Bo Nix won his first game as a Denver Bronco, but he didn’t exactly light up the fantasy football scoreboard. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
We’re officially three weeks into the NFL season and quarterbacks still aren’t quite “quarterbacking” to our expectations. Retread veterans continue to dominate — even Andy Dalton and Malik Willis stepped up with top-10 performances this week — and young players we expected to take a leap in Year 2 or provide immediate impact as rookies are missing the mark.
It’s time we evaluate their performances coming off Week 3, and our level of trust in their pass catchers.
Fantasy superstar QBs failing to hit fantasy draft value
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Stroud’s early season production isn’t panic-inducing but for the past two weeks, he’s finished outside the top-15 in fantasy points. His only top-10 finish was in Week 1 against an Indianapolis defense that’s had its fair share of early-season struggles, including allowing Caleb Williams the best performance of his early career (we’ll get to that in a second). This week Stroud completed 20 of 31 passes for 215 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for his worst fantasy performance of the season.
Pulse check: Does Stroud get a pass for his early season performances?
I’m willing to give Stroud a pass on his Week 3 performance against Minnesota. In the words of Brock Purdy, that “scheme is crazy.”
But it is concerning that we’ve yet to see Stroud surpass 260 passing yards. Stroud’s fantasy value comes from volume. He lacks the rushing upside to push him over the 20-point fantasy hump. Two hundred and fifty yards and two touchdowns is a fine day for a quarterback but simply not enough for Stroud to pay off at his ADP.
Look ahead to Stroud’s upcoming schedule and you start to see a problem. Aside from a matchup here and there, Stroud’s schedule isn’t particularly quarterback-friendly. Stroud moves from a solid mid-QB1 to a quarterback…
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Publish date : 2024-09-23 03:09:55
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