Fantasy Game Changers: Players to trust in 49ers vs. Buccaneers | Fantasy Football Live

Yahoo Sports’ Fantasy Football Live crew looks ahead to Sunday’s matchup between San Francisco and Tampa Bay – and how Brock Purdy, George Kittle and Cade Otton could impact fantasy managers.

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Let’s turn to our Fantasy game changers for this week powered by Ram Trucks where we identify some of the most impactful players in one of the top fantasy matchups on the schedule.

We’ve got that 49ers matchup off the pi week facing Tampa Bay in the 1 p.m. window game.

Uh That’s a game at Tampa Bay whole team sort of clinging to life trying to figure out what it looks like.

The 49ers is six point favorite.

Obviously, Tampa Bay dinged up the over under on this 151.

So Sal a fantasy game changer for you would be Brock Purdy, the 49ers quarterback, like you said, they’re coming out of the ba and probably no team needed this by more than the 49ers just in terms of health.

We just talked about Christian mccaffrey.

He’s expected to play Debo Samuel got banged up before the by.

He’s practicing, expecting to play.

They should be getting back to Juan Jennings and just another week for George Kiddle who’s been crushing and dominating this year.

But another week on that by to rest his foot.

So they got everybody coming out of the bi week.

I’m interested to see even what happens with the first round wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, he had 77 total yards before the by maybe they bump up his role a little bit.

This is already an offense that ranks top five in the NFL in efficiency per passing play on offense.

And that’s with all these guys hurt, that’s with Auk not performing well to start the year and then him getting hurt and now they’re getting these guys healthier and it’s perfect time.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers allow the third most passing yards per game we just saw last week in prime time, Patrick Mahomes had his best Fantasy day of the season at his first three touchdown games since week seven of last year, including the postseason against this buck secondary.

I think Brock birdie who’s been great all year has another good week.

He’s my quarterback six on the week, but wouldn’t be shocked if he finishes as a top three guy.

So I love your pick a pie, but I’ll go to the guy he’s gonna be throwing to you mentioned, Kidal has been absolutely destroying it.

That’s why he is my fantasy game changer on this.

And I know every week I talk about targets, but guys, it’s also efficiency of targets when you look at it last week.

Uh, six catches on seven targets the week before six catches on seven targets.

Notice the theme the week before five catches on six targets.

Like every time the ball goes to George Kittle, he catches it.

You’re talking about every time that they need an efficient play it.

And as much as people will say, well mccaffrey comes back that could take some of the work away.

I think if mccaffrey comes back, it only makes it easier for Kittle.

Kittle is playing lights out and because the 49 ers have been so injured and their record doesn’t look like we thought it should be.

We’re not paying enough attention to the fact that absolutely week in week out, a guy that doesn’t have a floor only has a ceiling is completely dominant is Ktel.

I think it’s one of the safest place you can have in fantasy football this week and so far through the season every week and Barns give me your fantasy game changer.

Yeah.

First of all, I fully endorse any Iowa tight end.

That’s a great call by you Fitz.

Um, I’m gonna take the tight end on the other side of this game and, and talk about Kate Otton.

He’s the guy who’s actually stepped up as much as anyone for Tampa Bay with both Chris Godwin and Mike Evans out over his last three games.

How about 31 targets, 25 receptions, 8686 receiving yards per game and three touchdowns.

We definitely do not have a lot of tight ends producing at that level.

Honestly, it’s, it’s literally just Kittle and Kate Otten right now.

Uh, he now has the third most targets among all tight ends on the season.

He’s been great after the catch too.

Otten is, uh, second among all tight ends in red zone targets behind only Kittle and he leads the position in targets inside the five yard line.

So he is seeing the ball where we want him to see it.