NFL Week 7 Fantasy Football Recap: Denver Broncos vs. New York Jets

• Breece Hall: 4 carries, 72 yards, 1 touchdown

• Jerry Jeudy: 7 receptions, 96 yards

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Monitor the Breece Hall injury: Hall was ruled out after being carted to the locker room in the second quarter with a knee injury. The injury is presumed to be serious. Coach Robert Saleh said the initial diagnosis is not good, with reports of it likely being an ACL injury.

- Hall was the lead back for the first 25 minutes of the game, and his 62-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the difference in the game.
- Michael Carter took over as the lead back, with Ty Johnson mixing in.
- His playing time was similar to his best games from his rookie season despite being the backup for most of the first half.
- Carter is still on fantasy rosters in roughly 70% of ESPN leagues, but he should definitely be picked up in the leagues where he is still available.
- He ran the ball 13 times but ended up with only 29 yards against the strong Broncos run defense.
- The Jets have a relatively easy remaining schedule for running backs, so Carter would be a must-start most weeks.

Monitor the Corey Davis injury: Davis suffered a knee injury late in the first quarter, but it isn’t expected to be serious.

- The Jets were also without Elijah Moore for the game after he requested a trade earlier in the week.
- This allowed Braxton Berrios to see a big boost in playing time.
- Jeff Smith also received increased playing time, playing significantly in three-receiver sets and even some two-receiver sets while everyone was healthy.
- Denzel Mims played just two snaps while Davis was healthy but rotated in more frequently afterward.
- Garrett Wilson lined up 28 times out wide compared to 16 times in the slot. It was his highest percentage of snaps on the outside since Week 1.
- It was Wilson’s first game with four catches since September.
- There is no need to pick up any of the backups, but Wilson could become a more viable fantasy starter if he plays more snaps on the outside.

Monitor the Mike Boone injury: Boone suffered an ankle injury in the second quarter and didn’t return.

- Melvin Gordon III started the game, as reported, and played early downs on the first two drives.
- Latavius Murray rotated in during the third drive and saw a near-even split with Gordon on early downs throughout the rest of the game.
- Murray took the majority of short-yardage and goal-line snaps, which led to Murray scoring the Broncos' only touchdown.
- Boone continued to take the passing-down snaps as he had in recent weeks, with Gordon largely taking over after the injury.
- Both Gordon and Murray can be viable in fantasy football if the Boone injury is serious. If not, this could be a frustrating backfield going forward.

Add Greg Dulcich: The Denver rookie tight end caught six of nine passes for 51 yards in the team’s loss.

- He played in 32 of a possible 43 snaps in 11 personnel.
- Dulcich increased his snaps in 12 personnel, playing nine snaps in that group after just three last week. That is a very positive sign for his future fantasy production.
- At least part of his success these two weeks has been the Broncos needing to run a lot of pass plays.
- Denver’s schedule only gets more difficult, so the team will need to keep passing in future games, too.
- His 19.7% targets per route run is better than several other tight ends who are consistently in fantasy starting lineups.

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.