Noah Fant

It marked the fourth highest receiving yardage total of the season for Fant, who logged a pass route on 37 of the Seahawks' 48 drop backs and functioned as a short-area dump off target for Geno Smith. AJ Barner, meanwhile, caught a fourth quarter touchdown and ran eight routes. With only three games with more than three receptions in 2024, Fant will be a deep-league-only option in Week 17 against the Bears.

Fant resumed practicing in full on Thursday so he should be fairly healthy for this one. Fant has been an unreliable producer as of late and makes for a boom/bust TE1 against the Vikings' mid-tier tight end-coverage unit.

Fant was limited Wednesday but that's likely to be the case as the Seahawks look to load-manage the 27-year-old tight end for the rest of the 2024 campaign. Fant will be a low-end TE2 for Week 16 against the Vikings.

This is Fant's third lower-body injury of the season, though his early-week participation at least bodes positively for his Week 16 availability. The veteran tight end dealt with a September toe injury before being sidelined by a multi-week groin strain. On the plus side, at least his newest injury isn't a recurrence.

Although the seven targets looks good on paper, three of those looks were effectively thrown at the feet of the veteran tight end as Geno Smith scrambled to avoid pressure. He then saw just a single look from backup quarterback Sam Howell after Smith was forced from the game with a knee injury in the third quarter. Things don't get any better for Fant and the Seahawks considering the injury to their starting quarterback and a matchup with the Vikings looming.