Cardinals vs. 49ers Fantasy Football Worksheet, Week 11

The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 11 matchup between the Cardinals and 49ers.

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Quarterback

Brock Purdy: We are entering another week under the premise that this will be the week Purdy returns, but we will reevaluate here if we are trending towards getting another start for Mac Jones.

A turf toe injury has limited Purdy to only two appearances this season.

He was the QB16 (16.8 points) and QB16 (17.7 points) in those games against the Seahawks and Jaguars.

Given Purdy’s long layoff and this matchup, I prefer to use him as a QB2.

This is a decent spot to get Purdy acclimated.

Arizona is 25th in pressure rate (31.9%) and 27th in sack rate (5.4%).

They blitz only 20.9% of the time, which is 24th in the league, and play man coverage on 15.7% of their snaps (26th).

But since Arizona plays so passively, they are structured to prevent big plays.

They are allowing 6.8 yards per pass attempt (8th), 10.6 yards per completion (10th), and a 3.2% touchdown rate (4th).

They have allowed only two QB1-scoring weeks this season and multiple passing touchdowns only twice.

When Jones started against Arizona at home in Week 3, he was the QB17 (13.3 points), completing 27 of 41 passes for 284 yards (6.9 Y/A) with a touchdown and an interception.

One thing to keep an eye on that can open things up for Purdy is the status of Will Johnson, Max Melton, and Mack Wilson.

All three missed last week’s game.

Melton was in concussion protocol and should be back.

Johnson is working through back and hip injuries, while Wilson has a rib injury.

With two backup cornerbacks last week, Arizona did allow 178 passing yards on only 12 attempts from Sam Darnold (14.8 Y/A).

Jacoby Brissett: Arizona got flooded last week, but Brissett was still able to accrue enough garbage time and counting stats to remain fantasy relevant.

Brissett only completed 50% of his passes for 5.9 yards per attempt, but he threw the ball 44 times with 2 passing scores, adding 31 rushing yards to his total.

He managed to close the week as the QB9 (19.4 points), his fourth straight QB1 scoring week since taking over as the starter.

This is another spot where Brissett can be started in that fringe QB1 area, but with the shakeup among his wide receivers, there is some added fragility.

Brissett was under siege on Sunday and has been getting heavy heat since taking over the starter.

He was pressured on 50.9% of his dropbacks in Week 10 and has been under pressure for 47.8% of his dropbacks (with a low rate of 41.3%) over his four starts.

No quarterback has been pressured at a higher rate since he took over in Week 6.

He has taken 18 sacks in those games, with 5 or more sacks in each of the past three games.

He should get a reprieve on that front this week.

Over their past seven games, the 49ers are last in the NFL in pressure rate (27.7%) and 31st in sack rate (2.8%).

The 49ers have not had more than 2 sacks in a game since Week 2.

They got a little desperate last week, blitzing on a season-high 51.4% of dropbacks.

Their previous high blitz rate was 31%.

The San Francisco defense has not been able to weather all of their injuries.

Over their past six games, they have allowed a 67.6% completion rate (26th), 7.8 Y/A (24th), and a 6.5% touchdown rate (25th).

They have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in five of those games and five QB1 scoring weeks over that span, with the only exception being Michael Penix.

Running Back

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