Ray Garvin Yahoo Fantasy Contributor Tue, November 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM UTC · 6 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement It's getting harder to give some of these offenses the benefit of the doubt. Coming out of Week 8, I'm sorting through where I'm willing to stay patient and where I'd rather make a move before things get worse.
We're in the early stages of Coping Corner with the Baltimore Ravens offense. Lamar Jackson injured his thumb on Baltimore's first offensive play in Week 8 and is now headed to injured reserve. That alone would have been a deflating afternoon for the Ravens and fantasy managers counting on this offense. Then Tyler Huntley went down, leaving undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano to finish the game. Everybody loves the backup until the backup becomes the starter. We're now at the backup's backup.
You're still playing Derrick Henry, but I'm lowering my expectations. His 53 rushing yards and a touchdown gave you something usable, though that score came after a turnover put Baltimore at Buffalo's 17-yard line. Without Lamar, sustaining drives and creating those scoring opportunities becomes a much bigger concern. Henry can still give you a productive afternoon, but it doesn't feel like you have that same high-upside running back anymore.
The passing game? Man, it doesn't feel good. Zay Flowers ran 30 routes and earned five targets without catching a pass. Mark Andrews caught three passes for 14 yards, and to me, he looks well past his prime. I wasn't feeling good about him before Lamar went down. Losing Jackson only makes it harder to see where the production is going to come from. Any breakout thoughts you had about Ja'Kobi Lane took a hit, too. He ran 21 routes and saw one target.
Baltimore finished with 144 total yards. Fagnano completed 10-of-21 passes for 91 yards and an interception. This is the environment we're asking our fantasy players to produce in right now.
Yes, you're probably still playing Flowers. I'm not telling you to bench him regardless of your alternatives. But I would absolutely be open to trading him if someone is still valuing him like he's catching passes from a healthy Lamar. I want a usable starter back, but I'm willing to have that conversation before we get another look at how difficult this passing game could become. Losing Lamar takes the life out of this offense, and it's hard to see how things get much better anytime soon. With Andrews and Lane, I'm looking at my alternatives.
There was enough from Kyler Murray to keep Minnesota out of Total Panic. There wasn't enough to make me feel great about the entire offense.
Murray threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns while adding 35 yards on the ground. T.J. Hockenson caught four of his five targets for 58 yards and a touchdown, continuing to give us reasons to trust this connection. Through seven games, Hockenson has a 20.4% target share and is averaging 2.03 yards per route run. I'm comfortable treating him as a weekly top-12 tight end.
Justin Jefferson scored, but five catches for 33 yards isn't what you drafted him for. His frustration showed on the sideline, and he declined to speak with reporters afterward. He had nine targets and a 32.1% target share, so the ball was going his way. It still wasn't turning into the kind of production you expect from Jefferson. I understand the frustration, and I'm sure his fantasy managers do, too.
The secondary pieces are where my confidence starts to drop. Jordan Addison's season has been disappointing, although this game deserves some credit: eight targets, three catches and 66 yards while matching Jefferson's 33 routes. I'm not going to call that a disappearing act. I do need more consistency before I feel good counting on him.
The running game gave us much less to work with. Jordan Mason carried eight times for 20 yards. Aaron Jones Sr. managed 22 yards on five attempts. That's 42 rushing yards between them, with Murray individually outrushing either back.
Hockenson and Jefferson stay in your lineup. Beyond those two, I have questions about how much dependable fantasy production this offense can support.
We're a couple of weeks removed from Tetairoa McMillan's monster day, and now we're back to wondering when Carolina will put the whole thing together.
McMillan finished with six catches for 58 yards against Green Bay. The frustrating part is that the workload was there. He had 11 targets, a 31.4% target share and more than half of Carolina's targeted air yards. That is plenty of opportunity to deliver a much bigger afternoon.
Bryce Young completed 23-of-41 passes for 209 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He was sacked six times. Carolina was also without offensive linemen Damien Lewis and Torricelli Simpkins III, which certainly didn't help an offense already struggling to turn opportunities into production.
I've got Some Panic with McMillan, but those 11 targets keep me from recommending a massive change. His season target share sits at 26.4%. He's still getting the kind of involvement I want to bet on, even if living with the results has been frustrating.
Jalen Coker belongs in Some Panic, too. His touchdown helped, but it accounted for 26 of his 36 receiving yards. He caught two passes on five targets. I'm glad we got the score. I'm not suddenly comfortable with the weekly floor.
Chuba Hubbard gets No Panic from me. He handled 22 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown, then added seven receptions for 38 yards. That's 29 touches and 119 scrimmage yards in a game where the passing offense struggled. He kept finding ways to produce.
I'm still playing McMillan and Hubbard. With Coker, I'm accepting a much wider range of outcomes. You're going to have to live with some volatility here rather than overhaul your lineup.
I'm not panicking on P-Wash. I am going to keep reminding people that Jacksonville doesn't feel like an offense with the same clear-cut No. 1 option every week. I talked about this with Matt Harmon on the Data Dump Tuesday show. When everything is clicking for Washington, the usage can be outstanding. But Lawrence will get the ball to the open man, and that isn't going to be Washington every week.
Against Indianapolis, he caught one pass for 16 yards on two targets and added 10 rushing yards. Jacksonville won 42-7 after leading 28-0 at halftime. Trevor Lawrence attempted just 14 passes before his day was over early in the fourth quarter. Bhayshul Tuten ran for 104 yards and scored both on the ground and through the air. This offense had plenty working without needing a big Washington game.
In his last game before the bye, Washington caught four passes for 64 yards against Houston but still drew 11 targets. The fantasy results weren't what you wanted in either game, but the opportunities were very different.
Across seven games, Washington has a 24.5% target share and has drawn a target on 25.3% of his routes. We also saw him turn six catches into 124 yards and two touchdowns against Philadelphia. That's the ceiling I'm still betting on.
To me, Washington still has the highest receiving ceiling in this offense. I'm embracing the variance that comes with it. One bad afternoon in a blowout versus a terrible Colts team isn't enough to move me off him.
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