It’s gotten so bad in San Fran that I think the injuries themselves
are getting injured! With Deebo Samuel on the shelf off and on the
last few weeks, Aiyuk has vaulted into the WR1 conversation, totaling
a silly 56 targets over the last 5 games to go with 495 yards and
3 touchdowns. In the games Samuel has missed, Aiyuk has been a scoring
dynamo and must start fantasy player. That’s the case this week,
and to top it off, the Niners face a Dallas defense that has a secondary
in disarray.
“Here’s to you Mr. Robinson!” Suffering from a case of the grumpies
most of the year catching passing from risk averse Nick Foles, Robinson
has seen a mighty resurgence since the return of Mitch Trubisky
three weeks ago. Over that span Robinson has been a top-5 receiver,
catching at least 6 passes and going over 70 yards or a score during
that span. Trubisky, to his credit, is more willing to push the
ball downfield to Robinson in tight spaces, and let him make plays.
As the alpha dog in this passing game, and in a dreamy matchup with
the undermanned Viking secondary, Robinson has some blow-up potential
this week.
On most league’s waiver wires just a few short weeks ago, Hilton
has flashed vintage early career production the past couple of games
(277 yards, 4 touchdowns) . In fact, over the last three weeks,
Hilton trails only Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill in standard fantasy
receiver scoring. When you can get WR1 production from your likely
WR3 spot, you are going to win some titles. T.Y. Hilton, a potential
league winner? So 2020 cliche’!
The only thing scary about Terry the last few weeks have been
his receiving numbers. Defensive attention, combined with Alex
Smith’s conservative nature, have put a severe damper on
what was a promising season. Hauling in only 40% of his 10 targets
over the last few weeks has been crushing, and while the matchup
with the Seattle secondary might have looked juicy 6 weeks ago,
the Seahawks haven’t given up a touchdown to a receiver
since Week 9. Washington is going to have to manufacture touches
for their most explosive threat but I’m certainly not confident
this week. You certainly can’t bench him, but temper expectations.
Quietly one of the best secondaries in football, the G-men are
a scrappy, well-coached bunch of defenders. Injuries and a “run
first” mentality have capped Landry’s fantasy production
since OBJ went down. Rather than an alpha, Landry is part of a
receiving committee, and that alone limits his upside. I think
New York works to limit Landry’s impact as a chain mover
by giving him some extra attention, as they have the talent to
man-up the other Cleveland receivers.
Anderson has easily been one of the best values in all of fantasy
football this season. Despite only scoring twice, he’s set
career highs in receptions and yardage, and has been pretty consistent
to boot. But with the return of D.J. Moore likely this week, there
are again three mouths to feed in this passing game against a Green
Bay defense that’s held up against receivers pretty well this
season. Playing in Lambeau in December is enough to squash some
teams, and I think a convergence of factors leads to a down week
for Anderson.
