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Deshaun Watson at Jaguars: QB13 of Fantasy in points per game, Watson has collapsed in the ranks of the quarterbacks with tough games to come against the Cowboys and Bills. He made only two touchdowns and three interceptions during this period. Big success earned him a fracture at the coast and a lung collapsed against Dallas two weeks ago. He plays through, but Watson's game suffers. Last week, he tried to make 25 assists, which was the worst game of the year against Buffalo. Watson has absorbed 24 bags of the league. His double threat ability keeps him viable as a fantasy star, but getting to Jacksonville is not a recipe for a rebound, even though the Jaguars have just been shocked by Dak Prescott the week before. Even with this poor defense performance, Jacksonville is still # 3 in whimsical points allowed for quarterbacks and No. 7 in defense of DVOA passes. It's a chance for them to end up in the bag column against the worst offensive line of the Texans. Almost all Texans are banned in this game apart from the alpha dog WR1 DeAndre Hopkins. The total of 42 points is the second lowest in the table. Both offenses are in a funk. We could get a festival of goals and a slobber-knocker defender.

Sam Darnold against the Vikings: Darnold is arguably his best game of the season, a 280-yard, two-touch win against home Colts like Fantasy's QB15. He has been pretty good in recent weeks, with five touchdowns in his last two starts, though K Jason Myers had to score seven times in the sixth day. The yards were not really there for Darnold with four days under 200 yards. out of six. On paper, the Vikings look like an unbeatable group on the defense side; they are 25th in DVOA (pass defense) and 23rd in fancy points allowed to quarterbacks. But this Minnesota defense swallowed Josh Rosen, the rookie signal call, in the sixth week. She has also been rather decent outside the clashes with Aaron Rodgers and Jared Goff, who lead two of the league's main offensives. Darnold who lights this unit does not seem to be in the cards, especially with the way the Jets receiver body has been manhandled considering that the three Quincy Enunwa (ankle), Terrelle Pryor (groin) and Robby Anderson (ischio- hamstrings) are missing. practice Wednesday. Enunwa has already been excluded. Minnesota lost BC best player Mike Mike Hughes against a torn ACL on Sunday, but Mackensie Alexander is a capable substitute. The pass is also among the top five in the sacks, even without Everson Griffen (staff) in training and ruled out for week 7. I would be typing the default total of 22 in the Jets. I think that they will get too much love after defeating a team of Colts ravaged by injuries.

Dak Prescott at Redskins: In total QB2 last week, Prescott made his ground damage with 82 yards rushing and a score. It was a preview of Prescott's new recruit, a year we had not seen for a long time. The problem is that he still has not thrown the ball for several yards, since he has been retained less than $ 200 four times and he has only 250 races in one day, with 255 against Lions. Washington is by no means a tough test: to be 13th in the DVOA (pass defense), 17th in the quarterback spot and 26th in the bag rankings, but this is one of the most the slowest games that you can imagine with the bottom of the two teams – eighth pace. The real weakness of the Redskins lies in their defense of the race, which ranks 30th in DVOA. Ezekiel Elliott should be feasting, but Prescott still does not have a formidable group of fans of half-outs and tight ends. As a runner, he would need another great game to bring back fantastic value. Prior to last week, Prescott averaged 24.2 rushing yards with no points. Cowboys-Redskins' total of 41.5 points is the lowest of week 7. Elliott seems to be the only option on the Dallas side. "Data-reactid =" 27 ">Is sitting

Deshaun Watson at Jaguars: QB13 of Fantasy in points per game, Watson has collapsed in the ranks of the quarterbacks with tough games to come against the Cowboys and Bills. He made only two touchdowns and three interceptions during this period. Big success earned him a fracture at the coast and a lung collapsed against Dallas two weeks ago. He plays through, but Watson's game suffers. Last week, he tried to make 25 assists, which was the worst game of the year against Buffalo. Watson has absorbed 24 bags of the league. His double threat ability keeps him viable as a fantasy star, but getting to Jacksonville is not a recipe for a rebound, even though the Jaguars have just been shocked by Dak Prescott the week before. Even with this poor defense performance, Jacksonville is still # 3 in whimsical points allowed for quarterbacks and No. 7 in defense of DVOA passes. It's a chance for them to end up in the bag column against the worst offensive line of the Texans. Almost all Texans are banned in this game apart from the alpha dog WR1 DeAndre Hopkins. The total of 42 points is the second lowest in the table. Both offenses are in a funk. We could get a festival of goals and a slobber-knocker defender.

