Welcome to the Week 10 Blitz Pickup, where we review the most interesting facts, figures and notes from every NFL game each week. Just like a running back hitting a crucial chip on a blitzing linebacker, we’re going to make sure nothing gets by, all so you can make the plays you need to reach fantasy football paydirt. It’s down, it’s dirty. It’s the Week 10 Blitz Pickup!

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Week 10 Blitz Pickup: Thursday Night

Falcons 15 at Panthers 25

Marcus Mariota has under 200 yards passing in seven of ten games this season… Mariota is sixth in quarterback rush attempts on the season… Tyler Allgeier out-snapped and out-touched Cordarrelle Patterson in the game… Patterson saw his lowest usage in any game this season and the second-lowest during his Falcons tenure… Drake London is 11th in target share among wide receivers, but still has the lowest points per game of any wideout in the top 40 of fantasy scoring… KhaDarel Hodge scored his first career touchdown and saw two targets on only eight snaps… Despite missing a game this season, Kyle Pitts is still third in tight end target share… Nevertheless, Pitts has scored single-digit fantasy points in six of his nine games this season…

P.J. Walker played the entire game, but has been ruled out for Week 11 with a high ankle sprain… D’Onta Foreman had over 100 yards rushing for the third time in four games as starter… Chuba Hubbard played only 12 snaps. He had five carries and did not see a target… D.J. Moore is seeing the fewest yards per target of his career…

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Seahawks 16 at Buccaneers 21

Geno Smith has 200+ yards and two touchdowns in four straight games… Kenneth Walker had his fewest carries since becoming the starter, but caught six of eight targets and had his best receiving game thus far… Tyler Lockett (WR10) scored for the third straight game… D.K. Metcalf had his highest receiving yardage since Week 5… Noah Fant is seeing slightly more usage than Will Dissly, both snaps and targets… Seattle is on the bye in Week 11…

Tom Brady threw two touchdowns for just the second time this season and had his highest yards per attempt… Rachaad White out-snapped Leonard Fournette for the first time this season, 48-22… White had his first career 100 yard game… Mike Evans has not scored since Week 4 and has his lowest yards per reception of his career… Chris Godwin has caught at least six passes in seven straight games and had his first touchdown on the season… Cade Otton out-snapped and out-targeted Cameron Brate in Brate’s return from injury… The Buccaneers are on the bye in Week 11…

Week 10 Blitz Pickup: Sunday Early Games

Vikings 33 at Bills 30 (OT)

Kirk Cousins had his first 300 yard passing game of the season, but threw two interceptions to only one touchdown… Cousins is fourth in the league in interceptions… Dalvin Cook is seventh in the league in carries and is averaging five yards per carry, the best mark of his career… Cook is fourth in rush share in the league… Justin Jefferson is second in targets in the league and has the highest yards per target of any top-10 wide receiver… K.J. Osborn saw a career-high 11 targets… In two games with Minnesota, T.J. Hockenson has caught 16 of 19 targets, including three of four in the redzone…

Josh Allen had his fifth 300 yard passing game of the season, but has thrown six interceptions to just three touchdowns over his last three games… Devin Singletary scored his first two rushing touchdowns of the season… Singletary ranks 10th in running back targets this season despite the presence of James Cook and Nyheim Hines… Stefon Diggs (WR2) is second in the league in touchdowns, third in targets, and sixth in target share among wideouts… Gabriel Davis has the lowest catch percentage (50 percent) but the highest yards per reception (22.7) of any receiver in the top-50 of fantasy scoring… Dawson Knox has just five redzone targets this season and is seeing about half as many per game as last season…

Browns 17 at Dolphins 39

Fill-in quarterback Jacoby Brissett is QB19 overall, but just QB26 on a points per game basis… Deshaun Watson is eligible to begin practicing with the team after Week 10 and will be eligible to play in Week 13… Watson was overall QB2 on a points per game basis in 2020… Nick Chubb had his fewest rushing attempts but saw his most targets of the season… Chubb is third in rushing yardage and first in rushing touchdowns on the season… Donovan Peoples-Jones has at least four catches and 50 yards receiving in his last six games but has yet to score a touchdown… Harrison Bryant caught all three targets, including a redzone touchdown, as David Njoku missed his second straight game…

