McLaurin finished as the number 35 wide receiver in PPR per game and the number 56 in total scoring — a quietly efficient alpha role wrecked by seven missed games. The yards-after-catch number, just 93 all season, is the real on-field weakness; without explosive run-after-catch production, even a 23 percent target share couldn't generate the ceiling weeks fantasy managers needed.

Daniels finished as the number 34 quarterback in total PPR but the number 17 quarterback in per-game scoring — a starter-caliber pace cut short by availability. The weakness the data points to: just 8 passing touchdowns against 3 interceptions in seven games is a modest passing-score rate, and without the rushing production he'd have been borderline unrosterable in the down weeks.

Season MVP is rookie running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt — 175 carries, 805 yards, eight touchdowns, plus 138.1 rush yards over expected, and the most consistent week-to-week performer on the roster. The one thing that has to change is the back end of the defense. Eleven takeaways all year and plus 117.1 in passing expected points added allowed are bottom-of-the-league numbers, and no amount of rushing efficiency can paper over a secondary that finished in the ninth percentile against the pass.