Kyler Murray leading the fast-paced Cardinals, on the road, against the third worst defense in the league, the Detroit Lions. All things run through Murray, and though James Connor has been the hammer, you have to account for Murray leading the way. 

Aaron Rodgers on the road hasn’t been as good as Aaron Rodgers at home, but he does get a pass-funnel defense in Baltimore that wll dare Rodgers to beat them with the pass, which he most certainly can oblige. 

Matthew Stafford showed he was back on Monday night, with some great throws and scores. Now he gets a considerably easier matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, gets to play at home, and the Seahawks are another pass-funnel defense, ranking 28th against the pass vs. 9th against the run. 

The winner of “who gets to play the Jets” this week is Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa, who has had a strange breakout season for the Dolphins. The Jets are bad against both the run and pass, but Miami has not been able to generate much in the run game, ranking 30th in the run game and 31st in adjusted line yards. The better weapons are in the pass game (Jaylen Waddle, Mike Gesicki), so Tua is a good QB2 this week. 

Davis Mills was called out last week as a hold-your-nose streaming candidate against that Seattle defense we just called out above. Mills scored 18+ points there and now has an even better matchup against the Jaguars, who are decent against the run, which the Texans can’t do anyway, and the Texans weapons are in the passing game. The Jaguars are 31st against the pass and 13th against the run. 

It is hard to put Lamar Jackson on the cusp of not being a QB1 in 10-team leagues, but his health overall has not been good this season. He has a softer matchup this week against the 20th ranked pass defense of the Cleveland Browns, but keep an eye on his status. If he is limited at all, find someone ranked above him or near him to play instead. 

Jason Walker