Market Movers Week 11: Taysom Hill is a QB1
Yahoo Sports' Matt Harmon gives his insight on moves to make after NFL's Week 11 discussing Taysom Hill, D.J. Moore and the Lions.
Video Transcript
MATT HARMON: Let's talk market movers from week 11 in the NFL season. Stock up here, it's got to start with Taysom Hill. He absolutely nails his first test as a starter. We really could not begin this segment anywhere else. Over 10 yards per attempt-- I mean, Drew Brees dreams about having a 10 yards per attempt figure.
Now, was Taysom Hill perfect? No. Was it obviously against a terrible defense in the Atlanta Falcons? Yes. But if any other quarterback goes out and puts up two rushing touchdowns, throws the ball reasonably well, statistically looks good, we're calling that a successful first start. We're keeping our optimism open for that guy, and that's exactly how we should feel about Taysom Hill coming out of this week.
The Saints have a pretty favorable schedule the rest of the way. Hill is probably the favorite to start most of these games. I think you look at him as a clear QB1 the rest of the way given how good his offense is, how good his team is, and his rushing ability as well. Stock up for Taysom Hill.
Now, a guy who's maintaining his value-- I don't want to hear people complaining about DJ Moore and his usage anymore. This guy is fourth in the NFL in receiving yards, has a hundred yards on 11 targets against the Detroit Lions. Robby Anderson, meanwhile, like, we can stop romanticizing that early-season run. Guy hasn't cleared 80 yards since week five. Moore has evolved as a downfield threat as well, has 18 yards per catch.
If you're complaining about Moore's usage and the Panthers not throwing him the football enough, I think you've become a little detached from reality. There's a little bit of back and forth between Curtis Samuel and Robby Anderson, but Moore looks like he's back entrenched as the clear-cut number one no matter who's under center.
Now, stock down-- it's on the board-- the Detroit Lions. I realize that D'Andre Swift and Kenny Golladay when they're in there, they'll probably be fantasy starters for you. But "phluh." I mean, give it a break. The Lions are just a miserable team right now. I don't know how you can expect Swift to get consistently used because the game scripts are never going to be good at Detroit because the defense is bad. And Matt Stafford in and out of practice, obviously, with COVID issues, with injury issues. I'm not-- I don't have a lot of optimism for Lions players that aren't Golladay or Swift the rest of the way. Obviously we're just forgetting about Marvin Jones. Hawkins is hit or miss as a tight end. Stafford's not really on the streaming radar.
But good news-- you get to watch them on Thanksgiving. Great.