The Seattle Seahawks will travel to take on the New York Jets in Week 13. Here’s the final injury report and start-sit advice for every skill player who has the potential to make a fantasy football impact during the game.
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Geno Smith, QB | SEA
Smith’s Injury Status for Week 13
Smith is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Smith
Geno Smith has one passing touchdown over his past two games (63 attempts) and has only two multi-pass TD efforts this season. He’s been sacked 16 times in his past three games, and we’ve seen what pressure can do to his decision-making (end-zone interception last week being the latest example).
New York opponents average the seventh-fewest drives per game, and this defense owns an above-average success rate. In my eyes, Smith is a “play in the perfect spot” fantasy quarterback, but I simply don’t view this as that.
Kenneth Walker III, RB | SEA
Walker’s Injury Status for Week 13
Walker is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Walker
Kenneth Walker III has multiple catches in every one of his games this season and has earned 5+ targets in five games this season. If you gave me that sentence in August without any other context, I would have told you that he had a shot at being the top-scoring running back in our game.
That, of course, hasn’t been the case. We haven’t seen the explosive plays that we penciled in as part of Walker’s profile. Heck, we haven’t seen even league-average production over the past month.
Walker doesn’t have a 30-yard run this season and has averaged under 4.0 yards per carry in back-to-back-to-back-to-back games. He has a stranglehold on the lead role in Seattle, and that role slots him into my top 20 without much thought.
Maybe we can get a spike performance against an underachieving Jets run defense that ranks 20th in terms of EPA. I’m hopeful, but at the very least, you can lock in 14-16 carries and 3-5 targets in an above-average offense.
Zach Charbonnet, RB | SEA
Charbonnet’s Injury Status for Week 13
Charbonnet is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Charbonnet
Zach Charbonnet’s playing time has increased in consecutive weeks with Kenneth Walker III struggling to make the splash plays we believed to be in his profile (last four games: 2.97 yards per carry), but we are still looking at nothing more than a handcuff back in a spotty offense that ranks third in pass rate over expectation this season.
The 37.7% snap share from Week 12 is something of a ceiling for Charbonnet, and even that wasn’t enough to get him above the six-touch role that he was capped at for the entire month of November. With Seattle playing meaningful games down the stretch, their backup RB deserves to be rostered (40 touches in the two games Walker missed earlier this season), but there should be no temptation to slot him in as a Flex option in any format.
DK Metcalf, WR | SEA
Metcalf’s Injury Status for Week 13
Updated at 11:30 AM ET on Sunday, December 1
Metcalf is active for today's game.
Metcalf (shoulder) received a pair of days off before logging a full practice on Friday. He doesn’t carry any designation on the final injury report.
As Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times notes, this was the first we heard of Metcalf’s shoulder injury. He was sidelined by a knee injury earlier this season, but this new issue clearly isn’t as severe.
Metcalf hasn’t been quite as productive in two games since returning from his MCL sprain. He’s recorded 11 catches for 129 yards and a 20% target rate in two games. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who feasted in Metcalf’s absence, has retained his status as the Seahawks top receiver, recording 16 catches for 187 yards and a 27% target rate in that same span.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Metcalf
DK Metcalf’s role in his two games back has looked just like the one he left, and that’s a good thing. A player with this athletic profile carries extreme upside into any matchup.
That said, I do worry about his potential to access that with Jaxon Smith-Njigba amid his breakout. Metcalf was a WR1 in both Week 2 and Week 3, but he has just one top-25 performance since. I have him ranked safely in the middle of those outcomes, checking in as a middling WR2 this week and moving forward.
The Jets have allowed the fourth-lowest red-zone completion percentage this season (43.2%), further dimming the star of Metcalf for Week 13. You’re still playing him in all formats, but he now resides in the Courtland Sutton tier as opposed to the Puka Nacua one.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR | SEA
Smith-Njigba’s Injury Status for Week 13
Smith-Njigba is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Smith-Njigba
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is one of five receivers to score 19 PPR points in three straight games this season (others: A.J. Brown, Justin Jefferson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Malik Nabers). That’s some pretty good company to keep, and with an expanding route tree (the big play last week came on a beautiful bubble screen), I see no reason to think that the upward trajectory slows.
