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Fantasy Football: Cade Otton among top sleepers ready to emerge off the waiver wire in Week 7

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16 October 2025

We're all looking for that hidden gem to give our fantasy football team an edge, so we can kick back and relax on Sundays while gleefully watching our squad march to victory. Let Scott Pianowski help you rest easy this season with his top sleepers.

We had Kimani Vidal at the top of the sleeper page last week, though I still had Hassan Haskins higher on my Week 6 ranks. So I’m not sure if that counts as a win or not; you decide. But Bryce Young (QB12) came in and AJ Barner posted 71 yards; those are useful hits. Kenneth Gainwell didn’t run wild but his usage underscored why he was a recommended pickup. Overall, it was a good week.

Let’s see what we can find in Week 7.

QB Aaron Rodgers at Bengals (25%)

Cincinnati is leaky against both the run and pass, so Pittsburgh will have choices here. But we suspect Rodgers can get multiple touchdowns in this spot, which puts him on the streaming radar. Sam Darnold (45%) and Jaxson Dart (40%) are both better long-term plays, but the schedule doesn’t play nice in Week 7 — Darnold hosts Houston while Dart travels to Denver.

WR Kendrick Bourne vs. Falcons (47%)

I skipped Bourne in the Tuesday waiver segment, not realizing he’s still lagging under 50%. Let’s get that number fixed. The 49ers are unlikely to have a healthy receiver room anytime soon and Bourne has popped for 142 yards in consecutive games; sometimes it’s as simple as sticking with what’s working.

TE Cade Otton, Buccaneers (29%)

With cluster injuries in the Tampa Bay receiver room, Otton has taken a step forward in recent weeks (9-132-0 the past two games). The Buccaneers are also 5.5-point underdogs in Detroit, which suggests they might be chasing the game in the second half.

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TE Harold Fannin Jr. vs. Dolphins (48%)

When David Njoku suffered a knee injury in Week 6, Fannin stepped forward as the key member of the Cleveland passing game (7-81-0, 10 targets). The schedule lines up, as Miami’s defense has been leaky against opposing tight ends.

RB Tyjae Spears vs. Patriots (28%)

If you want to ignore the entire Tennessee offense, I won’t fight you on that stance. But we should note that Spears played 10 more snaps than Tony Pollard last week, and perhaps a new coaching staff will be looking to make usage changes.

RB Bam Knight vs. Packers (20%)

The Arizona running game didn’t do much in the loss at Indianapolis, though Knight edged Michael Carter in both snaps and touches. Knight also had a touchdown for the second straight week. If Knight’s knee injury is no big deal, he might get to 10-plus touches against Green Bay. How desperate are you in the backfield?

TE Oronde Gadsden II vs. Colts (2%)

The Chargers had a healthy tight end room in Week 6 but it was Gadsden who was featured downfield, not veterans Will Dissly or Tyler Conklin. The Bolts also stuck with Gadsden despite an early fumble. Gadsden is built like a wide receiver and offers an NFL pedigree — his father played six years in the league.

WR Kayshon Boutte at Titans (30%)

Drake Maye’s favorite receiver is the one with the favorable matchup — he’s not forcing the ball to anyone. But Boutte is coming off a 5-93-2 explosion at New Orleans, putting him on the radar. The Titans will give Maye time for downfield connections — Tennessee has just nine sacks in six games.

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NFL kickers are 77-for-108 on 50+ yard field goals this season

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16 October 2025

There was a time when a 50-yard field goal was a rare accomplishment in the NFL. That time has passed.

Now, 50-yard field goals are so commonplace that NFL kickers are 77-for-108 on field goals of 50 yards or longer this season. They've made 71.3 percent of all field goal attempts from 50 yards and beyond.

A 50 yard or longer field goal happens about twice as frequently per game as it did 10 years ago; this year there's been about 0.4 field goals of 50 yards or longer per team per game, and in 2015 it was about 0.2. Twenty years ago, 50-yard field goals were so rare that there were only 48 of them all season, or less than 0.1 per team per game.

But just looking at field goals of 50 yards or longer doesn't even tell the whole story, because coaches are letting their kickers attempt field goals from much farther out than they used to. A 60-yard field goal attempt used to be almost unthinkable, but this year NFL kickers are 4-for-8 from beyond 60 yards through six weeks. As recently as 2014, there wasn't a single 60-yard field goal in the NFL for the entire season.

For much of NFL history, one of the league's most famous records was Tom Dempsey's record for longest field goal, which was 63 yards. Already this year Chase McLaughlin has made a 65-yard field goal and Brandon Aubrey has made a 64-yard field goal.

In the NFL's first 86 seasons, there were a grand total of four 60-yard field goals. There have been four already this season.

The NFL has never seen long-distance field goals like it's seeing this year.

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Aaron Rodgers, Joe Flacco brings a rare matchup of 40-year-old quarterbacks

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16 October 2025

If he'd still been the starter in Cleveland, it would have been a story last week. Now that Joe Flacco has been traded to the Bengals (and immediately installed as the starting quarterback), it's a nugget worth highlighting in advance of Thursday night's game.

Flacco vs. Aaron Rodgers. A pair of quarterbacks on the wrong side of 40. That has happened only three times before.

All three occasions occurred in the same season: 2020. It was Tom Brady's first year in Tampa and Drew Brees's last year in the NFL. The Bucs and Saints squared off three times that year, with Brady at 43 and Brees at 41.

It'll likely happen again in four weeks, when the Bengals and Flacco visit the Steelers and Rodgers. Then, who knows when it will happen next?

Brady's ability to play until 45 has caused many to believe quarterbacks can fend off Father Time into their 40s. It also has prompted players like Russell Wilson and Dak Prescott to openly declare an intention to do the same.

But while the spirit may be willing, the flesh will only cooperate for so long. Wilson, who turns 37 next month, seems to be out of chances to start. His only opportunity to play past 40 will likely come from sticking around as a backup and getting onto the field via injury.

Current candidates to make it to and beyond 40 are Matthew Stafford (37) and Geno Smith (34). Last year, Smith told PFT that he hopes to have a 20-year career, which would take him past his 40th birthday, too.

Other starters in their 30s are Prescott (32), Jared Goff (who turned 31 two days ago), Baker Mayfield (30), and Patrick Mahomes (30). (Carson Wentz, the temporary starter in Minnesota, is 32. Kirk Cousins, the backup in Atlanta, is 37.)

All other starting quarterbacks are in their 20s. It could be more than a few years before another 40-vs.-40 matchup happens.

Especially since plenty of the quarterbacks who aspire to keep starting beyond their 40th birthdays may find out before then that their skills have eroded to the point where none of the 32 NFL franchises will be willing to put them under center.

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