NFL Week 10 Fantasy Football Recap: Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions

• Cole Kmet: 4 receptions, 74 yards, 2 touchdowns

• Amon-Ra St. Brown: 10 receptions, 119 yards, 1 carry, 2 rushing yards

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SEA@TB | DET@CHI | CLE@MIA | DEN@TEN
MIN@BUF | HOU@NYG | JAX@KC | NO@PIT
IND@LVR | DAL@GB | ARZ@LAR | LAC@SF

Monitor Khalil Herbert’s injury: Herbert injured his hip against the Lions and was quickly ruled out.

• David Montgomery took the first two drives and Herbert took the third. This is the same way Chicago has started every game this season when both were healthy.
• Montgomery ran more routes, but Herbert ran the ball more over the rest of the game, which is also something that’s become more common for Chicago in recent weeks.
• Montgomery took every snap at halfback after the Herbert injury.
• Montgomery would be the main person to see his fantasy value benefit if this injury is serious. He was playing over 75% of offensive snaps in his peak this season as well as last season. This slight increase in snaps would specifically be more carries.

Byron Pringle‘s return: Pringle was activated off injured reserve and joined the Bears’ crowded wide receiver room.

• Pringle was injured for most of the offseason. He saw limited playing time in Week 1 and increased playing time in Week 2.
• Pringle started in Week 3 but suffered a calf injury after two plays, leaving him on injured reserve.
• This left both N’Keal Harry and Velus Jones Jr. as healthy inactives in Week 10.
• Darnell Mooney remained the clear top receiver as well as the clear slot receiver.
• Pringle was one of four players rotating on the outside.
• This most notably hurt Chase Claypool. The Bears traded a second-round pick for Claypool, but his percentage of offensive snaps declined rather than increased in his second game with the team.
• It could be OK to drop Claypool at this point due to his limited snaps in a limited passing offense. His playing time could increase some, but even that might not be enough to trust him in a starting lineup.
• The Bears have the second-most difficult schedule for wide receivers over the rest of the season.

Add Cole Kmet: Kmet has scored five touchdowns in the past three weeks, which ties him for the second-most scores by a tight end this season despite not finding the endzone in the first seven weeks.

• Kmet’s playing time has remained among the best for tight ends in the league this season.
• His problem has been a low target share in an offense that doesn’t like to pass.
• His targets per route run rate has increased to 26% over the past two weeks after sitting at 10.6% over the first eight weeks.
• It’s more likely than not that Kmet regresses going forward, continuing to see not enough targets and a rare touchdown. It’s worth adding him just in case this is the start of his breakout.

D’Andre Swift remains limited: Swift was a full participant in practice by Friday but still didn’t see as much playing time as we’re used to.

• Jamaal Williams remained in his usual role as the Lions’ lead rusher, gaining 59 yards on 16 carries and scoring a touchdown.
• Swift saw his most carries since September but averaged just one yard per carry. He still rewarded fantasy managers who took a gamble on him by scoring a nine-yard touchdown.
• Craig Reynolds landed on injured reserve earlier in the week, allowing Justin Jackson to take the role as the Lions’ third running back.
• Jackson ended up running more routes than Swift.
• We can expect Swift to take snaps from Jackson going forward, but he might not overtake Williams as the primary rusher at any point this season.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.