The fantasy football landscape shifts each week, bringing fresh opportunities and unexpected challenges that separate the prepared from the pretenders. Savvy managers know that last week’s performance tells only part of the story, and diving deeper into the underlying metrics reveals the accurate picture.
This week presents some intriguing decisions. Here’s insight about key Los Angeles Rams players heading into their matchup with the Seattle Seahawks to help you craft a winning lineup.
Matthew Stafford, QB
Matthew Stafford is moving up the MVP odds board and for good reason after he became the first QB in NFL history to throw four touchdown passes with zero interceptions in back-to-back-to-back games.
During Los Angeles’ four-game win streak, he’s completing 81.5% of his passes with 12 TDs and zero interceptions on balls thrown less than 10 yards, and that’s exactly why I’m playing him without a second thought in this matchup.
The Seahawks are a good, if not great, defense that swarms all over the place. That said, they rank 21st in YAC allowed per reception, and with Stafford getting the ball to his playmakers in a hurry, I expect his talent to be on display.
Blake Corum, RB
Blake Corum has handled 13 carries in consecutive blowout wins, and that may have you interested in chasing an expanding role, but you’re smarter than that.
All 26 of those rushing attempts (and 61.2% for the season) have come with the Rams up by at least seven points, and banking on such a situation in a game like this is dangerous at best.
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I’ve been impressed with the general skill shown by the second-year back (he has more 10+ yard gains than attempts stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage) and would be inclined to rank him as a viable RB2 should Kyren Williams miss time.
That makes him rosterable, but with no signs of fatigue for RB1, Corum remains a bench piece with no lineup equity.
Kyren Williams, RB
Corum is getting some usage, but this is still Kyren Williams’ backfield, and it’s not a debate (73% snap share in the first half last week).
Williams has scored eight times in nine games this season and 39 times in 37 games since the beginning of 2020, establishing himself as one of the league’s premier goal-line runners.
His success has been outstanding this season, as he’s doing it alongside a thriving passing game that features a volume king in Puka Nacua and a generational red-zone threat in Davante Adams. The subtraction of opportunity rate has been more than offset by the sheer number of scoring chances MVP candidate Stafford is providing, and that’s the leading factor in why Williams is an RB1 moving forward.
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The Seattle defense is nasty, and that certainly makes a downgrade reasonable, though not actionable. Williams typically resides just inside my top 10 at the position, and this week, he’s just outside, but you’re still playing him.
Seattle does own the third-best goal-to-go defense in the league, however, and that’s one of the primary reasons why I’m looking elsewhere when structuring my DFS lineups this week (check out the FREE PFSN Betting newsletter to see where I land!).
Davante Adams, WR
An oblique injury kept Adams on the sideline down the stretch of last week’s dominating win, but all seems to be fine for the veteran receiver, and that means you’re starting him without a second thought, even in a tough matchup.
Since 2015, 678 players have earned at least 50 targets through the first 10 weeks of a season, and here are the players on that list who have seen at least 20% of those looks come in the end zone.
- 2019 DK Metcalf: 23.4%
- 2025 Adams: 21.8%
- 2018 Marvin Jones: 21%
- 2020 Adam Thielen: 20%
- 2018 Eric Ebron: 20%
- 2016 Dez Bryant: 20%
That’s a pretty eclectic list, and one that was fun to compile for those who have been involved in this game over the past decade.
Adams will tie a career high for end zone targets in a season with his next one, something that feels insane for a player nearing his 33rd birthday who plays alongside maybe the best receiver in the sport.
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For other players, I’d worry about the sustainability of this profile, especially given that Kyren Williams is more than capable of finishing drives, but Adams is a unique case.
He’s been a near lock for eight targets per game this season, with multiple end zone looks more likely than not. This is a matchup-proof player that has more reward potential than risk: he’s locked in as a top 15 option at the position every single week.
Puka Nacua, WR
Nacua has twice as many touchdowns as end zone targets this season and has surpassed his point expectancy in six of eight games this season.
Simply put, the man is a machine, and the Rams are well aware of it.
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His slot usage has declined in three straight games, but you’d never know it based on the fantasy point totals. If this Adams oblique injury lingers, Nacua’s path to be a top 5 receiver this week, even in a tough matchup, becomes clear.
As it is, I can’t imagine ranking him (career: 19.0 PPR PPG) as anything but a WR1 with an elite floor/ceiling combination.