Sam Darnold against the Vikings: Darnold is arguably his best game of the season, a 280-yard, two-touch win against home Colts like Fantasy's QB15. He has been pretty good in recent weeks, with five touchdowns in his last two starts, though K Jason Myers had to score seven times in the sixth day. The yards were not really there for Darnold with four days under 200 yards. out of six. On paper, the Vikings look like an unbeatable group on the defense side; they are 25th in DVOA (pass defense) and 23rd in fancy points allowed to quarterbacks. But this Minnesota defense swallowed Josh Rosen, the rookie signal call, in the sixth week. She has also been rather decent outside the clashes with Aaron Rodgers and Jared Goff, who lead two of the league's main offensives. Darnold who lights this unit does not seem to be in the cards, especially with the way the Jets receiver body has been manhandled considering that the three Quincy Enunwa (ankle), Terrelle Pryor (groin) and Robby Anderson (ischio- hamstrings) are missing. practice Wednesday. Enunwa has already been excluded. Minnesota lost BC best player Mike Mike Hughes against a torn ACL on Sunday, but Mackensie Alexander is a capable substitute. The pass is also among the top five in the sacks, even without Everson Griffen (staff) in training and ruled out for week 7. I would be typing the default total of 22 in the Jets. I think that they will get too much love after defeating a team of Colts ravaged by injuries.

Dak Prescott at Redskins: In total QB2 last week, Prescott made his ground damage with 82 yards rushing and a score. It was a preview of Prescott's new recruit, a year we had not seen for a long time. The problem is that he still has not thrown the ball for several yards, since he has been retained less than $ 200 four times and he has only 250 races in one day, 255 against 255 with the Lions. Washington is by no means a tough test: to be 13th in the DVOA (pass defense), 17th in the quarterback spot and 26th in the bag rankings, but this is one of the most the slowest games that you can imagine with the bottom of the two teams – eighth pace. The real weakness of the Redskins lies in their defense of the race, which ranks 30th in DVOA. Ezekiel Elliott should be feasting, but Prescott still does not have a formidable group of fans of half-outs and tight ends. As a runner, he would need another great game to bring back fantastic value. Prior to last week, Prescott averaged 24.2 rushing yards with no points. Cowboys-Redskins is the lowest of week 7. Elliott seems to be the only option on the Dallas side.

RETURN

Beginning of the week: Tevin Coleman against the giants: Coleman has not really been impressive this season, averaging 3.7 YPCs without touching since the first week. He saved the ball last week by scoring a six-yard touchdown against the Bucs after accumulating 35 yards in 10 races. . Devonta Freeman (football, crane, I.R.) played at least for the next eight games, this field is composed only of Coleman and Ito Smith. The goal is 1A-1B. Nothing was said outside the strong games against the Panthers in the second week. Smith scored three weeks of touchdown but posted an even worse average of 3.2 YPC. Coleman is still Atlanta's favorite running back and gets a mediocre defense against the Giants, who is 20th in fantastic points and allowed to backtrack who performs the recording at No. 22 of the DVOA. They yielded the highest number of touchdowns at the highest position. Corey Clement and Wendell Smallwood's tandem totaled 120 yards and 33 touchdowns against the G-Men last week. Christian McCaffrey had 93 yards and one point in the previous game. Alvin Kamara had 181 yards and three scores in the fourth week. Lamar Miller had a touchdown, his only result of the season, in Week Three. And Ezekiel Elliott found the goal zone in the second week. A total of 54.5 points for Giants-Falcons is the second highest of the week, and it will take place in a stage conducive to fantasy, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. We are likely to get a track encounter or an outstanding victory for the Falcons. Both are good for Coleman.

