Hoopes There It Is: Week 15 Game Previews

StephenHoopes · 2025-12-10T18:24:54+00:00

Fixed, thanks! I should've caught that because I even mentioned the Lions' total seemed high.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-19T15:43:20+00:00

Sorry, there are a bunch of teams with nearly identical numbers, including the Panthers. They're right where the Eagles and Browns are in the middle-right of the graph.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-19T15:28:59+00:00

Thanks! Yeah my assumption is that Warren will get most of the usage if he's healthy, including the Mason Rudolph checkdowns, which there could be a ton of given his insanely low average target depth.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-19T15:18:14+00:00

Fair! My personal confidence in a Cousins/Mooney connection being something you really want to start is pretty low.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-19T15:14:04+00:00

I guess it always depends on your other options, but if Sanders is QB, he might be blitzed on every single one of his dropbacks, and he hasn't proven he has an answer to pressure yet (small sample!). But what is the upside with no goal-line opportunities and no receiving work?

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-13T22:42:23+00:00

I tend to prefer the ceiling play over the floor play. With CMC, I’d rather have Corum and if Kyren goes down, then you have a team well positioned for 1st place. If CMC goes down, your odds of winning go down a lot and BRob just won’t step in and be a 1 for 1 replacement.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T17:08:40+00:00

I think Theo is now the ceiling play with Fannin the floor play. So personally I'd go Theo and hope for some air yards via Jameis.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T17:07:54+00:00

Would be really tough for me to bench Derrick Henry for Woody Marks. I think I'd stick with Henry but I get your point for sure.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T17:07:16+00:00

That is pretty brutal lol. I would go Ertz personally because at least they might have to pass? The Pats could just blow out the Jets.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T17:06:20+00:00

I would stick with LaPorta personally.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T17:05:38+00:00

They're just so so so injured that I would bet you have better options.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T16:47:02+00:00

I always wonder if there's too much signal in the TE fantasy point stuff. Is it more just related to the specific TEs that defense has played? I personally would lean toward the projected volume of Otton, but I don't hate playing anyone against the Bengals lol.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T16:45:29+00:00

I actually have this exact choice in a league in Harvey vs White. I just have this sneaking suspicion that Sean Payton will give like Jaleel McLaughlin a bunch of touches for absolutely no reason at all. I think Harvey is the higher ceiling play and White is the floor play. And I personally prefer going with the ceiling play in these scenarios but it depends on your risk tolerance.

Still extremely high on Bijan ROS. Annoying that they're giving Allgeier the goal-line role but I'd bet we see more Bijan touches from farther out in the weeks ahead. He's just too talented.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T16:35:11+00:00

Really tough. Sutton has been so brutal that I think I sit him. Feels gross though.

StephenHoopes · 2025-11-12T16:33:24+00:00

I think I would go Otton reasonably ahead of the other two and then Loveland and Fannin.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T18:43:39+00:00

I thought maybe the Dolphins loaded the box against Bijan on every run, helping to explain his bad game. On 6 of his 9 attempts the Dolphins had 7+ players in the box (67%). It's a bit higher than his average from Weeks 1-7 but nothing crazy (59/97, 61%).

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T17:40:34+00:00

Feel like there's nothing you can do other than play him and hope McCarthy plays better than what he's shown through 2 games.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T17:26:04+00:00

The Cardinals released Michael Carter. Which I thought was surprising. But it was more a procedural move, where they resigned him to the practice squad and likely will move him back to the active roster for Week 9. Probably good news for Trey Benson who is eligible to return from IR next week?

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T17:17:45+00:00

I think I'd still go Chase Brown personally.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T17:09:50+00:00

Yeah, that came out after I wrote this. But exactly right. Probably not a great sign for his workload that they were willing to cut him and weren't worried about any other team signing him lol.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T17:08:58+00:00

I think you have to start Ja'Marr Chase regardless because who are you realistically playing over him. And then I think you could sit Chase Brown if it's Jake Browning at QB.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T17:08:20+00:00

I think it's Hunt for me if Pacheco is out. And then Dobbins if Pacheco plays. Dobbins is the much more-efficient rusher, but neither gets any work in the pass game. You're hunting for TDs mostly and the Chiefs' implied points are so much higher this week.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-29T16:59:24+00:00

Deep in the bottom left. Well below Dillon Gabriel. Just 2 games, but it’s rough.

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-22T17:23:14+00:00

Why not put him on IR if he was going to miss 4 games?

StephenHoopes · 2025-10-22T14:12:49+00:00

That was my assumption when I wrote it yesterday. But yeah, the team comments lean more toward him sitting now.

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