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    Jets Start-Sit: Week 7 Fantasy Advice for Davante Adams, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, Braelon Allen, and Others

    Here's all the fantasy football advice you need in Week 7 to determine whether you should start or sit these players on the New York Jets.

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    The New York Jets will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7. Here’s fantasy football start-sit advice for every Jets skill player who has the potential to make a fantasy impact during the game.

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    Aaron Rodgers, QB

    All signs point to the Rodgers/Davante Adams reunion taking place on Sunday night against maybe the best defense in the league.

    Are you not entertained?!?

    I think you’re jumping the gun a touch if you want to lock in Rodgers this week given his lack of form and the potential for this offense to change in a significant way on short rest, but I do think he is firmly on the low-end QB1 discussion for the remainder of the season.

    I’m viewing this as something of a second season-opening game; I think the offense has a chance to look that different. Rodgers has cleared 13 points in only one season opener since 2019, completing just 63.3% of his passes with six touchdowns (and four interceptions) on those 158 attempts.

    I can’t get Rodgers any higher than QB14 this week due to the sudden change in personnel and short work week, but I imagine this is as low as I’ll have him for the foreseeable future.

    Braelon Allen, RB

    Allen was on the field for just 18.6% of New York’s offensive snaps last week against the Bills, his first time under 25% since his NFL debut. With Robert Saleh fired, the offense ran through Breece Hall, and I’m projecting that to be the case moving forward.

    Allen is still a viable handcuff, but with the addition of Davante Adams to an offense that was already low in play count, Allen’s path to stand-alone value has all but disappeared. He’s a good player and might be a decent buy in dynasty formats after a few slow weeks, but in re-draft, his window to be an asset is closing in a hurry.

    Breece Hall, RB

    From an extended week to injuries on the other side, everything lined up for Hall to have a strong night on Monday against the Bills — and guess what?

    A talented running back in an elite spot came through; don’t you love it when that happens?

    Hall racked up 169 scrimmage yards on 23 touches against the division rival, and it was the second time this season that he had both a 30-yard run and a 20-yard catch. The matchup with the Steelers is nothing like what we saw last week, and the addition of Davante Adams only adds to the number of moving pieces, but the talent is worthy of your trust in an offense that should be moving in the right direction, even if the overall production isn’t off the charts this weekend.

    You paid top dollar so that Hall could give you a chance to win a title. With the Seahawks-Dolphins-Jaguars-Rams-Bills over the final five weeks of the fantasy season, he still might well deliver on that hope.

    Davante Adams, WR

    This move felt close to inevitable, and it’s now official. We will get news on where Adams’ recovery from his hamstring injury sits, but it stands to reason that the Raiders were being cautious with their star so as to not put him in harm’s way and lessen their return in a deal.

    So let’s assume that he is good to go from a health perspective, now what?

    Adams himself was thought of as a top-15 receiver entering the season (depending on your site, his ADP was in the WR11-13 range) as the focal point of a questionable offense. Now, he is the focal point of a questionable offense that carries some upside.

    His history with Aaron Rodgers is impossible to ignore. Considering that, despite iffy quarterback play, Adams opened this season with production rates of +14.5% and +14.8% over expectation, it’s safe to say that there is plenty of gas left in the tank. Rodgers has struggled with the deep ball recently (remove the Hail Mary last night and he is 9-of-31 with no scores and three picks during this three-game skid when throwing the ball 15+ yards down the field). But with the non-verbal communication portion of his timing-oriented game now set, logic would state that a bounce-back is to be expected in rather short order.

    The Jets are on short rest this week and face an elite defense in Pittsburgh, but after that, the schedule runs out nicely for Rodgers to push as a fantasy starter with Adams safely inside the top 10 at the position in all formats, assuming health.

