Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL analyst Nate Tice discuss which Colts QB will be better for the wide receivers in Indianapolis. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Where do you think Alec Pierce ranks in receiving yards right now?
Oh, he’s actually way up there, isn’t he?
Uh, eighth, he ranks 11th in the NFL in receiving yards.
How many catches do you think?
Alec?
No, it’s not a lot.
It’s like, doesn’t have like 10 catches on the E he has 13.
You gotta, you gotta get down to, to 21st in terms of the receiving yard rankings to get to another player that is below 15 and it’s Jamison Williams with 13 and he’s only played four games.
Alec Pierce is on a very interesting heater, 17 targets, 13 catches 21.6 yards, uh, yards per target, not yards per reception yards per target.
They have a quarterback who can actually activate him both in Richardson and Flacco and I, but this is, I think the, the, uh prescient kind of fantasy discussion to have about this because Alec Pierce is doing stuff Michael Pittman is Michael Pittman, Josh Downs.
I mean, is a freaking stud dude.
That guy is so good at football, but it feels like from the fantasy world we just keep saying, yeah, all those guys are good but they’re, they’re not, I don’t think they’re gonna bench Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco.
It feels like the, the, the tenor and tone is once Richardson gets back out, they’re like, all these guys are screwed.
So, what’s the point of talking about them?
Yeah, that’s, well, yeah, it’s, it’s Richardson’s show.
They, they really like him there.
I just wanna, don’t want anybody to ruin it for anybody.
It’s not just me who likes him.
It’s the, the entire Colts franchise organization.
Uh, so, yeah, and once he’s back healthy and they, they take it cautious with him with Richardson.
They, they, he’s still so young and they’re just, it’s one of those things that he tried to.
So I just talked to people there.
He could have played in, uh, both weeks.
You know, we could have came back from the hip pointer and could have played the next week and there’s just kind of like, well, what’s the point like, like we don’t want you to get her and we trust Joe, uh, Joe Flacco.
So that’s really what’s all, all that’s going on there and maybe taking a deep breath will be really good for Richardson because it did seem like he was, I actually thought he was seeing the game.
Well, it was just the execution of getting a little too excited about what he was seeing