COLE KMET

Jared Goff ready to roar in Week 17In three of Jared Goff's last four games, he's passed for over 300 yards with multiple touchdowns. — Andy BehrensEzekiel Elliott should feast on Thursday Night FootballEzekiel Elliott sits as RB18 on the industry ranking page, which baffles me. Don't complicate things; Zeke has scored a touchdown in eight straight games, and he's likely to make it nine Thursday night. He's poised to bring home fantasy titles this week. With Antonio Gibson not practicing this week, Robinson should see the healthy majority of the backfield work this week.

Fantasy Points Over Expected (or FPOE = Actual Points - Expected Points): An efficiency metric that is often subject to regression. On the other hand, they have allowed the ninth-most fantasy points to wide receivers. However, we should not forget about Gage, who has averaged a 20% target share and 11.4 Expected Fantasy Points (WR22) over the last two games. So, over the last two weeks, Akers has commanded a 39.6% opportunity share, 10.4% target share and an impressive 13.8 Expected Fantasy Points. Since the bye, Kmet is averaging a 23.9% target share (TE8) and 6.7 Expected Fantasy Points (TE14).

The Bears tight end entered entered play on Sunday leading Chicago in touchdown catches. During the second quarter against the Atlanta Flacons, he showed why he's become one of Fields' most trusted weapons. On first-and-10, Fields looked deep downfield to Kmet on a go route from the Chicago 49-yard line as the Bears tight end ran through the Falcons zone. Kmet did his best Justin Jefferson impression, leapt in the air and snagged the laser with his outstretched right hand. This season, he's developing into a big-time playmaker.

over the last three weeks, and Mariota has quietly gotten the sixth-most fantasy points per dropback this year, so he can be started Sunday. The Ravens are 13-point home favorites against a Panthers defense allowing the fifth-most fantasy points to running backs this season. The Broncos haven't allowed a 300-yard passer and have ceded the fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks this season. The Vikings have allowed the eighth-most fantasy points to tight ends, so Schultz is an easy top-five option this week — and moving forward. This matchup has the highest total (52 points) of the week, and the Chiefs have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks this season.

Rachaad White and Cole Kmet came through for us last week, if you're willing to accept them as fantasy sleepers. In a messy tight end week — fantasy managers just lost Dallas Goedert and Zach Ertz — Conklin makes sense as a temporary option. Fantasy managers will have to make some uncomfortable dart throws on the flank this weekend. Collins probably doesn't have smash potential, but the arrow is pointing in the right direction. If you play in a one-quarterback format, Dalton and Winston probably aren’t a direct part of your life.

If you are new to this article series, I will be using my Expected Fantasy Points model to determine which players relied on volume or efficiency to produce for fantasy. In short, the two metrics that we will use each week areExpected Fantasy Points (or xFP)Fantasy Points Over Expected (or FPOE = Actual Points - Expected Points)Why do these metrics matter? Interestingly, he was mainly used as a short-yardage option, which is why he only ranked as the WR35 in Expected Fantasy Points. Running Backs: Fantasy Usage & EfficiencyD’Onta Foreman - Carolina PanthersWho needs Christian McCaffrey when you have D'Onta Foreman on the roster? Quarterbacks: Fantasy Usage & EfficiencyMatt Ryan - Indianapolis ColtsTo everyone's surprise, Matt Ryan returned to the starting lineup in Jeff Saturday's first game as a head coach.

Back in fantasy football draft season in August, Cole Kmet was one of the primary picks at breakout tight end. He was expected to not only be the primary tight end on the Bears, but also one of Justin Fields' primary receiving targets. Kmet didn't score a single fantasy point in the first two weeks of the season. In fact, he didn't score more than six fantasy points all year until Week 8! Here's the tight end position — check out where Kmet and the rest of the tight end options landed in our analysts' rankings for Week 11:powered by FantasyProsECR ™ -

Our analysts reveal their boldest fantasy predictions for Week 10. Washington on Monday night gets the Eagles, who are 31st in rushing success rate allowed but third in passing success rate allowed. Jacoby Brissett is available in 90% of Yahoo leagues yet finishes as a top-five fantasy QB this week. [Week 10 Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DST | Kickers]Olave: Overall WR1? This week, Olave gets a Steelers defense that's allowed the most fantasy points per game to opposing receivers.

Perhaps you’ll add a player to your fantasy bench as depth, but won't deploy him this week. Case Keenum vs. MinnesotaThis is as conditional as it gets, as we don't yet know the status of Josh Allen and his elbow. Keenum is capable of giving us 265 yards and a couple of touchdowns, and those numbers play in fantasy football 2022. Cole Kmet vs. DetroitI wasn’t sure Kmet was a fair qualifier for this column until I noted his industry rank was a mere TE17. Pat Freiermuth vs. New OrleansOne tight end I would not start Kmet over is Freiermuth, who is coming off his own little binge.

Miami escaped with a 35-32 victory at Chicago on Sunday, but Justin Fields was the star of the day. Fields ran for 178 yards — a new regular-season record for a quarterback — and accounted for four total touchdowns, putting Chicago's offense on his back. Tight end Cole Kmet secured two short touchdowns — he's back in fantasy play after a shaky start to the year. But fantasy is a game about numbers, and Fields rang them up like a pinball machine. Kaepernick ran for 181 yards and threw for 263 more — with four total touchdowns — as the 49ers knocked out the Packers in the 2012 playoffs.

Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Micah Parsons returned a fumble for his first NFL score and the Dallas Cowboys beat the Chicago Bears 49-29.

Can we finally start Tony Pollard.

The contract standoff between the Chicago Bears and Roquan Smith continued Thursday with the star linebacker watching practice from the sideline and new coach Matt Eberflus saying he expects healthy players participating on the field.

Kyler Murray threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more in his return from an ankle injury and the Arizona Cardinals beat the struggling Chicago Bears 33-22.

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) throws for a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the second half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)CHICAGO – Darrell Bevell had a hard time processing everything from his first game as an NFL coach. They fired general manager Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia while elevating Bevell, their offensive coordinator, to interim coach. But the Lions turned things around down the stretch, sending the Bears (5-7) to their sixth straight loss. The Lions came out on top after losing four of five, and Stafford gave Bevell the game ball.

“I don’t ever remember having our own defense score more than our offense,” Nagy said. “That’s that’s that’s hard to do. But the offense has averaged 16 points per game in Foles’ four starts since, and he’s getting little help from the players around him. The offensive line struggled against the strong front of the Rams (5-2), producing just 2.9 yards per carry. Foles was sacked four times, twice at the hands of former Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd, and he threw two interceptions.