Darnell Mooney Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 5'11" / 173 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- October 29, 1997 (26)
- Experience
- 5th Season
- Drafted
- 2020 / Rd. 5 / Pk. 173 (CHI)
- College
- Tulane
Season Logs
Game Logs
Darnell Mooney News
Free-agent wide receiver Darnell Mooney is joining the Atlanta Falcons on a three-year, $39 million deal, reported by NFL insider Ian Rapoport. The 2020 fifth-round pick out of Tulane posted 81 receptions for 1,055 yards and four touchdowns with Andy Dalton and a rookie Justin Fields as his primary quarterbacks in 2021, but he has not matched the production since. In 2022 and 2023 combined, he totaled 71 receptions for 907 yards and three touchdowns. However, he's now set to play with the best quarterback of his career, as Atlanta secured Kirk Cousins on a four-year deal on Monday. Mooney figures to be behind Drake London and Kyle Pitts in the target pecking order, but Cousins has supported up to three, and sometimes four, fantasy-relevant pass-catchers in a single season. Mooney is now on the fantasy radar as a sleeper and could hold flex value in 2024.
The Kansas City Chiefs, among other teams, remain interested in free-agent wide receiver Darnell Mooney, who had a 1,000-yard season under Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy from their days with the Chicago Bears. Mooney put up a career-high 1,055 yards and four touchdowns on 81 receptions in 2021 with Nagy as the head coach, but he's played in just 27 games in two years since then, combining for 907 yards and three touchdowns. In 15 games last year, Mooney was pretty much invisible, catching 31 passes for 414 yards and a TD, so his fantasy stock is basically on life support, and his 1,000-yard season is looking like an outlier. However, a move to the Super Bowl-champion Chiefs would make Mooney somewhat interesting as a late-round flier in deep leagues. However, outside of Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice, Patrick Mahomes spread the ball around in last year's offense.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Darnell Mooney (concussion) missed practice all week and has been ruled out for the Week 18 regular season finale on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. Mooney will close out a disappointing campaign by missing the final two games of the year. The 26-year-old was in the shadow of top wideout DJ Moore all season, and it didn't help that quarterback Justin Fields missed valuable time due to injury midway through the year. Mooney finishes his fourth NFL season with career-lows in catches (31), receiving yards (414) and touchdowns (one) in 15 games played. Moore should be Fields' top target yet again as the Bears look to spoil Green Bay's bid for a postseason appearance, while rookie Tyler Scott, Equanimeous St. Brown and others should be more involved as well.
Depth Chart
- Offense
- Defense
FS | Jessie Bates III |
Micah Abernathy | |
NT | LaCale London |
LDE | Zach Harrison |
RDE | David Onyemata |
Ta'Quon Graham | |
LOLB | Arnold Ebiketie |
DeAngelo Malone | |
LILB | Kaden Elliss |
RILB | Nate Landman |
ROLB | Lorenzo Carter |
SS | Richie Grant |
DeMarcco Hellams | |
RCB | A.J. Terrell |
Mike Hughes | |
NB | Dee Alford |
Clark Phillips III |
LS | Liam McCullough |
K | Younghoe Koo |
P | Bradley Pinion |
QB | Taylor Heinicke |
RB | Bijan Robinson |
Tyler Allgeier | |
LWR | Drake London |
SWR | Rondale Moore |
TE | Kyle Pitts |
LT | Jake Matthews |
LG | Matthew Bergeron |
Jovaughn Gwyn | |
C | Drew Dalman |
Ryan Neuzil | |
RG | Chris Lindstrom |
Kyle Hinton | |
RT | Kaleb McGary |