Is Lamar Jackson still a great fantasy QB?

[wild_and_crazy_guy 5]

I'm very happy for Lamar for the Ravens win today. I'm also happy for Gus.  Unfortunately, it seems that Lamar suddenly sucks as a fantasy QB.  He went from being the best fantasy QB (weeks 1-3) to an ok fantasy QB (weeks 4-6), to a dud (week 7).  Lamar is one of the top ranked QBs on all the cheat sheets, but my league does not award points for ranking prominence.  I'm considering benching him next week for Tua unless his fantasy decline is explainable. 

What do you think is going on?

 

[Super Cubs 132]

Seems like a lot of fantasy QB suck this year. There are very few maybe 5 or 6 that are consistently reliable.

[gcmmidwest 98]

2 hours ago, Super Cubs said:

Seems like a lot of fantasy QB suck this year. There are very few maybe 5 or 6 that are consistently reliable.

Like who? Mahomes,burrow,fields,Allen and Hurts  

[IGotWorms 3,315]

Seems to me Baltimore is returning to more of a ball control offense and trying (successfully, I might add) to settle things down. They don’t want to be losing games 45-38

[Serenity Now 44]

I think there are two things going on with him. His top receiving options have been battling injuries and the top backs on this roster have been coming back. Granted Dobbins is out again, but Edwards came back and took two rushing tds that Lamar might have had in the first couple weeks.

I still see him as a top option and would only trade him straight up for a few other qbs.

[weepaws 2,461]

I would let him go, who needs that type of ff production on ones team

[Hardcore troubadour 12,658]

5 hours ago, gcmmidwest said:

Like who? Mahomes,burrow,fields,Allen and Hurts  

Fields? 

[MDC 5,893]

7 hours ago, gcmmidwest said:

Like who? Mahomes,burrow,fields,Allen and Hurts  

Fields is reliably awful.  

[gcmmidwest 98]

Slipped that in for super Cubs lol 

[ZeroTolerance 582]

4 hours ago, weepaws said:

I would let him go, who needs that type of ff production on ones team

I mean, I'm not letting him go but the type of ff production he has put up for the past four weeks is...QB 21, QB 16, QB 13, QB 19 (MNF pending).

[weepaws 2,461]

He’s been avg, I think injuries to his WRs and that the Ravens want to establish a rb has been the biggest issue for his lack of ff production.  

[easilyscan 559]

33 minutes ago, ZeroTolerance said:

I mean, I'm not letting him go but the type of ff production he has put up for the past four weeks is...QB 21, QB 16, QB 13, QB 19 (MNF pending).

Yup, the monster weeks of 2 & 3 are/were definitely skewing his 6 week stats. On the other hand, as we're all aware, seems like more often than not, when a thread like this shows up, the player is about due for a big week. 

From an article titled....... 

The Great Divide 

By Doug Orth | 10/20/22 |

 

Weekly QB Scoring
Rk	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	FPts	FPts/G
1	Josh Allen	33.5	29.7	27.7	24.5	36.2	27.4	178.9	29.8
2	Lamar Jackson	21.2	42.6	40.4	15.1	15.8	18.1	153.2	25.5
3	Jalen Hurts	24.7	34.0	27.6	17.0	27.7	16.9	147.9	24.6
4	Patrick Mahomes	34.9	17.3	17.1	24.4	30.5	21.6	145.7	24.3
5	Joe Burrow	22.2	15.6	23.0	20.1	18.3	32.5	131.6	21.9
6	Jared Goff	16.5	26.0	14.9	33.2	7.9	B	98.5	19.7
7	Kyler Murray	19.6	25.9	13.4	23.9	17.2	16.9	116.8	19.5
8	Geno Smith	17.2	7.1	19.9	31.7	24.0	12.7	112.6	18.8
9	Justin Herbert	23.3	24.5	14.6	21.1	14.4	9.4	107.2	17.9
10	Tua Tagovailoa	14.8	40.9	11.4	3.4	DNP	DNP	70.5	17.6

[Serenity Now 44]

Here’s something I wouldn’t mind some input on.

I have a team that’s 12-2 and has Jackson at the helm. Deshaun Watson is sitting on waivers. Should I grab Watson and shop Jackson for a top position player? 
 

My thinking is that I’m about locked for the playoffs and can take a loss or two that will likely result from streaming. Is Watson too much of a risk?

[Gepetto 988]

He didn't have his guy Mark Andrews, they only threw the ball 16 times.  Gus stole 2 touchdowns.  They won.  LJax stats will be better.

[Ray_T 591]

3 hours ago, Serenity Now said:

Here’s something I wouldn’t mind some input on.

I have a team that’s 12-2 and has Jackson at the helm. Deshaun Watson is sitting on waivers. Should I grab Watson and shop Jackson for a top position player? 
 

My thinking is that I’m about locked for the playoffs and can take a loss or two that will likely result from streaming. Is Watson too much of a risk?

hes not a bad guy to grab, but its risky to dump your starter.

its almost 2 years since the guy has played.  there is probably some rust to shake off before hes good for anything.  

he might be good right away, but it may also take up to a month to get fully on track.  

Your team is 12-2.  do you really need to take risks?    Let the others take risks trying to keep up with you.

if you have an expendable player to drop, sure go get him.   just dont drop anyone good

[weepaws 2,461]

4 hours ago, Serenity Now said:

Here’s something I wouldn’t mind some input on.

I have a team that’s 12-2 and has Jackson at the helm. Deshaun Watson is sitting on waivers. Should I grab Watson and shop Jackson for a top position player? 
 

My thinking is that I’m about locked for the playoffs and can take a loss or two that will likely result from streaming. Is Watson too much of a risk?

No.  But you can still stream , and win.  

 

[Serenity Now 44]

Appreciate the input and feedback. Just trying to get an edge for the playoffs with the fast start this team has had.