Despite winning all three games, Matthew Stafford has thrown for less than 300 yards in each of the previous two. As a matter of fact, he hasn’t passed for 300 yards since Week 4. He will take on the top-ranked scoring and total defence in the NFL this week when the Rams visit Baltimore. The seasoned quarterback has his finest performance of the year with the postseason in sight, amassing over 300 passing yards and four touchdowns in an unexpected victory.
This Sunday in New Orleans, the Panthers will defeat the Saints. Yes, you did hear me. Even in Week 2, when their defence was genuinely playing well, the Saints narrowly defeated Carolina on the road due to their recent collapse. While it’s unlikely that the Panthers will score a lot of goals overnight, even a small boost in performance or a visit by former Saint Andy Dalton could be enough to pull off the upset.
Another game with at least 150 yards and a touchdown is recorded by Tyreek Hill. When a prediction feels too safe, you know a player is having an insane season. He has, after all, previously pulled off this feat five times this season. According to Next Gen Stats, Hill leads the NFL in target share (32.5%) and ranks sixth in air yards share (44.2%). When you compare that to the Titans defence, which gives wideouts almost 200 receiving yards a game, Hill is sure to dominate once more.
CeeDee Lamb seems to surpass 100 yards every week. He easily surpasses that amount this week as he plays a 200-yard game against a division opponent. When it comes to yards granted to receivers on deep passes and in the middle of the field, the Eagles rank in the top three. Lamb is the Cowboys’ top target in the centre of the field and a playmaker who thrives on deep passes. This week, he is going to eat.
Week 13’s volume from Browns wide receiver Elijah Moore wasn’t an anomaly. With the most air yards in a game this season, his 12 targets offered tremendous upside. Moore had four end zone targets going into the game against the Rams, but Joe Flacco only targeted the quick receiver three times in the end zone on Sunday. Moore and Flacco get along so well because they played together for a few seasons on the Jets. As Amari Cooper (concussion protocol) recovers, Moore should be a top fantasy wide receiver against Jacksonville this week.
Among the Week 14 NFL Research’s more entertaining nuggets: The quarterback duo of Jake Browning of Washington State and Gardner Minshew of Washington State will face off in the Colts-Bengals game for the fifteenth time since 1950. Put aside your rivalry between the Eagles and Cowboys and the Bills and Chiefs; this Apple Cup matchup is shaping up to be one of the weekend’s best games. In a furious shootout, the two backup signal-callers total more than 900 passing yards between them.
Although Dak Prescott has seven of the top ten single-game passing-yard totals in Cowboys history, he hasn’t been able to take the top spot for almost seven years. Up until Sunday night, that belonged to Tony Romo (506 yards in Week 5, 2013). Prescott will toss for 513 yards (and four touchdowns) in a barnburner against the Eagles to shatter the record, defeat the team, and end as the week’s top fantasy quarterback.