departures

Dion Lewis vs Chargers: Lewis has been a pretty big bust in his first six games in Tennessee. He has not scored since the first week and has collected more than three assists in a game just once since the start of the game, despite more than 63% of the catch. Lewis averages 13.8 healthy contacts per week, compared to 38 percent of Shadow Copies and 12.7 contacts for Derrick Henry. But this Tennessee attack has only one day right, even at a safe distance, a win against the Eagles in the fourth week. Everyone thought that the change had been reversed this afternoon, but the Titans have scored 13 points in two games since. Week 7 in London seems to be a potential recovery point. The Chargers are in the middle of the pack in just about every defensive category and have been on the road for about 10 days. They won in Cleveland last week, stayed on the east coast, then crossed the pond to steal it. The London games have tended to come off with some shots on goal recently. The Bolts are 14th in points of fantasy ceded to the halves and 20th in DVOA. But they left the fourth row the most yards in the position. This is where Lewis can obviously play a role since Henry is a defeat in the passing game. The Chargers are favored by a touchdown, so even if this thing gets a little unbalanced, Lewis considers himself the beneficiary. He is too good player to fight in the sewers as a total RB40 in fantasy points per game. Duke Johnson had a day of 4-73 against L.A. last week. Jalen Richard had gone 6-53 the previous week. Todd Gurley was 5-51 in Week 3 and LeSean McCoy-Chris Ivory combined for 5-59 in Week 2.

Corey Clement vs Panthers: In the Eagles' first game without Jay Ajayi (knee, I.R.), Wendell Smallwood took the start and played 62% of the catch while Clément only played for 36.6%. Smallwood dominated Clement 19-14, but it was Clement who found the end zone with an unstoppable score and a win over Smallwood 79-51. With Darren Sproles (hamstring) still not practicing, this should be another one-two shot by Smallwood-Clement against Carolina. The Panthers rank 10th in the fantasy points allowed to run in the back and 17th in the DVOA standings, but they are shredding for 5.08 YPC. Adrian Peterson just hooked a 17-97 line at Carolina last week. Saquon Barkley totaled 129 yards with two touchdowns in the previous game. Giovani Bernard had 86 yards and a score in Week 3. Tevin Coleman and Ito Smith combined for 179 yards in Week 2, with the two averaging more than 5.1 YPCs. The Coleman-Smith duo is most similar to Clement-Smallwood in terms of division and opportunity. Clement completely overcame his quad injury and had 10 days off. This is his favorite game compared to Smallwood, but both are very present on the RB2 / FLEX card at home.

Kenyan Drake vs. Lions: Drake has been found on the other side of the fence in this column each of the past two weeks, but I'm starting to buy back a bit because Drake has hit 13 and 17 shots on goal in the last two games against the Bengals and Bears. . He was almost the Dolphins goat last week against Chicago, losing a breakaway on the overtime goal line, but the defense released him on bail and K Jason Sanders was able to score the winning goal in the next series . He will try to consolidate the 17 high keys of the season last week against the Lions. Detroit is 28th in fancy points allowed to turn around and 27th in DVOA. The Lions give up nearly six yards per run at 5.98 and report more than five shots per game at the position. Frank Gore continues to carry Drake every week, but with Brock Osweiler as quarterback, I would expect coach Adam Gase to look more closely at his half-offensive. I also expect the Lions to travel to Miami and win it indiscriminately, although they are three-point dogs. If dolphins are lagging behind and need to chase points, Drake is their favorite field weapon. Anyway, it should be close enough to where Osweiler will not have to sit back and unpack balls all day. The road to success against the Detroit defense is through the backs.

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Isaiah Crowell against the Vikings: If Crowell continues on the same path that he borrowed for six weeks, it would mean he will explode for more than 100 yards and make several touchdowns in Minnesota. In odd weeks, Crowell racked up 355 yards and five touchdowns compared to 75 yards and scored no goals in even weeks. Do not consider me a buyer of this trend to continue. Crowell has the ability to get out at the most random moments, but it really looks like a shy place. While the Vikings had a little trouble defending against the passes, their ground game unit remained strong. Minnesota are only 3.8 YPCs and the eighth less fantasies to back down while registering 9th in the DVOA defense standings. The Jets are also outsiders facing one of the league's best offenses. If this game escapes control, it will be a blouse for Crowell's afternoon. He does not play in the passes, so it would be a lot of Bilal Powell in catch-up mode. Matt Breida, Alfred Morris, Jamaal Williams, Chris Ivory, Jay Ajayi and David Johnson all failed to reach 60 yards against the Vikings, and only Johnson scored. Minnesota even prevented Todd Gurley from getting out of the end zone and "limited" him to 83 yards at fourth gear in the fourth week. Crowell is a RB3 game with low floor and high drop rate.

