Sunday Morning Update
Sunday Morning Update #2: 9:45 AM EST
Tua Tagovailoa was reported that he's dealing with an illness, but is expected to start. If for some reason he were to miss, Atlanta's defense would skyrocket into a top spot this week as seventh-round rookie Quinn Ewers would get the start.
Primary Cash Lineup if Tua is in:
- QB Tyler Huntley, BAL, $6,000
- RB Bijan Robinson, ATL, $10,000
- RB Derrick Henry, BAL, $8,000
- WR Stefon Diggs, NE, $6,200
- WR Jaylin Noel, HOU, $4,500
- WR Devonta Smith, PHI, $6,700
- TE Dalton Schultz, HOU, $5,100
- Flex RB Jonathan Taylor, IND, $10,200
- TD New Orleans Saints, $3,000
Primary Cash Lineup if Tua is out.
- QB Tyler Huntley, BAL, $6,000
- RB Bijan Robinson, ATL, $10,000
- RB Derrick Henry, BAL, $8,000
- WR Stefon Diggs, NE, $6,200
- WR Jaylin Noel, HOU, $4,500
- WR Devonta Smith, PHI, $6,700
- TE Dalton Schultz, HOU, $5,100
- Flex RB Christian McCaffrey, SF, $9,100
- TD Atlanta Falcons
Sunday Morning Update: 9:30 AM EST
There's a lot to unpack this Sunday Morning.
Lamar Jackson, Tyrod Taylor, Michael Penix Jr., and Bryce Young are all out. This creates for a unique scenario, where you could look at their backups at the quarterback position to provide some much needed savings. Tyler Huntley would be the player that would be the most intriguing of the group given his rushing upside.
An injury that is going under the radar is that Sauce Gardner is out for the Jets. This should greatly help alleviate any concerns that may have been had about Joe Flacco’s potential this week.
At the quarterback position, the question is what you can afford. If I had to rank them, it would be:
Ultimately, the decision comes down to how you feel about the running backs. It ultimately comes down to Bo Nix + Saquon Barkley + moderate upgrades on defense, or up to Olave, Joe Flacco + Christian McCaffrey, or Tyler Huntley + Jonathan Taylor.
It is so hard not to take Jonathan Taylor this week. He is -400 to score a touchdown against Tennessee, the highest we’ve ever seen for this prop since we’ve tracked it over the last eight years. Meanwhile for McCaffrey, as great as he’s been, it’s a far more difficult matchup against Houston than it is against Tennessee for Taylor. I have these two lineups within 0.4 points of each other, but feel the floor for Taylor is slightly higher than it is for McCaffrey this week.
Primary Cash Lineup:
- QB Tyler Huntley, BAL, $6,000
- RB Bijan Robinson, ATL, $10,000
- RB Derrick Henry, BAL, $8,000
- WR Stefon Diggs, NE, $6,200
- WR Jaylin Noel, HOU, $4,500
- WR Devonta Smith, PHI, $6,700
- TE Dalton Schultz, HOU, $5,100
- Flex RB Jonathan Taylor, IND, $10,200
- TD New Orleans Saints, $3,000
Saturday Update 1:15 PM EST
Tyrod Taylor has been ruled out. Justin Fields is a high-risk play, but he could be someone to look at this week as the $6,900 price point against Cincinnati is very intriguing. There are a significant amount of injury news that has dropped on Saturday that needs to have a large Sunday update.
Week 7 Recap- Loss, Season Record 2-5
Week 7 is a tough one to swallow. Finishing in the top 6-7% of GPP lineups, but missing the cash cut line, just indicates how thin the margins are when it comes to cash games. This is cyclical, as the trains continue to run extremely hot.
Putting up 158.54 is never going to be a lineup that I’m mad about.
The key decision point was the choice of Justin Jefferson over CeeDee Lamb. Ultimately, it ended up being the wrong decision, as Lamb had a 74-yard touchdown in the first half while Jefferson fell just short of 100 yards and did not score. The rationale was largely solid. The rationale was that in Lamb’s first game back, he would see a decrease in volume as the team works him back from his ankle injury. Lamb’s five receptions in a game in which the Cowboys scored 44 points are indicative of that methodology, but one play is all it takes sometimes.
The other two decisions that were killer were the decision to choose Stefon Diggs over Michael Pittman Jr, and the mistake of choosing Jacory Croskey-Merritt.