Need to know: It was a little disappointing
to see Demercado (2-8-0, 2-13-1) play on third downs, the 2-minute
drill at the end of the first half, and the final drive at the
end of game. Benson still got passing work in the base offense
but the five targets will likely be an outlier in that role. For
now, Benson (8-35-0, 5-19-0) owners will need to be comfortable
with lead back status and low-end RB2 value given the Cardinals
below-average offense. MHJ (10 tgts) and Kyler continued their
struggles in the first half before finding a connection later
in the game. McBride led the team with 11 targets.
TE AJ Barner: 57 snaps (86.4%), 12.5% tgt share
TE Elijah Arroyo: 36 snaps (54.5%), 16.7% tgt share
TE Eric Saubert: 26 snaps (39.4%), 0.0% tgt share
Need to know: Charbonnet (12-39-1,
2-5-0) was back and that resulted in another almost even usage
split with Walker (19-81-0, 1-29-0). As usual, Walker was the
more explosive, efficient player. Just 26 pass attempts for Darnold.
TEs Barner (3-32-1) and Arroyo (2-44-0) are splitting work so
it’s not a great fantasy situation until one of them assumes
a better role.
