It’s @TheBLeagueSays here and in this week’s ‘Game Plan’, I give you plays to make for seasonal and daily roster construction, prop bets, and dynasty evaluations. Before you make any start and sit decisions this weekend make sure you check out our weekly rankings also.
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Slant Route
It’s Wayne’s World, Wayne’s World…:
Party time, excellent, for a guy like Wayne Gallman who has shot towards the top of the Fantasy Football running back charts as he has taken the lead back role for the ‘Big Blue’ and literally ran with it. In his last five games, Gallman sits as the RB6 with a healthy 16.3 PPR points per game, with six touchdowns in that span boosting him up the ranks. The Giants O-Line has been filled with rookies and players who for the most of their career had played in a different spot and they have held up well enough to open lanes for him. He saw a season-high 24 rush attempts last week with five targets to go with it, Gallman is getting volume and opportunity at the right time of the year for you.
Enter this week’s matchup (although likely with Colt McCoy and not Daniel Jones due to a hamstring injury) at Seattle, where I’d be surprised if Jason Garrett doesn’t lean on the former Clemson Tiger like he did last week against the Bengals. You might be surprised that Seattle has conceded the third-fewest rushing yards this season but with the way, everyone has been able to air it out on them it really shouldn’t be a shock, however, at $5600 this week he could be a cheap-ish enough play in one of your running back slots to help you spend up elsewhere.
Flat Route
Tag, you’re it:
Tua Tagovailoa has come under the pump a little bit in the fantasy circles and I’m not sure it’s completely warranted. I feel sympathy for Ryan Fitzpatrick in the way he was told they were handing the reigns over to the rookie, who barely had a preseason which was half-clouded in injury rehabilitation from a horrific setback while playing for Alabama in his final games for the Crimson Tide. Tagovailoa’s performances have at times been flat but he’s flashed enough to see what the hype was all about with a relatively limited supporting cast around him. Miami has though, as a franchise, made incredible strides forward in the past 18 months in a division that was doomed by the dominant Patriots for pretty much two decades. The Dolphins sit one game back from the Buffalo Bills who have a tough road matchup against the 49ers, while Ray Finkle’s men get the hapless Cincinnati Bengals.
Outside of the Chiefs next week, Miami has a pretty decent schedule ahead of them which includes Buffalo in Week 17 and while a lot has to go in their favor for this to happen (like the Bills having a bit of a meltdown), the Dolphins are priced at $5.00 to win the AFC East isn’t the worst place to put a couple of bucks if you like an outside bet. I’m equally as comfortable in them getting to the playoffs as a wildcard at least regardless of who is the quarterback, but I wouldn’t mind seeing the rookie get the nod in somewhat of a pressure situation for the rest of the 2020 season.
Comeback Route
Every Bears quarterback is going off:
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Week 12 saw two Chicago Bears quarterbacks go nuts in fantasy football, as Mitchell Trubisky had nearly 21 fantasy points against Green Bay to end up the QB6 for the week, while former mentor Mike Glennon (who’s now a Jacksonville Jaguar) put up 18 points against Cleveland also while finishing as the QB13. Crazier than that both are extremely viable in Week 13 with cushy matchups for quarterbacks as Trubisky will start against the Lions (giving up 21.7 ppg to quarterbacks), and Glennon against the Vikings (giving up 20.6 ppg to quarterbacks). If you are looking to pay down at the position, Mitchell Trubisky at $5400 is a nice way to go, he has that rushing upside in his game also which we tend to forget about, while Mike Glennon at $4800 could well find himself in a shoot-out with as well.
