![Kyle Rudolph caught his first touchdown pass of the season on Sunday. [Image Source: Flickr | Rick Burtzel]](https://staticr1.blastingcdn.com/media/photogallery/2019/10/21/660x290/b_502x220x82/kyle-rudolph-caught-his-first-touchdown-pass-of-the-season-on-sunday-image-source-flickr-rick-burtzel_2342509.jpg "Kyle Rudolph caught his first touchdown pass of the season on Sunday. [Image Source: Flickr | Rick Burtzel]")
As we do each week, let’s take a look at the Week 7 fantasy football players who performed well despite mostly being unowned.
Every week, one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, and one tight end are highlighted. In order to be considered, the player must have been owned in less than 25 percent of ESPN fantasy football leagues.
Note: It wasn’t a very strong week for running backs who were eligible for the list. Chase Edmonds of the Cardinals almost made it for a third straight week, but he just missed out as he was owned in 28.9 percent of ESPN leagues.
Quarterback - Ryan Fitzpatrick, Dolphins (282 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown, 1 interception, 13 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown)
Regaining his spot as Miami’s starting quarterback from Josh Rosen, Fitzpatrick had the most-productive game by a Dolphins quarterback this season. His 282 passing yards easily was the most by a Miami quarterback this season surpassing Josh Rosen’s 200 in Week 3.
Ryan Fitzpatrick believes he's the right man to lead the winless Dolphins, because he's done it before with other rebuilding teams.https://t.co/QoWfvaPeQ7
— AP NFL (@AP_NFL) October 21, 2019
Running back - Ty Johnson, Lions (29 rushing yards, 4 receptions, 28 receiving yards)
A sixth round pick by Detroit in April, Johnson’s 10 carries nearly equaled the 13 he accumulated going into Sunday and his four receptions were the same amount he caught in the first five games. CBS Sports believes that he needs to be picked up as he will continue to receive more playing time as starting running back Kerryon. Johnson left Sunday’s game with a knee injury.
Kerryon Johnson on a stationary bike behind the Lions bench with a brace on his right knee while Ty Johnson is in the game at running back. The brace is new. Might explain why Ty Johnson is getting more work today. Something to keep paying attention to. https://t.co/Mtzal9xOmI
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) October 20, 2019
Running back - C.J. Ham, Vikings (9 rushing yards, 1 reception, 5 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown)
It was the first career receiving touchdown from Ham on Sunday coming in his 38th NFL game. The fullback isn’t utilized much with the ball as Sunday was his first carry of the year.
is there a more fullback name in the NFL than CJ HAM
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) October 20, 2019
Wide receiver - Zach Pascal, Colts (6 receptions, 106 receiving yards, 2 receiving touchdowns)
In what was probably the most unexpected breakout game of Week 7, Pascal entered Sunday with just seven catches for 133 yards. He nearly had that many receptions on Sunday and caught touchdown passes in both the first and third quarters.
Week 7 WR1s (pending MNF)
— Ryan McDowell (@RyanMc23) October 21, 2019
1 M Jones
2 Pascal
3 Hopkins
4 A Robinson
5 M Thomas
6 Erickson
7 Valdes-Scantling
8 Diggs
9 C Davis
10 Hilton
11 J Brown
12 Amendola
Wide receiver - Alex Erickson, Bengals (8 receptions, 137 receiving yards, -2 rushing yards)
Not even halfway through the season, and Erickson is already the third different Bengals receiver to make this list (John Ross III in Week 1 and Auden Tate in Week 6). Mostly utilized as a return man since beginning his career in 2016, Erickson was targeted 14 times in Week 7 and was targeted six more times in the previous week.
The top 5 FF WRs for Week Seven are just chumps who haven’t done anything else all year…
— Ryan McDowell (@RyanMc23) October 20, 2019
1- Marvin Jones
2- Zach Pascal
3- DeAndre Hopkins
4- Alex Erickson
5- Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Tight end - Kyle Rudolph, Vikings (5 receptions, 58 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown)
A long-time viable starting tight end in fantasy, Rudolph was nearly invisible in the first six games totaling just nine receptions for 72 yards and no scores. His touchdown on Sunday was his first since Week 16 of 2018.
“You don’t have a choice when you play on Thursday. We’ve got to move on as soon as we get back. It‘s in the training room right away.”
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 20, 2019
More from Kyle Rudolph on a hot #Vikings offense (and his first TD since last year in Detroit) in our @nflnetwork postgame interview: pic.twitter.com/05kKPWF4t0
