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Gregory served as the Bolts’ nickel back and third starter at safety last year, struggling in coverage. Stuckey projects as an upgrade there. Still, the Chargers will continue to have one of the shakiest safety situations in the league. We don’t expect much of a bounce-back for their fantasy defense.

The Lions struggled to move the football with any consistency in the first half but still took a 10-6 lead into the break. The flood gates would open after returning to the field, with three second half touchdowns from running back Jahmyr Gibbs sealing the NFC’s top seed and locking up both the lone playoff bye and home field advantage up to the Super Bowl for the Lions. Goff’s first interception resulted from a heads up play from Ivan Pace in the flat, who undercut a route by Craig Reynolds in the second quarter, while his second pick came on a deep shot to Jameson Williams on an overthrown ball down the middle of the field. Even so, Detroit’s defense was a big part of this win, holding a dangerous Vikings offense to just 262 total yards on the evening. Goff and the Lions await the coming weekend’s results before they find out their opponent in the Divisional Round.

It was a nice way to end the season for Tremble, who was limited to 234 yards and two scores. He missed more than a month with a brain injury and temporarily lost the TE1 job to rookie TE Ja’Tavion Sanders. Tremble, an unrestricted free agent this offseason, will likely land elsewhere. He doesn’t have much chance to be fantasy relevant in 2025.

LaPorta continued his recent stretch of increased involvement through the air after a relatively slow start to the season, by his lofty standards. Both teams struggled to move the football with any consistency in the first half, but the Lions surged after the break on the backs of three second half touchdowns from running back Jahmyr Gibbs. The commanding victory held quarterback Jared Goff to just 33 pass attempts, which kept LaPorta, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Jameson Williams all at seven or eight targets on the evening. The win clinches the No. 1 seed, the only playoff bye, and home field advantage for the Lions as they prepare for the Super Bowl journey.

Mr. Reliable served as the primary target for quarterback Jared Goff in a first half where both offenses struggled to move the football, ending the game one target behind Jameson Williams for the team lead while leading the team in receiving with 77 yards. The win clinched the No. 1 seed for the Lions, who head into the postseason with the only bye out of the NFC in addition to home field advantage through the NFC Championship game.

It was Bobo’s first touchdown grab of the season. He ends 2024 with 13 catches for 107 yards and a touchdown as a wideout option who only saw the field when Seattle’s starters were out with injury. He had 19 catches last year. Bobo, 24, is signed through the 2025 season.

Barner caught one of Geno Smith’s four touchdown throws — his second score in the past three weeks. Barner over the season’s final month cut into Noah Fant’s TE1 role and proved more efficient on his limited opportunities in the balanced Seattle offense. The fourth round pick in the 2024 draft could be the Seahawks’ top tight end in 2025 if the team moves on from Fant.

Robinson was second to Jordan Whittington in receiving yards as Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua rested ahead of the postseason. He ran a route on nearly every Rams drop back and his day was highlighted by a 31-yard reception, the second longest play of the day for the LA offense. Robinson will be the Rams No. 3 wideout next week against a Vikings defense that has allowed a league-high number of wide receiver receptions this season.

Atwell’s highlight of the day came on a 22-yard reception in the first half. The diminutive veteran led the Rams in targets, but will likely revert to his WR4 role next week in the Wild Card Round with Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua returning to the LA lineup.

Higbee, in his first significant action of the season, ran a route on 21 of the Rams’ 46 drop backs and led the team in targets. The veteran caught a short touchdown from Jimmy Garoppolo in the second half but didn’t play much in the fourth quarter. Sean McVay may have been ramping up Higbee for a larger role in LA’s postseason, which starts next week against the Vikings.

Rivers operated as the team’s lead back with Kyren Williams resting alongside other Rams starters and Blake Corum sidelined with a forearm injury he sustained in the first half. Rivers was third on the team in targets and had a nearly every-down role in the final two quarters. He won’t see postseason action unless Williams and Corum go down to injury.