Fantasy Football Player Notes

Last week's game against the Vikings was not what anyone wanted to see. Unless you are a Seattle fan and love defense, this game was ugly from start to finish. As a result, no one got home for fantasy. This includes JSN, who was on track to beat the all-time receiving yards record, before his two catch, 23-yard performance last week. With how great he has been all season, take the Men in Black approach and erase this from your memory. Moving forward, he has three solid matchups, starting with the Falcons. After starting the year with a decent defense, the Falcons just allowed Adonai Mitchell to have eight catches for 102 yards and a score. That should tell you all you need to know about this matchup. JSN remains one of the best receivers of the season.

If I'm picking between Cooper Kupp or Rashid Shaheed for a last flex spot as the tertiary Seattle pass catcher to believe in this week, it's Kupp. I'll say that Atlanta has been horrible at defending perimeter wide receivers over the last few weeks, so I could easily be wrong about this and Shaheed could pop off, but looking at their usage against single high, I lean to Kupp. Atlanta has utilized single high at the second-highest rate in the NFL (64%). Since Week 11, against single high, Kupp has ranked second on the team with an 18.8% target share and 18.5% first-read share with 1.12 yards per route run. Since Week 9, Atlanta has allowed the 13th-most fantasy points per game and the seventh-most receiving yards per game to slot receivers.