Giants Beat: Seems reasonable WR Sterling Shepard sacrifices snaps

Jul 24, 2017

Giants WR Sterling Shepard is a lock to make the roster, as he returns as the starting slot receiver.

The only question is if Shepard, who logged 95 percent of the offensive snaps last season, will see his playing time decrease. Something has to give if the Giants are going to diversify their offensive personnel, and it seems reasonable for Shepard to sacrifice some of his snaps to accommodate more two-tight end sets.

Related players: Brandon Marshall, Evan Ingram

Fantasy Impact:

Shepard had an excellent spring, once again catching everything thrown his way and looking more explosive. His focus is increasing his yards after catch after averaging just 3.9 last season. It's entirely possible that Shepard will improve as a player but not see a significance jump in his stats due to a deeper and more balanced offense, the story said, but that won't help fantasy owners.

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Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 13

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 7:52 PM EST

Cowboys ruled out Jake Ferguson for the Thanksgiving game vs. the New York Giants due to his concussion. His replacement, once again, will be Luke Schoonmaker.

Fantasy Impact:

This was expected, but it could have been a nice matchup for the No. 2 pass-catcher. Schoonmaker is a little less exciting but is worth a TE stream for desperate managers.

Seahawks WRs DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett miss Wednesday practice

Brady Henderson

yesterday · 7:48 PM EST

The Seahawks list DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett as non-participants in practice today. These appear to be new injuries (though Lockett was also listed with a knee injury in Week 7). Leonard Williams has been playing through his foot injury the past few weeks.

Related Players: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jake Bobo

Fantasy Impact:

This is obviously not a great sign for Geno Smith or the general offensive environment for the Seahawks. We would have to imagine that JSN would be seeing his fifth double-digit target game of the season if either of the two were forced to miss Week 13, which catapults him into solid WR2 territory. We'll keep an eye on the reports through the rest of the week.

Giants QB Tommy DeVito officially Questionable for Week 13

Ian Rapoport

yesterday · 1:24 PM EST

Giants QB Tommy DeVito (right forearm) is listed as questionable for tomorrow against the Cowboys. Drew Lock, his backup, took some first-team reps just in case.

Fantasy Impact:

What a treat this game will be. Whether DeVito or Lock is back there on Thanksgiving, they both need to remain firmly on waiver wires.