Inconsistency should be expected from Chase with a backup under center. … Chase’s stat lines in Browning’s three starts are all over the place at 4/81/0, 11/149/1, and 3/29/0. Over the past two weeks, Brown has parlayed 20 touches into 166 yards and the end-zone trip.īrowning’s 2023 target distribution: Ja’Marr Chase 26 Tyler Boyd 16 Mixon and Tanner Hudson 14 Tee Higgins and Trenton Irwin 7 Drew Sample 4 Brown 3. Brown has rendered previous third-down back Trayveon Williams obsolete. … On his 54-yard screen-pass touchdown against the Colts, Next Gen Stats clocked Chase Brown as 2023’s second-fastest ball carrier at 22 MPH.

Screen passes are a sensible way to counterattack Flores’ pressure-obsessed defense. The Bengals’ revised, screen-heavy offense has led to Mixon averaging over 46 yards receiving in three straight affairs. 3 in the NFL in carries inside the opposing 5-yard line (26). … Perhaps benefiting from more under-center formations with Browning rather than Joe Burrow’s preferred shotgun looks, Joe Mixon has eclipsed 120 yards from scrimmage in back-to-back games and on the season ranks No. I’m valuing Browning as a two-QB/Superflex-league play rather than a bankable QB1 starter. Vikings DC Brian Flores’ extreme-blitz defense presents a daunting challenge, however, yielding the NFL’s eighth-fewest touchdown passes (15) and having held seven of its last eight opponents to 21 points or fewer. IND) under his belt and a near-perfect 79.3% completion rate, highest by any NFL quarterback over his first three starts since 1950. Jake Browning enters Week 15 with fantasy finishes of QB18 (vs. Hockenson has cleared 50 yards in nine straight games. Last week, the Colts’ usually fantasy-irrelevant TEs combined to cook Cincy for 8/65/1 receiving. Hockenson encounters the top Week 15 matchup among Vikings skill-position players against a Bengals defense surrendering NFL highs in catches (88) and yards (932) to tight ends. They’re more appealing on Saturday-only DFS slates. But with Mullens under center, I’m valuing Addison as a WR4/flex option and Osborn as a WR5. … Jordan Addison’s of-late box-score production has underwhelmed, yet he’s played at least 94% of Minnesota’s offensive snaps in six straight while bypassing K.J. Mullens’ completion rate on those 68 aforementioned dropbacks is 73%. Signs still point to Jefferson facing the Bengals, and Mullens is a capable enough passer to deliver him the rock. The Vikings sent Jefferson to the hospital after he suffered a chest injury on a literal hospital-ball throw via Dobbs on Jefferson’s 13th snap of last week’s game. If Mattison sits, Chandler will be a boom-bust RB2. Chandler out-touched Nwangwu 15 to 2 in last week’s win, while Cincy has played middling or worse run defense all season. … Alexander Mattison’s (ankle) availability is also in question with Ty Chandler next in line for lead-back work and special teams-type Kene Nwangwu behind him. On Wednesday, HC Kevin O’Connell wouldn’t name Dobbs or Hall as Mullens’ backup at the Bengals. Mullens has dropped back to pass just 68 times since the 2020 season and could be subbed out at any point in favor of Dobbs or somewhat promising rookie fifth-rounder Jaren Hall. After benching downward-spiraling Josh Dobbs in Week 14’s narrow win over the Raiders, the Vikings appear likely to start Nick Mullens in a concerning spot at Cincinnati with RT Brian O’Neill (ankle), RG Ed Ingram (hip), and All-Pro WR Justin Jefferson (chest) all in doubt.

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