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Jets from New York @ Baltimore Ravens
The Jets continue to adjust at wide receiver: The Jets’ newest wide receivers topped the depth chart.
New York started the season with Garrett Wilson and Josh Reynolds as the top two wide receivers, but both are on injured reserve. Tyler Johnson was the only other wide receiver on the 53-man roster with more than 100 receiving yards on the season, but he was healthy inactive this week. Arian Smith, Allen Lazard and Isaiah Williams have all played significant snaps this year, but they areMained backups this week.
The Jets were more sellers than buyers before the trade deadline, but two of their trades involved reserve wide receivers landing in New York. John Metchie III came from the Philadelphia Eagles and Adonai Mitchell from the Indianapolis Colts. Both receivers traded heavily last week with Johnson and Williams, as Metchie gained 45 yards and a touchdown, and Mitchell led the team in targets.
This week, Metchie and Mitchell were just the two starters for New York, as they both played over 90% of the snaps in both two- and three-receiver sets. Mitchell was the
Metchie had the best day of the group with six receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown. Although the Jets’ schedule has been only average over the last five weeks, Metchie is worth leaving off the waiver wire as he should be the Jets’ best option for the remainder of the season.
Mark Andries plays a greater role: Andrews played two-thirds of the Ravens’ offensive snaps for the first time since Week 6.
Andrews played at least 74% of the snaps in each of the first three weeks of the season, while Isaiah Likely likely suffered an injury. Upon Likely’s return, Baltimore largely returned to the same tight end rotation as last season. Andrews led a rotation over Likely with 11 men, Andrews and Likely shared the field with 12 men, Charlie Kolar was the primary tight end with 21 men, and Likely and Kolar shared the field with 22 men.
This leaves Andrews playing 50-63% of the snaps most weeks, and the only exception was in Week 6, when the Ravens ran 45 plays from two-tight-end sets and 19 from three-tight-end sets. The Ravens have not come close to scoring in any other game this season.
This week, Andrews played six of eight snaps in 11-man play on third downs. This was notable because Likely had taken the majority of those photos over the past three weeks. He was probably dealing with a calf injury, which caused him to miss training on Wednesday and be limited on Thursday. Andrews also took 11 of 15 shots from 21 personnel, which is usually Kolar’s formation. Although these are often run plays, the Andrews ran six routes out of this personnel group in this game.
The Ravens offense struggled this week as Lamar Jackson only threw for 158 yards. Andrews caught one target for nine yards. Each of the next five Ravens matchups is more advantageous for tight ends than this game, so there should be better days ahead for Andrew’s fantasy value.
Miscellaneous notes
- Baltimore’s quarterback Lamar Jackson did not practice Wednesday due to an ankle injury, but was able to practice fully the rest of the week.
- Ravens running back Justice Hill was active this week after missing last week with a toe injury. He was able to practice all week. Rasheen Ali was a healthy scratch after playing in Hill’s place in Week 11. Hill was back in his usual role: playing 90% of the third-down snaps. The Ravens didn’t have a two-minute drill, but he probably would have played in that situation as well.
- Wide receiver Rashod Bateman was ruled out Friday with an ankle injury, his second straight absence. He hasn’t practiced all week.
- Devontez Walker played more this week than last week with Bateman out. He split time with Tylan Wallace in 11-man, where Wallace played 20 of 21 snaps in 11-man last week. He also reduced DeAndre Hopkins’ playing time by 12 more men than last week.
- Jets star running back Breece Hall has played between 71-72% of the Jets’ offensive snaps over the past three weeks, in addition to 82.5-84.5% of snaps in early-down situations. He averaged 60.4% of snaps and 72.5% of early-down snaps before the Jets’ Week 9 bye.
- New York running back Kene Nwangwu was added to the injury report Thursday due to a hamstring injury. He was questionable for the game but was ultimately active.
- Rookie tight end Mason Taylor played more than 80% of the Jets’ offensive snaps for the first time since Week 7.
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Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers
The Packers are adjusting without it Jos Jacobs: Green Bay’s lead was inactive due to a knee injury.
