Lamar Jackson Had Cramps

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Welcome back! Congrats to everyone who didn’t have to face Derrick Henry, Jonathan Taylor, or Lamar Jackson in the 1st round of the playoffs. Good luck to those of you who made it to round 2. For those of you in Dynasty leagues, this is the time of year half the league is asleep. Go make those waiver wire stashes!

News & Notes:

“The expectation out of Philadelphia is that rookie QB Jalen Hurts will be the starter for the remainder of the season, per @mortreport”

Gardner Minshew is getting the start this week.

Patriots’ HC Bill Belichick, asked who’s his starting QB moving forward: “Great question. Really glad you asked that. Cam's our quarterback."

Report: Matthew Stafford in ‘unbelievable amount of pain’

Deebo Samuel will be “out a while” with a hamstring strain.

Leonard Fournette was a healthy scratch in Week 14.

Deshaun Watson is being consulted with by Cal McNair on the next coach for the Texans.

Insights, Analysis, Hype:

The Brandon Aiyuk hype train continues: “Brandon Aiyuk has the 5th most PPR points all-time from a WR through 10 career games.” — “Injuries to Kittle and Deebo a factor, but alpha usage for Brandon Aiyuk in his last four games. Averaging 12.2 targets for a 30% share.” — Thread on /r/Dynastyff. — Brandon Aiyuk is only 10 games into his career and he’s already got a legit career highlight reel. (And these clips don’t even include his 10th game highlights)

Here’s a great breakdown of Cam Akers on Twitter. — Also: “Cam Akers (Week 14) 55 of 62 snaps (89%) 29 of 31 carries (94%) 3 of 4 targets (75%) 194 yards from scrimmage (5.90 YPC) Is he a league-winning peak-era Todd Gurley-esque bell cow down the stretch and through the playoffs? IDK but he faces the Jets next week”

“DO NOT sleep on Cole Beasley this season: -More yards than A.J. Brown -More rec than D.K. Metcalf -More yards per rec than DeAndre Hopkins -More TD than Julio Jones -More 100-yd games than Tyreek Hill”

Believe it or not, David Montgomery is the RB7 on the season. — “fantasy pts per game wk 10-14 david montgomery: 25.6 derrick henry: 22.5 d'andre swift: 20.5 antonio gibson: 19.5 austin ekeler: 19.4 dalvin cook: 18.7 nick chubb: 18.6 jonathan taylor: 18.5 alvin kamara: 18.3 chris carson: 17.6”

“Jalen Hurts joins Lamar Jackson as the only QBs in league history to rush for 100+ yards in their first career start.”

“Austin Ekeler has played five full games with Justin Herbert this season: * Averaging 9.8 targets per game for a 21% share * Handling 13.0 carries per game for a 54% of the RB carries”

“Stefon Diggs is the first player in the NFL this season with 100 catches. No Buffalo Bill has ever had more than 100 catches in a single season. He's already up to a career-high 1,167 yards and is on pace to set the Bills' single season receiving yards mark.”

“Davante Adams is the first player in NFL history to have six plus catches & a receiving TD in eight straight games- NFL Week 14 Game Notes”

“Aaron Rodgers has 39 Pass TD & 4 INT this season. There have only been 2 instances in NFL history of a QB throwing 40+ TD with fewer than 8 INT over a full season. Aaron Rodgers in 2016 (40/7) Aaron Rodgers in 2011 (45/6)”

Jonathan Taylor hype thread on /r/DynastyFF

“D.K. Metcalf leads all wide receivers with 1,180 yards. Travis Kelce has 1,250 yards. He's a tight end. End tweet.”

“There have been 11 runs of 70+ yards in the NFL this season. Miles Sanders has 3 of them.”

“Derrick Henry just became the 8th RB to rush for 200 yards/game 4 times. 6- Simpson, Peterson 5- Barber 4- Henry, Tomlinson, Sanders, Campbell, J Brown”

“Sheesh alert: James Robinson TD run nullified on illegal formation penalty. At least RB1son's third nullified score of the season. Wasn't even a hold where the TD wouldn't have worked otherwise; we're talking a WR covering up a TE. Sheesh.”

“Clyde Edwards-Helaire's usage yesterday: * 74% snaps (highest of season) * 16-of-18 RB carries (most carries since Week 6) * Ran 23 routes to Lev Bell's 6”

The Fun Stuff:

“when you face the no.1 seed in the fantasy playoffs, but start akers & the rams d:”

Lamar Jackson had to go to the locker room during Week 14 with reported cramps. Twitter had a field day with poop jokes. Lamar Jackson later said it was in fact cramps and a doctor even vouched for him.

This is an old highlight of Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo, but it’s absolutely nutty.

The ultimate "Football is a team sport" stat.

The Fantasy Footballers’ Twitter thread with one liners & puns from Week 14.

“Chargers OL Forrest Lamp has an endorsement deal with Lamp Plus, a lamp company. And this is his first signature lamp, called the Forrest Sequoia. A forest lamp from Forrest Lamp.”

You in Week 1 vs you Today.

Your team in the regular season vs your team in the playoffs.

Baker Mayfield has an absolute cannon for an arm.

Jonathan Taylor scootin’ for a 62-yard TD.

“Brandon McManus sucked today”

Chris Herndon is a weapon.

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