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Yahoo Sports’ Fantasy Football Live crew looks ahead to Sunday’s matchup between Buffalo and Baltimore – and how James Cook, Khalil Shakir and Derrick Henry could impact fantasy managers.
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Let’s turn to our Fantasy game changers for this week powered by Ram Trucks where we’re identifying some of the most impactful players in one of the top Fantasy matchups on the schedule.
We’re going with Sunday night football, Ravens hosting the Bills.
We all know that this is an epic matchup for the ages.
We’ve got Buffalo at Baltimore Baltimore favor by 2.5.
The over under on this 46.5.
So when I say fantasy game changers, Matt Harmon, you say, oh man, I say James Cook because this Bills offense that people were freaked out about in the off season, you know, hey, no more.
Stefan Diggs, what are they gonna do from a pass catcher standpoint?
Well, the Bills offense is number one in the NFL in both EPA per play and success rate, largely because they have prioritized a downhill run game with James Cook who has just been so explosive as a rusher.
He’s at the center of that.
Now, this is a tough matchup against a stout Ravens defense, but Cook can still get home for your fantasy teams, I think based on his receiving chops, this is something I’ve been highlighting with James Cook since last year when Joe Brady took over.
But when he’s on the field, when he’s running routes, this offense makes it a priority to get him the ball.
He’s been targeted on 25% of his routes run even better when they throw to him, they throw to him further downfield almost any other running back.
His 3.3 average depth of target is absurdly high for running backs who usually are somewhere south of one point.
Oh, if not in the negatives, it actually leads all starting running backs this year and is tied with the team’s leading receiver Khalil Shakir.
So I think Cook is still a strong start in what should be an excellent game despite…
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Publish date : 2024-09-29 16:36:03
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