1 week ago

We finally have a timeline for De’Zhaun Stribling’s ankle injury, and its not great. While Maiocco says the team believes he will return this season, the 10 week timeline would see Stribling returning week 12 for their bout against the Seattle Seahawks, about 2-3 weeks before the fantasy football playoffs begin in most leagues, assuming the team sticks to the timeline and there are no setbacks.

 

In the meantime, teammates Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel will likely see increased opportunities after logging 63% and 41% of total snaps against Los Angeles, trailing only Mike Evans‘ 75% snap share. Despite the large gap in overall snap counts, Deebo ran only two fewer routes than Robinson, and was targeted at a much higher rate. The target hierarchy will get murkier after week 5, when Christian Kirk is eligible to come off of IR, so fantasy managers should continue to monitor how these players are deployed in the coming weeks if they hope to take advantage of Stribling’s vacated targets.