Fantasy Football storylines to watch in Week 5: Is Rashee Rice even remotely replaceable?

I get completely caught up in watching artists create spin paintings.

For the purists out there, I realize it’s “real” art. I grew up watching Bob Ross (the man’s afro was immaculate), so I’ve watched images of a mountain created from an idea countless times. Regardless, the processes and results remind me of football.

Both require bursts of chaos to generate something we find inspiring afterward. At the moment, we’re all guessing how things will end. Data or vibes can point us in the right direction, but the outcomes are out of our hands. It’s part of why we watch. However, let’s walk through five of the top storylines from Week 4 and pull what nuggets we can from the action.

The NFL wasn’t ready for Jayden Daniels

Our concerns with Jayden Daniels were valid for the first two weeks of the season.

Daniels left LSU with the highest passing aDOT of his classmates slated to start in their rookie season (10.5 yards). Coupled with his 13.5% scramble rate, drafters (the Commanders’ front office included) thought they were getting the best of both worlds. But with HC Kliff Kingsbury turning the dials, fears of a “Horizontal Raid” offense looked likely through Week 2.

The last metric was the most concerning. You can (somewhat) get by using the “death-by-a-thousand-cuts” approach. However, the behavior was such a shift from Daniels’ aggressive tendencies in college. But even while his only club of choice seemed to be his putter, the former Tiger could keep the offense moving with his legs.

Arizona notched top-12 marks in RPO and play-action rate under Kingsbury with Kyler Murray. Unsurprisingly, the Commanders are second and eighth in the same benchmarks. Accordingly, even without the passing, Daniels had a serviceable floor. His 12.6 PPG were the most of any mobile QB. All we needed was the downfield passing traits to translate.

And all it took was a bout with the Bengals to unlock them.

Jayden Daniels pass chart. (Chart by Next Gen Stats)

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Publish date : 2024-10-02 15:32:38

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