeeDee Lamb to join George Pickens, Jake Ferguson, and Javonte Williams on a Dallas unit that was already averaging over 30 points per game. With Lamb in the mix, the team messed around and scored over 40 in week 7. Like Nix, Dak will be playing in a game that will involve the Cowboys defense. Prescott’s fantasy owners have that luxury every single week, which makes Dak an easy every-week starter in fantasy. Fire Dak up and expect him to put up north of 20 fantasy points for the 5th straight game.
