6) Matthew Stafford vs. 49ers
I have to be honest; I really haven’t been fair to Stafford this year. I guess it’s his age and the rumors about his wonky back during preseason practices, but I’ve just been waiting all year for him to fall apart, and he just keeps plugging away. He hasn’t been spectacular, but he’s had some big games and sits as the #9 QB overall in fantasy for the year. To think he sits at #9 and I haven’t had him in my top 10 list once, makes me wonder what I have been missing.
The answer has more to do with how he’s been scoring his points rather than how many points he’s scored. When we rank the top ten, we are looking for the safest options for the most important position on your fantasy team. When Stafford hits, he hits big with 26+ fantasy points in 4 of his 8 games. When he misses, he leaves us wanting a bit with less than 15 points in 3 of the remaining 4 games. Feast or famine players at WR are a little easier to deal with than guys like Stafford or (gulp) Justin Fields, who can single-handedly win you a week but also lose it just as easily.
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This week, Stafford and the Rams will look for a measure of revenge against a San Francisco team that shocked them earlier in the season on a Thursday Night game. In that game, Stafford scored 28.56 points thanks to 389 passing yards and 3 scores. I’m not sure we can expect those lofty numbers again as those were scored while chasing Mac Jones and the 49ers in the second half, but I do expect this to be a competitive game. He has his full complement of weapons, so it’s wheels up for Stafford this week if you have him.
7) Jared Goff vs. Commanders
Normally, if a team is a heavy favorite, I don’t love playing their classic drop-back passing QB in a game that could potentially end up as a blowout. This game does qualify, since I don’t know if Marcus Mariota will be able to lead this Washington offense on enough scoring drives to turn this game into a shootout. That being said, the Lions are coming off an embarrassing loss at home against the Vikings, and I just love playing any of Dan Campbell’s players in games like this. After their Week 1 loss to Green Bay, Detroit came back and trounced the Bears behind five passing touchdowns from Goff. While he didn’t light up the Bucs like I was expecting after their loss to Kansas City, I feel like this Washington team will provide the perfect punching bag for Campbell and the Lions to work out their frustrations on. The Commanders rank 29th in the league against the pass, and I expect at least 3 scores from Jared Goff and his pass catchers.
8) Jaxson Dart vs. Bears
The Giants offense has completely fallen apart, leaving young Jaxson Dart on an island as he tries to navigate his team through the rest of 2025. The trade deadline came and went without New York adding any of the rumored available receiving options, so it will be up to Wandale Robinson, Darius Slayton, and Theo Johnson to step up and be Big Blue’s top pass catchers. The problem is that, other than Robinson, the other guys can’t catch.
Theo is a big, bruising tight end, and he’s tough to tackle when he does manage to hold onto the ball, as we saw on his touchdown catch and run last weekend. We also saw Slayton drop an easy touchdown while the other options, like Gunnar Olszewski and Ray-Ray McLoud, showed us why they are better suited for special teams work, as they struggled to get open. Through it all, Dart is putting up fantasy points thanks to his legs and sheer will. He topped 27 fantasy points for the second time this season in the Giants’ Week 9 loss at home to San Francisco. This team will be playing from behind every week, and Dart is going to keep slinging it and running for his life as long as he’s physically able to. His performance in Week 9 earned him the #6 spot overall for the week at QB, and he should remain a top 12 option every week from here out. The Bear defense is just terrible, and if there is a game on the Giants’ remaining schedule that they could possibly win, this one may be it. Either way, play Dart if you have him and don’t have one of the previously mentioned options.
