🏈 The Gameplan

Good morning. After 4 INTs, maybe Taysom Hill is tight end?

Maybe it’s time for Tony Pollard to take the starting job?

Enough questions, let’s get into it.

Your Feedback

Before we get into it, thank you for the responses to our survey earlier this week. We listened and have a roadmap going forward. A few things:

• We’ll shift the newsletter to every other day. This won’t be permanent, as we’ll move to once-per-week in the fantasy offseason and back to daily around August 2022.

• This made sense for three reasons:1) Your feedback - many voted for daily, but the majority preferred this model2) Trade deadlines, teams eliminated, and fewer moves to make 3) Allows us to pack the most valuable content while staying on top of everything

This means the newsletter drops Tuesdays/Thursdays/Sundays - prime football days.

Let’s GOOOOO

Antonio Brown, Liar. Bruh.

Per Adam Schefter, Bucs WR Antonio Brown and DB Mike Edwards have been suspended three games without pay for violating NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols. They'll be out through Week 15's game.

• The fake vaccination card will cost AB $183K in salary.

• How did this story break? Jon Gruden’s favorite WR didn’t pay his personal chef, who tipped off everyone.

The Sickos

Checking in on (many) injured players:

Rapoport confirmed that Kyler Murray (ankle) and DeAndre Hopkins (hamstring) are expected to return this week against the Bears. There was “no sign” of Darren Waller (knee) at Thursday's practice, and D'Andre Swift (shoulder) "feels like a long shot" to return in Week 14. TE Foster Moreau is worth grabbing.

• Melvin Gordon (hip/shoulder) would not practice today and will be "50-50" to play against the Chiefs. Fire up Javonte.

• James Robinson (heel, knee) was sidelined - Edit: Robinson was limited, not sidelined - for Thursday's practice. (Maybe) fire up Hyde.

Pat Freiermuth (concussion) should be out there against a Ravens defense coughing fantasy points to the TE position. The Muth is a safe start with 6-8 targets since JuJu went down for the season (and Ebron is out).

Miles Sanders (ankle) was upgraded to a full practice on Thursday and "plans on playing" - a great sign for him seeing the majority carries against a weak Jets run defense (6th most rush yards allowed).

Jeeeez of the day

Taysom Hill has BOUNCE

Toe * drag * swag

Fantasy Football Playoffs

We focus on the fantasy playoffs - the players to stash and defences to stream.

Less owned WRs with upside

1. Van Jefferson

2. K.J. Osborn

3. Deonte Harris

4. DeAndre Carter

5. Zach Pascal

Top 10 RB stashes for the fantasy playoffs (article)

Handcuff RBs no one’s talking about

• Khalil Herbert

• Ronald Jones

• Nyheim Hines

• Sony Michel

• Samaje Perine

• Jeff Wilson Jr.

• Kenyan Drake

• Carlos Hyde

The softest fantasy playoff schedules according to aFPA:

• Bengals - DEN (24th), BAL (26th), KC (23rd)

• Chargers - KC (23rd), HOU (32nd), DEN (24th)

• Seahawks - LAR (17th), CHI (31st), DET (27th)

Yards per Route Run

A tale of two seasons for the rookie WRs. Elijah Moore is so much better without Zach Wilson. Ja'Marr Chase is a YACstar (video).

Quick Slants

• Seahawks signed Adrian Peterson to their practice squad. Peterson felt he had gotten his legs back under him when TEN cut him last week. He said he wants to play Sunday. Then he bypassed the stairs to jump off the stage when his presser ended. 😂

• Who is your call for the player who will explode in the fantasy playoffs? (Q&A)

• Everything coming together for an Elijah Mitchell fantasy playoff run. Massive base role, adding pass-game role, Deebo hurt, 49ers going ultra run-heavy. Buy.

• Matt Patricia and Darius Slay didn't click from the very beginning of their time together in Detroit - "He tried to belittle me" (video)

Tweet of the Day

Thanks for joining me this morning, see you Sunday!

- Jake