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Another week, another round of crucially important start/sit decisions. To help you make them, here’s a look at six players with bust potential in Week 8.
Something to keep in mind as you’re reading: a “fade” or “bust” designation doesn’t automatically mean you should sit a player, depending on the depth of the rest of your roster or available options on your waiver wire.
QB Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In case you haven’t heard (you probably have), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without their top two starting wide receivers this week, and in the case of Chris Godwin, for the remainder of the 2024 campaign. It’s extremely unfortunate, as this offensive unit has been one of the best in the National Football League through the first seven weeks of the season.
That success, of course, includes QB Baker Mayfield, who leads the league with 18 passing touchdowns and ranks top-six in NFL passer rating (107.2) and yards per pass attempt (8.0). He’s even found success on the ground with 158 rushing yards (6.1 YPC) through the first seven weeks; he’s on pace to surpass last season’s previous career high of 194 yards by a mile.
That’s been good for QB2 on the season, including a top-five finish in five of seven games.
Dating back to last season, Mayfield has recorded 41 total dropbacks on plays without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin per TruMedia. On those dropbacks, he’s averaged just 4.3 yards per pass attempt, completing 55.3% of attempts for a passer rating of 54.9. He’ll now be throwing to a combination of TE Cade Otton and Sterling Shepard, Jalen McMillan and Trey Palmer at WR. Otton is the only one of the bunch with more than 10 catches on the season. It could be tough sledding as they look to build rapport mid-season.
Heat check 🔥 Mayfield may be the QB2 on the season, but he’ll be a massive liability in fantasy lineups without his top two receivers. Consider a streamer like Kirk Cousins on the other sideline or Caleb Williams against the Commanders.
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Publish date : 2024-10-24 14:35:37
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