The Lions’ winning streak of four consecutive games will come to an abrupt end on Sunday at Baltimore. Lamar Jackson is a person; perhaps you’ve heard of him. The Lions, who rank seventh in the NFL in terms of running yards per game but are now dealing with an injury to David Montgomery, are outrushed by the 2019 league MVP, who also outgains Jared Goff in throwing yards.
Last week, Giants rookie Jalin Hyatt saw more action and ran the second-most routes for New York. Now he faces the Commanders, who have given up the most receiving yards and are particularly vulnerable to wideouts who line up wide and run the deep ball. The Giants’ greatest bet to take advantage of that is Hyatt. In the end, he scores a touchdown and gains 100 yards.
This season, the Dolphins’ offence has been on a historic run, but in Week 4, when they met the Bills’ superior defence, the Fins’ offence was stalled. With the help of Tua Tagovailoa’s four sacks, Miami was restricted to a season-low 20 points. In contrast, Tua has been sacked two times in each of the other games. The Eagles’ defence will stop Mike McDaniel’s team to fewer than 20 points for the first time this season on Sunday night, and I anticipate a similar performance from them. In addition, Jalen Carter, a rookie star who had been injured, is back and has two sacks.
Currently, Tyreek Hill’s season is halfway between legendary and superhuman. He has 814 total receiving yards and averages 135.7 per game, which puts him 186 yards short of the season’s 1,000-yard mark. My forecast? Hill becomes the quickest (no pun intended) player in NFL history to reach the millennium mark as the Patriots defeat the Eagles in Week 7 prime time. The most absurd aspect of this is that, given that Hill has already surpassed 150 yards four times in 2023, it’s not even that daring.
This season, the 49ers defence has exceeded the Vikings defence in every category, topping the league in points scored, interceptions, and yards allowed per game. As a result of forcing more turnovers than San Francisco on Monday night against a battered Niners offence, Brian Flores’ defence helped Minnesota pull off an unexpected victory.
Remember San Francisco’s pre-Christian McCaffrey era, when the 49ers appeared to rotate their starting running backs every week? That took place while Mike McDaniel oversaw the ground game. Midway through the Dolphins’ inaugural season, McDaniel acquired Jeff Wilson Jr. from the 49ers. In the games the two backs played together last season after that move, Wilson received more touches than Raheem Mostert. In his first game of 2023, Wilson will earn more fantasy points than Mostert against the Eagles on Sunday Night Football. The Dolphins’ offence is effective enough to provide two top-10 fantasy running backs in any case.
The Chargers and Chiefs have averaged 54.3 points per game in their six meetings over the last three seasons. It doesn’t seem like this week will be any different. By taking advantage of a suspect Bolts secondary, Patrick Mahomes should force Justin Herbert to compete with him throw for pass. With a combined eight touchdown passes between these two elite quarterbacks, expect a spectacle at Arrowhead.
