LaJohntayWester

Oct 12

Zay Flowers reached a season-high snap rate, while Chris Moore returned from injury.

Flowers has dealt with injuries all season. He played more than 50% of snaps for the first time this season last week but was still limited in practice throughout the week with a foot injury and was listed as questionable for this game. Despite that, he returned to a normal snap rate. Rashod Bateman joined him as a regular starter in 11 and 12 personnel after playing a limited role last week. Moore also returned, but Devontez Walker played ahead of him in 11 personnel. Moore had been ahead of Walker earlier in the season, but that was likely because Walker began the year injured. Moore was fourth on the depth chart, seeing occasional snaps in 11 and 13 personnel. With all four receivers healthy, Baltimore didn't need to look further down the depth chart. LaJohntay Wester wasn't needed on offense this week after playing significant snaps earlier in the season in place of Flowers. Elijah Sarratt, who saw some playing time on offense last week because of the various injuries, was back to being a healthy inactive, as he had been earlier in the season. Flowers is the only one of the group worth rostering in fantasy leagues, but the improved health of the other receivers is generally good news for the rest of the Ravens' offense going forward.

Oct 5

Baltimore started the season with Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman as its top two receivers, with Ja’Kobi Lane joining them in three receiver sets. That quickly unraveled with Lane landing on injured reserve after Week 1, and Flowers was out for Week 2 with a hamstring injury. Devontez Walker seemed to be the next man up, but he started the season dealing with an injury. This led Bateman, Chris Moore and LaJohntay Wester to be the primary receivers as Walker was eased in. Fourth-round rookie Elijah Sarratt was buried on the depth chart. Flowers was back last week, but was being eased into action. Flowers had a larger role this week, playing 93.5% of snaps in 11 personnel. He was rotated out for a few plays in 12 personnel, with most of his time missed being in 13 personnel. This led Wester to barely have a role on offense. While every fantasy manager who had Flowers likely started him this week, he can safely be put back in fantasy starting lineups. Moore couldn't play this week due to an ankle injury. He was limited in practice all week and was ruled questionable on Friday, but ultimately couldn’t go. This meant Walker was forced to move up to third on the depth chart, while Sarratt was active this week as the fourth receiver. Surprisingly, Bateman’s role was reduced this week. Bateman had played 85.8% of snaps over the first three weeks, with 98.8% of snaps in 11 personnel and 83.9% in 12. Walker was ahead of Bateman in 11, 12 and 13 personnel, leading Bateman’s playing time to drop to 47.6%. Sarratt also rotated in significantly in 11 personnel. This makes Bateman a player to drop in most leagues where he is still rostered.