Kansas City @ Denver
Team Totals: Chiefs 26.5, Broncos 19.5
12-0 lifetime against the Broncos, Patrick Mahomes is set up to stay cooking coming off his year-best game with the Chiefs finding their groove in terms of personnel deployment. Travis Kelce is on a heater, while rookie playmaker Rashee Rice is trending toward a starting role. Only two teams have given up more fantasy QB points than Denver, which will miss SS Kareem Jackson due to a four-game suspension for illegal hits. My top-five Week 8 quarterback plays are as follows: 1. Lamar Jackson (@ ARI); 2. Mahomes; 3. Josh Allen (vs. TB); 4. Jalen Hurts (@ WAS); 5. Justin Herbert (vs. CHI). … Isiah Pacheco is averaging 19.2 touches for 91.6 yards and 0.8 TDs over Kansas City’s last five games, while Denver has hemorrhaged the most fantasy running back points in the league. Pacheco warrants legit RB1 valuation, especially in light of his expanding passing-game usage. Pacheco drew just 14 targets across 17 games last season. He’s on pace for 56 targets and 51 receptions this year. … Jerick McKinnon hasn’t topped five touches in a 2023 game. Clyde Edwards-Helaire has four touches or fewer in four straight weeks.
Mahomes’ 2023 target distribution: Kelce 59; Rice 31; Kadarius Toney 26; Pacheco 23; Skyy Moore 22; McKinnon and Noah Gray 18; Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Justin Watson 17; CEH 7; Justyn Ross 6. … Kelce secured a near-impeccable 21 of 22 targets (96%) for 303 yards (14.4 YPR) and a touchdown over K.C.’s last two games.
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