QB Riley Leonard, IND (1 Viewer)

[Faust]

Riley Leonard Draft and Combine Prospect Profile

 

[Faust]

How the Indianapolis Colts can move forward with Riley Leonard

Suddenly the Colts QB, Riley Leonard ‘competed his tail off pretty darn good’

 

[The Frankman]

Riley Leonard completed 18-of-29 passes for 145 yards and an interception and ran twice for 6 yards and a touchdown in the Colts’ 20-16, Week 14 loss to the Jaguars.

He rushed for a six-yard touchdown in garbage time. It honestly wasn’t as bad as the stat line looked. He took just one sack (though it was a safety that required a replay review), his interception was straight up taken away from Michael Pittman in traffic, and he would have added a receiving touchdown to Alec Pierce had the replay booth not intervened against him again. That said, Leonard is likely going to be a major downgrade from Daniel Jones and superflex leagues probably don’t need to bank on him surviving a Week 15 date with the Seahawks as a QB2 option with nobody on bye.
- Rotoworld

Nathan Jahnke, PFF - NFL Week 14 Recap: Immediate fantasy football takeaways from Sunday's games

Monitor Daniel Jones’ health: Jones suffered an Achilles injury late in the first quarter and was quickly ruled out.


Jones had scored the eighth-most fantasy points both total and per game over the first 13 weeks of the season, making him one of the top waiver-wire pickups of the season. The fact that the injury was quickly ruled an Achilles and that it wasn’t long before he was ruled out suggests the injury is serious, and it, at the very least, could end his fantasy season.

His replacement was sixth-round rookie Riley Leonard. Typically, late-round rookie quarterbacks who are injury replacements aren’t worth prioritizing in fantasy leagues, outside of superflex, unless they can run. Our first two strengths for Leonard in our draft guide were “mobility and escapability are pluses to his game” and “has some big plays when scrambling”.

Leonard had a fine game considering the circumstances, completing 18 of 29 passes for 145 yards and an interception while running for a late six-yard touchdown.

The Colts play the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars over the next three weeks. The latter two games in particular are favorable matchups for quarterbacks, but the Colts might need to pass the ball significantly in all three games. Assuming Jones misses the next three games, Leonard is worth picking up now, seeing how he plays with a full week of preparation against the Seahawks, and then if he performs well, fantasy managers should consider starting him against the 49ers and Jaguars.

 

[JohnnyU]

Colts are toast. Nice story, but midnight has struck.

 

[Jppaul]

for anyone who has a great team, but did so at the expense of your QB position and are thinking of Riley, just FYI...

Coach Shane Steichen noted Monday that "the hope" is Leonard (right knee) will be able to play Sunday against the Seahawks, James Boyd of The Athletic reports.

 

[travdogg]

for anyone who has a great team, but did so at the expense of your QB position and are thinking of Riley, just FYI...

Coach Shane Steichen noted Monday that "the hope" is Leonard (right knee) will be able to play Sunday against the Seahawks, James Boyd of The Athletic reports.

Forum favorite Brett Rypien would be next in line if Leonard is out.