Joe Burrow

Through the first eight weeks of the season, Burrow was averaging 20.7 fantasy points per game. Over the last three weeks, he's averaged 11.9 fantasy points per game. Cause for concern? Nah. The first of those games, a Week 9 blowout loss to the Browns, was just one of those days. In Weeks 10-11, Burrow completed 75.5% of his passes in easy wins over the Raiders and Steelers. The game scripts simply didn't call for heavy passing volume, and the Bengals were happy to follow the script, letting Joe Mixon pound away on the ground. Even if the Bengals' Week 13 game against the Chargers is more competitive, Cincinnati may choose to stick with a run-heavy attack. The Chargers have a run-funnel defense, with opponents having run against them 48% of the time. (The Lions are the only team in the league against whom opponents run the ball a higher percentage of the time.) Consider Burrow a low-end RB1 this week. I'm fading him in DraftKings contests at a price of $6,300.

Joe Burrow determined to play through dislocated finger

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports Bengals QB Joe Burrow is determined to play through the dislocated finger he suffered in Week 13.

Fantasy Impact

Burrow suffered the injury early in the game and was playing around with taping it up throughout the contest. However, he eventually decided to just play through some pain. The injury is to his right pinkie and Burrow doesn't believe he'll have to miss any game time. This is something to keep in mind when evaluating his rest-of-season value.