- Kyren Williams and the Los Angeles Rams draw a difficult matchup this week: The Jacksonville Jaguars' red-zone rushing defense versus the Rams‘ red-zone rushing offense is a headliner matchup this week.
- Jordan Mason should come out of the bye week with a good shot to score: The Philadelphia Eagles' red-zone run defense has been a weakness to possibly exploit this week for Mason and the Minnesota Vikings.
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The high-scoring areas of the field are the most valuable areas of opportunity for our fantasy football assets. This report will keep track of each team’s top performers in that area of the field, as well as the players getting the most opportunities in the red zone. Adding even more fantasy value to this report, we’ll also include each team’s opponent and their effectiveness when defending in the red zone to identify our best matchups.
Note: Plays called back due to penalties or plays with pre-snap penalties will not be included within the player data.
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Arizona Cardinals
- Week 7 opponent: Green Bay Packers
- Total red-zone plays faced: 46 (25th)
- Red zone successful pass plays allowed: 25.0% (4th)
- Red zone successful run plays allowed: 28.6% (11th)
Arizona WR/TEs:
| Position | WR/TE | RZ Route Rate | RZ Target rate | RZ Carries | RZ TDs | RZ FF PTs |
| TE | Trey McBride | 100.0% | 28.6% | 0 | 2 | 20.1 |
| TE | Elijah Higgins | 25.7% | 11.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TE | Tip Reiman | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TE | Travis Vokolek | 8.6% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TE | Josiah Deguara | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WR | Michael Wilson | 80.0% | 7.1% | 0 | 1 | 9.6 |
| WR | Marvin Harrison Jr. | 62.9% | 18.2% | 0 | 2 | 17.9 |
| WR | Zay Jones | 57.1% | 5.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WR | Greg Dortch | 45.7% | 31.3% | 1 | 1 | 14.2 |
| WR | Simi Fehoko | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WR | Xavier Weaver | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona RBs:
| RB | RZ Carries | RZ Carry Rate | RZ TDs | RZ Routes | RZ TGTs | RZ FF PTs |
| James Conner | 5 | 22.7% | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14.9 |
| Bam Knight | 5 | 22.7% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13.4 |
| Trey Benson | 3 | 13.6% | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Michael Carter | 3 | 13.6% | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Emari Demercado | 2 | 9.1% | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7.8 |
- The Packers‘ red-zone defense ranks as the third-best unit at limiting offensive success in that area of the field (26.1%), making Green Bay one of the toughest matchups this week.
- Trey McBride stands out as the clear top option for the Cardinals this week without Marvin Harrison Jr. in the lineup, and in a difficult matchup, it's not worth getting too cute here.
Atlanta Falcons
- Week 7 opponent: San Francisco 49ers
- Total red-zone plays faced: 45 (27th)
- Red zone successful pass plays allowed: 45.8% (26th)
- Red zone successful run plays allowed: 47.6% (31st)
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