Starts & Fades 10.24

This article is intended to highlight some players who may have a positive or negative weekly outlook relative to their baseline value. 

“Starts” are players who might generally be on fantasy benches but might have a terrific perceived matchup or game script/environment, or the potential for an expanded role due to past performance or injuries to teammates or opponents. 

“Fades” are players who were likely drafted as fantasy starters or have performed as automatic starters lately but face a particularly tough week due to a poor matchup or a lack of short-term role clarity due to an injury, etc. 

Here are a few of my notable starts and fades for Week 10 of the 2024 NFL season, with some notes on my thought process included:

QB

Start: Daniel Jones, NYG (at CAR)

• While I believe, most weeks, we should all be starting just about any reasonable fantasy option that we have against the Panthers, I still wanted to highlight how much I love this spot for Mr. Dimes this week (again). The Panthers rank dead last in the NFL in total yards allowed, rushing yards allowed, and total points allowed. They’ve given up 18 TD passes against only three interceptions through nine games. Jones is coming off of a good fantasy week of his own where he accounted for three total TDs in a loss to WAS.
• The Giants face the Panthers on the road this week as 6.5-point favorites with a middling implied team total (23.5). The Panthers’ defense has been generous to just about every team and QB they’ve faced, but I believe looking at rookie Bo Nix’s career-best performance against them two weeks ago (7.7 YPA, four total TDs) is a good example of how they can make even the most limited offenses look great.
• Jones has some awesome rookie weapons (Malik Nabers, Tyrone Tracy, Theo Johnson) to pass to who all seem to be ascending talents as well as solid veteran WRs to target (Darius Slayton, WanDale Robinson) and he can make plays of his own with his legs. I like Danny Dimes as a back-end QB1 option this week with the potential for a huge dual-threat QB game against Carolina.

Fade:  Kyler Murray, AZ (vs NYJ)