Tua Tagovailoa had three passing touchdowns with no interceptions for the third straight game… Jeff Wilson Jr. out-snapped and out-touched Raheem Mostert for the second straight game since joining the team at the deadline… Wilson is RB7 during that timeframe… Mostert has also scored in both of those games, however… Tyreek Hill scored for the second straight game after not scoring since Week 2… Hill leads the league in targets, receptions, and receiving yardage… Trent Sherfield had the best fantasy day of his career and has already set seasonal career highs for receiving across the board… The Dolphins are on the bye in Week 11…

Lions 31 at Bears 30

Despite just one score in Week 10, Jared Goff is eighth in touchdown passes this season… Jamaal Williams and D’Andre Swift each scored in the same game for the third time this season… It was the first time this season Williams scored a single touchdown in a game, as opposed to two or none… Amon-Ra St. Brown is seventh in wide receiver targets over his past three games… St. Brown has not scored since Week 2, but did have his first 100 yard game since Week 2… Brock Wright out-snapped James Mitchell 46-15, but each saw just one target in the game… Wright caught his for his first score of the year…

Over his last four games, Justin Fields has eight passing scores and five rushing scores… Fields ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns one week after setting the all-time single game quarterback rushing record of 178 yards… Khalil Herbert was placed on IR after the game… David Montgomery has posted single-digit fantasy scores in six of nine games… Chase Claypool the fewest snaps of any Bears receiver in Week 10… Cole Kmet had two scores for the second straight game and now has five in his last three contests…

Broncos 10 at Titans 17

Russell Wilson has been sacked 29 times this season, third in the league… Melvin Gordon led the team’s running backs in snaps by far, but was second in carries to Latavius Murray… Gordon out-targeted Murray six to three… Jalen Virgil took his first career target 66 yards for a score… Jerry Jeudy played just one snap before leaving with an ankle injury. Both he and KJ Hamler will miss Week 11… Courtland Sutton saw 11 targets, his most since Week 5… Greg Dulcich played 88.8 percent of snaps and saw four of the six tight end targets in the game… The Broncos scored fewer than 20 points for the seventh time in nine games. If they had scored 18 points in regulation in every game, they would be 8-1. Instead, they are 3-6…

Ryan Tannehill had only three interceptions through Week 10… Derrick Henry was held under 100 total yards for the first time since Week 2 and held scoreless for just the third game this season… Hassan Haskins has just one carry and two targets since Week 2… Nick Westbrook-Ikhine had a career day with 119 yards and two scores receiving… Westbrook-Ikhine was WR5 on the week… Austin Hooper had season highs in targets and receptions…

Jaguars 17 at Chiefs 27

Trevor Lawrence attempted at least 40 passes for the fourth time this season… Lawrence’s accuracy metrics and yards per pass attempt are both better this season than last. Lawrence is QB10 on the season… Travis Etienne was held under 100 total yards for the first time since Week 4… Etienne is eighth in rushing yards this season… Christian Kirk (WR7) had season highs in receptions and targets and scored two touchdowns for the second game this season… The Jaguars are on the bye in Week 11…

Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdowns for the third time this season… Mahomes had over 300 yards passing for the fourth straight game… Mahomes leads the league in touchdown passes and passing yards… Isiah Pacheco led the backfield in snaps and carries… Jerick McKinnon led the entire team in targets with eight… Clyde Edwards-Helaire played just four snaps and saw two catchless targets… In his Chiefs debut, Kadarius Toney caught four of five targets for 80 yards and his first career score… Mecole Hardman was placed on IR, and JuJu Smith-Schuster has been ruled out for Week 11… Travis Kelce had a touchdown reception for the first time since catching four scores in Week 5. Kelce (TE1) leads the league’s tight ends in virtually every receiving category…