    • Week 8 at Patriots
    • Week 9 vs. Texans
    • Week 10 at Cardinals
    • Week 11 vs. Colts

    New York then goes on bye and the schedule gets even more friendly to close out the fantasy season (Seahawks-Dolphins-Jaguars-Rams-Bills). This move might put the Jets into the playoffs and certainly could vault your fantasy team up the standings if you were holding tight on either former Packer. As for the surrounding pieces …

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    Garrett Wilson is the loser of this deal in a significant way. He’ll remain fantasy-viable, but his path to stardom has been put on hold while the Jets try to salvage this win-now window. His aDOT this season is down 26.7% from a season ago, seemingly because he and Rodgers couldn’t connect the way the future Hall of Famer could with Adams in the past.

    So, reinserting the star receiver into the mix only solidifies the more conservative route tree while capping his number of looks in what should still be a slow offense. There are a lot of moving pieces to consider, but should Adams be active for Week 7, there’s an interesting trend to consider and one that can keep you confident in Wilson. The Steelers have played four teams with a proven WR1:

    As for the juice you’ve squeezed out of Allen Lazard up to this point, those days are likely gone. Rodgers has occasionally supported a third pass-catching option, though. Even in his prime, it’s been more at the tight end position than anything (Richard Rodgers scored eight times in 2015 and Robert Tonyan scored 11 TDs in 2020). Randall Cobb was able to scratch across limited PPR appeal, but Lazard’s profile was thin to begin with. It only seems like a matter of time until you decide to move on.

    He’s been able to thrive thanks to clearing 100 air yards and seeing multiple end-zone looks in each of the past two weeks. I’m not sure he has two such games for the rest of the season — that’s going to land him outside of my top 45 receivers consistently moving forward.

    Left in Adams’ wake in Las Vegas is a limited offense that can’t move the ball with consistency. Brock Bowers proved last week that he is talented enough to win no matter the coverage schemes, locking in his status as a top-six player at the position moving forward.

    Outside of him, there’s no one on this roster to be excited about. A currently banged-up Jakobi Meyers is now their WR1 and should be rostered, but more as depth than a player you plan on using weekly. The Raiders have been and will continue to be an offense you can stream defenses against with confidence, making the Falcons’ defense an interesting add once we hit December (Weeks 13-16: Chargers, Vikings, Raiders, and Giants).

    Garrett Wilson, WR

    Garrett Wilson has seen a reduced aDOT (8.4 yards) with strong volume (27.3% on-field target share) this season, but his role is at risk of changing significantly with Davante Adams likely taking over the WR1 duties in New York.

    The raw talent is enough to keep him in starting lineups, though the upside is significantly less than it was a week ago. Wilson is well ahead of his career scoring rate thanks to being targeted on 34.3% of his red zone routes, and that’s been great to see. However, it’s where the Rodgers/Adams connection has been the strongest in the past.

    Last season, we saw Mike Evans score in bunches for the Buccaneers, with Chris Godwin producing on occasion with the scraps. Wilson might be the 2023 Godwin of this offense, and that’s going to result in underwhelming production based on where you picked him this summer.

    Mike Williams, WR

    Williams was injured toward the end of Monday Night Football, but at this point, it shouldn’t impact your fantasy roster. I was vocal in my support of the idea of Williams this offseason, and I’ve been dead wrong — time to take the “L”.

    The idea of a big-bodied WR2 in an Aaron Rodgers-led offense was appealing in August, but now, I wake in the middle of the night in cold sweats thinking about how this team functions on the offensive side of the ball.

    Is it possible that with a change in head coach and good health luck, Williams will put together a good week at some point? I’m not ruling it out, but considering he doesn’t have 80 air yards in a game this season and the Allen Lazard phenomena won’t go away, there’s no chance you’ll be playing him for when it does, so why hold?

    Tyler Conklin, TE

    Conklin’s snap rate is at a career-high, and while the production is hit-and-miss, being on the field is a good place to start. The Steelers are as stingy a defense as there is, but that doesn’t mean they shut down the chain-moving tight end.

    Brock Bowers and Jake Ferguson are a tier above Conklin, though it is worth noting that the tandem combined for 29.1 PPR fantasy points and caught 15 of 17 targets. Conklin isn’t going to be featured by the Jets or the Steelers — and that might be good enough for him to grind out a double-digit PPR point total.

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