The New York Giants will face the Baltimore Ravens in Week 15. 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
Drew Lock completed just 12 of 22 passes (54.5%) on balls thrown less than five yards downfield on Sunday against the Saints (the NFL average completion percentage on those passes this season is 76.5%).
Lock won’t start in Week 15, but long-term, there’s no need to go this deep in any fantasy format, and that includes DFS GPPs where almost anything is on the table.
Tommy DeVito, QB
Tommy DeVito has missed out on consecutive starts, partly due to a forearm injury. He’ll get the start in Week 15 due to Drew Lock’s injury, but it shouldn’t matter to you in any situation, whether this week or long-term.
You’d need to sell me on a high-volume projection for an inefficient DeVito to get him ranked as a QB2 for me, and I’m telling you right now that you will be unable to do that in this matchup. DeVito doesn’t have a touchdown toss in four straight appearances (83 pass attempts) — he’d have to really overachieve to be of use, even in two-QB formats.
Devin Singletary, RB
I think we are done with Devin Singletary at this point.
This is a profile that includes seven straight single-digit carry games, and with a total of four targets over his past five games, there’s just no path to viable production as long as Tyrone Tracy Jr. is active.
Yes, in theory, Singletary is a single injury away from a lead role, but this isn’t an offense I’m tying up roster spots with unless they are actively producing. I wouldn’t hesitate to move on from the veteran back in favor of a receiver with home-run ability or a Cam Akers type who fills a similar role as a part of a better offense.
Tyrone Tracy Jr., RB
Tyrone Tracy Jr. bailed you out with a late touchdown last week, but all scores matter, and as the lead back in this offense, he put himself in a position to be the beneficiary of that break.
The rookie back has been a viable option in four straight games; while Devin Singletary gets some work, he’s clearly a change-of-pace option more than a realistic threat to Tracy’s value.
The Ravens rank as the second-best run defense in terms of success rate, and that’s a concern, but we have seen Tracy earn 17 targets on 73 routes over his past three games. That gives him an alternate path to top-20 production that I feel good about.
Darius Slayton, WR
Darius Slayton has totaled just four catches on 14 targets over his past three games. I’m willing to overlook efficiency concerns in the name of volume for an elite role like Malik Nabers’, but Slayton doesn’t get that benefit of the doubt.
Last week, Slayton was busy streaking down the field (16.2 aDOT) and nearly paid it off with a chunk gain. If I were confident that this offense would get above-average quarterback play, I’d overlook a missed deep target and cite this role as one that carries enough upside to consider in the right position.
What’s the problem? I’m not at all confident that is the case.
Malik Nabers, WR
Try to remember all the way back to Week 3. The high-flying Saints were taking the league by storm, Justin Fields was under center for the Steelers, and J.K. Dobbins was pacing for north of 1,700 rushing yards.
Yeah, it was a while ago.
That was the last time Malik Nabers offered production above expectation. The rookie leads the league in games with double-digit targets (eight), but those have been empty calories more often than not.
If there is a defense that can play a volume receiver into value, you’d think it would be the Ravens. I don’t have a problem with that logic, but it’s worth noting that 10 of 11 WRs who scored 15 PPR points against this vulnerable defense benefited from, at the very least, aggressive QB play (Davante Adams in Week 2 being the lone exception).
Nabers obviously doesn’t get that benefit of the doubt, but we can essentially pencil in 10+ targets, which should allow him to fall into WR2 production.
Wan’Dale Robinson, WR
Wan’Dale Robinson led the Giants with 11 targets on Sunday against a vulnerable Saints pass defense. Given his role and route diet, if you came into my life from the future and presented that sentence as fact ahead of lineup lock, I would have Flexed him in every league possible.
No dice — Robinson finished tied for the 68th-most receiving yards in Week 14.
The Ravens’ pass defense is a glaring weakness, and, on occasion, they are gashed in the slot. Five times this season has Baltimore allowed a triple-digit passer rating on passes thrown to that area with three instances sticking out.
Slot machines vs. BAL:
- Cowboys (Week 3): 8-of-14 for 121 yards and two touchdowns
- Bengals (Week 5): 9-of-10 for 164 yards and three touchdowns
- Browns (Week 8): 11-of-15 for 120 yards and a touchdown
By no means am I suggesting that this Giants offense can produce anything to that level of production, but would 6-8 catches in a blowout loss surprise you in the least for Robinson?
I have him as a very low-end PPR Flex under that general assumption, though I’ll admit that my exposure is far more likely to come as a punt play in a DFS setting more than an annual league.