Texans 16 at Giants 24

Davis Mills threw for a season-high 319 yards, but remains QB32 on a points per game basis… Dameon Pierce is sixth in the league in rushing yardage and leads the league in rush share… Nico Collins led the team in targets and scored his first touchdown since Week 6 last season… Brandin Cooks played the second-most snaps at receiver for the Texans after sitting out Week 9 in the fallout from his displeasure with the team’s trade deadline maneuvers… After leading the team’s tight ends the past few weeks, Brevin Jordan was a healthy scratch in Week 10… Jordan Akins caught all three of his targets for a season-high 72 yards in Jordan’s absence…

Daniel Jones threw two touchdowns for the third time this season and does not have an interception since Week 3… Jones had five rush attempts. It was his first game with fewer than six carries all season… Saquon Barkley had his third game of the season with over 160 total yards. He had three total such career games prior to the season, and none since 2019… Darius Slayton led the Giants’ wideouts in snaps and scored for the second time in three games… Kenny Golladay played for the first time since Week 4 and was catchless on two targets… Lawrence Cager scored his first career touchdown…

Saints 10 at Steelers 20

Andy Dalton has thrown at least one touchdown in each of his seven games this season, but has under 14 fantasy points in five of those games… Since his monster Week 8, Alvin Kamara has just 17 rushes for 56 yards and six catches for 51 yards with no scores… Chris Olave had a season-low three catches for 40 yards… Jarvis Landry played for the first time since Week 4 and led the Saints’ wideouts in targets… Juwan Johnson led the team in targets and scored for the fourth time in the last four games… Taysom Hill has just four touches in the last two games…

Kenny Pickett threw neither a touchdown nor an interception, but did run for his first touchdown since his first career start in Week 4… Najee Harris had his best rushing game of the season, gaining 99 yards on 5 yards per carry… Jaylen Warren played 42.9 percent of running back snaps, his most in a game other than the Week 5 blowout loss to Buffalo… George Pickens scored his second career touchdown (first rushing score) to bounce back from his first scoreless fantasy output in Week 8… Diontae Johnson is the only receiver in the top-40 in targets without a touchdown this season. Johnson ranks ninth in targets and 12th in target share… Pat Freiermuth is seventh in receiving yards among tight ends despite missing a game earlier this season…

Week 10 Blitz Pickup: Sunday Late Games

Cowboys 28 at Packers 31 (OT)

In three games since returning from injury, Dak Prescott has six passing touchdowns… With Ezekiel Elliott out with injury, Tony Pollard had his third straight game over 100 total yards and also scored a touchdown… CeeDee Lamb had a career-high 11 catches for 150 yards and two scores and was WR1 on the week… Lamb leads the league in target share with a 32.1 percent tally… Dalton Schultz had his best game of the year and scored his first touchdown of 2022…

After he posted six such games a year ago, Aaron Rodgers had his first three touchdown game without an interception on the season… Rodgers has his lowest overall passer rating since 2015… Aaron Jones had his fourth 100 yard rushing game and scored his second rushing touchdown of the year… AJ Dillon had perhaps his most productive game of the season, averaging five yards per carry and gaining 65 yards total… Christian Watson scored the first three touchdowns of his career and also had his first 100 yard receiving day… Robert Tonyan saw just one target and has not scored a touchdown since Week 4… Tonyan has just one redzone target since Week 5…

Colts 25 at Raiders 20

The Colts fired head coach Frank Reich and hired Jeff Saturday on an interim basis following Week 9’s loss… Saturday reinstalled Matt Ryan as the starter. Ryan threw a touchdown, ran for his first score since Week 9 of last season, and did not turn the ball over… Jonathan Taylor had his first 100 yard rushing game since Week 1 and averaged 6.7 yards per carry… Taylor also saw the only two running back targets in the game… Parris Campbell and Michael Pittman both caught seven of nine targets. Campbell scored his third touchdown of the season… Alec Pierce, meanwhile, was catchless on just two targets… With Jelani Woods out, Kylen Granson caught all four of the Colts’ tight end targets in the game…

