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The Yahoo team offers its strongest fantasy football predictions for Week 10.
Deebo Samuel Sr. reminds us of his WR1 advantage
Samuel Sr.’s production has been inconsistent and disappointing, with an unreliable target percentage and recurring injury issues, but Week 10 is the perfect opportunity for him to bounce back. After the bye week, Samuel faces a Buccaneers defense that is the fantasy equivalent of leaving a kid alone in a candy store. The Bucs have allowed the seventh-most fantasy points to opposing receivers and have reveled in them all year.
This matchup features one of the highest point totals of the week and with the return of Christian McCaffrey, the entire 49ers offense is expected to benefit from the volume. Samuel’s strong usage and big upside could finally give Fantasy managers the WR1 advantage that was missing in the first half of the season. — Teresa Roberts
D’Andre Swift is a must-start
D’Andre Swift has been the fantasy RB8 since Week 3 despite The struggles of Caleb Williams. The rookie QB has played much better at home this season, where the Bears are near touchdown favorites on Sunday. Swift has averaged 108.6 yards from scrimmage and nearly a touchdown per game during wins this season, and the game script should be positive this week.
The Patriots have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to running backs this year, and RBs have averaged 143.5 rushing yards against New England over the last four games. Swift finishes in the top five in fantasy this week. — Dalton Del Don
George Kittle returns to the top five
You probably didn’t need anyone pushing you to start Kittle this week, so I’m just here to make you feel even better about the decision. Kittle is about to face the same Bucs soft zone coverage that allowed Travis Kelce to catch 14 passes on Monday night.
Overall, Tampa Bay has allowed the third-most passing yards per game on the season (255.9) and the third-most receiving touchdowns (18). Not surprisingly, they have been particularly generous to opposing tight ends, giving up the second-most receiving yards to the position (627) and the third-most fantasy points. Kittle is close to another top-five finish, likely with his seventh score of the season. — Andy Behrens
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Ladd McConkey = Chargers WR to start
The Chargers have continued their pass-heavy strategy in recent weeks. Since returning from their Week 5 bye, Los Angeles ranks second in neutral passing rate, a far cry from what many feared this offense would be entering the season. Justin Herbert has recorded 18 deep attempts in that same span, a top mark among quarterbacks.
While guys like Josh Palmer and Quentin Johnston reached the end zone last week, make no mistake: Ladd McConkey is the best receiver on this team. Both the volume data and the film affirm this fact. This week, the Chargers face a Titans defense that is an overall strong unit, but Teams have been more likely to throw at them than run at them.. — Matt Harmon
Give Jonnu Smith his flowers.
Miami’s offense has a lot of big names, a lot of stars. I’m not here to promote those guys, but rather an underrated player. Over the last four weeks, guess who leads the Dolphins in both targets (27) and receptions (21)? That would be tight end Jonnu Smith. Now only one of those four games actually materialized into a fantasy-worthy outing, but this week Smith has a Rams defense that has been the sixth-easiest unit for tight ends to score on.
I know we’re all screaming for Tyreek Hill to get going or for De’Von Achane to keep working his magic. But leave some room on Monday nights for the emerging Smith, a common hot read in Miami. — Scott Pianoowski
Turn on Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Tracy Jr. is set for a big week of recovery. In Week 9, Tracy gained just 69 scoreless yards on 17 touches. But the key takeaway from this game was Tracy’s role because she stayed strong. He played 69% of the Giants’ snaps, his most in a game with Devin Singletary active this year. This led to Tracy getting 17 touches compared to just seven for Singletary.
In the last two games, with Singletary back and healthy, Tracy played 64% of the snaps and earned 40 snaps. Singletary has seen just 12 opportunities during this stretch. This week, Tracy will face the Panthers who allow the most rushing yards per game. Carolina allowed 215 total yards to Alvin Kamara last week. Tracy is a must-start in this matchup, there’s a good chance he surpasses 100 total yards this week. — Sal Vetri