Nyheim Hines vs. Bills: Marlon Mack returned to the Colts' training last week against the Jets. In two games, Mack played this season with Hines, who recorded his weakest stakes (41%, 43.5%) and his smallest total of contacts (5, 5). It is therefore quite obvious that the availability of Mack is a considerable loss for the Hines figures. He also dropped a touchdown in week 6 and was almost stuck afterwards. Although the offense of Bills is a total confusion, the defense has been quite respectable. Buffalo est le numéro 3 de la défense totale DVOA, enregistrant le numéro 2 contre la passe et le numéro 7 contre la course. Les projets de loi ont permis aux coureurs de remporter le douzième rang, mais c’est principalement à cause des éruptions et des occasions uniques, car l’offensive de Buffalo ne peut pas soutenir les commandes. Celui-ci semble être beaucoup plus proche que la plupart pensent. Derek Anderson est un vétéran capable avec beaucoup d&#39;expérience, et je pense que Buffalo a un tir décent pour aller à Indy et revendiquer une victoire. Et avec Mack et Jordan Wilkins en bonne santé pour les Colts, cette rotation à trois têtes est pratiquement hors de portée du point de vue de la fantaisie. Mack pourrait valoir le vol comme dernier recours RB3, rien que pour le volume. Le plancher de Hines est beaucoup trop bas.

Jordan Howard vs. Patriots: Howard est l&#39;une des plus grandes déceptions du premier mois et demi de la saison. Il n&#39;a qu&#39;un touché au sol et après que son entraîneur Matt Nagy ait insisté sur le fait que Howard jouerait un rôle plus important dans la passe, Howard n&#39;a pas réussi à obtenir une passe depuis la troisième semaine. note de 72,7% la semaine 2> 62,2> 54,1> BYE> 51,4 les quatre dernières semaines. Howard et Tarik Cohen étaient essentiellement dans une division 50-50 la semaine dernière avec Cohen jouant un record de la saison, 48,6% des snaps. Howard a enregistré une moyenne solide de 4,9 YPC la semaine dernière à Miami, mais a perdu un échappé à la ligne de but et a réussi à rassembler ses deux totaux les plus bas de la saison lors des deux derniers matchs. Pendant ce temps, Cohen a 295 verges et deux touchés sur 32 touches au cours de cette période, tandis qu&#39;Howard est à 94 verges sans but sur 25 courses sans aucun attrapé. Ce jeu a un attrait fantastique avec les Patriots de haut octane en deux et un total de 49,5 points, mais le manque d&#39;implication de Howard dans le jeu des passes et le nombre de piétons à la course en font un jeu à plancher bas, surtout si les Bears prennent du retard et doivent jouer rattrapage avec Tom Brady, ce qui est une possibilité distincte. La Nouvelle-Angleterre occupe le 13ème rang du DVOA en défense de la course et le 17ème du nombre de points fantasy autorisés à courir en défensive, ce qui permet de garder une longueur d&#39;avance sur les spectateurs. La plupart des dégâts causés par les demi-buts contre les Patriots ont été causés par ceux qui ont attrapé le ballon.