When it comes to this specific matchup, there’s a strong case to be made for JSN to be considered the top pass catcher in this offense. The Jets rank second in the league in pressure rate through 12 weeks, and …
When Geno Smith is pressured, 2024:
- Smith-Njigba: 1.8 points per target
- DK Metcalf: 1.2 points per target
When Smith is not pressured, 2024:
- Smith-Njigba: 1.8 points per target
- Metcalf: 2.1 points per target
I have both ranked as WR2s that you can feel great about starting this week and for the remainder of 2024 (and beyond).
Tyler Lockett, WR | SEA
Lockett’s Injury Status for Week 13
Seattle Seahawks wideout Tyler Lockett did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday, but returned to a full practice on Friday and does not carry an injury designation on the final report.
Lockett is dealing with a new knee issue, but Seattle has been known to give rest days to its veterans. Last week, Lockett got a rest day on Wednesday, went full on Thursday, and was limited on Friday (with rest/foot given as his designation). He played 65.6% of the snaps against the Arizona Cardinals and should be fine to carry a similar workload on Sunday.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Lockett
Updated at 11:30 AM on Sunday, December 1
Lockett is active today.
The Seahawks have told us what they think about the target hierarchy in their offense and it’s pretty clear that Jaxon Smith-Njigba and DK Metcalf are the featured assets with nobody else even remotely close to viable.
Tyler Lockett has put together a great career, but we are in the business of predicting the future, not paying respects to the past. The veteran receiver didn’t earn five targets in a game during November and hasn’t reached 12 expected points in consecutive games since September.
I’d rather roll the dice weekly on any of the receivers in Carolina, opting to embrace the unknown as opposed to ignoring the clear signs of a player being phased out of the offense.
Aaron Rodgers, QB | NYJ
Rodgers’ Injury Status for Week 13
Rodgers is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Rodgers
I’m about as out on the Seahawks’ defense as anyone, and even I can’t get there with recommending Aaron Rodgers as a fantasy starter this weekend.
Seattle struggles against the deep pass (see Wilson, Garrett), but my concern is with Rodgers having the needed time to exploit that weakness. The Seahawks rank in the 80th percentile when it comes to creating pressure without the benefit of a blitz, a situation in which Rodgers has struggled this season.
Over his past four games, the future Hall of Famer has completed just six of his 20 passes in such spots (pressured without a blitz) for 58 yards. That’s not going to get it done, and that factors prominently into him being twice as likely this season to finish as the QB20 or worse than the QB10 or better.
If Rodgers looks good this weekend, we can have a streaming discussion next week in Miami, but without any teams on a bye, there’s no reason to take on this sort of risk.
Braelon Allen, RB | NYJ
Allen’s Injury Status for Week 13
Allen is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Allen
There are more things wrong with the Jets than I have time to explain (keep reading, I’ll try). In short, New York’s offense isn’t functioning at a level to support All-Pros, making it impossible for a rookie like Braelon Allen to carve out any sort of meaningful role.
The explosive Wisconsin product caught six passes over his first three professional games, but Allen has only managed to haul in four since and has a total of 14 touches on his résumé over the past three weeks.
Long term, I think there’s a world in which Allen takes a step forward in Year 2 to form a dangerous backfield with Breece Hall. Yet, without volume or splash ability (none of his 72 touches this season have gained more than 20 yards), there’s not much to see here.
As a handcuff — if you have the luxury, sure, but are we sure that there is a single role in Gotham City these days that is a lock to be fantasy viable?
Breece Hall, RB | NYJ
Hall’s Injury Status for Week 13
Updated at 11:30 AM on Sunday, December 1
Hall is active today
Hall didn’t practice on Wednesday while he deals with a knee injury. However, he made progress all week, returning to a limited session on Thursday and a full one on Friday. He received a questionable tag on the final report of the week.
Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich said Hall tweaked his knee against the Colts in Week 11 — before New York’s Week 12 bye — but remained in the game and later developed soreness.
