Giants vs. Eagles Fantasy Football Worksheet, Week 6

The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 6 matchup between the Giants and Eagles on Thursday Night Football.

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Quarterback

Jalen Hurts: We are five weeks into the season and are still trying to find out the identity of this offense.

After weeks of clamoring for the Eagles to be more aggressive on offense, they attempted to do just that.

Philadelphia had a league-high 81.8% dropback rate against Denver after rates of 53.2%, 43.1%, 58.7%, and 53.4% entering the week.

They threw the ball 19% over expectations after a -5% rate in Weeks 1 through 4.

They did this against arguably the league’s best pass defense.

To be fair, it did work for the most part.

The Eagles were up 17-3 through three quarters before being outscored 18-0 in the final quarter.

Hurts was 23 of 38 (60.5%) for 280 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Hurts has now thrown multiple touchdowns in each of the past three weeks.

Where he did have issues on Sunday was throwing downfield, an ongoing problem that had been present early in the year.

Hurts was 3 of 12 passing on throws of 10 or more yards downfield.

His largest miss came on an overthrow of A.J. Brown for a touchdown.

Hurts has now completed 35.1% (13 of 37) of his throws 10 or more yards downfield, ahead of only Cam Ward (34.6%) and Bryce Young (34%).

As bad as everything appears to be, Hurts has still delivered as a fantasy QB1 in four of five weeks.

He only ran for 3 yards and still scored 19.5 standard fantasy points against the Broncos.

This is still a high-floor, high-ceiling QB1 for fantasy.

Not to make excuses to Hurts or first-time play caller Kevin Patullo, but the Eagles have played a gauntlet of a schedule to open the year.

Even when removing the Philadelphia game from opposing schedules, the Eagles have faced four defenses that rank in the top-10 in pressure rate, including the top two (Denver and Kansas City).

Outside of Dallas and Tampa Bay, they have faced three elite pass defenses in passing points allowed per attempt.

Is this a lighter spot for this passing game to offer more ceiling?

Spencer Rattler was open about the Giants' pass defense not doing much in terms of disguise entering last week’s game.

The Giants are playing man coverage 38.1% of the time (third-highest) and blitzing 29.4% of the time (9th).

They have played Cover 1 34.2% of the time, the second-highest rate in the league.

Against man coverage this season, Hurts has a 125.0 rating (8th), completing 63.9% of his passes (10th) with 5 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In his lone game against Shane Bowen’s defense last year, Hurts was QB4 (22.8 points), completing 10 of 14 passes for 114 yards (8.1 Y/A) with 1 touchdown, rushing for 22 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The Giants do pose some threat, however.

They have only allowed one QB1 scoring week to Dak Prescott, who needed a wild fourth quarter and overtime to get there.

They have faced Jayden Daniels, Patrick Mahomes, and Justin Herbert outside of Prescott and Rattler, ranking seventh in passing points allowed per attempt (0.357).

Jaxson Dart: Things started great for Dart on Sunday against New Orleans.

On the opening two drives of the game, Dart was 8 of 9 for 83 yards with 2 touchdowns.

He then went 18 of 31 (58.1%) for 119 yards (3.8 Y/A) with 2 interceptions and a lost fumble.

Dart ended the week as QB19 (15.6 points).

We only have a two-game sample with Dart, but he has struggled with pressure, as many young passers do.

Under pressure these past two weeks, Dart is 7 of 17 (41.2%) for 49 yards (2.9 Y/A) with an interception.

Dart has rushed for 54 and 55 yards, so there is potential for him to save bad outings in fantasy via his legs.

That rushing ability keeps him on the board as a QB2 here, but this is a challenging situation to expect a ceiling outcome.

Dart was already without Malik Nabers and is expected to be missing Darius Slayton this week.

He will be facing a Philly defense that has opened the year ninth in passing points allowed per game (12.8) while facing Dak Prescott, Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Matthew Stafford, and Bo Nix.

Running Back

Saquon Barkley: Barkley was listed as a DNP on Monday, but the early reports are that he is dealing with “general soreness,” and that was precautionary.

We will keep tabs on Barkley entering Thursday’s game since he is also coming off a season-low 72.1% of the offensive snaps and only had 9 touches.

Barkley only rushed 6 times on Sunday.

Not only was that his lowest total since joining the Eagles, but it matches a career-low for attempts in a game Barkley has finished.

Barkley did make up for that lack of rushing action by catching 3 passes for 58 yards, a total which included a 47-yard touchdown on a wheel route.

Barkley has rushed for 3.2 yards per carry, which ranks 38th among 43 running backs with 30 or more runs this season.

His 34.9% success rate ranks 32nd, while 26.5% of his runs have failed to gain yardage (41st).

The only backs with a worse rate are Zach Charbonnet (29.2%) and Ashton Jeanty (31.7%).

As was the case with Hurts, despite the poor start to the season, Barkley has still been a valuable fantasy asset, scoring a touchdown in four of the first five weeks.

We will track Barkley coming into Thursday, but this would be an excellent spot for him to get right if he is fully healthy.

We will also follow the status of Landon Dickerson, who has been dealing with ankle, knee, and back injuries to open the season.

If Barkley is good to go, he is tough to get away from as an RB1 as a significant home favorite.

The Giants have allowed 5.6 YPC to running backs, 31st in the league.

17.7% of the runs against the Giants have gained 10 or more yards (30th).

The Giants have allowed 16.7 rushing points per game to backfields (27th).

We should not expect Barkley to have the same success he had a year ago, since that has not been the case this season.

