Yahoo Sports’ Fantasy Football Live crew looks ahead to Sunday’s matchup between Buffalo and Seattle – and how Kenneth Walker, Amari Cooper and DK Metcalf could impact fantasy managers.
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Let’s turn to our Fantasy game changers this week powered by Ram Trucks where we’re identifying some of the most impactful players in one of the top fantasy matchups on the schedule.
We picked a huge game Seahawks, Bills Sunday afternoon could see some rain in this one but still a nice total.
Uh, 47 is the point to total on this.
The over under bills favored by 3.5.
I feel like I kind of auditioning for a weatherman gig.
I might see some rain on this one.
Andy, give us somebody to you.
That’s a fantasy game changer.
Yeah.
Uh, bring on that rain.
I’m starting Kenneth Walker in a few places.
He’s, he’s my game changer.
He did begin his practice week with the DNP still dealing with last week’s illness.
Um, but he is also coming off a game in which he scored two touchdowns delivered another 93 scrimmage yards.
Walker is up to seven touchdowns on the year in just five games.
He’s averaging 4.7 yards per carry and suddenly he’s one of the more unstoppable receive threats at his position.
He has 23 catches in five games.
And he made a tremendous touchdown catch a week ago, uh, this Sunday home against the Bills.
That is a team that has given up numbers to every good running back they’ve faced this year.
Buffalo is allowing the eighth most fantasy points to opposing backs 5.1 yards per carry to opposing backs.
We have a huge week from Walker incoming.
This is a top five fantasy set up.
All right.
Sal give me somebody that’s a fantasy game changer for you.
Yeah, I’m looking on the Bills side of the ball at their brand new wide receiver, the veteran Amari Cooper, who in his debut last week, he only ran 12 routes for this team, but they were purposeful routes scores a touchdown, earns five targets on just 12 routes.
Now that’s probably not gonna sustain moving forward a 42% target rate.
But the more important thing is he should see a larger role this week in a game where there should be points and every single rep and snaps he gets with Josh Allen both in practice and in the game is going to go a far way in terms of his production, but not only is his direct production in terms of his routes, his yardage, his potential touchdowns important for this game, but it’s what he does indirectly for the rest of the guys.
Kali Shako no, no longer has to be a potential number one wide receiver, a role that he really doesn’t fit into on this team.
Now, he can comfortably be the number two.
Keyon Coleman doesn’t have to be the rookie second round pick that all of a sudden has all these expectations to maybe be a number one receiver.
No, now he can settle into the wide receiver three role and develop his game.
So both directly and indirectly, I think Amari Cooper is a game changer against Seattle.
I’ll give you one for me and that’s DK Metcalf and this is set up by a lot of what Andy just said.
Now DK, obviously some injury concerns, but I’m gonna bank that.
That’s also some games, gamesmanship itself when they try and allocate the resources that it will require to slow down Kenneth Walker, which they won’t be able to do.
Then they’re gonna have to suddenly deal with DK being in an isolated situation.
Look at the targets for DK.
This is what’s really interesting this year.
If you look week to week six, week 1, 12, week 2, 7-Eleven 613.
This is a pattern.
He didn’t have enough targets last week.
I think what Geno knows, he didn’t get the ball enough to him enough.
He gets it to him a lot the next week.
So I think a big week for DK coming in the world, the targets and opportunities against this Buffalo defense, he’ll be able to get some catches.
So that’s my game changer for them.