LARGE RECEPTEUR

Début de la semaine: Corey Davis contre Chargers: Les deux dernières semaines ont été difficiles pour Davis et l’offensive des Titans dans son ensemble. Le Tennessee a perdu 13-12 à Buffalo lors de la semaine 5 avant de se faire exclure de manière embarrassante la semaine dernière à domicile contre les Ravens. Davis a réussi cinq attrapés pour 73 verges sans but sur 10 cibles dans cette période. Dans les semaines 1 à 4, Davis affichait une moyenne de 9,25 objectifs par match avec 15, 13 et 7 objectifs. Davis voit atteindre 30% de la part cible des Titans. Marcus Mariota a été carrément horrible pendant une grande partie de la saison, mais j&#39;aime bien que ce jeu de Londres se transforme peut-être en fusillade. Les 45,5 points en plus sont assez clairs au milieu de la semaine 7 pour ce qui est des totaux. Il y a eu un certain nombre de slugfests sournois à travers l&#39;étang ces dernières années. Les Chargers ont globalement mieux défendu leur défense, mais ils ont affronté Baker Mayfield, Derek Carr et C.J. Beathard chacune des trois dernières semaines. Mariota n’est peut-être pas beaucoup mieux, voire pas du tout, que cette combinaison, mais les Bolts sont loin de chez eux depuis environ 10 jours après leur séjour à Cleveland pour prendre un vol à destination de Londres après leur victoire à la 6e semaine. Les Chargers sont 25ème de la DVOA contre les outsiders n ° 1, Casey Hayward ne jouant tout simplement pas à ses niveaux de 2016 et 2017. Hayward autorise une note de 130,7 millions de passeurs dans sa couverture à travers six matchs après que les quarts de arrière aient compilé des notes de 53,4 et 58,6 les deux années précédentes. L’augmentation du volume de Davis, combinée à la défense de passe affaiblie des Chargers, en fait un WR3 viable avec une hausse.

Départs

Sammy Watkins contre les Bengals: Watkins a battu le gros duel contre les Patriots la semaine dernière, n’ayant attrapé que deux balles pour 18 verges dans un clou mordant qui a vu les équipes se combiner pour un total de 83 points. Watkins a pris un siège lointain à Tyreek Hill, qui a explosé pour trois touchés tardifs pour réintégrer les Chiefs. Dans ses trois derniers matchs sains, Watkins a toutefois enregistré un nombre de cibles de 7> 8> 8, un total de 75 verges et / ou un touché dans les trois. Il va bientôt avoir son gros match. Un rendez-vous avec une défensive des Bengals qui est 20e dans la défense anti-passes DVOA, 18e en points fantastiques accordés aux receveurs qui a permis aux sixièmes le plus de prises et au septième verges de la position pourrait être exactement ce dont Watkins a besoin pour revenir sur la carte. . Antonio Brown et JuJu Smith-Schuster ont tous deux marqué plus de 100 verges contre cette défense la semaine dernière, alors que les Bengals ont perdu le départ du CB Darqueze Dennard. He injured his shoulder and was in a sling on Wednesday. Being attached to Patrick Mahomes obviously makes Watkins that much more attractive. And with this game having the highest total on the board at 59 points and the Chiefs having the top implied team total of the week at 32.5, Watkins is a lock-and-load upside WR3.

Sterling Shepard at Falcons: Shepard hasn’t scored since Week 4 and has yet to top 80 yards in a game this season. The targets have been there, though, with at least seven in 5-of-6 games. Evan Engram is expected back from his sprained MCL this week, which will pose a threat to Shepard’s outlook over the long run, but this game has way too much shootout potential or points-chasing upside from the Giants perspective to worry about Engram getting in the way. Eli Manning may have to throw the ball 40-plus times Monday night for better or worse. Atlanta has been terrible in all facets of the game defensively and is 29th in pass-defense DVOA and 29th in fantasy points allowed to receivers, giving up the most touchdowns to the position. Secondary Bucs wideouts Chris Godwin (6-56-1), DeSean Jackson (4-77), and Adam Humphries (4-82) had big days against the Falcons last Sunday. If not for Tampa Bay, we’d be talking about the Falcons as the league’s worst defense. Running over 72% of his routes out of the slot, Shepard should see a lot of Falcons nickel CB Brian Poole. He is Pro Football Focus’ No. 94 cover corner out of 112 qualifiers and has allowed the second-highest passer rating (140.2) among qualified slot corners. Shepard is a solid WR3.