However, he lit up his former team for 187 total yards and a touchdown in their lone matchup a year ago.

Giants RBs: The Giants could be getting Tyrone Tracy back this week, who has missed the past two games due to a shoulder injury.

It is a short week, so we will follow Tracy’s status coming into the game.

If Tracy is active, he muddies a backfield that Cam Skattebo has led in his absence.

Skattebo has handled 79.4% and 75% of the backfield touches these past two weeks, but he has only rushed for 3.2 and 3.9 YPC in those games.

When we last saw Tracy in Week 3, he opened that game ahead of Skattebo.

Did Skattebo do enough to warrant the same workload with Tracy active?

Even if Tracy is active, Skattebo did have the goal-line role, so he still has touchdown equity if and when the Giants can get near the end zone.

Should Tracy return, Skattebo is a touchdown-dependent FLEX while Tracy is a deeper-end FLEX option.

If Tracy misses another week, Skattebo is a volume-based RB2.

The Giants are road underdogs here, but the Eagles have allowed some rushing production to open the season.

Philadelphia has allowed 4.4 YPC to running backs (19th) with a 58% success rate (19th) against those runs.

They have allowed a first down or touchdown on 28.6% of backfield runs, 29th in the league.

Wide Receiver

A.J. Brown (TRUST): Brown pulled in 5 of 8 targets for 43 yards on Sunday.

He primarily lived on a diet of quick slants and hitches linked up with Patrick Surtain, but he did have a shot at a long touchdown that was overthrown.

Brown has one top-40 scoring week on the season, scoring single-digit PPR points in four of his five games.

As lousy as things have been, there are reasons to keep the light on Brown as a boom-or-bust WR1.

Brown has at least 8 targets in each of the past four games, receiving 31.3% of the team’s targets and 39.2% of the air yards over the past four weeks.

As noted, the Giants are playing man coverage at one of the highest rates in the league.

Brown has still dominated opportunities against man coverage, seeing a target on 33.3% of his routes against man coverage compared to an 18.9% rate versus zone.

He is still posting 2.23 yards per route against man coverage.

The Giants have had issues with physical wide receivers in Quentin Johnston (8-98-1) and George Pickens (5-68-1, with two pass interference calls).

They have struggled downfield, allowing 50% (9 of 18) of deep targets (20-plus yards downfield) to be completed to wide receivers (26th).

DeVonta Smith: Smith had his best game of the season on Sunday, catching 8 of 10 targets for 114 yards.

With Brown soaking up attention from Patrick Surtain, Smith gobbled up targets.

Smith has now had a target share of at least 27% in three of the past four games.

He also has upside here as a matchup-based WR2.

One (or both) of these Eagle wideouts is going to have a good line on Thursday.

Smith has been targeted on 27% of his routes against man coverage (2.0 yards per route) compared to a 15.9% rate versus zone.

Hurts has thrown to wide receivers 71.4% of the time versus man coverage compared to a 56.8% rate versus zone coverage.

We have seen a few WR2 options beat up the Giants, with Deebo Samuel (7-77-0), George Pickens (5-68-1), Tyquan Thornton (5-71-1), and Rashid Shaheed (4-114-1) hitting against them.

Wan’Dale Robinson: Robinson has not done much these past two weeks with Dart taking over, posting games of 3-14-0 (5 targets) and 5-30-0 (7 targets).

With the injuries at wide receiver to Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton, Robinson is the last man standing.

However, with Slayton off the field on Sunday, Robinson was fourth on the team in targets.

Robinson is in play as a floor-based FLEX in full-PPR formats, as he stands to be the top target. However, this matchup and game environment are not enticing enough to chase aggressively for upside.

The Eagles are fourth in fantasy points allowed per target to wide receivers (1.43), allowing a 56.9% catch rate (3rd), 6.9 yards per target (6th), and a 2.8% touchdown rate (5th).

Giants WRs: With Darius Slayton dealing with a hamstring injury on a short week, expectations are that Jalin Hyatt and Beaux Collins will be pushed into larger roles.

Hyatt was on the field for 100% of the dropbacks with Slayton off the field on Sunday (0 catches on 3 targets), while Collins was on the field for 93.3% (1 catch for 7 yards on 3 targets).

Outside of single-game DFS, these are not options outside of the deepest of formats.

Tight End

Dallas Goedert: Goedert has been the one Philadelphia pass catcher who has been reliable for fantasy due to his touchdown production at a low-bar position.

Goedert has not had more than 44 yards receiving in any game this season, but he has 4 touchdowns.

That is already more than he has had in a season since 2021 and 1 short of his career high set in 2019.

The Eagles are running designed plays for Goedert near the end zone to open this season.

He already has 3 targets inside the 10-yard line.

He had 3 or fewer of those targets in each of the past five seasons.

Goedert has a lower floor due to his dependency on touchdowns, but the implied game outcome does offer a path for scoring opportunities.

The Giants have been excellent against tight ends to open the season, further pushing the need for Goedert to score a touchdown-based TE2.

The Giants are third in points allowed per target to tight ends (1.20), allowing 4.4 yards per target (2nd).

Theo Johnson: Johnson was the one bright spot for the Giants on Sunday, catching 6 of 7 targets for 33 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Johnson has matched the team lead in targets in both of Dart’s starts.

He has only had 50 receiving yards in total over the past two weeks, so he is still a touchdown-dependent TE2 in this matchup.

The Eagles have smothered tight ends again to open the year, allowing a 58.9% catch rate (3rd) and a league-low 4.2 yards per target to the position.

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