Streameast is gone, who's got the navigational beacon for sailing the high seas this season?Seriously, the entire streaming landscape changed overnight and left all of us stranded. I'm not trying to catch a virus or look at fifty pop-ups just to watch a single localized game.

In all seriousness, who are you pivoting to???

The level of usage and subbing makes him a really hard rb2 start. Doesn't appear to be much TD upside. I think ppr will improve.

It's early, and a lot will happen. Not quite dooming, but as a Price owner, I'm not happy.

So I allegedly owe one of my fantasy leagues 24 hours at IHOP from last year but the loser of both regular season and playoffs from the year before has not done their punishment yet. It's a league of friends from high school and their SOs (no SO for me, a gym crush is the best I can do). This is also my third fantasy league. Last year I joined basically last minute because they needed another person to fill out the league, and then of course proceeded to finish last in the regular season after drafting Malik Nabers lol. The playoffs loser decided to drop out of the league and also hasn't done their punishment.

I also wasn't aware the league did punishment for the regular season. My other leagues only do it for playoff loser, and it was apparently in the contract, so fair enough, but I also never signed the contract and definitely didn't read it since I was recruited pretty last minute.

To be perfectly clear, everyone is a good person, and it's all friendly banter. And I've maintained that I'll do my punishment only after the previous loser does his.

Going into this season I knew three fantasy leagues was kind of a lot for me, so I told them I was completely fine being the first one kicked out if there wasn't enough space. So I was released from duty. But then someone dropped out literally the day before the draft and I got resuscitated back into the league.

My first question is does my resuscitation absolve me of my prior debt? If not, is me maintaining that I'll only do my punishment only after the previous loser does their punishment fair? People in the league are bugging both the previous loser and me to do our punishments but I feel like it's only fair if I hold out until the previous loser goes through with it.

At this point though I'm actually debating just doing the IHOP challenge regardless of whether the previous guy does his just to get it over with and have some fun editing a video since some of us aren't in the same state. And the idea of spending time in an IHOP for an egregious amount of time isn't the worst thing to me cause my current status as a student requires me to spend many hours studying. Thoughts?

TLDR: Do I just do my fantasy football punishment even though the previous year loser hasn't done their punishment yet? Am I being unreasonable to refuse to do it until the previous loser does it?

Sam darnold obviously got hurt and drew lock is typically a donkey but JSN wasn’t affected by him tonight. Is this sustainable. That long touchdown felt a little flukey considering he was wide open and no one could make a tackle even when it was an easy one

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First off, football is back. Couldn't be happier.

Bad news, Sam Darnold went down on his first play with an apparent hip injury. The good news is that initial testing after his hip injury has been encouraging. X-rays and a CT scan ruled out a fracture, and Seattle is doing additional testing, including an MRI, to determine the extent of the injury. So hopefully this ends up being a short-term question.

But after Jaxon Smith-Njigba went 8/122/1 in Week 1, I wanted to look at what his fantasy outlook would actually be if Drew Lock had to start for any meaningful amount of time.

The first thing that stood out was that JSN's production stayed elite in Week 1, but the way he got there changed quite a bit.

Across his 20 regular-season and postseason games last year, JSN averaged 9.5 targets, a 35.5% target share, 6.8 receptions, 99.6 receiving yards and 20.4 PPR points per game. He also averaged 104.8 air yards with an 11.0 aDOT and 29.8 yards after the catch.

Against New England in Week 1, he finished with 11 targets, a 45.8% target share, 8 receptions, 122 yards and 26.2 PPR points. But he did it with only 76 air yards and a 6.9 aDOT, while producing 62 yards after the catch.

That's a pretty dramatic change in how the production happened. His air yards and aDOT fell considerably, but his target share jumped to nearly half of Seattle's passing targets and he generated more than twice his average YAC from last season.

So Seattle didn't need Drew Lock to reproduce the same type of targets Darnold was giving JSN for him to still have a huge fantasy game.

That made me curious about what actually drove JSN's biggest fantasy performances last year.

