NFL fantasy football stats & trends for Week 16: Big weeks ahead for Patrick Mahomes, James Cook?
Each week, NFL fantasy researcher Joel Smyth will identify important stats and trends to inform fantasy decisions ahead of your next matchup. These won't be your basic, elementary stats, but rather deep and unique insights to give you an edge over your friends (and enemies).
Here are eight notable nuggets ahead of Week 16 of the 2023 NFL season.
Patrick Mahomes' average fantasy draft position this year was the selection before A.J. Brown. That looks bad in hindsight. What makes it worse? The countless quarterbacks who were available much later in drafts and have proven to be incredible values. For example, the fantasy quarterfinal QB1, Jared Goff, was selected, on average, the pick before Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo back in the fall. Seven of the top eight QBs in last week's playoff round were drafted as the QB17 or later. When taking the entire season into account, 18 quarterbacks have averaged at least 16 points and just two are above 20. Remember for next year, with such slim margins, a late-round quarterback is always the answer.
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