He did not practice on Wednesday and was limited on Thursday and Friday. Jacobs was initially considered questionable and a game-time decision, but he was ultimately inactive. This left Emanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks as the top running backs on the depth chart, while Packers running back Pierre Strong Jr. from the practice squad for this game on Saturday.
Wilson has been the top backup in both early and late down situations since Week 3, and he took over when Jacobs went down last week, so it was no surprise that Wilson was in charge the entire game. Fantasy managers who put their faith in Wilson were immediately rewarded with an opening drive touchdown.
The Packers rotated their running backs significantly, but Wilson touched the ball on a very high percentage of his snaps, while Brooks faced more passing situations and garbage time. Green Bay usually keeps running back leads from getting too big to keep them all season, but the Packers seem confident Jacobs will be back next week, so they had no problem feeding Wilson.
Wilson should remain on fantasy rosters for the short term, in case Jacobs cannot return next week or suffers a setback in the coming weeks.
The Vikings turn to Josh Oliver: The Vikings’ run-blocking tight end played more than 50% of the offensive snaps for the first time this season.
Oliver was among the top tight ends in PFF’s run block class over the past five seasons, and he performed admirably as a receiver last season when TJ Hockenson was dealing with an injury. Hockenson was healthier to start this season, so Minnesota went back to Hockenson as the clear lead. Hockenson played 77% of snaps in single-tight end sets on early downs, 86% on third downs and 85% in two-tight end sets through the first seven weeks. This allowed Oliver to average 38.6% of the offensive snaps as the Vikings had a high percentage of two- and three-tight end sets. These numbers didn’t change much from one week to the next until Oliver missed a few games due to injury. He returned last week.
This week, the two tight ends almost split the early-down snaps into single-tight-end sets, with Hockenson taking fourteen while Oliver played twelve. The main reason Hockenson finished with more offensive snaps that day was the third down snaps. Hockenson has been a disappointment from a fantasy perspective this season, not having games with more than 50 receiving yards. In 2023, he gained more than 50 yards in 13 of 15 games. He caught four passes for 19 yards in this game.
It’s fine to drop Hockenson at this point in most reworked fantasy leagues. The stats were enough to make that decision, and the change in playing time makes it even less likely that Hockenson can have fantasy value over the next five weeks.
Miscellaneous notes
- Green Bay wide receivers Romeo Doubs (wrist), Christian Watson (knee), Dontayvion Wicks (calf), Savion Williams (foot) were all limited in practice for most of the week, but were all active. Like last week, Doubs and Watson were the all-down receivers, while Wicks competed as the slot receiver in three-receiver sets.
- Rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden was similarly limited in practice all week due to shoulder and wrist injuries. He was initially listed as questionable but was ultimately inactive.
- Packers wide receiver Malik Heath was back in the lineup after being a healthy inactive last week.
- Jayden Reed returned from injured reserve on Friday and had limited participation in practice due to his foot and shoulder injuries. He wasn’t activated to the 53-man roster, but this is a good sign that he will be back soon.
- The Packers moved on from tight end Luke Musgrave in the middle of last week. This week they used a three-man rotation, and John FitzPatrick was their lead. All three Packers tight ends earned one reception. This is a rotation to keep you from moving forward.
- Green Bay kicker Brandon McManus was back in the lineup after missing last week with a right quadriceps injury. He was a full participant in training all week. This left Lucas Havrisik inactive.
- Minnesota running back Jordan Mason played a slightly higher percentage of offensive snaps than the previous two weeks, and he led the VIkings in rushing yards with 42. Six of his eight carries came on the Vikings’ third drive, and five came on consecutive plays, gaining at least four yards on each run.
- The Vikings opted to make Ben Sims active and Ben Yurosek inactive at the third tight spot after doing the opposite last week. Sims started the season on the Packers roster, which could have influenced the Vikings’ decision.
- The Vikings had a season-low 44 offensive plays.
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Table notes
- Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. These plays have been removed from the other three statistics.
- Objectives may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be the result of an obviously thrown pass, where the NFL could give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data does not.
- Carries are only possible on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles do not count toward the total number of carries in the game.
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