Cardinals’ Ricky Seals-Jones is now a famous fantasy football player
Nov 19, 2017, 1:27 PM | Updated: 4:14 pm
#Cardinals QB Blaine Gabbert to TE Ricky Seals-Jones touchdown x 2 today pic.twitter.com/66dC9W2EbJ
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 19, 2017
Quarterback Blaine Gabbert’s performance was the top storyline for the Arizona Cardinals, and rookie safety Budda Baker’s more prominent role was the No. 2 thing to watch.
From there, the Cardinals’ treatment of dinged-up Drew Stanton might’ve been the biggest personnel change heading into the Week 11 game against the Houston Texans.
Ricky Seals-Jones was probably not in most people’s top-10s of things to watch.
He will be next week.
The rookie tight end made his first appearance for the Cardinals Sunday, and he didn’t disappoint, catching two touchdowns through the first three quarters and closing with three grabs for 54 yards.
“Whenever they called the personnel I just went in and did what I had to do. Didn’t try to do too much, just tried to do my jobs,” Seals-Jones told 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station’s Paul Calvisi.
Seals-Jones, who played college ball at Texas A&M, showed a unique chemistry with Gabbert, who himself was making his first appearance as a Cardinal. Through three quarters, Seals-Jones had been targeted five times — third-most to Larry Fitzgerald’s 10 and John Brown’s six.
“We’d been wanting to get him up there since Mo (Ifeanyi Momah) got hurt,” coach Bruce Arians told Calvisi. “He’s been really impressive on the scout team. We put some things in for him and he responded, so he’ll probably get some more things.”
Of course, the breakout performance drew the attention of fantasy football team owners online.
To those who started Blaine Gabbert and Ricky Seals-Jones in your fantasy lineups today.. you have my undying respect pic.twitter.com/uIr1W5RruW
— trey wingo (@wingoz) November 19, 2017
When you add Jermaine Gresham in a desperation TE play and Ricky Seals-Jones (owned in 0 percent of leagues) scores his first NFL touchdown pic.twitter.com/ZimEJdF7er
— Yahoo Fantasy Sports (@YahooFantasy) November 19, 2017
Tight ends with 20-plus fantasy points in a game versus Houston Texans, past five seasons (2013-17):
Rob Gronkowski (24.7, 2013 Week 13; 22.9, 2017 Week 3)
Travis Kelce (28.6, 2015 Week 1)
Ricky Seals-Jones (20.4 so far today)
Julius Thomas (20.8, 2015 Week 6)— Tristan H. Cockcroft (@SultanofStat) November 19, 2017
I don’t know who Ricky Seals-Jones is but I’m willing to give him a max contract already.
— Aaron Nicholson (@Aar0nNicholson) November 19, 2017
We can confirm that Ricky Seals-Jones is a real football player who just scored a TD for the Cardinals.
— CBS Sports Fantasy (@CBSFantasy) November 19, 2017
Ricky Seals-Jones = GOAT
— CBS Sports Fantasy (@CBSFantasy) November 19, 2017
TFW you see #Cardinals TE Ricky Seals-Jones has 2 TD catches… pic.twitter.com/rv5xytGxjP
— The Boiler Room (@BoilerRoom247) November 19, 2017
WTH is Ricky Seals-Jones?
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) November 19, 2017
Blaine Gabbert to Ricky Seals Jones TD. And the congregation said … #ThatHelpsNoOne.#AZvsHOU
— NFL Fantasy Football (@NFLfantasy) November 19, 2017
As expected, Blaine Gabbert and Ricky Seals-Jones have more TD passes together this season than Jameis Winston and Desean Jackson.
— Mike Sando, ESPN.com (@SandoESPN) November 19, 2017
Ricky Seals-Jones, one of the all time greats
— Travistaps Porzingis (@trizzytravis) November 19, 2017
