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The Cleveland Browns have gone from a fantasy football afterthought to back on the map with Jameis Winston at QB. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)
If you like scoring, if you like drama, if you like lead changes, the early window from Week 8 was your kinda jam.
Seven of the eight games sailed over their posted totals. A bunch of matchups came down to the final drive or even the final play. Fantasy points all over the place. The NFL as it oughta be.
This is the type of slate where this column could be a bottomless cup. Alas, there’s a targeted space we need to fit. Let’s start the analysis by looking at three offenses — Cleveland, Miami and Tampa Bay — who were giving us a fresh reveal this week, a first look at a new or refurbished setup.
Jameis Winston delivered a 29-24 upset win over Baltimore on Sunday, but he did something even more important for Cleveland: he gave the city hope. The Browns were obviously shipwrecked with Deshaun Watson’s lousy play for seven weeks, but Winston jump-started the offense in his first start and engineered the stunning result. Winston threw for 334 yards and three touchdown, aiming almost all of his passes to four fantasy-relevant players: waiver dynamo Cedric Tillman (7-99-2), tight end overlord David Njoku (5-61-1), and receivers Elijah Moore (8-85-0, 12 targets) and Jerry Jeudy (5-79-0).
To be fair, there were negative plays, too. Winston lost a fumble and he threw at least two interceptions that the Baltimore defense kindly dropped. He’s always going to have some trick-or-treat to his game. This performance also came against a Ravens pass defense that’s been horrible all year. But after watching Watson’s struggles for the first seven games, we needed something like this to cleanse our palates. The Browns passing game is alive again. In a year where fantasy wide receivers have been dropping like flies, Cleveland’s offense has relevant pieces we can consider as adds and possible starters.
Miami’s first game with Tua…
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Publish date : 2024-10-27 22:37:15
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