Commanders vs. Titans Fantasy Football Worksheet, Week 13

The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 13 matchup between the Commanders and Titans.

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Quarterback

Jayden Daniels: Daniels broke out of his first fantasy slump in the box score, ending last week as the highest-scoring quarterback (30.4 points).

While gamers will gladly take the results, the path to those points still leaves an uneasy feeling heading into this week.

Daniels and this offense struggled mightily to open this game against a soft defense.

He was 12-of-22 (54.5%) for 81 yards (3.7 Y/A) with an interception through three quarters.

He did have 26 yards and a touchdown rushing to hold something together, but then the dam broke in the jailbreak game script.

Daniels was then 13-of-16 for 194 yards and 2 touchdowns passing in the fourth quarter, adding on an interception on the final last-gasp Hail Mary.

He tacked on another 23 yards rushing and a two-point conversion to completely change the box score.

We will not ask to return those points, but needing a wild flurry against a weak Dallas defense does not entirely wipe away the slate.

This passing offense needs to start faster.

My confidence was shaken after last week, and I was never worried about the struggles versus opponents like Chicago, Pittsburgh, or Philadelphia.

Using late-game production has been a necessary evil for Daniels, who has ramped up consistently all season.

For the season, here are Daniels’ yards per pass attempt per quarter:

• 1st: 6.6 Y/A
• 2nd: 7.7 Y/A
• 3rd: 8.0 Y/A
• 4th: 8.8 Y/A

Daniels now has 7 passing touchdowns in the fourth quarter compared to 5 through quarters 1-3.

With Washington’s backfield entering this week banged up, much more will fall on this passing game being more potent than in recent weeks.

The team total and being a home favorite suggest we should have more confidence, so it is unlikely that I would outright stream for him, but I do view Daniels as more of a fringe QB1 this week.

If you have read this section weekly, you know that I have been discussing how the schedule drives Daniels' fantasy output.

This one is a mixed bag.

The Titans are not a scary pass defense, but they are not awful.

They have allowed a 63.6% completion rate (10th) and 6.5 yards per pass attempt (3rd).

What has hurt them is allowing a 5.1% touchdown rate (22nd).

They have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in five of their past seven games.

Another plus for Daniels is that Tennessee is 27th in rushing points allowed per game (4.9).

Tennessee has allowed Malik Willis (73 yards and a touchdown), Tyler Huntley (40 yards and a touchdown), Drake Maye (95 yards), Justin Herbert (32 yards and a touchdown), Sam Darnold (18 yards and a touchdown), and C.J. Stroud (18 yards) to tack on usable rushing lines.

Daniels is a better outright runner than nearly all of those quarterbacks outside of maybe Willis based on that week’s rushing package being built around him running. At the same time, we must take faith in Kliff Kingsbury doing something similar.

Will Levis: Levis has had three usable weeks in a row for 2QB gamers, scoring 15 or more fantasy points in each.

Levis has gotten there in an unsustainable fashion, living on long touchdown passes.

Over the past three games, Levis has thrown 5 touchdown passes.

Four have been from 38, 70, 98, and 41 yards out.

While it is hard to keep buying him having that much fortune on those long touchdowns, to his credit, Levis has completed 75% of his passes in two of his past three games.

While there is some “what is real, here?” Levis has provided enough rushing (24.3 yards per game) while the matchup is still favorable to keep him in play as a matchup-based QB2 to see if he can keep things going on the road.

Washington had a period where they had bounced back as streaming targets, but over their past four games, they have allowed QB1 scoring weeks to Daniel Jones (24.4 points), Russell Wilson (18.1 points), and Cooper Rush (18.0 points) outside of Jalen Hurts (18.7 points).

Running Back

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