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The talented rookie is averaging 2.17 yards per route run and earned a career-best 10 targets in Week 5. The Rams were on bye in Week 6. Whittington finished as the PPR WR35 and WR17 in his last two games and remains WR3-viable against the Raiders.

Strong was the backup to the returning Nick Chubb, getting four touches in the Browns’ Week 7 loss. He saw much of the backfield looks in the second half, working ahead of D’Onta Foreman, who had two carries for five yards. With Jerome Ford (hamstring) out, the Browns’ backfield is going to run through Chubb with some of Strong and Foreman. Neither of the two are fantasy relevant unless both Ford and Chubb are out.

Tracy saw nine opportunities to Devin Singletary’s six, but neither back was particularly impressive in this one. It doesn’t help that the Eagles completely neutralized the Giants’ passing attack downfield, forcing them into several second and third-and-long situations on the day. Tracy gets a tough Week 8 matchup against the Steelers, and shouldn’t be trusted as anything more than an RB3 in what will likely be a split backfield moving forward.

Fant ran a pass route on 19 of the Seahawks’ 36 drop backs and made the most of his four looks from Geno Smith, a couple of which went for first downs on critical third downs. Fant remains the team’s fourth or fifth option in the passing game; he’s only seen more than four targets twice in 2024. He profiles as a good-enough streaming option for Week 8 against the Bills.

Addison was also targeted on a failed two-point conversion try which doesn’t show up in his box score. It was a quiet day for the speedy receiver until he came down with a 51-yard heave from Sam Darnold in the fourth quarter. Justin Jefferson predictably dominated the Vikings’ targets with eight and Jalen Nailor popped up with five looks. Nailor has mostly been an afterthought with Addison healthy, so that isn’t a trend we should expect to continue in Week 8. Addison will sit in the WR3 ranks as a high-ceiling, low-floor play versus the Rams on Thursday Night Football.

He earned six total opportunities on the day, which was just three fewer than what Tyrone Tracy saw after Tracy led the backfield in Weeks 5 and 6. Neither back was particularly effective, but Singletary’s fantasy value will take a massive hit if this backfield split in a bottom-five offense continues into Week 8 against the Steelers.

Smith-Njigba had a down day after recording 17 cathces over the past three games. Geno Smith nearly hit Smith-Njigba for a long gain in the first half — a rare deep look for slot guys JSN. Smith-Njigba should continue as a decent WR3 option in a pass-heavy Seattle offense against the Bills in Week 8. His 6.5 yards per target makes JSN something of a PPR scam.

Nailor entered this game with two receptions in three games with Jordan Addison healthy. He was an afterthought when Minnesota was at full strength. That wasn’t the case versus Detroit as he saw one more target than Addison, though the second-year wideout still managed three grabs for 66 yards. Nailor is a good option as an NFL team’s No. 3 receiver, but his splash plays are too infrequent for fantasy managers to count on going forward.

Reed also confirmed Ian Rapoport’s report that starter Aidan O’Connell indeed broke his throwing-hand thumb. The news comes just as Minshew loses a fumble that Rams S Kamren Curl recovers and returns for a 33-yard touchdown. Minshew will barely be QB2-viable moving forward.

Chubb returned to play for the first time in 13 months, when he suffered a severe knee injury where multiple ligaments were impacted. He saw over half the backfield snaps in the first half, getting 10 carries and running 10 routes. This culminated in a touchdown for the Browns’ only score of the day with Chubb punching it in to roaring cheers from the Cleveland crowd. He was limited in the second half and was inefficient, as expected for a back coming back from the injury he suffered. Chubb will continue to ease back in and will be in the high-end RB3 mix Week 8 against the Ravens.