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Rams Announce Jimmy Garoppolo as Week 18 Starter

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Wed, 01 Jan 2025, 6:08 PM EST
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Rams HC Sean McVay told reporters Wednesday that he'll start QB Jimmy Garoppolo and rest Matthew Stafford for Sunday's game against the Seahawks. That's the move we've been expecting, and we already had Garoppolo projected as the starter in the Week 18 QB rankings. But it's nice for the team to make it official ahead of the weekend.

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Bet on WRs Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua sitting as well. We'll see how the rest of the WR corps sorts out.

Given that the Rams fell short of 200 passing yards each of the past three weeks even with the usuals in there, it's tough to bet on meaningful passing production from the backups this week.

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Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.
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