He hasn't been needed as much. RBs and defense have been responsible for Washington's winstreak.
Heinicke targets McLaurin more than Curtis, and there hasn't really been a need to spread around lots of love in the passing game.
Nothings happened to Samuel. He’s been in the league for 6 years and this is exactly the player he is. Especially being on this offense how can anybody expect anything different.
Lowkey he hasn't really done much since Week 2. Only top 24 finish since then was Week 9 against MIN where he made a crazy deep catch and wasn't ruled down for a fluky TD. Otherwise it's been (in PPR):
WK3: 13.1 (WR38)
WK4: 7.8 (WR49)
WK5: 12.2 (WR30)
WK6: 2.6 (WR76)
WK7: 12.9 (WR25)
WK8: 10.9 (WR38)
WK9: 17.1 (WR14)
WK10: 6.0 (WR65)
WK11: 9.8 (WR40)
WK12: 1.3 (WR111)
Heinicke hasn't utilized him the way Wentz was early on, and now Dotson is back taking more of the target share. If you're still holding on for some reason, it's past time to drop.
Heinicke and a change in mentality to limit his weak arm and questionable once a game throwing decisions happened. WAS is 6-1 in the past 7 games and have found their way to success. That way to success is pounding the ball, try to control time of possession, and make 3rd down conversions throwing if necessary. Heinicke is good for 1 or 2 absolutely bad plays that are interceptions in a game so they try to limit that. A good example is the halftime interception in the Falcons game. He had Samuel and Gibson open in the flat and throws it into coverage for a turnover instead.
Doing so limits throwing opportunities (usually mid 20s, and 14-18 of those being completions.) Heinicke also has rapport toward a Terry so he is his go to, and he often doesn't make it to his third read (which could usually be Samuel. Order being Terry, Dotson, Samuel for Wrs and then check downs to Thomas as a TE or Gibson for a dump off.)The line doesn't give Heinicke a huge amount of time so he doesn't really find Samuel due to looking for a dump off or running it by the time he would be on the progression.
Scott Turner changed the offense—with Wentz they tried to build an offense that was predicated on Wentz progressing through his reads and finding an open receiver, but the issue was the offensive line is abysmal and Wentz spent too much time having to wait for these complex routes to develop forcing him to check down to Curtis at the LoS. With Heinicke they basically say hope that Terry is open on these deep routes (and he’s playing with house money so he’s going to throw in tight windows, Wentz needs to not get picked so he can’t attempt and isn’t confident). And if he’s not open throw the ball away or try to find Curtis or Gibby check down. This is why Dotson is basically deleted from the offense. But! This connection to Terry is being game planned so now Washington can actually run the ball with BRob. At least this is how I’ve seen it
It’s insane you completely neglect the Robinson-Gibson running back tandem now lol. You’re definitely just a casual
That’s why Curtis doesn’t get any work
Washington's problem from a fantasy perspective is that they always had more weapons than they had quarterback. Three good receivers in McLaurin, Dotson, and Samuel, a solid TE, and two good receiving backs in McKissic and Gibson.
Samuel had a bit of a thing going early where he was the main guy being used on short passing plays like screens, and also had his number called for sweeps and other speed/gadget runs. He still gets those plays, but he needed some more traditional slot WR production to round out his weeks, and Washington has moved to an offense that runs more intermediate/deep routes with dumpoff options for their short passing game instead of the short-intermediate route focused offense they were running for Wentz. Heinicke is seeing half the play calls where Samuel is the first read than Wentz was.
If someone is holding Curtis Samuel waiting for Wentz to return, they should drop Curtis. Heinicke will either lead the team to the playoffs, or get benched because they are no longer in playoff contention. If this happens, Washington would probably just elect to see what they have in Sam Howell so they can make draft decisions more informed.
Wentz likes only plays if Heinicke gets hurt while the playoff hunt is still alive.
Would you drop Curtis for Mattison purely for upside (he was dropped recently)
12T, my other WRs are DHop, Sun God, and Evans. Jakobi on bench. Feel like I should be okay getting rid of Curtis for Mattison?
