New York Giants at Chicago Bears 1:00 p.m. EST
I think we can play QB Jaxson Dart by himself and move on. He can do it with his legs and should have a good chance to run one in. He has a solid base of 20 fantasy points, with 24 more likely. What about WR Wan’Dale Robinson? You can pair him up with Dart, but he has to score a touchdown to break 20 points, and it’s going to take that to win a tournament. I don’t think TE Theo Johnson will do enough, and the running backs are splitting carries, which means I’m out on both backs, Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary.
The Bears offense took off against the Bengals, but let’s calm down. Everybody does well against the Bengals, including the Jets. Regardless, QB Caleb Williams is still priced right against a leaky Giants secondary, and he should have close to 20 points. I think I like WR Rome Odunze to have a bounce-back game after not having a catch last week. How shocking that was for a team that scored 47 points. I have a feeling they will feed him the ball. Let’s see if WR Luther Burden is back this week. If so, then I think we can pass on WR Olamide Zaccheaus. Otherwise, if Burden is out, we can play him and hope he scores a touchdown. RB D’Andre Swift returned to practice, and he has a great matchup, but can we trust that he will get a full workload? I can’t see the Bears shying away from RB Kyle Monangai. I think he did enough to earn more carries, especially if they don’t want Swift to go through increased wear and tear.
Cleveland Browns at New York Jets 1:00 p.m. EST
The Browns are coming off their bye week, and RB Quinshon Judkins is back at practice. He is going to be a big play for me now that the Jets traded DT Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys. I expect 20 plus touches and a trip into the end zone. As usual, the wide receivers are not in play, but the tight ends are. Both tight ends, David Njoku and Harold Fannin, broke double digits last week. They have a great matchup vs. the Jets, and I’m going to favor Njoku because he is a bit cheaper. This would have been much easier had Njoku been traded. If Judkins can break a long TD off early, then the Jets may give up after trading their two best defensive players.
We don’t know who will be starting at QB for the Jets, but we do know that WR Garrett Wilson is back, and RB Breece Hall was not traded. No matter who the QB is, one would think Wilson will be peppered with targets, as the opposing team’s top receivers have done very well against the Browns. QB Tyrod Taylor would boost my confidence to play Wilson in more lineups than with QB Justin Fields. This is not a good matchup for Hall as the Browns don’t allow many rushing yards. They do allow catches to backs, but RB Isaiah Davis was out there for 40% of the snaps last time out, which would really hurt Hall’s production. TE Mason Taylor could be a play only if it is Taylor at QB because Taylor will pepper him with targets, and I don’t think Fields will.
