Detroit LionsOur read
Written Sun 12:01 am Central, for week 6
The Lions are off in week 6 of 2026, so Dobbs doesn't play and puts 0 points on your board no matter how you set the lineup. He's still second among Detroit quarterbacks behind Jared Goff on Thursday's depth chart, and one appearance this season, a 0 PPR point day at Arizona in week 5, tells you his role hasn't moved. Next up is week 7 at home against Green Bay, and that only matters if Goff isn't out there. Hold him on your bench and start a quarterback with a game this week.
Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season
One appearance this season, zero points in it, and four healthy weeks he did not dress before it. That is the whole 2026 file through week 5 of 2026, and it matches the trajectory. He did not play weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4 of 2026, all with no injury designation since before week 1 of 2026. He went from 15.42 points a game in 2024 to 0.53 in 2025, a fall from QB47 to QB67 among qualifying quarterbacks, and his yards per touch went negative. That is not a slump, that is a player losing everything that made him worth owning.
The DET fit does not rescue it. He sits second behind Jared Goff, Campbell and Morton both carry over from last season, and the offense runs through St. Brown and LaPorta, who took half the targets in 2025. There is no reserve stint behind the missed weeks, so those were coach's decisions. No recent headlines either, nothing suggesting a change is coming. He cleared 15 points in 0 of his 4 played weeks in 2025, and his worst was -0.2 in week 4 of 2025.
Our preseason number was 18 points across an expected 5 games, and we had him QB67 for a reason. Even the generous old version of him, the 2023 one who scored 194.7 over 13 games, is three seasons gone. His bye in week 6 of 2026 is still ahead, so there is not even a snap to wait for this week. Hold nothing in wait. Drop him and carry a quarterback whose weekly line actually moves, because a bench seat on this profile produces 0-point weeks while the waiver wire moves.