I just touted for Mitchell Trubisky and Mike Glennon, it might be time to take a cold shower and lock myself in a closet…
Screen Route
If it’s not obvious:
I don’t like Philadelphia. At all. I have made zero effort to hide this in the search for indifference. Doug Pederson has become more ‘whiny’ than defiant, the Carson Wentz truthers have become louder (even when they shouldn’t because he’s awful), the claim of poor O-Line woes (as if they’re the only team that has them) and their wide receiver health being non-existent (because banking on receivers over 30 years of age with injury histories is not good process) is going to pump all offseason let alone those that will again claim ‘Miles Sanders is an elite running back (he’s not) and should be taken high in redraft again (he shouldn’t)’ I can feel it already and it makes me sick. But there is one thing that they have that no one else in the NFC East has… the draw against Cincinnati.
That damn indifference… I can’t see the Eagles picking up many wins over the next three weeks but then again I can’t see either Dallas, Washington, or New York doing the same either. The Eagles close their season with Dallas and Washington (at home), and if they can win those two games, that ‘draw’ result could be a separator to help get them into the playoffs. The roulette table has the Eagles as third favorites to take the East as they sit a game behind the Giants and Football Team, and they come in at a generous $3.60 to do so. It’s worth a punt, even if I don’t like them.
Out Route
He’s had the Ruggs pulled from underneath him:
Has the highest-drafted wide receiver from the 2020 class, who has been shown up by some insanely good performances from his fellow rookies. On top of that, the dominance showed by teammates Darren Waller and Josh Jacobs, while the surprising play of Nelson Agholor at times has taken some of the shine and opportunity for the former Alabama product. In a matchup that should have allowed Henry Ruggs to flourish last week against Atlanta, he was fine – not great, not bad, just fine – as he hauled in a 5-3-56 statline (and the 8.4 fantasy points from it) in a game where the Falcons hammered the Raiders 43-6.
And while everyone might stay away from him because of the minimal production in a positive matchup last week, I’m going back to the speed-star, who gets another nice bite at the cherry with a meeting with the New York Jets (OPRK 24th to wide receivers) on the road who have allowed 42.8 points per week on average to the position and I like Henry Ruggs ($4500) to have himself a nice day.
The Go Route
Take off for the Jefferson Starship:
Unbelievable. This kid has proven to be the most valuable commodity to come out of the ridiculous 2019 L.S.U team, as he has stepped into the void that Steffon Diggs left behind as he was moved to Buffalo. Whether Adam Thielen is in or out of the team, Jefferson has logged 272 more yards than his teammate along with six touchdowns in a rookie campaign is a great effort as it is, let alone knowing he has five more games to improve upon his ridiculous stats in his maiden campaign. Jefferson is currently the WR12 in fantasy this year with 181.8 PPR points so far, and is only about 10 points shy of what the top rookie did in 2019, Terry McLaurin (the WR29 in 2019) had logged in his first season and is about 20 points fewer than what the top rookie in 2018 in Calvin Ridley (the WR21 in 2018) had, which Jefferson could pass if he does well against the Jaguars this week. Get your hands on some Jefferson in the offseason, whatever the cost.
Hail Mary
Ew, Coutee’s!:
Keke Coutee was probably the most popular add off waivers this week as he gets moved up the depth chart due to Randall Cobb (injured), Kenny Stills (released), and Will Fuller (suspended) have opened up an opportunity for the third-year receiver. We have seen in the past that in spurts he can produce and with Bill O’Brien out of the picture and I can see him getting a nice amount of time to shine for the rest of the season. I did, however, spend a fair bit of time checking out fifth-round rookie Isaiah Coulter this offseason, who has lightning-quick speed and safe hands, as someone I was calling for you to grab in Week 8 as a stash and hold because banking on consistency and continuity from any of the current Texans receivers is truly wishing in one hand and hoping in the other. So if you missed out on Coutee earlier this week, see if you can grab Coulter on the cheap instead. Speaking of cheap, expecting a lot from either this week isn’t the best process so I’m turning to cheaper alternatives (in a game that could be a high scoring-affair) at the tight end position in DFS and while the Colts defense has been tight on pretty much everything this season, I’m looking to Jordan Akins ($2900) this week as a guy who could step into more volume with the recent loss of personnel.
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