Four teams lost offensive line continuity while four teams gained it last week, though these won’t all cleanly translate to bullish or bearish signals. This column will identify situations where it’s arrow up or down on the OL front and the resulting fantasy implications.
Who’s losing and returning fixtures on starting OL?
Baker Mayfield surely appreciated the season debut of preeminent young left tackle Tristan Wirfs while chucking it in negative game script throughout versus Philly. You’d be rolling the dice with injury a bit, but I would continue offering a war chest to any skittish Bucky Irving managers in your league.
New Orleans was another offensive line giving bullish signals with returning stalwarts in RT Taliese Fuaga and LG Trevor Penning. This bump from two up to four incumbents coincided with the Saints gaining close to 300 meaningless yards as they do every week, but Fuaga did at least seriously upgrade the right tackle spot. Kendre Miller gets more intriguing off 11 carries at 6 a clip, especially if their OL incumbents can stay on the field. Of course, it remains complicated with Alvin Kamara in the picture and RG Cesar Ruiz now set to miss a few weeks.
