Ray Garvin Yahoo Fantasy Contributor Tue, November 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC · 7 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement At this point in the season, we have to adjust our expectations. Some of these players still belong in your fantasy football lineup, but that doesn't mean you should feel good about them. The categories remain No Panic, Some Panic, Total Panic and Coping Corner. Nobody here gets No Panic from me.
If Jonathan Taylor stays in Indianapolis, I have total panic. Total panic.
Over the last two games, Taylor has combined for 21 carries, 69 rushing yards and no touchdowns. With two lost fumbles, he's averaged 5.8 half-PPR points. His carries dropped from 21 and 18 in Weeks 6 and 7 to eight and 13 in Weeks 8 and 9.
He was productive in those earlier games. This hasn't been a month of nothing. But the direction should concern everybody who has Taylor.
I'm watching this usage and wondering whether the Colts are holding him back for a trade. I don't know that. I do know I want him out of there.
I don't trust this offense with Daniel Jones. Indianapolis also traded Quenton Nelson, its All-Pro guard and, in everyone's opinion, its best offensive lineman.
Taylor is a running back who can catch passes. He is not a pass-catching weapon who plays running back. His nine catches over the last two games produced 42 yards. That hasn't come close to rescuing him from bad rushing days.
And I expect the Colts to spend plenty of time trailing. That's a problem when the passing game isn't giving their best offensive player much help.
I'd love a move that gives Taylor a chance to thrive. If he's banished to this offense, we should be very, very concerned.
Every week, there's another reason to believe the Chase Brown game is coming. The receiving work. The offense. The matchup. Then we're disappointed again.
Brown hasn't scored a rushing touchdown since Week 1. That's seven games and 87 carries. He hasn't scored a receiving touchdown or reached 100 rushing yards in a game this season either. He's averaged 8.6 half-PPR points over his last four appearances. Cincinnati scored at least 31 points in all four. This offense is producing. Brown just isn't getting enough of the fantasy payoff.
Joe Burrow is playing at an MVP level with 23 passing touchdowns. The Bengals have five rushing touchdowns as a team. This offense runs through Burrow. Brown can help with dump-offs when Cincinnati is chasing points, but those receiving spikes are hard to predict. He caught eight passes in Week 8 and three the following week.
I've got Some Panic because I know what I'm getting: a volatile mid-to-low-end RB2 with sporadic receiving upside. I'm done treating every week like the breakout is right around the corner.
I talked about this on the Yahoo Data Dump show. I've been concerned about Derrick Henry.
The crown has fallen. He is no longer the king.
Henry is 32, and Father Time always wins. Give him a runway and he can still get north and south quickly. But I'm not seeing him make defenders miss the way this offense needs him to, and I think this offensive line has been dreadful. The season totals look fine until you're actually living with these afternoons.
Seven of his eight rushing touchdowns came in the first four weeks. Over his last four games, Henry has 62 carries for 213 yards and one rushing touchdown. That's 3.4 yards per carry. He's added four catches for 13 yards.
Baltimore scored 10, 13, 10 and 10 points in those games. Its last three losses were all by at least 20 points. The defense isn't keeping games close, and the offense isn't creating enough scoring opportunities.
Could Jacoby Brissett help? Sure. Jesse Minter says Brissett is going to start in Week 10. But I need to see it. Brissett doesn't immediately fix the blocking, the defense or my concerns about Henry himself. Total Panic. You're playing him as a mid-to-low-end RB2 right now.
The only reason Jayden Daniels isn't in Total Panic is that my expectations have been adjusted. I hope yours have, too. He returned from the elbow injury in Week 5 and ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns. The rushing alone gave you 22.3 fantasy points.
Since then, he has 10 carries for 49 yards and no rushing touchdowns across three games. That's about 1.6 fantasy points per game from rushing.
The passing hasn't completely fallen apart. Daniels threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns in Week 6. But his last two fantasy scores were 14.98 and 14.56. Without the rushing advantage, there's much less room for an ordinary passing performance.
Terry McLaurin is out for the season, and Washington doesn't have many pass-catching options to replace him. The margin for success is smaller.
I've got Some Panic because I'm no longer expecting Daniels to automatically give me the advantage I drafted him for. If there's a better weekly streaming option, I'm considering it. He's no longer a must-play quarterback for me.
I have total, total panic about this situation. Matthew Stafford belongs in Coping Corner. He wasn't giving us enough with Puka Nacua. Now, Puka is likely headed to injured reserve with MCL and PCL sprains along with turf toe. Stafford has averaged 200.5 passing yards and 13.47 fantasy points over his last four games. He hasn't reached 250 passing yards in any of them. His last two fantasy scores were 8.28 and 11.22.
We were already talking ourselves into starting him. Now, we're taking away his best receiving option. Head coach Sean McVay expects Davante Adams back toward the shorter end of his 6-10 week window. But what does "sooner" mean for your lineup right now?
Stafford is 38, and to me, he's showing his age. His right elbow was on the Week 9 injury report, although he practiced fully. I can't tell you the elbow explains everything, but this situation gives me little confidence.
With Puka, Stafford was streamable. Without Puka and Davante, he's a quarterback I have zero interest in starting.
Drake London is in Total Panic, too. Michael Penix Jr. has not been good. This offense has not been good. London is still Atlanta's leading receiver, but that doesn't make me feel better about the situation.
Over his last four games, London has 17 catches for 204 yards and one touchdown, averaging 8.7 half-PPR points. Over the last two, he has six catches for 76 yards and no touchdowns.
Penix has combined for 287 passing yards, one touchdown and five interceptions across those two games. How much confidence are we supposed to have in London delivering WR1 production in that environment? London has 692 receiving yards this season, so there have been productive games. But he has one receiving touchdown, and this recent connection hasn't been good enough.
You drafted him in the first round to be your WR1. This isn't close to what you needed.
I have low faith in Penix right now, and that directly affects how I feel about London.
The talent hasn't changed. My confidence in this offense consistently getting that talent into your fantasy lineup has. I'm not comfortable pretending the situation is fine.
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