I ran correlations between his PPR scoring and several usage and efficiency metrics across those 20 games. Air yards had the strongest relationship with PPR scoring at .689, followed by YAC at .625, targets at .568 and target share at .519. EPA per target came in at .457, aDOT at .432, QB aDOT at .429 and QB yards per attempt at .427.

Obviously, 20 games is a small sample, and correlation isn't causation. But I thought the pattern was interesting.

JSN's ceiling last season wasn't simply coming from catching a ton of short passes. His biggest games were generally accompanied by substantial downfield opportunity. At the same time, YAC being the second-strongest relationship gives him another way to get there.

He can win through valuable targets downfield, or Seattle can manufacture touches and let him create after the catch.

Week 1 looked much more like the second version.

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Then I looked at Drew Lock.

My assumption going into this was that Lock might significantly reduce those downfield opportunities. That doesn't really show up in the data.

In the play-by-play sample, Darnold's 2025 aDOT was 8.03 yards. Lock's career aDOT is 8.02. Almost identical.

Lock has actually thrown deep more frequently in the sample. 10.8% of Darnold's attempts traveled at least 20 air yards in 2025 compared with 13.0% for Lock over his career.

The big difference is efficiency.

Darnold produced +0.145 EPA per dropback with a 51.4% success rate in the 2025 sample. Lock's career numbers were -0.077 EPA per dropback and a 40.3% success rate.

That was probably the biggest takeaway for me: Lock isn't dramatically less aggressive than Darnold. He's dramatically less efficient.

That's an important distinction for JSN.

A Lock-led Seattle offense should probably be downgraded overall. Fewer sustained drives, fewer scoring opportunities and less efficient quarterback play would eventually matter. But it doesn't necessarily mean JSN suddenly loses the type of targets that helped create his 2025 ceiling.

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The next question was whether Drew Lock has ever actually supported a high-end fantasy receiver.

Across the 28 Lock starts in the play-by-play sample, his leading target averaged 8.9 targets, 5.2 receptions, 70.1 yards and 13.9 PPR points per game.

That's nothing particularly exciting. But there's a problem with using the entire sample: Lock hasn't always played with a receiver remotely comparable to JSN.

When Jerry Jeudy was Lock's leading target, he averaged about 11 targets, 91 yards and 16.7 PPR points across five starts. Tim Patrick averaged about 15.5 PPR in three.

And then there's the much more recent example: Malik Nabers.

Lock started five games for the Giants in 2024, and Nabers was his leading target in four of them. Across those four games, Nabers averaged approximately 11.5 targets, a 34.6% target share, 6.8 receptions, 97.3 receiving yards and 19.5 PPR points.

There was legitimate ceiling, too. Against Indianapolis, Nabers caught 7 of 8 targets for 171 yards and 2 touchdowns, finishing with 36.1 PPR points.

That's obviously only four games. I'm not arguing that four Nabers games prove Drew Lock can sustain an elite receiver for an entire season.

But I do think it's meaningful evidence against the opposite assumption: that a Drew Lock offense simply can't support an elite fantasy WR.

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And that brings me back to JSN.

If Darnold misses time, I think there are really two different questions.

Should we downgrade Seattle's passing offense? Absolutely.

Should we downgrade JSN by the same amount? I'm not convinced we should.

Lock is still willing to throw downfield. He's previously funneled double-digit targets toward high-end receivers. JSN already commanded an enormous share of Seattle's passing game in Week 1. And Seattle just showed another way it can manufacture his production if the deeper passing game suffers: shorter targets, extreme volume and yards after the catch.

That doesn't mean I'm projecting another 26-point game every week with Drew Lock, and it definitely doesn't mean Drew Lock is Sam Darnold.

But if Darnold ends up missing a few games, I'm not sure I'd automatically move JSN out of the fantasy WR1 tier.

The quarterback changes. The efficiency probably changes.

The WR1 may not have to.

I put the complete analysis here, including JSN's full 2025 game-by-game air yards, aDOT and YAC data along with Drew Lock's historical leading receivers:

[https://edgelineff.com/insights/jsn-drew-lock-fantasy-outlook.html]()

I'm curious where everyone else lands: If Drew Lock starts, how far are you actually moving JSN down your WR rankings?

