Tre Tucker
26.70 pts
Five catches, 97 yards, two touchdowns. On your bench.
You lost Week 6 by 6.54 points while 46 points sat on your bench and your second running back scored zero.
LordHaveMRSA
90.00
vargy
96.54
Final. Neither roster has a player in tonight's Washington Commanders at San Francisco 49ers game (8:15 PM ET), so this one is decided. You drop to 2-4.
Cam Skattebo
0.00 pts
Active, six snaps, zero carries, zero targets. Benched.
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
18.50 pts
Took the Skattebo work. Unowned in your league.
Where the matchup ended
You scored 90.00. vargy scored 96.54. The margin was 6.54 points, and every player on both sides has played - vargy's only Washington Commanders player, Jayden Daniels, sat on his bench, so tonight's game cannot change anything. This is a loss, and it moves you to 2-4 with 507.20 points on the season, seventh in a twelve-team league.
It is worth being precise about how this loss happened, because it was not a scoring problem. Your bench outscored a third of your lineup. You had the points to win and left them in the garage.
Your starters, one by one
Drake Maye (New England Patriots), Quarterback - 23.80 points
Eighteen of 32 for 235 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions, plus four carries for 24 yards in a 26-19 win over the New York Jets. That beats his 19.7 season average and he has now cleared 23 points in three of the last four weeks. He is your best asset and the one position you never have to think about.
Keon Coleman (Buffalo Bills), Wide Receiver - 15.90 points
Four catches on six targets for 59 yards and a touchdown in Buffalo's 33-30 win at Las Vegas. Against a 10.9 season average that is a good day, though it took the touchdown to get there - four catches for 59 yards is not a workload you can count on week to week.
Xavier Worthy (Kansas City Chiefs), Wide Receiver - 14.30 points
Seven catches on seven targets for 73 yards in a 22-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Not a single wasted target. His 9.5 season average is ugly, so this is real progress, but he still has not scored a touchdown since Week 2.
Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams), Wide Receiver - 14.00 points
Six catches on seven targets for 80 yards, no touchdown, in a 18-16 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He averages 22.9 points per game. This was his worst healthy outing of the year and nowhere near the 27.7 and 37.7 he put up in Weeks 4 and 5. Not a bad game - just a flat one, and it came on the week you needed it least.
Trey McBride (Arizona Cardinals), Tight End - 12.30 points
Seven catches on nine targets for 53 yards, no touchdown. The targets are fine; the 7.6 yards per catch is not. Against a 17.2 season average this was a clear miss, and it is his second single-digit-yards-per-catch game in three weeks. Still the best tight end you could roster, but he cost you here.
Kyren Williams (Los Angeles Rams), Running Back - 9.70 points
Ten carries for 50 yards, three catches for 17 yards, no touchdown. That is a season low and a collapse from a 19.8 average that included 36.7 points in Week 4. The number that should worry you is the split: Blake Corum (Los Angeles Rams) took nine carries for 42 yards and caught a touchdown. That is a near-even timeshare, not a lead back. Watch it closely in Week 7.
Cam Skattebo (New York Giants), Running Back - 0.00 points
A zero from a starting running back. He was active and played six snaps, but got no carries and no targets - the first game of his career active with zero touches. This is not injury. He has four fumbles this season, including one at the Washington 24-yard line last week that killed a game-winning field goal attempt. Head coach John Harbaugh said it 'was not by design', but Najee Harris (New York Giants) started and Tyrone Tracy Jr. (New York Giants) led the backfield with six carries. Skattebo himself said he was 'punished' for his mistakes. He is droppable.
The bench that cost you the game
Tre Tucker (Las Vegas Raiders) - 26.70 points on your bench
Five catches on seven targets for 97 yards and two touchdowns in Las Vegas's 33-30 loss to Buffalo. Starting him over Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams) gives you 102.70 and a comfortable win. Starting him in the flex over Xavier Worthy (Kansas City Chiefs) gives you 102.40 and the same result. He is now at 13.1 points per game with two games over 22. He is a starter from here, not a bench piece.
