Thankfully, at the beginning of the week, we had Matt Ryan at below 70% ownership. As of Friday morning, that ship has sailed. If you have Ryan, start him with confidence. If not, look for the quarterback he's facing, Tua Tagovailoa.
Tagovailoa is now rostered in 68% of leagues, so he's just above the threshold we use for waiver wire adds. He's also a top-10 quarterback this week coming off a 319-yard performance against Jacksonville. Before you dismiss that effort because of the opponent, remember that the Falcons have been even worse against quarterbacks. Three of the five quarterbacks they've faced have topped 30 Fantasy points.
If Ryan and Tagovailoa are both unavailable, my third choice would have been Teddy Bridgewater, and his Thursday night performance was fine, all things considered. But that does not help you now. I do have some deeper options below.
Let's get to the rest of the Week 7 preview:
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Volume is something you can't count on from Winston; he hasn't thrown more than 30 passes all season. But his matchup against Seattle is the type that could lead to extremely high efficiency.
I only include Jones because so many people could be desperate for a starting quarterback. I don't like him near as much as Winston or Tagovailoa, but we can't be picky in Week 7.
Opponents have had far more success through the air versus the Colts defense than on the ground. And I would anticipate Kyle Shanahan having his team well schemed up coming out of a bye. It also helps Garoppolo that he won't lose snaps to Trey Lance, who isn't playing this week.
In very deep leagues, or two-quarterback leagues, Newton needs to be added. Pete Carroll has confirmed that the team has spoken with Newton and the veteran quarterback would be very interesting with both DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett to throw to.
For all the talk about running quarterbacks, if a guy is going to throw it more than 40 times a game to Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Antonio Brown, he's an elite Fantasy quarterback.
Even after Tagovailoa threw for more than 300 yards in Week 6, the talk seemed to be about how much better Trevor Lawrence played, when their stats were very similar. A lot of people seem to have written off the second-year quarterback, which will hopefully keep his roster rate low in a great matchup.
