The New York Giants will face the New Orleans Saints in Week 14. Here’s fantasy football start-sit advice for every Giants skill player who has the potential to make a fantasy impact during the game.
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Drew Lock, QB
On Thanksgiving, Drew Lock completed 21 of 32 passes for 178 yards and an interception. Nothing he did suggests that there is much fantasy upside to chase here, and that is why he ranks among the five least valuable QBs this week.
As a community, we entered last week asking Lock to do one thing, and he did it. Against the Cowboys, he funneled 40.6% of his targets in Malik Nabers’ direction. He has as many catches (eight) as any other WR on this team had receiving yards, and that makes Lock a fantasy hero, even if it’s not in terms of his own value.
Tommy DeVito, QB
A forearm injury sidelined Tommy DeVito on Thanksgiving, and his status is up in the air for this weekend. Hopefully, it doesn’t matter in the slightest for you. If we are talking about a Superflex situation, I prefer Drew Lock start to DeVito, but neither is a favorite to finish this week as a top-20 signal caller.
Malik Nabers was more critical of his role with DeVito under center than Lock, making that another reason that fantasy nation would prefer Lock continue to call the shots for this disappointing unit.
Devin Singletary, RB
Devin Singletary had a garbage-time rushing touchdown in Week 12 against the Buccaneers, and that’s his only contribution to our world since September. The backup RB doesn’t have a 10-touch game since Week 4 as he has settled well behind Tyrone Tracy Jr. in this backfield; without a touch gaining more than 15 yards in over two months, there’s no path to upside in this profile.
Singletary is the handcuff to Tracy, but my optimal roster construction doesn’t involve a backup from a bottom-five offense with nothing in the way of stability. I’d prefer a dart throw receiver (Parker Washington, Michael Wilson, etc.) or take a flier on a backfield with more support (Isaac Guerendo, Kimani Vidal, Trey Benson, etc.).
Tyrone Tracy Jr., RB
Tyrone Tracy Jr. has shown plenty of promise during his rookie season and figures to be a fantasy starter in both the short and long term. He scored against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving and now has a rushing touchdown or at least three catches in six of his past seven games.
I think we’ve seen enough to trust the rushing profile (5.0 yards per carry this season), so his rattling off catches for 15 and 18 yards on Thursday was encouraging. Drew Lock ate into his upside on the ground last week (57 yards and a score), though I’m not too worried about that sustaining.
The limitations of this offense are clear (13.4 points per game during the current seven-game skid), and while that will likely prevent any spike weeks, the floor that comes with this role alone is enough to keep Tracy in lineups in most situations.
Darius Slayton, WR
Darius Slayton ranked behind only Malik Nabers in Giants targets on Thanksgiving in Dallas, and I’m viewing that as a bad thing.
Wait, what?
My thought is that it’s not going to get any better than that. We got a low usage game for Wan’Dale Robinson (two targets) in a spot where New York finished with 11 more pass attempts than rush attempts — those things worked in Slayton’s favor, and he gave you 2.8 PPR points.
The efficiency won’t always be as poor as it was on Thursday, but given the QB situation in New York, I’m not all that comfortable penciling in anything close to league-average per-target numbers.
After Nabers, there isn’t a single target earner I feel good about on this roster, and I can’t imagine picking a boom/bust option from this offense instead of rolling the dice on a player in Tampa Bay or even Carolina with Bryce Young trending in the right direction.
Malik Nabers, WR
Malik Nabers recorded his seventh double-digit target game of the season — the volume is a must-have, not a nice to have, given the lack of quality play under center in New York. Just twice this season has Nabers produced over PPR expectations, two instances that came back in September.
Wan’Dale Robinson wasn’t effective on Thanksgiving, and that allowed Nabers to essentially be the only asset in this passing game over the final 32 minutes. When all was said and done, Nabers more than doubled all of his teammates in targets last week; if his role evolves from field stretcher to chain mover in this limited offense, you could sell me on him posting top-10 numbers this weekend.
Possession receivers have accounted for three of the four 20-point games from WRs against the Saints this season:
- Chris Godwin (Week 6: 35.5 PPR points)
- Ladd McConkey (Week 8: 29.1)
- JuJu Smith Schuster (Week 5: 20.0)
I tend to think that Robinson bounces back against the worst YAC defense in the league, and that is why Nabers is a mid-range WR2 for me this week, but I do think he offers more of a production floor in this specific matchup than most.
It’s been an up-and-down season for the rookie, but loyal fantasy managers could be rewarded handsomely with the Ravens, Falcons, and Colts left on his fantasy schedule after Sunday.
Wan’Dale Robinson, WR
If you want to get cute in a DFS format, I could see going in the Wan’Dale Robinson direction. The Saints allow more yards per short pass attempt than any defense in the NFL, making one of those double-digit target afternoons very possible.
“Possible,” not “projectable”.
Robinson saw just two targets last week (6.3% share), and given the limited potential of New York’s offense, that’s brutal. He finished Thanksgiving ranked sixth on the Giants in receiving yards for Week 13, something that I would have told you was close to impossible in a healthy game (76.3% snap share).
But it did, and without this offense giving us much reason for optimism, I can’t reasonably rank Robinson as a top-40 receiver, even in full PPR settings — that’s part of what makes him a viable DFS punt play.
