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You can watch Thursday Night Football: Falcons vs. Buccaneers at 8:20 p.m. ET/5:20 p.m. PT on Amazon Prime Video.
The NFL has shown no mercy in putting Kirk Cousins on primetime — he of the previously ugly primetime career record — this season, as the Falcons will once again take center stage. This time, 2-2 Atlanta will take on the 3-1 division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are fresh off a 33-16 drubbing of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Let’s get to the biggest fantasy football storylines for this TNF matchup.
What’s up with Bijan Robinson?
Now, that question assumes that Bijan Robinson has been an utter fantasy waste, failing to get even close to his top-six preseason ADP. That’s not accurate — Robinson has been fine, scoring double-digit fantasy points the first three weeks of the season. But, again, he had a top-six ADP. He hasn’t surpassed 15 fantasy points all season. What gives?
Sure, he’s had some tough matchups (vs. Steelers, @Philadelphia, vs. Kansas City, vs. New Orleans) against teams who rank above average against the run. What’s scary is that Robinson ceded a ton of work to backup Tyler Allgeier last week, which is the last thing fantasy football managers want to see.
Robinson has been dealing with a hamstring injury as well, so maybe that’s what’s held him back. Of course, the Falcons could continue to split work between him and Allgeier in this game in order to protect Robinson somewhat. That said, it would behoove the Falcons to lean on the run against a Buccaneers run-funnel defense, which would open up the play-action game. Speaking of which …
Is this the Drake London blow-up game we’ve been waiting for?
Drake London was everyone’s favorite breakout candidate this season. All the boxes were checked: 1) he got a new, better quarterback 2) he got a new, innovative, exciting offense and 3) to quote Matt Harmon, he is “verifiably good at the game.” It all seemed too right, too good, to not happen.
So of course, through four weeks, we’re left wondering…
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Publish date : 2024-10-03 14:22:26
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