Pats Beat: Tom Brady 'has adored' WR Chris Hogan since the offseason

Oct 14, 2016

Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald was asked to compare Chris Hogan and former Patriot Brandon LaFell.

Hogan has 12 catches for 236 yards and one touchdown, including four catches for a career-high 114 yards in his debut with Brady. Hogan won’t approach LaFell’s 2014 numbers, but that’s also not fair considering the quarterback situation in Weeks 1-4. But can Hogan average 4.6 catches and 60 yards per game while scoring six touchdowns to keep pace with LaFell’s career-best contributions? That doesn’t seem completely unreasonable, but Hogan doesn’t need to post those numbers with the amount of talent around him to be successful. I think very highly of Hogan, and I’ve been led to believe Brady has adored him since the offseason.

Fantasy Impact:

Hogan's 4-114 against the Browns was a good start, but his five targets represented 12.5% of Brady's pass attempts in Week 5. To put this in perspective, in 2014 LaFell garnered 19.5% of the team's targets, so (small sample size alert) Hogan is currently working with a smaller share of the targets, by a significant margin. Consider Hogan a spot-start worthy WR4 going forward, but unless he sees more consistent targets (or manages to maintain this excellent per catch efficiency), he won't be a steady fantasy contributor.

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Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown's practice window to open "Friday or Monday"

Ian Rapoport

45 minutes ago

Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown has received final clearance to practice, paving the way for him to play before the regular season ends.

Brown, who is recovering from surgery to repair his SC joint, should have his window opened Friday or Monday. The team will be cautious.

Fantasy Impact:

If Brown were cleared by Week 17, he would be incredibly tough to start in pretty much any sort of fantasy league with Championships on the line. However, he could be an interesting click for Playoff-only leagues if he can ramp up in time.

Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker misses second straight practice

Adam Schefter

49 minutes ago

For a second straight day today, Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III didn’t practice due to his calf injury.

Related Players: Zach Charbonnet, Kenny McIntosh

Fantasy Impact:

Looks like things should be cleared out for Charbonnet once again in what could be a very close game against the Packers. If Walker misses Week 15, fire Charbs up as a high-end RB2.

49ers RB Isaac Guerendo, Nick Bosa, and Dre Greenlaw active for Week 15

Lindsey Pallares

1 hour ago

In Week 15, the red and gold have defensive lineman Nick Bosa and linebacker Dre Greenlaw active and ready for the team's second meeting with their NFC West rival, the Los Angeles Rams.

On the other side of the ball, the 49ers will have rookie running back Isaac Guerendo available against the Rams. He was listed as questionable on Wednesday on account of a foot sprain but was given the green light to play ahead of "Thursday Night Football."

Fantasy Impact:

We do expect Guerendo to handle the majority workload for TNF, but you do have to wonder if he gets the same type of workload he would have, had he avoided the injury report all week. Consider him closer to an RB3 than a locked-in RB2 he otherwise would have been.