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Rides, fades, and sleepers to help you set your weekly lineup
Welcome to Week 10. We’re firmly into the second half of the fantasy football season, and the playoff push. I’m sure some of you badly need a win this week, and hopefully you’re able to field a competitive lineup. A major story in the NFL this season continues to be a steady onslaught of injuries at the wide receiver position, and in Week 9 a few more of the biggest names were casualties. A.J. Brown, CeeDee Lamb, Drake London, and Chris Olave all left their Week 9 games, with ailments of varying severity. I wrote about this in my Week 10 waivers column, so I won’t belabor it further here. It’s usually the running backs and in recent years also the quarterbacks who’ve been decimated the most by injuries. So far this season, it’s the receivers, and it’s had an impact on a bunch of NFL offenses, and of course, on our little game.
Stats of the Week:
The Chiefs have won 14 straight games, including playoffs.
Betting favorites went 15-1 straight-up in Week 9 (the only favorite to lose was the Saints).
The Giants are favored this week for the first time since Week 2 of the 2023 season. The Panthers (who play the Giants in Munich on Sunday) have not been favored in 28 straight contests, dating back to the 2022 season.
Only one quarterback has thrown 50+ TD passes since the start of the 2023 season, and his name is Baker Mayfield.
The Chargers have allowed an NFL-low 101 points (12.6 points per game). It’s the third fewest points allowed though eight games in the last 15 seasons.
Jaylen Waddle on Sunday: 2 catches for -4 yards and a TD.
David Carr has the most losses all-time of any starting quarterback through the first four, five, and six seasons of a career. His brother Derek Carr now has the most losses all-time of any starting QB through the first seven, eight, nine, 10, and 11 seasons of a career.
More Carr wrecks: Derek Carr has now lost to every NFL team except the Raiders. Since the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002, no QB has lost to every team (not even Ryan Fitzpatrick). The Saints play the Raiders in Week 17.
Guffaws of the Week:
The Colts didn’t run a single play inside Minnesota’s 20 yard-line (the red zone) on Sunday night.
One week after giving up a game-losing walk-off TD on a Hail Mary pass that didn’t even reach the end zone, the Bears had another total breakdown on defense at the end of a half. They allowed Cardinals’ backup RB Emari Demercado to score on a 53-yard run with four seconds remaining in the first half. It was the longest rushing TD in the final 30 seconds of a half since at least 2000.
Week 10, here we go!
Bye Weeks: CLE, GB, LV, SEA
Week 10 Rides, Fades and Sleepers
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