The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 6 matchup between the Titans and Colts.
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| Indianapolis | Rank | @ | Tennessee | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Spread | 1 | ||
| 21.75 | Implied Total | 20.75 | ||
| 23.8 | 13 | Points/Gm | 19.8 | 20 |
| 24.4 | 25 | Points All./Gm | 22.5 | 15 |
| 56.6 | 30 | Plays/Gm | 59 | 23 |
| 70.4 | 32 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 55.5 | 3 |
| 6.2 | 5 | Off. Yards/Play | 4.3 | 30 |
| 6 | 29 | Def. Yards/Play | 4.4 | 3 |
| 44.17% | 17 | Rush% | 44.49% | 16 |
| 55.83% | 16 | Pass% | 55.51% | 17 |
| 49.43% | 25 | Opp. Rush % | 50.90% | 28 |
| 50.57% | 8 | Opp. Pass % | 49.10% | 5 |
- The Titans have turned the ball over on a league-high 18.8% of their drives.
- Tennessee has a takeaway on 2.3% of opponent possessions, 31st in the league.
- When the Titans have not turned the ball over, 29.2% of their possessions have been three plays and then a punt, 28th in the league.
- The Titans are 30th in the league in pressure rate as a defense (25.4%).
- The Colts are 29th (26.9%).
- The Colts are allowing a league-high 37.7 yards per drive.
- Tennessee is averaging 22.1 yards per drive (29th).
- The Titans are allowing a league-low 20.9 yards per drive.
- The Titans have forced a punt on a league-high 50% of opponent possessions.
- The Colts have forced a punt of 23.6% of opponent drives, 31st in the league.
- The Colts allowed 7.4 yards per passing play, which is 30th in the league.
- The Titans are averaging 4.4 yards per passing play, 30th in the league.
Trust = spike production for that player
Quarterback
Anthony Richardson: Richardson got some practice time last week, so we are optimistic that he will be able to suit up this weekend.
Shane Steichen has already stated that Richardson will be the starter when ready, but this is why it was so tough for some teams to add Joe Flacco this offseason.
It is a dangerous road to tread from a PR stance if your backup is better than your young, 1st-round investment at quarterback.
Richardson has left four of his eight career starts early, so there is also the event that insurance is needed. However, now that Flacco has played well in back-to-back weeks, Richardson will have extra pressure from the public to perform at a higher level than where he has played to open the season.
If Richardson is bad and the Colts lose this weekend, then the outcry for Flacco will gain momentum.
Richardson is the lowest-rated passer this season from a clean pocket (65.9), but he did get off to a strong start in Week 5 before leaving with that rib injury.
Richardson is a boom-or-bust fantasy option.
Tennessee has not been a favorable matchup to open the season, but they have also faced Caleb Williams, Aaron Rodgers, Malik Willis, and Tyler Huntley.
It is hard to take a lot away from those matchups other than the fact that they did allow 73 yards and a touchdown rushing to Willis and 40 yards and a touchdown on the ground to Huntley.
The Colts may pull back on Richardson’s designed runs (and we have already covered how he is not scrambling at a high rate), but you can’t play Richardson and shy away from his current strengths.
Will Levis: Levis was forced to exit Week 4 before the bye with a shoulder injury, but he is expected to practice this week and play on Sunday.
We will follow his status and adjust should he miss this game.
This spot is an intriguing one.
The Colts have allowed the most fantasy points over what a quarterback has averaged entering that matchup.
I have chased Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence for the past two weeks, but trusting Levis will test our resolve.
The only quarterback that has been worse from a clean pocket this season than Levis has been Richardson.
We always talk about the Colts under the context of how much Cover 3 that Gus Bradley runs.
Levis is the lowest-rated passer against Cover 3 this season (41.8), completing 19-of-34 passes (55.9%) for 4.8 Y/A with 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions.
In this matchup a year ago, Levis was QB19 (11.5 points), completing 16-of-33 passes (48.5%) for 224 yards (6.8 Y/A) and a touchdown.
The Colts' defense in that matchup was far healthier than this current unit, giving more hope that Levis can take advantage this time.
With all that in place, I am leaving Levis as a matchup-based QB2 and will not push back on anyone trotting out some Tennessee stacks in large-field DFS since targeting the Colts has paid out so frequently this season.
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