DeMario Douglas (New England Patriots) - 19.60 points on your bench
Seven catches on eight targets for 86 yards and a touchdown, though he also lost a fumble. He has back-to-back games of 22.5 and 19.6 after a dead first month. Swapping him for Nacua would have left you at 95.60 - still 0.94 short, so Douglas alone does not save you, but he belongs in your flex going forward.
Najee Harris (New York Giants) - 0.20 points on your bench
Technically he outscored Cam Skattebo (New York Giants) at running back. Four carries for two yards is not a reason to celebrate. He is the nominal Giants starter and he averages 2.3 points per game. Both of your Giants running backs are unstartable.
Two of your bench receivers outscored all three of your starting receivers. Either substitution, by itself, wins this matchup.
Injuries, byes and what to do
DJ Moore (Buffalo Bills) - Out, shoulder
Sprained AC joint in his shoulder. He is out, and Buffalo is on bye in Week 7 anyway, so he cannot help you for at least two more weeks. He is occupying a bench spot you need.
Buffalo Bills on bye in Week 7
Keon Coleman (Buffalo Bills) and DJ Moore (Buffalo Bills) are both unavailable next week. Week 7 byes are the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers, Washington Commanders and Jacksonville Jaguars - no one else on your roster is affected.
Cam Skattebo (New York Giants) - healthy and useless
There is no injury to wait out and no clear path back while the fumbles are the reason. Holding a benched running back through a week when you are already short at the position is the expensive choice. Drop him or DJ Moore to make room for a running back who plays.
Your Week 7 lineup, with Buffalo on bye
Nobody else on your roster is on bye, so a full lineup is available if you add a running back:
- Quarterback - Drake Maye (New England Patriots)
- Running Back - Kyren Williams (Los Angeles Rams)
- Running Back - Tyrone Tracy Jr. (New York Giants) if you win him, otherwise Najee Harris (New York Giants), which is close to starting nobody
- Wide Receiver - Tre Tucker (Las Vegas Raiders)
- Wide Receiver - Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams)
- Tight End - Trey McBride (Arizona Cardinals)
- Flex - DeMario Douglas (New England Patriots) over Xavier Worthy (Kansas City Chiefs), on two straight strong games and a Patriots offense that is scoring
Your Week 7 opponent is GridironGuru2323 (Gridiron Guru 23) at 3-2, with 560.30 points - the second-highest total in the league. You will not win that one with a zero in your lineup.
Waiver targets
| Player | Why | Bid |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Tracy Jr. (New York Giants), Running Back | Scored 18.50 in Week 6 - six carries and a rushing touchdown, two catches for 27 yards and a receiving touchdown - taking exactly the work Cam Skattebo lost. He has also recaptured the third-down role, which matters in full PPR where every catch is a point. Caveat: the Giants are on bye in Week 8, so he is a Week 7 fix before a gap. | $12 |
| Omar Cooper Jr. (New York Jets), Wide Receiver | The highest-scoring unowned player in the league last week at 22.30 - six catches, 103 yards, a touchdown - in his first game back from a four-game ankle absence. Rostered in about 4% of leagues nationally. He should work opposite Garrett Wilson (New York Jets) while Adonai Mitchell (New York Jets) is out with a finger injury. | $7 |
| Roschon Johnson (Chicago Bears), Running Back | The most-added player nationally who is still free here, at 14.50 points. He is behind D'Andre Swift (Chicago Bears), who went for 23.00, so this is insurance rather than a starter. Only worth it if you lose on Tracy. | $3 |
You have $39 left of your $100 FAAB budget - the season-long pot of fake money used to bid on waiver pickups. Six teams have less than you, so you still have leverage, but this is the week to spend it. Both players below are unowned by all twelve teams.
The one you do not own
Malik Nabers (New York Giants) - 28.50 points, the week's top scorer
Twelve catches on fifteen targets for 165 yards. He is rostered in your league, so he is not available - but he is the reason the Giants passing game is worth mining, and it is why Tyrone Tracy Jr. (New York Giants) catching passes out of that backfield is more valuable than his carry count suggests. Of the players actually free in your league, Omar Cooper Jr. (New York Jets) at 22.30 was the monster game, and he is the add if you would rather chase upside at receiver than patch running back.