Boost Watch, Week 9: Cousins is traded, Tyson debuts
Kirk Cousins was traded to Minnesota at the deadline, which puts Fernando Mendoza in line to start in Week 10. Jordyn Tyson made his debut, Peter Woods sat with a neck stinger, and eleven of the fourteen Future Stars are still live for a clean +3.
Week 9 is in, and the biggest Future Stars news came a day after it. Kirk Cousins was traded to Minnesota at Tuesday’s deadline for a 2027 third-round pick, and Fernando Mendoza is in line to make his first career start on Sunday against Seattle.
Ten Future Stars played, two sat out and two had a bye. Jordyn Tyson made his NFL debut, Peter Woods missed with a neck stinger, and eleven of the fourteen are still live for a clean +3 with three November games left.
The ten who played
ARVELL REESE — LB, New York Giants. The game of the week by anyone in the set: 12 tackles, 10 of them solo, 3 sacks and a forced fumble in a 19–11 win at Philadelphia, on every defensive snap. At 21 he is the youngest player with a three-sack game since sacks became an official stat in 1982. The Giants are 5–2–1, and with his bye already behind him, November asks three more games of him.
CALEB DOWNS — S, Dallas Cowboys. He left Week 8 in the fourth quarter with a concussion, was limited in practice, and was cleared. Then he had his best game as a pro in a 27–23 win at Indianapolis: 3 tackles, a sack, 2 passes defended and his first career interception, the one that sealed it. Dallas is 4–5.
DERRICK MOORE — DE, Detroit Lions. A week ago he was the least certain card on the list. In a 19–9 win at Miami he played a career-high 33 defensive snaps, 58% of the total, and had his first two career sacks among 3 tackles. The bigger role came with DJ Wonnum out with a concussion, so it may shrink again when Wonnum is back, but he was on the field for more than half the game.
JADARIAN PRICE — RB, Seattle Seahawks. 9 carries for 24 yards, and 4 catches for 54, which led the team, in a 17–3 win over Arizona. He also returned 2 kickoffs for 56 yards, his first of the season, with Rashid Shaheed out. Zach Charbonnet still has the bigger share of the backfield, but a second way onto the field is exactly what a boost card wants. Two for two, with his bye in Week 11.
MAKAI LEMON — WR, Philadelphia Eagles. 6 catches for 61 yards on 9 targets, the team high in all three, in a 19–11 loss to the Giants, though he also dropped several. Joe Milton III started at quarterback, Philadelphia’s third starter this season, and the Eagles have lost seven straight. Lemon has his bye in Week 10.
KENYON SADIQ — TE, New York Jets. 4 catches on 4 targets for 49 yards in a 35–12 loss at Kansas City, on 35 snaps, 56% of the total. It was his first game above half the snaps with Mason Taylor also active, so the share that had been shrinking went the other way this week. The Jets are 2–7.
JORDYN TYSON — WR, New Orleans Saints. Designated to return on 4 November, activated off injured reserve on Saturday, and on the field on Sunday for his NFL debut: 4 catches for 30 yards in a 23–22 overtime win over Cleveland. It was not clean. He lost a fumble at the goal line on his first career catch, and ran 16 routes to Devaughn Vele’s 44. For the boost, all of that is one game played. His bye came in Week 8, so three more games pay +3.
OLAIVAVEGA IOANE — OG, Baltimore Ravens. Back at right guard on Thursday for all 56 offensive snaps, after a full week of practice and no injury designation. The Ravens lost 33–10 to Jacksonville, their fourth straight loss, and are 4–5. The knee held up for a full game. The Week 8 miss is banked, so November tops out at +2.
JAKE SLAUGHTER — C, Los Angeles Chargers. Started again in a 44–22 home loss to Houston, in which Justin Herbert was sacked 8 times. Slaughter allowed 3 pressures and a sack, tying his season high. The Chargers are 0–8.
AVIEON TERRELL — CB, Atlanta Falcons. 10 defensive snaps and 2 on special teams, with no recorded stats, in a 34–17 loss to Cincinnati in Madrid. A.J. Terrell played 57. Ten snaps is a game played, and that is all the boost asks, but it is a thin margin for a card that was inactive in Week 7.
Who sat out?
FERNANDO MENDOZA — QB, Las Vegas Raiders. Zero snaps for a second straight week. Kirk Cousins played all 50 in a 38–17 loss at San Francisco, with 3 interceptions, one of them returned for a touchdown. Two days later he was gone. Minnesota sent a 2027 third-round pick for Cousins at the deadline, and Mendoza is in line for his first career start on Sunday against Seattle. November is capped at +1 with two games missed. If he takes over, December is the first month he can run clean for +3.
ANTHONY HILL — LB, Tennessee Titans. On bye, which banks a free week. He has 82 tackles through eight games, and Tennessee hosts Jacksonville in Week 10.
MAX IHEANACHOR — OT, Pittsburgh Steelers. On bye as well, after six straight starts at right tackle. Pittsburgh plays at Cincinnati on Sunday night.
Injury report
PETER WOODS — DT, Kansas City Chiefs. Inactive with a neck stinger from Week 8. He missed every practice and was ruled out on Friday, and the Chiefs beat the Jets 35–12 without him. The miss caps his November at +2. Kansas City expects him back in Week 10 against Atlanta, where he is listed questionable.
The rest of the month
Two games of five are in. Where each card stands, and what it needs for a clean +3:
- Arvell Reese and Jordyn Tyson: bye banked, one for one, three more to go.
- Anthony Hill and Max Iheanachor: bye banked, one for one, three more to go.
- Makai Lemon: two for two, bye in Week 10, two more to go.
- Jadarian Price and Avieon Terrell: two for two, bye in Week 11, two more to go.
- Caleb Downs, Jake Slaughter, Kenyon Sadiq and Derrick Moore: two for two with no bye, three more to go.
- Olaivavega Ioane and Peter Woods: one miss each, capped at +2, three more to go for it.
- Fernando Mendoza: two missed, capped at +1. Two appearances in the last three hold it.
Eleven of the fourteen are still live for a clean +3. Lemon, Price and Terrell are the closest, at two games each.
Week 10 puts Future Stars on both sides of three games. Mendoza’s first start is against Price and Seattle. Woods is due back for Kansas City at Atlanta, where Terrell is. And Slaughter’s Chargers play Ioane’s Ravens in Baltimore on Monday night.
Three things to watch. The first is Mendoza, who goes from the set’s dead card to a starter in a week: November cannot pay him more than +1, but a starting quarterback is on the field every game, and December is wide open. The second is Woods, whose stinger has already cost him a point; a second miss drops him to +1. The third is Moore’s snap share once DJ Wonnum is back. Two sacks on 58% of the snaps is the best week he has had, and the quiet weeks before it are why he was on the watch list.
Risers and fallers
- RiserFernando Mendoza — Cousins is gone, and he is in line to start on Sunday. November is capped at +1, but December is the first month he can run clean.
- RiserArvell Reese — 12 tackles, 3 sacks and a forced fumble, the youngest three-sack game since 1982. Three games from +3.
- RiserDerrick Moore — A career-high 58% of the snaps and his first two sacks. Off the watch list, for now.
- WatchJordyn Tyson — A debut at last, with four catches and a goal-line fumble on 16 routes. Three games from +3.
- WatchAvieon Terrell — Ten defensive snaps behind his brother. Enough for the boost, with little to spare.
- FallerPeter Woods — Inactive with a neck stinger and capped at +2. Kansas City expects him back in Week 10.
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