Maybe Nine Should Let Plain Ol’ JJ Take the Wheel for a Week

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Get these summaries delivered to your inbox each week!  The best football weekend of the year is right around the corner. Three island games on Thursday, one on Friday, and of course the two usual ones on Sunday/Monday night. Thanksgiving itself is not that bad either, of course (Chris here - turkey is overrated, stuffing is the GOAT). Black Friday’s a pretty great opportunity to score some sweet deals. But we’re locked in for the 24 cumulative hours of football watching. That’s next weekend, though, and this upcoming one will be full of action both on and off the field. Yahoo’s default trade deadline is this Saturday, November 22nd, and the default trade deadline in ESPN leagues (November 26th) will also have passed by the time you get this newsletter again. Of course, your leagues may vary - they may have even happened already! - so make sure you take a look and plan accordingly. …and if you need help figuring out how to put your team over the edge, either in a last-ditch effort to make the playoffs or to shore up your chances of winning the whole thing, 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 end up posting 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: Rome Odunze vs Jameson Williams Time to buy low on Lamar Jackson FULL access to the FF Newsletter’s TE Prospect Fantasy Data Model The price of Derrick Henry for contenders and pretenders Where Ian Eagle ranks on the all-time broadcasting tier list Bears OT Darnell Wright’s Chess.com profile - Dookster58 (spoiler alert: he is not very good) Chris’ conspiracy theory that Tyrell Shavers wears #14 to trick Josh Allen into thinking he is Diggs for more targets 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: Odds of making the fantasy playoffs : • 3-8: 5.1% • 4-7: 15.1% • 5-6: 38.6% • 6-5: 68.7% • 7-4: 89.5% • 8-3: 97.6% Yards per Route Run leaders among all TEs: 1. Dalton Kincaid 2. Terrance Ferguson YPRR leaders this season: 1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (4.24) 2. Puka Nacua (3.46) 3. Dalton Kincaid (2.95) 4. Jaylen Waddle without Tyreek Hill (2.77) Keaton Mitchell has the highest career yards per carry (6.6) by an RB in NFL history (min. 75 rush attempts). NFL TE Leaders in Missed Tackles Forced: 1. Harold Fannin Jr. 2. Trey McBride 3. Elijah Higgins Chase Brown yards per carry: • Weeks 1-5: 2.5 (last) • Weeks 6-11: 5.9 (3rd) Amon-Ra St Brown and Jameson Williams each have four WR1 games this season. Only three running backs have gained 3+ yards after contact on more than 50% of their carries this season: • Brian Robinson (54%) • Aaron Jones (52%) • Bhayshul Tuten (51%) Trey McBride’s 184.8 PPR points is 44.8 points higher than TE2 Jake Ferguson. That’s greater than the difference between Jake Ferguson’s 140 to TE18 Kyle Pitts’ 96.4. Fantasy Points…