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Seattle Seahawks tight end Noah Fant (groin) has now missed three of his team's contests and been out of action for four total weeks. The team had its bye in Week 10. He's clearly regressed from previous seasons in terms of production, but has been fantasy relevant in some deeper leagues.
He's still rostered in 13% of sleeper leagues, and that number was likely significantly higher before his injury. It remains to be seen if he can improve his production when he returns to play, though.
When will Fant be back?
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Noah Fant Injury Update for Fantasy Football
Signs are optimistic that he'll take the field in Week 13, when he'll face the New York Jets. Before Week 12, he was designated as "Questionable" on the team's injury report. He ended up being a game-time decision, but the team opted to hold him out of the contest, and he didn't play.
(Almost) all good on #Seahawks' injury report for Sunday vs AZ:
Abe Lucas, Leonard Williams full go
Laviska Shenault, Noah Fant could play
KR Dee Williams is back full go after carted off at SF
Only backup TE Brady Russell out@thenewstribune pic.twitter.com/Nlwkht7QMO— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) November 22, 2024
Generally, you'd think that means he'll play in Week 13. That's about as optimistic as it'll get before we see this week's practice reports. But fantasy managers should expect him to be good to go on Sunday.
Noah Fant Fantasy Football Outlook
He's shown a steady decline in production through his last four seasons before 2024. Though he was more productive on a per-game basis this season than last, the bar has been set pretty low. He has just 27 catches for 285 yards and zero touchdowns through eight games so far.
OMG, Noah Fant showing off his route running. He sold the hell out of that crosser only to break to the corner, ICKY. pic.twitter.com/XNfMFKTYp3
— 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘼. 𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙙 (@CKidd206) October 21, 2024
He's probably not someone you want starting on any of your fantasy rosters. Seattle has excellent pass-catchers in wide receivers D.K. Metcalf, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tyler Lockett, and running back Kenneth Walker III. All have been heavily involved in the passing game, and seem to be bigger priorities for targets than Fant.
An injury could shake things up in the pecking order in the future. In that case, the 27-year-old TE could be someone to keep an eye on. For now, he's fine to be left as a free agent in most fantasy leagues, though.
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