Kyle Pitts is your Fantasy MVP

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Get these summaries delivered to your inbox each week!  Did you make it? Of course you did - you subscribe to The FF Newsletter, after all. Glad to see you’re still with us after an exciting first week of the playoffs, headlined by none other than Kyle Pitts dropping a 40burger and reminding us all why we ride the roller coaster that is drafting him every year. There were, of course, a ton of other great performances; TreVeyon Henderson, Bijan, and TLaw (among others) all shone bright when we needed them the most. Hopefully you managed to evade them in your matchups, and if not, hopefully you managed to survive. Onward to the semi-finals, and to the most wonderful time of the year - #saturdayNFLseason. Don’t forget to make sure you’re not accidentally starting someone you don’t want in your lineup, get those waiver/FA picks in early, and we’ll see you on the other side. If you need help figuring out how to get there, fret not, cause we’ve got you covered. In case you haven’t heard yet, the newsletter party keeps on rockin’ all week - not just Thursday mornings or whenever we decide to post on Twitter . If you’re looking for the greatest community of fantasy players that the internet has to offer, complete with advice and the fastest headlines around, then join our premium subscribers’ community on Discord via Patreon for just $5 a month . Here’s a taste of what we talked about this week: Camaron going 0-3 in the quarterfinals (the Discord had a quick burial for him) Best Ball Tournament Results sharing Tyreek Hill’s next destination (and how it could help or hurt his value) Chiefs and Cowboys group shaming Fangirling over Subvertadown on his Late Round Podcast episode And tons of nonsense, both football-related and not If you’re here from some non-email source (Reddit, Twitter, a friend who forwarded the email, etc.), make sure to subscribe so you get this email every Thursday AM and can act on it before your leaguemates get to it first. In case you missed the button to do so above, here’s another one: Subscribe now As always, let us know what stats helped you out in the comments, Reddit , or on Twitter @FFNewsletter! Onward to the news. Analysis & Hype: Most receiving yards by a TE before turning 26 years old 1. Rob Gronkowski 4379 (65 games) 2. Jason Witten 3983 (79 games) 3. Tony Gonzalez 3958 (79 games) 4. Kellen Winslow 3942 (57 games) 5. Kyle Pitts 3448 (75 games and counting until October 6 2026) Kyle Pitts’ last three games: • 24 catches • 338 receiving yards • 3 TD (all last week) He’s the only TE to record 80+ receiving yards in 3 straight games this season. 7% of Kyle Pitts ’ career fantasy points happened last week against the Bucs. His 40.1 half-PPR points were the third-most by a TE in NFL history, and most since 1983. Jahmyr Gibbs fantasy finishes since Week 6: • RB28 • RB2 • RB40 • RB3 • RB12 • RB1 • RB27 • RB1 • RB31 Jason Myers has more fantasy points (177.0) this season than Nico Collins, Chase Brown, CeeDee Lamb, and Justin Jefferson. He would currently rank as the QB20, RB15, WR7, and TE2 in fantasy football. Jason Myers only needs 8 more field goals to break the all time single season record. Travis Kelce (TE2) is closer to David Njoku (TE28) than he is to Trey McBride (TE1) Patrick Mahomes has never taken a snap when mathematically eliminated from the playoffs Most 300-yard passing games this season: 1. Dak Prescott 5 2. Jacoby Brissett 4 T-3. Mac Jones 3 Jacoby Brissett became the first QB to score 20 fantasy p…