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About Last Night …

Another night on the national stage for the New England Patriots, and another step forward for Drake Maye as one of THE quarterbacks in the NFL. Completing 24-of-31 passes for 282 yards and a pair of scores, Maye continued his stellar sophomore season with a 33-15 win over the Giants on Monday Night Football. More highlights from last night:

• Marcus Jones’ house call made Patriots D/ST managers so happy.

• Jaxson Dart, please get out of bounds.

• Kayshon Boutte TD is just so pretty.

• Maye to Kyle Williams looked so effortless.

• We’ve seen this on a golf course, but never on a football field.

• Devin Singletary Wildcat goes for 6.

The #1 Utilization Takeaway From Week 13 Is …

1. Christian Watson is pushing for WR2 fantasy status.

Watson returned to the lineup six weeks ago after spending the first half of the season rehabbing from a Week 18 torn ACL in 2024. Over the last four games, he has worked his way into a near full-time role. Over that span, he has a 73 Utilization Score, scoring 13.8 points per game (PPG).

We are still dealing with a small sample, but the former second-round pick is playing some of the best football of his career. Over the last month, he registered a 2.27 yards per route run (YPRR) with a 26% target share—those are both WR1-level marks. While he continues to see deep targets with an 18.3 aDot and racks up air yards (119 per game), he is also Jordan Love's favorite target on third- and fourth-down plays, with a 41% target share.

His historical Utilization Score comparisons have averaged 14.4 points, with 69% notching a top-24 finish.

• WR1 to WR12 performers: 13%

• WR13 to WR24 performers: 56%

• WR25 to WR36 performers: 29%

• WR37 to WR48 performers: 3%

The Packers' WR corps could become more crowded over the coming weeks with the return of Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden. It will be interesting to see if Watson can maintain an 80% route participation rate. He offers a skill set that no other WR on the team has—he can attack every level of the defense and can score from anywhere on the field.

Watson UPGRADES to high-end WR3 territory and offers WR2 upside.

» For the rest of Dwain McFarland’s Utilization Report ahead of Week 14, click below!

Early Week 14 Rankings: Is Lamar Jackson Close?

Yes, it hasn’t been pretty of late for Lamar Jackson. Three straight games under 8.0 points is enough for fantasy managers to hyperfocus on every step and throw that the two-time MVP makes to find some granule of evidence that Jackson is not 100% healthy. Only don’t get loco and sit him down just yet, or drop him too far in the rankings. Ian Hartitz wrestles with the quandary:

“So what should we expect moving forward? Well, the first-place Ravens (obviously) still have plenty to play for, and upcoming matchups against the Steelers (28th in fantasy points per game allowed to QBs) and Bengals again (27th) don't exactly profile as terrifying spots. As much as Jackson's rushing output is less than ideal, his average of 8.1 yards per pass attempt is still good for the second-highest rate of his career—and third-best mark in the NFL.”

Ian shares his thoughts on which players are moving up and down in his Week 14 early rankings, all with an eye toward helping you make the best decision with the fantasy playoffs on the line.⤵️

Around the Watercooler

The latest fantasy nuggets, silliness, and NFL gossip from our merry band of football nerds.

📺 Are you ready to spend FAAB dollars on AD Mitchell?

🎯 Plus, more Waiver Wire targets. Pick up some Strange.

📝 Week 14 DST Streamers … a priority pickup with multi-week upside.

🐎 Are any Colts WRs worth starting?

🤢 Your eyes do not deceive you … scoring is way down over the last month.

🤦 I’ll take “Things No One Wants” for $500, Alex. Why?

🔒️ Good luck tickling the tonsils in this matchup. Woof.

🤯 Maybe it’s time for a new coach in Pittsburgh? Crazy stat.

⛔️ Not yet time for Kyler. More Brissett, please.

🏈 J.J. McCarthy is trending in the right direction. Can’t be worse than Week 13.

🚮 Did you have this “talk” with your freshly eliminated fantasy team?