FanDuel NFL 2021: Best lineup for Week 9
Tight End: Dan Arnold, Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Buffalo Bills-$5,100
Over four games with the Jaguars Arnold has alternated bad and good games, and he’s coming off a good one in Week 8 (eight catches for 68 yards on 10 targets). But he’s heavily involved, and a general lack of viable pass catchers in Jacksonville along with negative game scripts raises his fantasy floor.
Dan Arnold is a TE that must be picked up off waivers if he is available.
— Michelle Magdziuk (@BallBlastEm) November 1, 2021
He has played just 4 games with the Jaguars, & had 8+ targets & 60+ rec yds in 2 of the last 3 games.
He ran the most routes (40) among all TEs in Week 8 (and 7th-most among all players)
Arnold’s Week 9 matchup is not great, as the Buffalo Bills are in the top-10 of the league against tight ends. But they haven’t faced many good tight end either, and opposing tight ends have seen the third-fewest targets per game against them (5.3). For a comparison, Buffalo is in the middle of the pack in targets allowed to wide receivers. So passing volume will go somewhere for the Jaguars on Sunday. While Jamal Agnew has become a thing, it can’t all to go to him, Marvin Jones and Laviska Shenault — no other Jacksonville wide receiver is a factor.
Chasing Week 8 is not advisable here, or likely to repeat in Week 9. But double-digit fantasy points, maybe even without a touchdown, is within Arnold’s range of outcomes.