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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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Trevor Lawrence has had a disappointing season under Liam Coen. He is the QB19 in fantasy points per game with only three QB1 outings. He needed two rushing scores in two of those games to spit out a QB1 weekly score, so we can chalk that up to flukiness. Among 42 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 31st in yards per attempt, 25th in CPOE, 34th in highly accurate throw rate, and 28th in fantasy points per dropback. Lawrence is set for another struggle bus QB2 week. Since Week 6, the Bolts have allowed the seventh-lowest yards per attempt, the sixth-lowest passing yards per game and CPOE, and the fourth-lowest success rate per dropback.
Bryce Young has been a fantasy nothingburger this season. He hasn’t eclipsed 11 fantasy points since Week 6. Young has managed more than 13 fantasy points only twice this season. Among 42 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 40th in yards per attempt, 39th in highly accurate throw rate, and 33rd in catchable target rate. He has a nice matchup this week, but I have zero faith that it’ll lead to fantasy production. Since Week 6, Atlanta has allowed the seventh-highest yards per attempt, the 14th-highest CPOE, and the ninth-highest success rate per dropback.
Michael Penix is the QB29 in fantasy points per game with a below-average matchup incoming. Among 42 qualifying passers, he ranks 17th in passing yards per game, 37th in highly accurate throw rate, 40th in catchable target rate, and has the fourth-highest off-target rate. This week, he gets a Carolina pass defense that, since Week 6, has allowed the 12th-most yards per attempt and passing yards per game, but they have also held passers to the 12th-lowest adjusted completion rate and 11th-lowest success rate per dropback. Penix is just another middling QB2 this week.
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