The Fallout 8.24

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Daily Dose newsletter, our “Fantasy Fallout” day. In this article, you will get a quick rundown of the relevant things we learned from the week’s games from Thursday through Sunday. 

We won’t talk about every single player and we usually won’t spend time on studs who go nuts (no one needs to be told to start CeeDee Lamb right now!), but rather, the idea is to update you on usage trends, injuries, and other relevant things to help your decisions with your teams.

Broncos at Saints

• Rookie WR Mason Tipton led the Saints with nine targets, turning the opportunity into 45 yards on six catches. With Rashid Shaheed (knee) out for the season and Chris Olave recently suffering his fourth career concussion, Tipton is an intriguing waiver pickup for those needing WR depth.
• Alvin Kamara struggled as the Saints were unable to generate offense without Derek Carr or either of their top two WRs, but he still saw seven targets. Despite the poor outing, Kamara remains a weekly starter but may face an uphill battle until Carr and Olave return.
• Javonte Williams scored his first two TDs of the season and saw 17 or more touches for the third time in his last four games. He gets the league’s worst rush defense in the Carolina Panthers next week.
• Courtland Sutton wasn’t targeted in the game, which was the first time all season he drew fewer than four targets. Sutton’s upside is going to continue to be capped by rookie Bo Nix, but he gets a friendly matchup next week and can continue to be started as a WR3 in deeper leagues.  

Patriots at Jaguars