Derek Carr threw multiple touchdowns for the sixth time in nine games, but is averaging just 6.8 yards per attempt, his lowest since his rookie season… Carr is tied for QB20 on a points per game basis… Josh Jacobs averaged just 3.7 yards per carry, but caught a season-high six of eight targets… Jacobs is second in the league in rush share and averaging a career-best 5.2 yards per carry overall… Davante Adams is second in the league in target share but is catching just 57.6 percent of his targets, his lowest since his second year in the league (2015)… Darren Waller was placed on IR… Foster Moreau saw all four tight end targets and caught his first touchdown of the season…

Cardinals 27 at Rams 17

Colt McCoy started in place of an injured Kyler Murray and got the win… McCoy is now 3-1 as a starter under Kliff Kingsbury… Murray is day-to-day and could return in Week 11… James Conner was inefficient on the day, but returned to the usage expected of him in preseason… Conner took 21 of 22 running back carries and saw all three running back targets… Eno Benjamin was released following the game… Rondale Moore has caught 24 of 31 targets his past three games… DeAndre Hopkins had 10 catches for the third time in four games since returning from suspension… Zach Ertz suffered a knee injury and will miss the rest of the season…

Matthew Stafford missed the game with a concussion… John Wolford got his second career start at quarterback and threw his first career touchdown pass… Stafford is expected back for Week 11… While Darrell Henderson out-snapped Cam Akers 34-10, the two each had six carries and one target, although Henderson had the lone redzone carry… Leading wide receiver Cooper Kupp suffered an ankle injury which required surgery. He has been placed on IR for at least the next four weeks… Van Jefferson caught his first three balls since coming back from injury in Week 8, including his first touchdown of the year… Tyler Higbee caught all eight of his targets… Higbee is third in the league in targets among tight ends…

Week 10 Blitz Pickup: Sunday Night

Chargers 16 at 49ers 22

Justin Herbert (QB16) has just four games over 15 fantasy points this season. Last season, he had 12 such games, including the last eight, and was QB2… Austin Ekeler is tied for 10th among all players with 81 targets… Ekeler has at least six catches in seven out of nine games this season… In the absence of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, DeAndre Carter caught his first touchdown since Week 1 and was perfect on four targets… Allen and Williams are both questionable for Week 11, but on track to possibly play… Gerald Everett (TE9) was injured and is questionable for Week 11…

Jimmy Garoppolo failed to throw a touchdown for the first time this season, but did rush for a score for the first time since Week 2… Elijah Mitchell led the team in carries and rushing yards in his return from injury. He also saw eight redzone opportunities… Christian McCaffrey scored for the second straight game and saw five redzone opportunities… McCaffrey was second on the team with six targets… Deebo Samuel also saw six targets, and had four rushing attempts, his most since Week 3… Brandon Aiyuk led the team in receiving… George Kittle saw two targets, his fewest of the season…

Week 10 Blitz Pickup: Monday Night

Commanders 32 at Eagles 21

Taylor Heinicke failed to throw a touchdown for the first time this season… Carson Wentz was cleared to resume throwing but has not been designated to return from IR yet… Brian Robinson led the Washington running backs in snaps, carries, and yards, but Antonio Gibson saw three targets and led the backfield in fantasy scoring… Curtis Samuel has at least four rushing attempts in three of his last four games… Terry McLaurin (WR13) had season highs in receptions, targets, and receiving yards… Jahan Dotson played 34 snaps and caught one ball in his return from injury…

Jalen Hurts threw multiple touchdown passes and scored a rushing touchdown in the same game for the first time this season… Hurts (QB3) is second in rushing attempts and first in rushing touchdowns among quarterbacks. He leads the league in quarterback rush share… Miles Sanders was held out of the endzone for the first time in four weeks… Quez Watkins had a season-high with 80 yards on four catches, but had a crucial late game fumble on a big reception… A.J. Brown injured his ankle and was limited in the game. In his stead, DeVonta Smith led the team in receiving… Dallas Goedert (TE4) caught all three of his targets and scored a touchdown, but injured his shoulder and was placed on IR… The Eagles lost for the first time this season. Every team now has at least one loss…

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