Tom Brady Fantasy Football Week 12 Scouting Report

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Age: 47
Weight: 225 lbs
Height: 6' 4"
College: Michigan

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by Jordan Heck

· Sep 11, 2020 · 1:35 PM EDT

TB QB Tom Brady - Week 1 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 1 at New Orleans Saints

Tom Brady is quarterbacking the Bucs now, which is going to be weird. But for fantasy purposes, it should be great. Brady finished as a top-12 quarterback in fantasy last year, and now joins an improved offense with weapons like Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Rob Gronkowski. He gets a fairly tough Week 1 assignment, though, against a good Saints defense. He may also be without Evans who has been sidelined in practice this week with a hamstring injury. Still, there are enough positives here to like Brady as a top 15 quarterback option this week.

by Jordan Heck

· Jul 29, 2020 · 9:43 AM EDT

TB QB Tom Brady - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
Despite turning 43 years old ahead of the 2020 season, there’s still plenty to like about Tom Brady. He was the No. 12 fantasy quarterback a season ago despite a poor supporting cast. Now he’s surrounded by two Pro Bowl receivers in Chris Godwin and Mike Evans, and a pair of receiving threats at tight end in Rob Gronkowski and O.J. Howard. Brady had nine games last season with two touchdowns or more and topped 300 yards five times. With a better offense, we should see slightly better numbers in 2020.

Fantasy Downside
Brady is well past the age where quarterbacks typically fall off, but it’d be crazy to not worry about age somewhat. Only four other quarterbacks have played a season at 43 years old. Brady also adds nothing as a runner aside from a few quarterback sneak touchdowns.

2020 Bottom Line
We should see Brady flirt with around 4,500 passing yards and 30 total touchdowns. He’s in a favorable division where he’ll face the Saints and Falcons (who both ranked outside the top-20 in fantasy points allowed to the QB in 2019) twice a year. He’s in an offensive system that plays well to his strengths, and has one of the best WR duos in the league. And oh yeah, he has Gronk, too. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Brady finish as a top 10 QB in 2020.

by Andrew Fleischer

· Dec 27, 2019 · 5:32 PM EST

NE QB Tom Brady - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 vs Miami Dolphins
Tom Brady faced an extremely challenging matchup in Week 16 against a Bills defense allowing the fifth-fewest aFPA to quarterbacks and emerged with 271 passing yards and a touchdown, which made him the week's number 12 quarterback. He's also the fantasy QB12 overall through 15 games, and the offensive success that the Patriots achieved against the Bills is a good sign for their scoring prospects this week and moving forward.

The Dolphins visit Foxborough in Week 17, and they rank 29th in aFPA to quarterbacks. Teams opposing the Dolphins have averaged 35 points scored over the last six weeks, and unless the Chiefs lose to the Chargers, the Patriots will need to win this game to secure the number two seed and a first-round bye. The Dolphins have also struggled against the run (24th in running back aFPA), which is really the only potential hindrance to Brady's fantasy success. Brady's inviting matchup along with the game's playoff implications for the Patriots make him a great bet for a QB1 performance.

by Andrew Fleischer

· Dec 20, 2019 · 9:29 PM EST

NE QB Tom Brady - Week 16 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 16 vs Buffalo Bills
Tom Brady has started 14 games in 2019. He finished as a QB1 in seven games, a QB2 in five games, and just outside of a QB2 finish in two games. He hasn't been the fantasy asset of years past and has had just one top-five fantasy week in 2019. Against a Bengals defense in the bottom-ten in aFPA to quarterbacks, Brady threw for just 128 total yards and two touchdowns, as the Patriots rode a run-heavy gameplan to victory.

Brady's Week 15 opponent, the Buffalo Bills, is one of the only two teams to have prevented Brady from finishing a matchup outside of the top-24 fantasy quarterbacks, holding Brady to 3.7 fantasy points in Week 4. Buffalo ranks sixth in quarterback aFPA, while the Patriots passing offense has continued to struggle to find consistency. Brady is an easy fade as a starter in Week 16.

by Andrew Fleischer

· Dec 12, 2019 · 4:07 PM EST

NE QB Tom Brady - Week 15 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 15 at Cincinnati Bengals
Tom Brady has his worst fantasy performance of the season against the Chiefs in Week 14, finishing as the week's QB26 on 169 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception. New England's wide receivers share some responsibility in the outcome, regularly failing to create separation from defenders, but Brady also did his part making some uncharacteristically poor decisions. Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has repeatedly proven his ability to maximize the strengths of his offensive core, but a massive improvement seems unlikely with just a few weeks left in the regular season.

The Patriots travel to Cincinnati to face the Bengals in Week 15, a defense that ranks 27th in aFPA to quarterbacks. Brady has finished as a top 12 quarterback in every game in which he's faced a defense ranked 20th or worse in quarterback aFPA in 2019, but it's hard to ignore the offensive inefficiency the Patriots have displayed over the past four weeks. The Bengals have looked somewhat improved defensively over the past four games, having only allowed two passing touchdowns in that span, making Brady a risky start as a QB1 and a more likely QB2 for Week 15.

by Andrew Fleischer

· Dec 06, 2019 · 1:10 PM EST

NE QB Tom Brady - Week 14 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 14 vs Kansas City Chiefs
Despite a loss to the Texans in Week 14 and a Patriots offense that struggled as a whole to find success until late in the game, Tom Brady finished quite well for fantasy purposes, ranking as Week 13's fantasy QB6. Brady now ranks as the QB10 for the season, and despite a wide receiver group that's seen a number of starters come and go and now includes two rookies as key contributors, he remains fantasy-viable.

Brady and the Patriots face a Chiefs defense that ranks 21st in quarterback hits, yet 12th in sack percentage at 7.4%. This indicates a defensive front that isn't creating constant pressure but is very good at converting pressures to sacks. Brady's had issues in games where he's being knocked down repeatedly, but this game doesn't project to be one of those. Kansas City ranks 17th in aFPA to quarterbacks, but 31st in aFPA to running backs, which would normally encourage New England to implement a run-heavy game plan. Kansas City's dominant offense and New England's need to potentially keep up with their scoring pace should prevent this somewhat, making Brady a good bet as a low-end QB1 start.

by Andrew Fleischer

· Nov 29, 2019 · 4:00 PM EST

NE QB Tom Brady - Week 13 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 13 at Houston Texans
Tom Brady performed quite well in the Patriots' Week 12 matchup against the Cowboys, a rain-soaked affair in which receivers for both teams were dropping passes at an extremely high rate. For Fantasy purposes, Brady's 190 passing yards along with a touchdown weren't very useful, good for a QB17 performance for the week. Two of Brady's three wide receivers were rookies against a skilled Dallas secondary, so Brady's statistical output should certainly rise moving forward.

Brady will face an alluring matchup with a Houston defense in Week 13 allowing the ninth-highest aFPA to quarterbacks. The Texans are pressuring opposing quarterbacks at the lowest rate among all 32 teams, and they've also struggled in coverage. Five out of the last seven quarterbacks to face them have thrown three or more touchdowns. If Mohamed Sanu and Philip Dorsett return from injury as expected, Brady will have his full complement of receiving options, which would make him a QB1 option for the week. If either receiver (or both) were to miss the game, expectations for Brady should be lowered a bit to a high-end QB2 return.