The safest players for Week 18

Knowing the right players to start in Week 18 can be the equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack. Some teams are resting their starters; other teams are purposefully giving unknown players increased snaps. Guessing who the fantasy-relevant players will be in every game is incredibly difficult in this, the final week of the regular season.

Thankfully, Dalton Del Don has highlighted a key group of “starts” who look certain to make fantasy noise in Week 18.

Collins sports a 30% target share and ranks top-three in yards per game (117) and yards per route run (4.81) over three full games with C.J. Stroud and no Tank Dell. Noah Brown has been ruled out this week as well, so Collins should be busy Saturday night in a matchup indoors with one of this week’s highest totals (47.5 points). Stroud should be better his second game removed from (another) concussion, and the Colts shut down the slot but are vulnerable to outside receivers. Collins went off for 146 yards and a touchdown when these teams met earlier this season, so he’s a must-start in Week 18.

Singletary saw 19-of-23 RB opportunities last week before sitting out the final two drives of a lopsided game. He remains Houston’s workhorse and gets a prime matchup Saturday night against an Indianapolis defense allowing by far the most schedule-adjusted fantasy points to running backs over the last five weeks.

Pittman ranks top-five in target share (30.7%) this season and should rack up looks Saturday night against a pass-funnel Texans defense. Houston has allowed the fewest YPC (2.9) and the lowest rush success rate since Week 8 but has yielded the second-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points to wide receivers over the last month. The Colts have one of the higher implied team totals (23+ points) this week, so Pittman should smash Saturday night.

Moore has averaged just 7.4 fantasy points during the four-plus games Justin Fields missed this season but 17.6 points with him — behind only Tyreek Hill and CeeDee…

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Publish date : 2024-01-05 15:51:48

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