Antonio Callaway at Bucs: It’s been a forgettable rookie season for Callaway to this point. He’s been credited with four drops by Pro Football Focus, but one could argue he’s muffed maybe double that amount. The good news is the targets keep coming because the Browns are so incredibly depleted at receiver with Josh Gordon shipped out of town, Rashard Higgins in week two of a sprained MCL recovery, and Derrick Willies breaking his collarbone. Rod Streater was also just lost last week to a season-ending neck injury. The Browns have no choice but to keep playing Callaway, and he was in on a season-high 97.3% of the snaps last Sunday against the Chargers. He saw 10 targets, but again was unable to turn them into much, gaining nine yards on two catches. Callaway should have had a long touchdown but lost the ball in the sun and dropped another long pass in the second half. Normally, I would stay as far away as possible from a player like Callaway, but the volume is there, he’s on the field a ton, and the matchup this week is as good as it gets. The Bucs have been the laughingstock of the league defensively and just fired DC Mike Smith. Tampa Bay is dead last in pass-defense DVOA and 31st in fantasy points allowed to receivers. They simply don’t have a competent secondary. Taylor Gabriel (7-104-2), Nelson Agholor (8-88-1), and Ted Ginn (5-68-1) have all smashed against the Bucs, with regulars like Michael Thomas (16-180-1), JuJu Smith-Schuster (9-116), and Julio Jones (10-143) all having monster games. We simply want players on the field who are getting opportunities in our lineups against this defense. You can do a lot worse than Callaway as a bye-week fill-in for owners of Packers, Steelers, Raiders, and Seahawks wideouts. The 50-point total for Browns-Bucs is the fourth-highest of the week.

Sits

Will Fuller at Jaguars: Fuller has stacked back-to-back down games on top of each other the last two weeks, catching 2-of-3 targets for 15 yards against the Cowboys in Week 5 and then nabbing 2-of-3 targets again for 33 yards against the Bills last Sunday. Keke Coutee’s emergence as a formidable option out of the slot appears to be sucking some of the juice out of Fuller’s once-bountiful weekly stat lines. Fuller is still on the field plenty, and he and Deshaun Watson just missed on a would-be long touchdown last week, so I’m not ready to throw in the towel on Fuller for the rest of the season. But this matchup in Jacksonville is another tough test, even if the Jaguars just got boat-raced by Dak Prescott and friends last week. The Jaguars are still one of the best defenses in the league, checking in at No. 7 in pass-defense DVOA and first in fantasy points allowed to wideouts. The problem is they’ve actually done worse against opposing No. 1 receivers. Football Outsiders has them at No. 23 in DVOA vs. top wideouts and 12th against twos and first against “other” receivers. Fuller falls into the No. 2 or other category. This game has a disgusting 42-point total and could get really sloppy for both offenses. Fuller is best left on the bench in 12-team leagues.

Tyrell Williams vs. Titans: The Gazelle had his random breakout game of the season last week against the Browns, snaring three passes for 118 yards and a pair of scores on four targets. Much like Robby Anderson the week before, surely there are owners running to the wire to pick Williams up this week just from reading his box score. But Williams’ four targets were the second-most he’s drawn this season, behind the five he saw in Week 1. He’d topped 48 yards just once in five games before last Sunday. The volume just isn’t there for Williams; he has to live off big plays, and that just isn’t feasible for fantasy outside of leagues that give extra points for long touchdowns. The Titans are middle of the pack in both pass-defense DVOA (17th) and fantasy points allowed to receivers (14th), but overall they allow the fifth-fewest pass yards and the sixth-fewest air plays of 20-plus yards. Low volume and low chances for a big play make Williams someone to avoid.

Marvin Jones at Dolphins: I’m one of Jones’ biggest fans and have routinely listed him in the starts section of this piece the first month-plus of the season. He’s done well playing over 93% of the snaps while totaling 50 yards and/or one touchdown in all five games, but Jones is really living on the red-zone looks. That’s great to have in the back pocket, but Jones has been out-targeted by teammates Golden Tate (51) and Kenny Golladay (41) by a pretty significant margin with Jones at 33. Against a strong Miami pass defense that is 11th in DVOA, fifth in passer rating allowed, and 11th in fantasy points surrendered to receivers, it’s tough to gets behind Jones when Tate and Golladay have the better matchups inside and size-wise. Jones has yet to come down with the big plays over the top of the defense that made him such a fantasy stud last year, even if he’s on pace for the exact same number of targets. The upcoming schedule looks pretty tough for the Detroit pass offense.

TIGHT END

Editor's note: Like the last two weeks, we’re going to go over some streaming options at the tight end position. It’s still just too thin of a position with the injuries to Hunter Henry (torn ACL), Tyler Eifert (broken ankle), Jack Doyle (hip), Will Dissly (torn patella tendon), and Delanie Walker (broken ankle). Greg Olsen is back from his broken foot to provide some help. Evan Engram should be back from his MCL sprain. But Vance McDonald, Jimmy Graham, and Jared Cook are all on bye. In the “Sits” section, I’ll caution some tough matchups.

