New England @ Houston
Team Totals: Patriots 25, Texans 15
Tied with Broncos-Steelers for Week 5’s lowest-totaled game, Patriots-Texans profiles as a fantasy-unfriendly affair with a few exceptions. One is Mac Jones in two-QB and Superflex leagues; Jones is coming off a sharp Week 4 performance in a difficult spot versus Tampa Bay and now draws Texans DC Lovie Smith’s defense, which has been skewered for the NFL’s eighth-most yards per pass attempt (8.1) and sixth-most fantasy QB points. … Lovie’s unit is similarly vulnerable on the ground, giving up 151.3 total yards and a touchdown per game to enemy running backs. Despite his recent box-score struggles, I’m going right back to Damien Harris as an upside RB2 play after he easily paced the Patriots’ Week 4 backfield in playing time (61%) and routes run (17) and showed well as a pass blocker, while J.J. Taylor lost a back-breaking fumble, Rhamondre Stevenson was a healthy scratch, and Brandon Bolden is now a homeless man’s version of James White.
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