Week 7 Monday Night Football Recap

In four starts Nick Foles has four scores and five turnovers.  We all understand the value of streaming defenses against bad QBs.  Others include Sam Darnold, Drew Lock, and whoever Dallas tosses out there.  I might be missing one or two.  The point is, Chicago is one QB away from being a postseason lock.  Instead, they're the worst 5-2 team in the league and, by my count, should finish somewhere around 10-6.  In otherwise, they're borderline, and I don't see how Foles gives them a better chance than Trubisky.

Elsewhere, Allen Robinson disappointed as expected.  My Saturday bargains/busts ended up going 7-2 thanks to an inflated Robinson, an underrated Christian Kirk, and overrated Cam Newton, and so on.  While ARob remains a great talent, this is a frighteningly one-dimensional offense unless they establish the running game (which has been sporadic at best).  Foles simply isn't good enough to feed Robinson consistently against stiffer competition (like the Rams' Jalen Ramsey).

For the Rams, Malcolm Brown got the score and Darryl Henderson got more touches.  Interestingly, they're content to sit a seemingly Cam Akers.  Henderson remains a sell-high option, if only because the odds of him keeping the starting job--in addition to the odds of him securing a majority of rushing scores--make him a risky weekly RB2/3.

As for the passing game, this isn't 2018, and it sure isn't 2019.  Jared Goff is more game manager than playmaker for a team that can rely more heavily on its backfield and defense.  His completion percentage is several points above his previous career high, and he's on pace for only 510 attempts--this from a guy who tied for the league lead last year with 626.  As a result, Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp are back-end WR2s, and a hovering Josh Reynolds (averaging a hair over five targets in his last five contests) is yet another warning sign to those hoping Woods and Kupp will be weekly fantasy starters.