The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 8 New York Giants at Kansas City Chiefs Monday Night Football game.

NY GiantsRank@Kansas CityRank
10Spread-10
21Implied Total31
19.925Points/Gm26.98
25.723Points All./Gm2927
64.415Plays/Gm67.76
65.924Opp. Plays/Gm61.611
5.523Off. Yards/Play6.25
5.618Def. Yards/Play6.632
37.47%24Rush%35.23%27
62.53%9Pass%64.77%6
43.17%21Opp. Rush %44.08%23
56.83%12Opp. Pass %55.92%10
  • The Giants have a takeaway in nine consecutive games dating back to last season, the second-longest active streak in the league behind the Cowboys (13).
  • The 17 turnovers for the Chiefs are their most in a season through seven games since 2012 (25).
  • Kansas City is now 29th in expected points allowed per pass attempt (-0.37) and 31st in expected points allowed per rush attempt (-0.13) defensively.
  • The Giants are the only team in the league to have more field goals (15) than offensive touchdowns (14).
  • The Chiefs are last in the NFL in sack rate per dropback (3.3%).

Trust = spike production for that player
Bust = down-week production for that player’s standards

Quarterback

Patrick Mahomes: Mahomes is coming off his first full game played with single-digit fantasy points and his first game in the regular season without a touchdown pass since Week 4 of the 2019 season. Mahomes has thrown nine interceptions the past six games. 

Mahomes and the Chiefs have stopped taking what opponents are giving to them and are pressing to make big plays. This is fixable and I would still bet on Mahomes and Andy Reid getting on track. We are also just a week removed from Mahomes throwing for 397 yards, so the sky is not completely falling — well, at least from a fantasy stance. Opposing teams are blitzing Mahomes just 13.5% of the time, the lowest rate in the league, so he and the Chiefs just need to exercise some patience and protect the football. 

The Giants are in the middle of the pack against the pass, ranking 18th in passing points allowed per attempt (0.47) and 18th in passing points allowed per game (16.4). Despite having two games outside of the top-12 over his past three games, Mahomes is still a good bet to make as a QB1.

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