NFL Week 7 Fantasy Football Recap: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Miami Dolphins

• Raheem Mostert: 16 carries, 79 yards; 4 receptions, 30 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown

• George Pickens: 6 receptions, 61 yards, 1 touchdown

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Add George Pickens: The Steelers rookie led the team's wide receivers in receiving yards and scored the team’s only touchdown.

• He remains a clear third on the depth chart but is on the field for nearly every passing play.
• His target share has increased this season with Kenny Pickett at quarterback, and Pickett should be the quarterback for the rest of the season.
• There are trade rumors involving Chase Claypool. If Claypool is moved, Pickens might never leave the field, and he might even see a bigger share of the targets.

Monitor Pat Freiermuth’s health: The Steelers' second-year tight end missed Week 6 due to a concussion. He returned to action this week but didn’t play his usual role.

• He was a full participant in practice all week.
• He usually plays on passing downs and misses some time on rushing downs, but he was out for the clear majority of runs and missed some passing plays.
• Ideally, Freietmuth will return to the same role he held at the beginning of the season.
• The Steelers face the Eagles next week, and they will need to pass a lot. Assuming Freiermuth practices this week, he should remain in fantasy lineups, with fantasy managers hoping that his role increases.

The Dolphins’ third wide receiver: Trent Sherfield continues to take a stronger hold on the Dolphins' WR3 spot.

• There were hints of Sherfield being ahead of Cedrick Wilson in the preseason despite Wilson signing a three-year, $22 million contract and Sherfield signing a deal worth one-year, $1 million.
• The two split time as the third receiver the first two weeks of the season, but Sherfield took a hold of the job by Week 3.
• Wilson was listed with both a rib and toe injury on the injury report leading into Week 3, so at the time, the change seemed injury-related.
• Wilson was still on the injury report in Week 5 but was fully participating in practice.
• He’s been off the injury report the last two weeks and has been losing more time to Sherfield rather than gaining time back.
• There is a small chance this role will become more important if Miami trades receiving tight end Mike Gesicki, leaving more targets to go around.
• This role would become much more important if one of the top two receivers ends up missing games at some point during the rest of the season.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.