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Predicting which skill-position player Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid's gameplan will favor is a form of whack-a-mole, but it's a game in which fantasy managers have to dabble.
Yet again, the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champs are atop the AFC, with Reid's offense regularly cooking up innovative ways for quarterback Patrick Mahomes and their ever-changing cast of pass-catchers and running backs to create space.
This week, it's a Black Friday date against the Las Vegas Raiders in which we'll take a look at three Chiefs: running back Isiah Pacheco, tight end Noah Gray, and wide receiver Xavier Worthy.
Should I Start Isiah Pacheco for Fantasy Football?
Fantasy managers who have held onto Pacheco through a mostly fruitless regular season are finally about to be rewarded for their patience, as the running back is set to return in Week 13 against the Raiders. The Rutgers product is a regular starting option when healthy, but health is still the question here.
Isiah Pacheco and Charles Omenihu will play for the Chiefs on Friday against the Raiders as long as they don't have any setbacks, Andy Reid said.
— Adam Teicher (@adamteicher) November 27, 2024
Will Kansas City give Pacheco a full workload in his first game back from a fractured fibula? The smart money is on the Chiefs easing him into a rotation with fellow running back Kareem Hunt. Managers should weigh their other options at running back and consider Pacheco a deep-league flex option with some receiving upside.
Should I Start Noah Gray for Fantasy Football?
The Chiefs have been exceptionally good at getting the ball into Gray's hands when they want to, as he has a 75% catch percentage, has caught 10 of his past 11 targets, and scored four times in the past two weeks.
Chiefs have been ramping up Noah Gray a little bit in recent weeks.
He's mostly been an outlet or schemed open leak player while w/ KC. Late couple games they seem to be targeting him more vs + matchups over the MoF at the marker/GL and vertically downfield. pic.twitter.com/aJHoQVM2Mq
— Matt Lane (@Matty_KCSN) November 26, 2024
Gray's massive production the past two weeks -- back-to-back top-five finishes among PPR tight ends -- were tied to scoring touchdowns at an unsustainable rate. Despite a matchup against a Raiders defense that ranks 30th against tight ends, Gray should only be started in leagues that play two tight ends, and even then, only as a TE2.
Should I Start Xavier Worthy for Fantasy Football?
Xavier Worthy's rookie year has been a fantasy adaptation of the Michael Scott "snip-snap" GIF: A scene-crashing season-opener followed by alternating periods of decent production and outright famine. The past two weeks have been better, though, with 11 total targets, eight catches, and a touchdown.
The numbers haven't been that big but these last 2 games have been the best of Xavier Worthy's rookie season.
Running real routes, playing through contact and of course speed. #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/AWC4SJmh3Z
— Price Carter (@priceacarter) November 25, 2024
Mahomes is liable to have ample time against a Raiders team that ranks 29th in pressure percentage, but Worthy's hot-and-cold role has been too difficult to rely upon. He should be reserved only for leagues that have two or more flex spots.
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