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Fantasy Football Newspage: Friday, October 21

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Here are the key news and notes for Friday, October 21:

Julian Edelman: Just one of the guys

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman has a reasonable explanation for why his statistics have taken a tumble this season: Many mouths to feed in New England's explosive offense. "We've got a lot of good weapons," Edelman told the Boston Globe. "There are going to be some days when it's yours, and some days it's for other people. That's how it goes here."

Fantasy Impact: That's not exactly what Edelman owners want to hear, as the star wideout has just nine catches for 65 yards in two games since Tom Brady returned under center. Edelman is still seeing a healthy number of targets, and should begin converting those into catches - but don't expect WR1 numbers moving forward. He's a high-end WR3 this week in Pittsburgh.

No more limitations on Dorial Green-Beckham

Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich says wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham will continue to see a large percentage of offensive snaps now that he's up to speed with the offense. "I don't feel like there's any limitations anymore," Reich told the Philadelphia Enquirer about Green-Beckham, who was on the field for 42 of 52 snaps in last week's 27-20 defeat at Washington.

Fantasy Impact: DGB turned all that exposure into just one catch for 23 yards, but there could be an opportunity here for him to emerge as a viable fantasy option. Philadelphia hasn't had an outside receiver finish with more than 78 yards receiving in a game in a season and a half. That said, he's a fade this weekend with the vaunted Vikings defense coming to town.

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