Fantasy Football Rankings Week 10: Sleepers, projections, starts, sits | David

Kyler Murray is back, Keaton Mitchell has people excited, and Joshua Dobbs did the unthinkable. It’s been an interesting past week and an intriguing Week 10 is on tap.

The Week 10 fantasy football rankings include the game previews, sleepers and more… plus this week’s “fun with ranks” — the Best Video Game Soundtracks of All Time. You know a song just popped in your head as you read that — Mario or Zelda, which was it?

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WEEK 10 FANTASY FOOTBALL PREVIEWS

** BYES: KC, LAR, MIA, PHI **

NOTE: You’ll see quite a bit of “Since Week 4 or 5,” and that’s because it’s good to look at recent performance versus year-long with defenses, etc., as in-season adjustments can change things. For example, the Broncos were clearly the worst defense early, but since Week 4, they’re midpack — not amazing, but much better than they started.

Acronyms To Know

• RBTouch% — RB touch percentage — percent of team total RB touches that player had
• TmTGT% — Team target percentage — percent of team total targets going to that player
• G2G and GL — Goal-to-Go (inside the 10-yard line) and Goal-Line (inside the 5-yard line)
• TmTGT% — Percent of the team’s total targets for the player
• TmAirYD% — Team Air Yard percentage — percent of team total air yards going to that player
• CPOE — Completion percentage over expectation — allowed completion percentage adjusting for the difficulty of the pass (depth, coverage, etc.)
• Stuff% — A run that doesn’t go for a touchdown, 4+ yards on first down, or 3+ yards on any other down
• Explosive Run — Any rush of 15+ yards
• YPRR — Yards per Route Run — rather valuable indicator

Panthers at Bears, TNF

• The Bears are the only team since Week 4 to not allow a rushing touchdown (six games — DEN, WSH, MIN, LV, LAC, NO). They’re also allowing a league-low 3.0 YPC with the highest Stuff% and toughest RushEPA.
• The Panthers have the most favorable RushEPA allowed but are fourth-toughest against slot receivers.
• Assuming Khalil Herbert returns, I’d put Herbert and D’Onta Foreman as risk/reward RB2/3s. If Herbert doesn’t, Foreman’s a rock-solid Top 15 option.

Colts at Patriots, 9:30 a.m., Germany

• The Patriots and Chargers are tied for the lowest missed tackle rate given up, at 0.09 per attempt (since Week 4).
• If Josh Downs is out, I wouldn’t risk Alec Pierce or Isaiah McKenzie in most leagues. Maybe pray for a touchdown with Pierce. If Downs plays, he’s back to WR3 status.
• Rhamondre Stevenson doesn’t have a single game of 12+ points without a touchdown. The Colts have allowed a running back to score in six of nine games.

Texans at Bengals, 1 p.m.

• Since Week 4, the Bengals force a league-high 20.8% of drives to end in turnovers (TEN, ARI, SEA, SF, BUF) — Jaguars are second (19.7%) and the Cardinals are last (4.5%).
• Going back to Week 5, no quarterback has…