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Week 15 Need to Know: Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet

In case you didn’t read about it, the talk for much of the season was how Patrick Mahomes was seeing more and more two-high safety coverage. The long and short of what that is, in case you don’t know, is a lack of blitzing, a pass rush limited to four, dropping seven back into coverage and frequently using two safeties in deep looks to limit the big play. This isn’t a new defensive strategy. But it does tend to force a certain style of play by offenses since you have to often settle for what the defense gives you, whether it’s check downs or short-to-intermediate pass plays.