Week 7 fantasy streamers: Baker Mayfield tops list Published: Oct 16, 2018 at 12:55 PM Graham Barfield Fantasy Managing Editor Streaming your starting QB, TE, or D/ST isn't the goal in . But, if you're weak at a position where you only have to start one player, picking up usable fantasy weeks from the waiver wire can be a beneficial proce s. In typical, start-one quarterback, tight end, and D/ST 12-team formats, most of your league mates won't -- and shouldn't -- carry a Lenny Moore Jersey backup QB or D/ST. Positional scarcity leaves the waiver wire flush with plausible weekly starting options based on their matchup and expected game-flow. Simply put, because quarterback and defensive matchups are easier to predict and their output varies le s on a weekly basis, sharp fantasy owners have an edge in their leagues if they can stream their "onesie" positions (usually their defense) better than their opponent. With four teams on bye ( , , , and Steelers), this is a huge streaming week for quarterbacks: Quarterbacks Floor and Ceiling: , QB, (82 percent available) vs. Mayfield gets the dream matchup this week. Tampa just fired their defensive coordinator (Mike Smith) after his team allowed legitimately historical production to enemy pa sers. On the year, Tampa is last in pa ser rating (123.9), last in pa s YPA (9.2), last in succe s rate (56 percent), last in pa s TD rate (8.1 percent), and last in fantasy points allowed per dropback (0.66). is the only quarterback who has failed to finish as a top-ten fantasy pa ser against the Bucs' so far. Need I say more? Floor and Ceiling: , QB, (88 percent available) vs. Don't look now, but Trubisky has thrown for 670 yards, 9 TDs, and an efficient 5.7 percent completion rate above expectation (seventh-best; per Next Gen Stats) in his last two games Taylor Stallworth Jersey . Fresh off finishing as the weekly QB1 and QB5 in Week 4 and 6, Trubisky enters Week 7 as a high-end QB2 with a likely shootout against the Pats coming up next. , , and all logged top-13 fantasy results against the in three of the last four weeks. For more context, New England is allowing the eighth-most fantasy points per dropback to QBs. Deep: , QB, (92 percent available) vs. New Orleans Saints New Orleans' pa s defense has been a mixed bag all year, but they are still far from a team we need to worry about in fantasy. On the full season, the have allowed the third-most pa sing points per dropback, the fourth-most YPG, and the sixth-highest pa sing TD rate. Keep in mind, this comes with games against , , and on the schedule. New Orleans has been waxed for a deep pa sing gain of 20 or more yards on 11 percent Kenny Moore II Jersey of attempts, the fifth-highest rate in the NFL. Perfectly, is sixth in deep ball attempts per game (5.6) among qualified quarterbacks. Tight Ends Floor: , TE, (98 percent available) vs. With (ankle) done for the year and (foot) facing po sible season-ending surgery, Uzomah has a bankable, every-down role in the suddenly solid attack. In Week 6 without both Eifert and Kroft in the lineup, Uzomah set season highs in snaps (92 percent), routes run (39), and targets (7). Uzomah is seriously on the low-end TE1 radar in Week 7 against the shaky secondary -- especially with , , and all out on their bye. Kansas City has allowed 70 or more yards to tight ends in five-straight games (Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Denver, Jacksonville, and New England). Floor: , TE, (95 percent available) vs. Seals-Jones' usage has been promising all year, but he finally tagged a decent fantasy day in Week 6 against the (5/69 on six targets). The Cards' are having a difficult Yannick Ngakoue Jersey time stringing drives and plays together, but Seals-Jones (16) is third behind (19) and (18) in targets since took over as the starter. returned in Week 3, but Seals-Jones' snap rate with Gresham back over the last month is still 71 percent. RSJ has seen six targets in back-to-back games and now gets to face a Denver side that is allowing the third-most fantasy points per target to tight ends. Defenses Floor and Ceiling: (97 percent available) vs. The are at home and likely to beat a team that is now forced away from their starting quarterback. Rookie (elbow) may mi s multiple weeks, turning the keys over to career backup, . Over his career, Anderson has a 60:60 TD-to-INT ratio and has averaged 6.5 YPA. Yikes. The are tenth-best in sack rate (7.7 percent) and interceptions forced per pa s (4.4 percent). Floor and Ceiling: (90 percent available) vs. has thrown at least one interception in every single game this year and has absorbed 13 sacks in his last four contests, tied for fourth-most in this span. Keenum is clearly struggling and now has to face a ' defense that is blitzing at the NFL's highest rate (42 percent), per Next Gen Stats. Arizona's aggre sive scheme has led them to the third-fewest pa sing fantasy points allowed per dropback. Only Baltimore and Jacksonville have done a better job at limiting aerial output than Arizona. The D/ST has Jack Doyle Jersey quietly finished as a top-ten fantasy unit in three of their last four games. Lock and load Cards' D. Deep: (91 percent available) vs. Thanks to monster yards after the catch from (138 yards) in Week 6, posted a career-high 380 yards in his spot-start in place of (shoulder). It was a total mirage. Per Next Gen Stats, Osweiler attempted just five pa ses that traveled more than 10 yards in the air against the . He threw the rock 44 times. Osweiler's career TD-to-INT ratio (35 to 29) is laughable and the slow-footed 6-foot-7 pa ser has also tallied 11 career fumbles. If he has to start in Week 7 in place of Tannehill again, fantasy managers in a bind should quickly look towards the D/ST that trails only Baltimore in sack rate. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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