Chicago @ Tampa Bay
Team Totals: Bucs 22, Bears 19
Justin Fields’ Week 1 was discouraging; the third-year QB continued to grip the ball far too long in the pocket and hesitated to challenge Green Bay’s secondary downfield. Fields’ aDOT was a pathetic 3.3 yards, bottom five in the NFL. Yet despite poor on-field play, Fields finished as Week 1’s fantasy QB12 via 59 rushing yards and a third-quarter TD pass to Darnell Mooney. While disappointed in his Opening Day performance, I’m sticking with Fields as a surefire QB1 at Tampa, which yielded Week 1’s QB8 finish to Kirk Cousins. … Khalil Herbert operated as Chicago’s Week 1 lead back with D’Onta Foreman mixing in. Rookie Roschon Johnson wound up with 11 touches but wasn’t seen until garbage time. Johnson did shine on his rushing and receiving opportunities and should be stashed in most leagues. After the Bucs held Vikings RBs to 62 yards on 18 touches in Week 1, I’m valuing lead-back Herbert as an RB3/flex play.
Fields’ Week 1 target distribution: Johnson, Darnell Mooney, and Cole Kmet 7; Herbert 5; Foreman 3; D.J. Moore, Tyler Scott, and Chase Claypool 2. … Mooney dominated Week 1 Air Yards share (54%) versus Green Bay. Kmet (21%) was a distant second. In what so far appears to be a dysfunctional passing offense, Mooney remains a boom-bust WR4 and Kmet a touchdown-or-bust TE punt.
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