The Giants are moving QB Jameis Winston ahead of Russell Wilson on the depth chart, according to multiple reports. That's especially newsworthy this week, of course, because Jaxson Dart sustained a concussion in Sunday's loss to the Bears. If the rookie's not ready for this Sunday's home date with the Packers, then Winston would start.
This comes two days after the team fired HC Brian Daboll, who inserted Wilson into the Bears game after Dart left.
Wilson completed just three of seven passes and took a pair of sacks in that relief appearance. He also, of course, spent the first three weeks of this season proving that he's done as an NFL starter (unless Dallas' defense enters the chat).
Winston has yet to play a snap for the Giants. He started seven straight games for last year's Browns, completing 61.6% of his passes for 291.1 yards per game, with exactly as many TDs as INTs (12) over that span.
Assuming Dart remains out for Week 11 -- and let's hope the team at least keeps him out that long -- Winston would face a tough Green Bay defense that ranks second in net yards allowed per pass attempt and 10th in pass DVOA.
Don't expect Winston to be an attractive fantasy play this week. He'd face another challenging defense at Detroit if Dart remains out into Week 12.
Who wins here? Everyone besides Russell Wilson.
The once-excellent Seahawks QB now plays like a first-time father driving his infant home from the hospital. You can understand the motivation for how carefully he's proceeding, but everyone around him can see that he's taking it way overboard.
Winston will always be a total boom-bust performer in both real and fantasy football terms, but his style at least makes games more interesting and adds upside to Giants pass-catchers.
WR Darius Slayton gets the biggest boost here, as the Giants' top downfield threat. The negative matchup -- and his own limited production history -- keep Slayton just outside WR3 territory in our Week 11 rankings, but Winston over Wilson adds clear upside.
WR Wan'Dale Robinson and TE Theo Johnson get smaller upside nudges as shorter-range targets.
Winston, meanwhile, settles into the bottom of QB2 range. The negative matchup plus no data on Winston as Giants QB make him a very shaky bet. He'll be worth a look for someone in your superflex or 2-QB league, though.
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