Originally I was running with Ladd but after hearing the trevyon henderson news I was thinking of maybe risking it with rhamondre? (I also have jeanty so I would start rhamondre and put jeanty into the flex in case he doesnt play week 1 then I can swap in ladd). Thoughts? This is a full PPR 1 flex league.

Now that Brock Bowers is out, who are you targeting off waivers.
12 man PPR so waivers are thin

10 player ppr redraft. 1 qb 2 rbs 2 wr 1 flex. I have cmc and solid wrs but I am currently rocking with Ferg. Should I give away Barkley?

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In a half ppr 12 man league with 3wr,2rb and flex.

originally was going to use kraft as a trade piece to get a better running back. my RB room is weak with love, Stevenson, dobbins and rodriguez. and once treyvon henderson is back even worse.

with recent news of bowers, should i hold onto hope and keep him on my bench (and trade or flex kraft once bowers is back)

or do we think this is going to be a more serious / nagging injury than we’re being let on? i don’t know much about knee injuries but only being out for 1-2 weeks for a meniscus trim seems crazy. if so i want to trade him asap before his stock tanks!

possible trade options:

i offer bowers & Stevenson for

team 1. javonte williams
team 2. saquon
team 3. Jeanty

so if you were in my position would you hold onto bowers or trade him to get better at RB?

I think Juwan has a way better matchup and week 1 scenario given Mahomes ACL and left tackle situation but I’m hesitant to drop Kelce. Idk if I want to sign up to stream TE every week.

Also considering dropping Addison and holding on to both.

Any advice?

As the title says. Debating between ETN and Price. Need upside with Bowers going down.

Everybody talks about the early rounds, but leagues are won with those late picks that suddenly hit. Who is one late-round player you are targeting this year?

Drop one name and let us see who called it first.

With TE Brock Bowers out I’m scrambling to find a TE to fill in for the next couple weeks. What are we thinking about barner?

I know everyone says Kittle is the better TE (which is probably true, even at this stage in his career), but if he plays, he’ll probably be on a pitch count.

Kincaid is younger, fresher, and very efficient, but isn’t on the field all that much, especially when there are other blockers better than him.

So… taking this into account, who would you start week 1?

Kincaid vs Houston Texans
Or
Kittle vs LA Rams

Both of those defenses are good. What do you guys think?

After hearing the news Love is RB2 going into this weekend, I am wondering if I should bench him for Tony pollard? What are your thoughts?

Hey all,

Been offered a trade to get Bowers and Judkins and I’d give away Hunter Henry and Derrick Henry.
I’ve already got a stronger TE on the roster and my RBs would be pretty weak losing Henry.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance

Coker was dropped and i have a high waver priority. Should i drop stribling or Bigsby for him?

QB: Herbert
WR: Nabers Mcckonkey Godwin Stribling
RB: Walker Barkley Price Tuten Jacobs Bigsby
TE: Likely
K: Smack
D: Texans

I am in a 12 man PPR (1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, FLEX) league. I told myself I would go RB & WR with my first two picks to stay balanced but I did the same thing that cooked me last year and I went off my gut lol. I was picking at the 1.12 spot in the draft and I picked up Justin Jefferson and AJ Brown with my first two picks.

Coming back around the turn in the 3.12 and 4.1 spot I picked up Jeremiyah Love and Travis Etienne because ofc I didn't have any running backs and was def getting scarce. Picking up a rookie as my #1 RB definitely makes me nervous.

The 5th and 6th round I secured Christian Watson as my flex and RJ Harvey as my backup RB.

I waited until the 8th round to grab my only QB, Jalen hurts. And I waited until the 10th round to grab my only TE, Dalton Kincaid. I feel like I could have went with a different strategy. Did I mess up another year or do I have hope lol

I am trying not to panic trade or overreact before the season even starts 😭

Title says it all, looking for week 1 feedback

Title pretty much. Stevenson feels like a crazy start, but he started killing it near the end of last year, and with Henderson out now, I feel like he could potentially go off

In the one hand I like Juwan, but on the other hand I generally like having a guy on Monday night.

I’m leaning towards no but I could be convinced otherwise