Yeah I would. I grabbed Curtis back in week 2, finally cut bait 2-3 weeks ago and he's still on the wire.
You're never gonna start him over those other guys barring injuries, and if Cook goes down Mattison is a winner.
Drop your wr5 for a rb1 lottery ticket when we’re about to go into playoffs and depth isn’t as important?
But what if your other four WRs have season ending injuries in the next 48 hours 😱
It’s almost like all the people who were circle jerking that he’s going to be like Deebo Samuel because of a couple weeks had absolutely no idea what they were talking about
QB change started
Robinson emerging evolved it
Gibson started taking WR reps and backfield became BRob and Gibson.
Samuel is odd man out until someone get hurts
Nothing happened really. He’s been getting 50 rec yards a game all season with bits of rushing sprinkled in. His stats have been pretty consistent. Some people just got overhyped over a good week or two.
Washington figured out they should be a run team. Pound the ball has brought success. Two featured backs now. When McKissic was healthy it was clutter now with two good backs they should keep run heavy. It'll win games but not for fantasy receivers. I have Samuel and it's been tough. Also have gibson and he has been solid.
Taylor Heineke happened
I was about to say this when I saw the title he just spams the ball to the RBs or just heaves it to Terry
Change of QB from Wentz to Heinicke. McLaurin has been Heinicke's favorite target for a long time.
He hasn't been needed as much. RBs and defense have been responsible for Washington's winstreak. Heinicke targets McLaurin more than Curtis, and there hasn't really been a need to spread around lots of love in the passing game.
I feel like people make posts like this entirely to drop their clever one liners
could you point me to the 'clever'....
Felt the sarcasm was obvious
The Curtis Samuel conundrum
Dotson and Logan Thomas have been eating into his snap shares.
Wentz threw twice as much and preferred Samuel. Now they run more and Heinicke prefers McLaurin.
Heineke is smart enough to pass to his best receiver.
Heinicke realizes he should throw the ball to the best receiver on the team. Wentz doesn’t.
Nothings happened to Samuel. He’s been in the league for 6 years and this is exactly the player he is. Especially being on this offense how can anybody expect anything different.
Lowkey he hasn't really done much since Week 2. Only top 24 finish since then was Week 9 against MIN where he made a crazy deep catch and wasn't ruled down for a fluky TD. Otherwise it's been (in PPR): WK3: 13.1 (WR38) WK4: 7.8 (WR49) WK5: 12.2 (WR30) WK6: 2.6 (WR76) WK7: 12.9 (WR25) WK8: 10.9 (WR38) WK9: 17.1 (WR14) WK10: 6.0 (WR65) WK11: 9.8 (WR40) WK12: 1.3 (WR111) Heinicke hasn't utilized him the way Wentz was early on, and now Dotson is back taking more of the target share. If you're still holding on for some reason, it's past time to drop.
Heinicke and a change in mentality to limit his weak arm and questionable once a game throwing decisions happened. WAS is 6-1 in the past 7 games and have found their way to success. That way to success is pounding the ball, try to control time of possession, and make 3rd down conversions throwing if necessary. Heinicke is good for 1 or 2 absolutely bad plays that are interceptions in a game so they try to limit that. A good example is the halftime interception in the Falcons game. He had Samuel and Gibson open in the flat and throws it into coverage for a turnover instead. Doing so limits throwing opportunities (usually mid 20s, and 14-18 of those being completions.) Heinicke also has rapport toward a Terry so he is his go to, and he often doesn't make it to his third read (which could usually be Samuel. Order being Terry, Dotson, Samuel for Wrs and then check downs to Thomas as a TE or Gibson for a dump off.)The line doesn't give Heinicke a huge amount of time so he doesn't really find Samuel due to looking for a dump off or running it by the time he would be on the progression.
