In fantasy soccer, it’s important to look again to maneuver ahead. Fantasy factors are the purpose, however how a participant will get there’s the important thing. Analyst Joel Smyth breaks down 8 numbers to know from Week 7 with the intention to win your matchup in Week 8 and past.
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Of the RB touches between Chase Brown and Samaje Perine went to Brown. It was one other powerful fantasy day for Brown, however at the very least it was a troublesome day because the bellcow, slightly than the break up we noticed in Week 5. The low level of Brown’s fantasy day got here when Perine received the carry from the one-yard line, one in all his 4 touches on the day. Brown did have the opposite two snaps contained in the 5, and two carries inside the ten, however stayed at one landing on the season after scoring 15 in Burrow’s prior 15 full video games.
Brown had 11 carries, 5 targets and 75% of the snaps, as Perine had just about nothing earlier than vulturing the goal-line try. I’d count on Brown to have video games just like Week 7, but nonetheless keep a workhorse position because the Bengals starter. It does not appear like we’ll see the constant RB1 we noticed final 12 months, however higher days that mirror Week 1 and 4 are coming.
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Go price for the Minnesota Vikings with Kyler Murray. Previously, Vikings offenses that weren’t the 2025 catastrophe (2022-2024) dropped again to cross over 61% of the time, a top-three price within the NFL. It is a new offense in 2026, centered across the run sport and leaning on their dominant protection. The Vikings have had prime defenses earlier than and nonetheless remained cross heavy, however Kevin O’Connell has taken a flip this season, dropping effectively under 2025’s price. The mixture of Murray being a lot much less profitable than Kirk Cousins and Sam Darnold from previous seasons, averaging solely 6.6 yards per dropback, and the cross price, could trigger some hassle.
Jordan Addison has largely been unusable when Justin Jefferson is accessible, and Jefferson has been barely under expectation in his two full video games with Murray. Week 6 was a optimistic for Jefferson general, however Week 7 made it back-to-back weeks with solely seven targets. The 11.1 half-PPR PPG in these two video games is a letdown contemplating the straightforward matchups. If the amount and/or effectivity does not enhance quickly, Jefferson’s fantasy ceiling might be in hassle.
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The snap distinction within the Minnesota backfield previous to Aaron Jones Sr.’s damage, favoring Jordan Mason. The run-heavy nature has helped the Vikings backfield, counting on the amount with their dashing success price nonetheless rating within the bottom-10. Mason’s return in Week 7 was largely the identical as Week 1, with every RB getting a close to 50/50 break up within the carries. I’ll level out Mason was the shock chief in routes (11-6) earlier than Jones left together with his damage, however failed to herald both of his targets. If Jones does miss time, Mason can fill his position from Weeks 2-6, averaging 24.3 touches per sport and 13.5 fantasy PPG. Subsequent up would be the Detroit Lions protection, which at present ranks thirty second in whole protection.
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Targets for Tre Tucker, with zero of them being deep balls (targets of 20+ air yards). The one-dimensional vertical menace hasn’t been very one-dimensional not too long ago. Positive, that a part of his sport remains to be key, however Klint Kubiak has used his WR1 as simply that, a WR1. A 7.4 common depth of goal is Tucker’s lowest on the season, bringing in 5 of the 12 targets for over 100 yards. So long as Kirk Cousins is beginning, the uncooked numbers make him a safer play, as Cousins has over 240 passing yards in every of the final six weeks. Tucker’s flooring is not a lot worse than 90% of flex performs and brings an enormous ceiling together with it.
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Touches for Jonah Coleman, in addition to the mixed touches for J.Okay. Dobbins and RJ Harvey. The rookie wasted no time making an influence in his return from IR as he led the RB room in nearly all the things: snaps, carries, routes, yards, all of it. After Dobbins received the primary three carries of the sport, Coleman out-carried Denver’s RB1 9-to-3, including two receptions. Dobbins was saved on this one with a goal-line TD, however going ahead, all three are TD-or-bust, with Coleman having the very best shot at carving out a weekly fantasy position.
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Go price for the Inexperienced Bay Packers of their first sport with Josh Jacobs again. The Packers’ pass-first assault stayed sturdy in Week 7, going above its season common with Jordan Love dropping again to cross 46 instances. The priority is not absolutely washed away; the Lions protection has confronted a pass-heavy assault practically each sport due to their weaknesses, nevertheless it offers some confidence that Packers WRs Christian Watson and Matthew Golden will keep as elite choices.
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Inexperienced Bay is bottom-five in yards earlier than contact and two extra accidents on the offensive line (Sean Rhyan, Jacob Monk) this week is not serving to its trigger. There’s been greater than only a RB expertise problem. The realm I do have some concern with is on the purpose line, the place Love already has 5 passing touchdowns. Jacobs has been a ball magnet previously contained in the five-yard line.
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PPR PPG for Tee Higgins since 2024 with Joe Burrow, which might rank because the WR6. Tee Higgins is constantly underrated and it is occurring once more. Previously, he has handled loads of damage points, however when he and his QB are wholesome, Ja’Marr Chase is not the one fantasy WR1 on the staff. This season particularly, Higgins is simply contained in the top-10 for each half-PPR and PPR leagues, which is extra spectacular with solely two touchdowns to this point. Within the final two seasons, Higgins’ red-zone skill has propelled him to a ten.1% touchdown-per-target price, and at present solely at 4.0% in 2026. Solely two scores and he is nonetheless top-10 in fantasy.
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Receiving yards for Browns rookie KC Concepcion. Cleveland has tried to get the rookie concerned, giving Concepcion a league-high 9 designed targets coming into Week 7, nevertheless it did not all come collectively till this Sunday. He had 10 targets, 81 yards after the catch and sadly a dropped TD, although it nonetheless become a WR1 fantasy day. His yards after the catch are what made the day doable, practically matching his season whole from his first 35 targets. It may be tough to foretell which of the Browns’ pass-catchers is price taking part in, making me view Concepcion as a bye-week fill-in that has extra upside worth as a rookie receiver coming into the again half of the 12 months.
