🏈Last-Minute Sunday Prep⏳

The Deep Dive Fantasy Newsletter is now coming to your inbox seven days a week throughout the NFL season, and I, Ryan Noonan, have the honor of being your Sunday morning MC.

I want to help you make those difficult start/sit decisions each week, so feel free to click my name above and follow me on Twitter (X?). I’ll answer a few of your questions here each week.

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We also get another early start this week with the Titans and Ravens in London. No international game next week, so chalk a win up for sleep!

I love this ‘Watchability’ index from our friends over at SumerSports. If you need to apologize to your significant other for watching football all day, it seems like a great evening for a dinner out on the town. I don’t think you’re going to miss much on Sunday night.

You can’t really stream running backs or wide receivers, but depending on your league’s size and settings, you can often stream quarterbacks, tight ends, and defenses.

I was informed that in 2023, people still play in fantasy leagues with kickers, so we also have kicker streaming options as well.

My 4for4 teammates cover that for you here.

Top Quarterback Streaming Picks

Top Tight End Streaming Picks

Top Team Defense Streaming Picks

Top Kicker Streaming Picks

Our resident projection and rankings alpha, John Paulsen, will bring you his favorite Sneaky Starts & Sleepers each week. He’s pretty good at the whole rankings and projections thing, so it’s worth your time.

If you’re new here, I want to let you in on a little secret.

Giving start/sit advice without context in a newsletter is my own private hell.

I don’t know your league size, scoring, or anything about you.

Despite that, I’m still going to give you a few names that are worth your attention this morning since today’s the day.

I’m pretty good at this, too.

Here are a few names that are start-worthy today, even though you likely didn’t think so when you drafted them:

Geno Smith (QB, Seahawks) - There’s massive play volume upside for Geno and company in this spot. While they tend to lean more run-heavy than we’d like, I think the return of tackle Charles Cross will allow them to operate in more 3-WR sets and unlocks more upside in this offense overall.

D’Onta Foreman (RB, Bears) - Foreman won the Week 6 battle of attrition, with every other Bears running back dinged up for this one. Foreman doesn’t play special teams, so he’s been inactive for a few weeks but is suddenly staring at 18-20 touches in a potentially positive game script against the Vikings.

Chuba Hubbard (RB, Panthers) - Hubbard doesn’t likely move the needle on the ground this week, but he could swoop in with some garbage time work in the passing game. If he falls into the end zone at some point, even better.

Jordan Addison (WR, Vikings) - K.J. Osborn and Brandon Powell could make a splash for deeper leagues, but Jordan Addison has already flashed a bit working opposite of Justin Jefferson. With JJ out, Addison has a path to significant upside against the Bears’ secondary.

Josh Downs (WR, Colts) - With Gardner Minshew under center, Downs's workload has looked similar to Michael Pittman’s. Downs’s 1.67 yards per route run tops Pittman’s 1.61, while the target share split is narrowing as well (30% Pittman vs. Downs’s 25%).

Logan Thomas (TE, Commanders) - Thomas is seeing elite TE1 usage and gets a matchup against the Falcons, who’ve allowed a top-5 rate of targets, receptions, and yards to the tight end position this year.

Now for the bad news. You might have to start these guys, but if you have decent options, I’d SIT ‘EM. This is more a group of players where I’m lower than the consensus is this week:

Kirk Cousins (QB, Vikings) - I’m fine with starting Cousins if you have to, but an outside game in Chicago’s dicey weather in a spot without Justin Jefferson doesn’t quite do it for me.

Rachaad White (RB, Buccaneers) - The workload is safe, but I don’t love the matchup here for White. The Lions’ defense has been excellent and incredibly stout against the run.

Amari Cooper (WR, Browns) - With Watson out and P.J. Walker in, there’s a narrow path to Cooper and the Browns’ offense

For all the latest inactive news prior to kick-off, make sure you download the Fantasy Life App. In the race to push news out first, the Fantasy Life App wears the crown. It’s not even close.

Week 7

Bye’s continue with the Panthers, Bengals, Cowboys, Texans, Jets, and Titans taking a seat. There are some valuable fantasy assets in there, so why wait until next week and battle your league mates on the waiver wire? Get ahead of things now.

Each league is different, as it relates to both waiver wire rules and roster depth, so it’s difficult to make recommendations, but you should be using the time before your wire closes to look ahead because most of your league mates aren’t. Jen covers more of that here.

Survivor Strategy

The Dolphins and Bills are massive home favorites and seem like an ideal, no-sweat option this week.

The 49ers are big favorites on the road, but that seems like the wrong spot to use the 49ers in. The Rams are a touchdown favorite at home against the Cardinals, and they make for a viable pivot if you’ve already used the two AFC East powerhouses.

Of course, we cover more than just traditional fantasy at 4for4. Our DFS team is second to none, so if you’re playing on DraftKings or FanDuel, we can help.

TJ, Daigle, and weekly guest Pat Kerrane will hold your hand through lineup construction, picks, values, and weekly game theory on our DFS flagship show, DFS MVP. Subscribe so you don’t miss it.

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We also cover betting extensively as well. That’s mostly where you’ll find me, in case you miss me every non-Sunday because you’ve made it to the bottom of this newsletter, so clearly, we’re vibing.

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The Giants and Bills won’t offer much in terms of entertainment unless you’re betting on it or playing DFS.

If you’re looking to play single-game DFS, Matt has you covered for this one.

It’s Bills or nothing for me, though I know laying more than two touchdowns in the NFL is crazy, but this Giants team is bad, and the injury report looks like a CVS receipt.

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