The fact that Hall is still battling an injury even after Gang Green’s bye week is undoubtedly concerning. The good news is that Hall spoke to the media after Friday’s practice and said he “felt good.” His progression in practice this week suggests he should be able to play Sunday.
Hall’s production has been spotty recently inside a broken Jets offense, but he finished as fantasy’s RB3 against the Colts. He’s been RB24 or better in seven of 11 games this year.
If Hall is out or limited against the Seahawks, fourth-round rookie Braelon Allen will handle the majority of New York’s backfield touches. Allen was more involved earlier this season and even finished as fantasy’s RB6 after scoring twice in Week 2. However, the Wisconsin product played just nine snaps and took two carries in Week 11.
Seattle isn’t a great matchup for whoever New York RB carries the load on Sunday, as the Seahawks have improved against the run after acquiring LB Ernest Jones at the trade deadline. Since Week 9, Seattle ranks fifth-best in the NFL with a 67.2% run-defense success rate on defense.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Hall
Breece Hall is rounding into form at the perfect time, though speculation surrounding Aaron Rodgers’ status moving forward serves as something that DFS managers will need to track — there’s no actionable move for redraft managers setting lineups for this week if a change is made.
- Week 8 at New England Patriots: 31.6% below expectations
- Week 9 vs. Houston Texans: 19.4% below expectations
- Week 10 at Arizona Cardinals: 10.7% above expectations
- Week 11 vs. Indianapolis Colts: 73.4% above expectations
Hall recorded a season-high 23 touches in the loss to the Colts, and that volume allowed him to score twice, doubling his total from the previous seven games. We are looking at an elite talent in a tough spot — he’s the 2024 version of 2023 Bijan Robinson, to a degree.
I like him to post his eighth top-20 finish of the season regardless of the situation under center, but I would remove top-five upside (three such finishes this season) from his profile should Rodgers be sat down.
Davante Adams, WR | NYJ
Adams’ Injury Status for Week 13
Adams is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Adams
Davante Adams has as many top-30 finishes with the Raiders as the Jets this season (one). It’s safe to say that things haven’t worked out exactly how Adams (or the Jets) had in mind, but it’s not for a lack of effort.
Adams has hauled in at least six passes in three straight games. He got there in the least exciting way possible against the Colts in Week 11 (3.0 aDOT), but I’m OK with that. After three months, it’s pretty clear that this offense isn’t the high-flying unit that we had hoped it would be, so I’ll happily accept the focus being on getting the ball in his hands and take my chances.
I currently have Adams ranked as my WR21 for Week 13.
Garrett Wilson, WR | NYJ
Wilson’s Injury Status for Week 13
Wilson is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Wilson
This Jets offense has gone conservative, putting Garrett Wilson in a tough spot given that his aDOT has been higher than Davante Adams’ in four of their six games played together.
New York has shown little desire to stretch the field, and I can’t imagine that changes against a Seahawks defense that is rarely challenged downfield (fifth-fewest deep pass attempts against) and even more rarely is vulnerable in such spots (fifth-highest interception rate on those throws).
Wilson has turned 14 targets into just 59 yards over New York’s past two games, and with rumors swirling about Aaron Rodgers’ season potentially coming to an end earlier than expected, there’s more risk in this profile despite the raw talent that is obvious.
I’m ranking him as a middling Flex option, alongside other big-name receivers with floor concerns (Marvin Harrison JR. and Amari Cooper, to name a pair). It’s Xavier Worthy week for me, and I have the rookie burner two spots ahead of Wilson at this moment in time.
Tyler Conklin, TE | NYJ
Conklin’s Injury Status for Week 13
Conklin is not listed on the injury report this week.
Week 13 Start-Sit Advice for Conklin
If Tyler Conklin is the answer to your TE questions — there’s always next season. Care to venture a guess as to how many tight ends had more receiving yards than Conklin in Weeks 9-11 (eighth at the position in routes run over that stretch), before New York went on their bye?
Sixty-four.
Look somewhere else. Anywhere else, I beg of you.