Atlanta Falcons DVOA, Stats, & NFL Rankings

Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts has caught just one pass in two of the last three games. In Week 13, the 24-year-old will face a Chargers defense that gives up the 11th-fewest fantasy points to tight ends and, other than Travis Kelce who totaled 89 yards in Week 4, no other tight end has topped 58 yards against them. After getting on a bit of a roll mid-season, Pitts' involvement in the passing game has regressed, now with just a 14.9% target share on the year, which makes him the fourth option, slightly behind Ray-Ray McCloud III and on par with running back Bijan Robinson. Once again hard to trust and with some other options at TE emerging, the former first-round draft pick has fallen to the ranks of a high-end TE2 this week.

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson ranks within the top 10 in fantasy scoring at the RB position and has a solid weekly floor given his heavy involvement in the passing game (45-359-1 in 11 games). The 22-year-old is coming off one of his lowest-output performances of the season back in Week 11 in which he logged just 12 rushes for 35 yards, but with the Falcons falling behind quickly, they had to abandon the run. Atlanta is coming off a Week 12 bye, and in Week 13 they will take on the Chargers at home who have been stout against the run, yielding the fifth-fewest fantasy points to RBs and are tied for a league-low five rushing TDs allowed. Still, there aren't many backs you'd rather use than Robinson this week in a game that features a somewhat high expected total that should also be competitive which is being played inside. View the former first-rounder as a mid-range RB1 this week.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins has flopped in his last two starts, posting a 0:2 TD:INT in those games, although they came against some fairly good pass defenses in New Orleans and Denver. Week 13 brings a matchup against a Chargers pass defense that is middle-of-the-road based on fantasy points allowed to QBs, but has allowed at least two TD passes to be thrown in each of the last three games. Granted, one was at the hands of Joe Burrow and the other was Lamar Jackson, but the third was Will Levis, so Cousins certainly has a shot to do it as well. Coming out of their bye week, the 36-year-old has had plenty of time to prepare and this contest is a home game which should work in his favor. Los Angeles is also coming off a Monday night game, so will have had a little less time to prepare than normal. All that being said, Cousins has looked fairly pedestrian outside of three big games, posting a 6:8 TD:INT in the eight games that were not against Tampa Bay and Dallas. The veteran also won't help managers out in the run game. The 13-year pro figures to be a mid-to-low-end QB2 this week.

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney (hamstring) is good to go ahead of the Week 13 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. Mooney suffered a hamstring injury during last week's loss to the Denver Broncos. As a result, Mooney was limited in practice on Wednesday, but has now been cleared to play in Week 13. Prior to last week, Mooney had posted three straight 80-plus receiving yard games. The Chargers secondary has been solid this season which should push Mooney into WR3 territory for Week 13.

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London (hip) is ready to go ahead of the Week 13 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. London landed on the injury report on Thursday due to what appears to be a minor hip issue. Despite that, head coach Raheem Morris has cleared London ahead of this weekend. London has 11 receptions for 158 yards over his last two games. Fantasy managers should feel safe plugging him back into lineups this weekend. However, London could have some issues against a tough Chargers secondary.