Start of the Week: David Njoku at Bucs: As Rotoworld’s Evan Silva pointed out the other day on Twitter, since Baker Mayfield took over as the starter three games ago, Njoku has led the Browns in catches in Week 4, led the team in targets Week 5, and then led the team in both last week. The sophomore tight end is averaging 10 targets per game in that span and finally came down with a touchdown in the fourth quarter last week on a play the Browns had been trying to get him the ball on several times in previous games. Njoku now gets a Tampa Bay defense that is at or near the bottom in virtually every statistical category while also getting smeared by tight ends. No team has allowed more fantasy points to the position, and the Bucs are 30th in DVOA versus tight ends. Austin Hooper matched a career-high with nine catches for 71 yards and a touchdown against the Bucs last week. Trey Burton hung 2-86-1 on Tampa in Week 4. Vance McDonald went 4-112-1 in Week 3. Zach Ertz and Josh Perkins combined for 15-151-0 in Week 2. Njoku is an auto-start at a weak position against a horrendous defense in a game with the fourth-highest total on the board at 50 points.

Starts

O.J. Howard vs. Browns: Howard returned from the bye off his MCL sprain last week in Atlanta and played over 51% of the snaps. That’s below his previous roughly-70% average from Weeks 1-3, but Howard was still able to nab four balls for 62 yards and a score. He’s been as consistent as anyone at tight end through six weeks, topping 50 yards in all four of his healthy games and scoring a couple touchdowns. The Browns have been solid against tight ends, but they’ve faced guys like Antonio Gates, the Ravens’ collection at the position, Chris Herndon, and Ben Watson. Jared Cook took the Cleveland defense to the woodshed in Week 4, hanging an 8-110-2 line. The Bucs pass the ball at the seventh-highest clip in the league. Howard is a must-start TE1.

C.J. Uzomah at Chiefs: In the two games since Tyler Eifert (leg, I.R.) got hurt, Uzomah has played 91.7 and 91.8 percent of the snaps while running a combined 69 pass routes. He had a big game last week against the Steelers, corralling 6-of-7 targets for 54 yards, tying for third on the Bengals in looks behind A.J. Green and Tyler Boyd. That’s where Uzomah is going to fit in the rest of the way, even when one-trick-pony deep threat John Ross returns. The Chiefs have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to tight ends. Rob Gronkowski went 3-97 last week. Niles Paul and James O’Shaughnessy combined for 10-92 the previous game. Jeff Heuerman led the Broncos with 57 yards in Week 4. George Kittle had 5-79 in Week 3. And Jesse James went 5-138-1 in Week 2. Uzomah is a Grade A streamer in a game with an astronomical 59-point total.

Charles Clay at Colts: Clay is about as low as I’ll go this week when digging for a plug-and-play option, and I was forced to grab him off the wire in one league where I have Jimmy Graham on bye. Pickings are slim out there. Clay has yet to top four catches or 40 yards in a game this season and is still looking for his first touchdown. The floor is extremely low. But the Colts are severely banged up on defense and have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points, third-most catches, and fifth-most yards to tight ends. Jets rookie Chris Herndon caught a touchdown against them last week, turning two grabs into 56 yards. Rob Gronkowski had 6-75 in Week 5. Dallas Goedert (7-73-1) and Zach Ertz (5-73-0) were 1-2 in receiving yards for the Eagles in Week 3. Jordan Reed went 6-55 in Week 2. The Colts play at the fastest pace in the league, which in turn leads to more plays and possessions for the opposing team. Derek Anderson being under center for the Bills also offers a more controlled option who should be able to find his open targets. The Bills have very little and Clay has been in on over 70% of the plays each of the last three weeks. You can do worse.

Sits

No. Greg Olsen has a tough draw against an Eagles defense that is No. 2 in DVOA and No. 3 in fantasy points allowed to the position. The Bills also pose a test to Eric Ebron, with Buffalo surrendering the seventh-fewest fantasy points to tight ends and playing stellar pass defense as a whole. T.Y. Hilton coming back could also be a bit of a drag on Ebron.