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Mike McCarthy smashing watermelons is motivating - Nov 24

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Today is National Taysom Hill Victory Lap Day, and if there's one thing we don't mind you leaving this newsletter to do, it's celebrating your decision to start Taysom Hill (In TE or QB).

If you started him at TE - be prepared to play someone else at TE next week, as ESPN has removed his TE eligibility. You can read why here:

Mike Clay @MikeClayNFL

Taysom Hill will be switched exclusively to QB for Week 12. Everything you need to know:

espn.comTaysom Hill to lose TE eligibility in ESPN fantasy football, will be QB onlyThe Saints’ multidimensional talent made his first NFL start at QB in Week 11, and that will now be his primary fantasy position and he will no longer be eligible at tight end.

Week 11 Team of the Week

QB: Deshaun Watson - Boy has this kid been balling since Bill O was fired. Watson put up the best performance of his season with 31+ fantasy points this weekend and could continue the heater next week against the Lions.

RB: Dalvin Cook - What a surprise! An unbelievable season by Cook sees him again as the RB1 on the week after a one-week absence (only 14 points last week. With 22+ points in Week 11, he’s the no-doubt RB1 for the rest of the season.

WR: Adam Thielen - I almost always spell his name Theilen then correct myself. Somehow autocorrect has figured it out before me? Machinesaretakingover? Anyway, Thielen absolutely balled out with a sweet one-handed catch and 28+ points. Bad news - he caught Covid-19.

TE: Taysom… Travis Kelce - ESPN might put Hill as a TE, but we know better. The actual TE1 this weekend was Kelce. Like Dalvin Cook, Kelce has been the no-doubt top player at his position all season. 22+ points from the Kansas City stud, along with the game-winning TD. How did the Raiders let him get so open?

D/ST: Cleveland Browns - So they were without Miles Garret BUT still balled out to the tune of 20 points. They must’ve been facing Carson Wentz… oh wait:

LaQuan Jones 🐺🏆 @RealDealFantasy

Oof. Pain. #EaglesNation #FantasyFootball @MyFantasyLeague

Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann

A quick visualization of Carson Wentz' overstride in his throwing motion vs Tom Brady's motion. Over striding can lead to locking hips, which prevents hip rotation, as well as poor weight transfer and a mistimed release point. Most bad throws start with bad feet.

Porn - Justin Herbert style

Relax sicko! Sit back and watch Herbert make some of the nicest passes anyone’s ever seen from a rookie QB. Could he be having the best rookie QB season of all time? Just check the stats, as Herbert is on pace for 34 passing scores (the record is 27).

The Checkdown @thecheckdown

Herbert’s vision is crazy for a rookie 👀 @Chargers (h/t @Ihartitz)

Another angle here.

RIP to my boy Joe Burrow

Under constant pressure behind one of the worst offensive lines in history, the Bengals only hope suffered a devastating injury Sunday and will miss the remainder of the 2020-2021 season.

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter

MRI revealed more damage than anticipated: Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow tore his ACL, MCL, and suffered other structural issues in his knee as well, per @Ben_Baby and me.

Even Lebron is looking out for Joe.

LeBron James @KingJames

Hated to see it yesterday. Have a speedy but more importantly healthy recovery @JoeyB! Once a Buckeye always a Buckeye! 🙏🏾 #ThatBoyGood

JK is no longer a Joke

“JK Dobbins breaks free” could’ve been the title of Week 11 (if it wasn’t for Taysom Hill). Per Hayden Winks, in Week 11, J.K. Dobbins was the only #Ravens RB to have: + a touch on third down + a touch inside-the-10 + a target in a passing situation He set a season-high in expected PPR points.

But just when you think you are safe to start Dobbins:

Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo

#Ravens RBs Mark Ingram and J.K. Dobbins have tested positive for COVID-19 and will be placed on the reserve list later today, according to sources. All aboard the Gus Bus for Thursday vs. the #Steelers.

The best passers of Week 11

You’d expect the typical Mahomes, Wilson, Watson trio, but look at some of these names:

Scott Barrett @ScottBarrettDFB

PFF's Highest-Graded Passers (Week 11) 1 Derek Carr (96.0)* 2 Deshaun Watson (93.5) 3 Russ Wilson (90.9) 4 Philip Rivers (86.6) 5 Pat Mahomes (83.0) 6 Taysom Hill (81.1)** * Highest grade by any QB this season. 2nd-closest was Aaron Rodgers in Week 1 (94.6) ** 1st career start

Derek Carr? Against the Chiefs? But peep number 6, your boy Taysom Hill, in his first ever start, with his farthest throw being called back due to a holding penalty (50 yard bomb to Emmanuel Sanders).

AJ Brown BROOOOO how did he beat 3 defenders

Ian Hartitz @Ihartitz

90 seconds of A.J. Brown being an absolute beast

BONUS

• We’ll include a deep dive into the smashed watermelons tomorrow.

• NICK MOTHERF****** CHUBB don’t need no gloves!

  Mike Camerlengo @MCamerlengo

  a quick look at that Nick Chubb stiff-arm

  

Thank you for joining me on this glorious morning. I’ll be back tomorrow with a subscriber-favourite “next week’s top pickups” article. Previous weeks included Breshad Perriman and DeeJay Dallas (who did well) and Ben Dinucci (who did not). Cheers!