The Philadelphia Eagles will face the New York Giants in Week 7. Here’s fantasy football start-sit advice for every Eagles skill player who has the potential to make a fantasy impact during the game.
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Jalen Hurts, QB
The Giants have allowed over 16 fantasy points to a quarterback four times this season, a list that includes Deshaun Watson and Geno Smith. Jalen doesn’t need a plus matchup, but it never hurts.
- Hurts’ last three vs. NYG: 44-of-73 (60.3%) for 530 yards, one TD, two INTs
Those are underwhelming numbers, but with both of his star receivers back last week, I’m not worried about history repeating itself in that regard. In Week 6, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith caught both of his touchdown passes and accounted for 68.2% of his passing yards.
Both receivers came out of the week healthy and with Philadelphia labeled as a three-point road favorite, I have zero hesitation in putting him inside of my top five at the position.
Saquon Barkley, RB
Among RBs, only Aaron Jones has cleared 14.6 fantasy points against the Giants this season, and Barkley hasn’t been a top-20 producer at the position in consecutive games after three straight top 10s to open his career as an Eagle.
Relax. This happens to just about every running back at one point or another during the long season.
The problem last week was with the offensive line — Barkley picked up one foot (not a yard, a foot) per carry before contact. The overall production of the Philadelphia line might prove to be a conversation point, but I’m not worried about it against a defense that allows the fourth-most yards per carry to running backs before contact.
We’ve seen it plenty in the past: Barkley only needs one carry to offset a dozen bad ones. I like his chances of hitting a home run in this matchup and think he could produce top-10 numbers even without one as long as the Eagles can control this game as a three-point road favorite.
A.J. Brown, WR
It took Brown all of 15 minutes to warm up in his return to action last week. After a catch-less first quarter, Brown burned Cleveland for 116 yards and a score on six grabs. It wasn’t just the production after a month’s hiatus that was impressive, it was the timing of execution/importance of those catches.
The touchdown last week came on a picture-perfect fade, and Jalen Hurts dropped a pass into the bucket for a 40-yard gain to close out the win. The Giants have had Brown’s number to a degree (he hasn’t scored against the divisional foe since Dec. 11, 2022, a run of 22 scoreless targets), but the current version of this defense doesn’t scare me. Everything we saw last week indicates that this alpha is at full strength.
Three times over the past four weeks a receiver caught at least seven passes against New York, and they all carried a nice size profile (Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb, and Tee Higgins). Brown is a Tier 1 receiver moving forward and is certainly in the mix to lead the position in fantasy points this week.
DeVonta Smith, WR
Smith has played four games this season, and he’s been a top-25 receiver in each of them. A fourth-quarter, 45-yard touchdown saved his day against the Browns last week in his return to action.
Smith has been great, though the 16.7% target share needs to improve long term.
In consecutive weeks, multiple receivers have scored at least 11.5 fantasy points against the Giants (Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Tyler Lockett in Week 5, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins last week on Sunday night), positioning the Eagles’ offense to fly and potentially gain some sustainable traction to avoid the disaster that happened at the end of last season.
Smith has caught a touchdown in three of his past four games against New York, though it’s worth noting that Philadelphia elected to use him as an underneath option in the last two meetings (4.8 aDOT).
That’s the beauty of Smith — he has game-breaking talent if called upon but also the ability to rack up cheap points. I’m not 100% sure how he gets there, but I’m confident that he does in the end, and that’s all that matters.
You’re starting Smith in all formats every week as it is, and I have him a few slots higher this week than normal. His versatile skill set and the overall potency of this offense land him ahead of several other receivers.
Dallas Goedert, TE
Goedert went down with a hamstring injury on Sunday before recording a single catch, burning every manager who was playing him with confidence after catching 17 of 19 targets over his previous two games.
The return of A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith was going to eat into his work, but we are stuck in limbo at the moment, not knowing if there is enough of a role in this offense. With Saquon Barkley also running hard, can Goedert’s fantasy stock survive?
On one hand, his 30.6% target rate with both star receivers banged up shows that Jalen Hurts isn’t shy to pepper his tight end. On the other hand, his target rate has been well under 20% in each of the past two seasons.
Hamstrings have been costing pass catchers extended amounts of time this season, further complicating this situation. Goedert won’t play in Week 7 — be sure to keep an eye on this moving forward.
