Ezeiruaku will join a Dallas defense with a pass rush Pro Football Focus graded as 2024’s fourth best unit, pressuring opposing QBs at one of the NFL’s highest rates. Hailing from Williamstown, NJ, Ezeiruaku (6’2.5/248) stayed in the northeast for school and hit the ground running, earning Second Team All-ACC recognition as a sophomore with 14.5 RFLs and 8.5 sacks for the Eagles in 2022. This year his play ascended to elite levels, recording an 18.2% win rate with 62 pressures (6th in FBS) and 16.5 sacks which was the second-highest mark in the country. Varied rush package with an array of moves to draw from, including an incredible hop/chop technique that was almost unstoppable at the college level. Posted a pair of outrageous 96th% agility times with a 4.19s shuttle and 6.94s 3-Cone for a solid 7.98 Relative Athletic Score His lack of prototypical Edge height/weight are offset by abnormally long 34” arms and 96th percentile agility tests. Scrapes down the line well in run support and is able to dart around blockers to make plays, as is evidenced by the 42 stops (3rd in FBS) and 8.1% missed tackle rate he posted this year. Expertly uses blockers’ momentum against them, flashing an outside rush before crossing the face of his opponent and laying a hit on the quarterback. While his smooth, fluid play style confounds blockers, he’s not blindingly fast which could limit him to DE2 status opposite a more complete DE1.

Hagen Smith’s velocity fluctuated in his last outing, and the White Sox were cautious about him showing some signs of fatigue. They shortened his last outing and will skip his next start to help him manage his workload in his first full professional season. Everything is fine with Smith from a medical perspective, but this is a good reminder that Smith is an immense talent, but fantasy managers shouldn’t expect a major impact this season as he adjusts to professional baseball.

Blackburn has already made four rehab starts, so he will need to be reinstated from the injured list after his start on Friday. As of now, there is no room in the Mets’ rotation, so the most likely outcome is that Blackburn would serve as a multi-inning reliever, which could bump Dedniel Nunez back to the minors.

After his brutal start on Monday, Houck admitted this is “probably the most lost [he’s] ever been.” The struggles really began in the second half of last season, but Houck now has an 8.04 ERA and has allowed double-digit runs in less than three innings twice this season already. Houck does have minor league options remaining, so the Red Sox could simply send him to Triple-A and give him time to figure out what’s going out. If they were to do so, that would allow Hunter Dobbins to stay in the rotation even after Walker Buehler returns next week.

Milwaukee has pushed Jose Quintana’s start back to Saturday against the Twins, which means they currently don’t have a starter for Wednesday’s game. Henderson is already on the 40-man roster, so he would make some sense and be an intriguing streamer in deeper formats.

SLater had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee back on April 16th. He was given a four-to-six week timeline at the time, so he remains on track in his recovery. He could need multiple weeks of rehab games before returning to the White Sox lineup.

Up-and-downs simulate a multi-inning game scenario where Fitts will face hitters and then rest as if it were the half inning that his team was hitting, and then face more hitters. It’s used to test stamina and recovery. The next step would be for Fitts to progress to a rehab assignment.