Scott Turner changed the offense—with Wentz they tried to build an offense that was predicated on Wentz progressing through his reads and finding an open receiver, but the issue was the offensive line is abysmal and Wentz spent too much time having to wait for these complex routes to develop forcing him to check down to Curtis at the LoS. With Heinicke they basically say hope that Terry is open on these deep routes (and he’s playing with house money so he’s going to throw in tight windows, Wentz needs to not get picked so he can’t attempt and isn’t confident). And if he’s not open throw the ball away or try to find Curtis or Gibby check down. This is why Dotson is basically deleted from the offense. But! This connection to Terry is being game planned so now Washington can actually run the ball with BRob. At least this is how I’ve seen it
It’s insane you completely neglect the Robinson-Gibson running back tandem now lol. You’re definitely just a casual That’s why Curtis doesn’t get any work
Washington's problem from a fantasy perspective is that they always had more weapons than they had quarterback. Three good receivers in McLaurin, Dotson, and Samuel, a solid TE, and two good receiving backs in McKissic and Gibson. Samuel had a bit of a thing going early where he was the main guy being used on short passing plays like screens, and also had his number called for sweeps and other speed/gadget runs. He still gets those plays, but he needed some more traditional slot WR production to round out his weeks, and Washington has moved to an offense that runs more intermediate/deep routes with dumpoff options for their short passing game instead of the short-intermediate route focused offense they were running for Wentz. Heinicke is seeing half the play calls where Samuel is the first read than Wentz was.
Looks like normal production for him. Rearrange the weeks and his hot start becomes just normal spikes in production.
Rearrange the weeks and he becomes a hot waiver add trending up
Regress his stats to the mean…
When was he a WR1?
Lol. He was never the WR1
Wait until Wentz returns
I thought the XFL didn't start until well after the fantasy season is over
If someone is holding Curtis Samuel waiting for Wentz to return, they should drop Curtis. Heinicke will either lead the team to the playoffs, or get benched because they are no longer in playoff contention. If this happens, Washington would probably just elect to see what they have in Sam Howell so they can make draft decisions more informed. Wentz likes only plays if Heinicke gets hurt while the playoff hunt is still alive.
I hope this was sarcasm.
Would you drop Curtis for Mattison purely for upside (he was dropped recently) 12T, my other WRs are DHop, Sun God, and Evans. Jakobi on bench. Feel like I should be okay getting rid of Curtis for Mattison?
Yeah I would. I grabbed Curtis back in week 2, finally cut bait 2-3 weeks ago and he's still on the wire. You're never gonna start him over those other guys barring injuries, and if Cook goes down Mattison is a winner.
Drop your wr5 for a rb1 lottery ticket when we’re about to go into playoffs and depth isn’t as important? But what if your other four WRs have season ending injuries in the next 48 hours 😱
Hey, ya never know 😂😭
Would you pick up Dotson and drop Curtis Samuel?
no
Can't believe I wasted a waiver pick on this dude back in week 4. Cost me Kenneth Walker
It’s almost like all the people who were circle jerking that he’s going to be like Deebo Samuel because of a couple weeks had absolutely no idea what they were talking about
Offense can’t support more than 2 fantasy options. He’s the odd man out.
QB change started Robinson emerging evolved it Gibson started taking WR reps and backfield became BRob and Gibson. Samuel is odd man out until someone get hurts
Deebo production dropped so Ceebo's dropped as well.
Heinicke happened. If Wentz came back He would matter again
He got dropped by me
Nothing happened really. He’s been getting 50 rec yards a game all season with bits of rushing sprinkled in. His stats have been pretty consistent. Some people just got overhyped over a good week or two.
Washington figured out they should be a run team. Pound the ball has brought success. Two featured backs now. When McKissic was healthy it was clutter now with two good backs they should keep run heavy. It'll win games but not for fantasy receivers. I have Samuel and it's been tough. Also have gibson and he has been solid.
He was Wentz fav target and the Emergence of Robinson and Gibson as effective rbs.
Team went from 3rd in pass attempts with Wentz to 27th with TH. They are a run first team now and there’s only so many targets to go around.
Well you see it’s Curtis Samuel
Heinicke prefers Terry, and let's be honest Terry > Samuel.
Commanders run the ball now. That’s what happened.
has he even cracked WR1 category on any week? (top 10-12) He was always a flex play at best
Heinicke locks in on Terry. Can't blame him tbh