Fantasy Owners Need to Think Critically About Nick Foles
After Nick Foles' dramatic comeback victory coming off the bench last week, the fantasy world no doubt went wild with people trying to pick him up as a reserve.
Some, maybe the poor owners with Carson Wentz or Kirk Cousins as their quarterbacks, will be trying to get him into the lineup immediately after seeing three touchdown passes in a period of 4:27 of the fourth quarter, and two others that could just as easily been scores.
Maybe the one still was, Allen Robinson thinks it was and it's hard to argue his logic.
After seeing his impact, it's easy to think Robinson would be a sure play every game starting this week, and if you have Anthony Miller perhaps he'll be awakened from his slow overall start.
Better hold off a week or so on that enthusiasm for Foles.
The first reason is rather obvious. Foles might be ready to go and showed this last week, but he's facing the Indianapolis Colts defense this week.
Xavier Rhodes is playing like he did when he was younger and in Minnesota. He has two interceptions, which actually ties him for the league lead at this point, and three pass defenses. He also has a 56.9 passer rating against and has allowed 44.4% of pass completed when he's targeted.
Rhodes is a 6-foot-1 cornerback who can give Allen Robinson fits if he has truly left behind whatever plagued him in Minnesota. Then again, it's not necessarily the taller cornerbacks who give Robinson trouble as much as good cornerbacks like Jalen Ramsey.
The Colts can also put Kenny Moore on Anthony Miller. The Colts didn't make Moore the highest-paid slot cornerback because they wanted to throw away money.
So there are some good reasons why the Bears this week might not flourish as a passing attack the way they have the first three weeks against the Lions, Giants and Falcons.
Cousins got held to a passer rating of 15.9 by the Colts. Those are Mike Glennon numbers, or Rex Grossman numbers.
Sam Darnold finished his game against the Colts defense last week with a passer rating of 47.0.
Former Bears scout and pesonnel executive Chris Ballard has assembled quite an armada of defensive talent now after the defensive personnel in Indianapolis went completely untouched during much of Chuck Pagano's time with the team.
Foles is going to need that fourth-quarter magic and then some, and the Bears on offense and defense are going to need to execute far better to win this game. And that means less statistically for their few fantasy options, particularly their newly installed quarterback.
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