Darnell Mooney

Only five players for the Falcons received targets in Week 15, and one of them was something called a Charlie Woerner. Still, Mooney was ineffective again, and he hasn't "taken advantage" of the absence of Drake London. Mooney shouldn't be in fantasy lineups going forward, and that includes Week 16 against the Cardinals.

Falcons WR Drake London (knee) is out for Thursday night's game vs. the Buccaneers. HC Raheem Morris has been calling London "day to day" for two weeks now, but he's yet to return to practice. We wouldn't consider London a lock to make it back for Week 16. TE Kyle Pitts has been the top dog in Atlanta's passing game with London out the last three weeks, totaling 23 targets, 15 catches, and 197 yards. WR Darnell Mooney has totaled just 12 targets, six catches, 105 yards, and one TD over that stretch.

Mooney nearly made an incredible touchdown grab late in the first half on a moon ball from Kirk Cousins. The play was eventually ruled an incomplete pass after replay showed Mooney stepping out of bounds. Mooney was arguably forced out of bounds by Seattle corner Josh Jobe. He re-established himself in bounds and sped ahead to corral the pass, but the refs didn't see it that way. They said he stepped out on his own, making him an ineligible receiver. To add salt to the wound, Mooney dropped a low throw by Cousins in the end zone in the second half. Mooney can't get anything going going this year and the absence of Drake London has changed nothing for him. He will be a WR6 when the Falcons take on the Bucs next week.

It's a bad sign for London's Week 14 availability against the Seahawks. London has missed the Falcons' past two games and the team doesn't appear to be in a hurry to rush him back into game action with the postseason out of reach. With London sidelined over the past two weeks, Kyle Pitts has led Atlanta pass catchers with 13 targets and nine receptions. Bijan Robinson has nine targets over those two games and Darnell Mooney has eight. Mooney is a viable 14-team league flex option for Week 14.

Dismal. This was Mooney's worst game since Kirk Cousins replaced Michael Penix Jr. under center, but as fantasy managers know, his best game featured three receptions. Mooney is losing compiling looks to Kyle Pitts, and isn't muscling out the journeymen wideouts behind him for looks in the receiver corps. That's a tough way to make a WR4 living, especially for rough matchups like next week's date with the Seahawks. Only the fact that four teams are on bye will probably keep Mooney in the top 48 for that one.