San Francisco 49ers vs Chicago Bears

Date/Time: Sunday October 31, 4:05pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: 49ers -3.5
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 39.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals: 49ers 21.5, Bears 18

Quarterback

Jimmy Garoppolo: Making a fantasy commitment to Garoppolo this week is risky business. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was quick to assert that Garoppolo was still his starter after a three-turnover performance Sunday night in a 30-28 loss to the Colts. Granted, the weather in the Bay Area was miserable for that game, with steady rain and some wind, but Jimmy G has committed six turnovers in his last three games. First-round rookie Trey Lance is recovering from a sprained knee, but his return is imminent. If he’s active this week after being inactive in Week 7, Garoppolo is at risk of an in-game benching if things go sideways for him against the Bears. Even if Garoppolo plays all 60 minutes, this game doesn’t exactly set up as a fantasy bonanza for him. The 49ers and Bears are both among the 10 slowest-paced teams in the league. The Bears have a run-funnel defense, with opponents running the ball against them on 45% of their offensive plays. Chicago is giving up 18.0 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks, tied for the 10th-lowest figure in the league. Garoppolo ranks QB25 and should only be considered for starting duty in superflex leagues.

Justin Fields: It’s way too early to make any sweeping judgments about Justin Fields and how his career might play out. He’s looked good at times when he’s had a clean pocket, but he’s been a train wreck when under pressure, and he’s been under pressure quite a bit. The Bears have allowed a league-high 26 sacks. Some of those are Watson’s fault, sure, but all too often the pressure has been overwhelming. That was the case against the Buccaneers in Week 7 when injuries and a COVID-19 case forced the Bears to start Lachavious Simmons, whom they’d just activated from the practice squad, at right tackle and have him try to block either Shaquil Barrett or Jason Pierre-Paul, often without help from a running back or tight end. The results were predictably ugly. The Bears’ opponents this week, the 49ers, have recorded 12 sacks and haven’t been able to generate the sort of pass rush they have in the recent past, but the Bears have a way of making opposing pass rushers look good. Fields is unplayable in all but superflex leagues until we see signs of improvement and better protection from his offensive line.

Running Backs

Elijah Mitchell: If the 49ers’ backfield was once a puzzle, that puzzle has been solved: This is now Mitchell’s show. Since coming back from a shoulder injury in Week 5, Mitchell has played about two-thirds of San Francisco’s offensive snaps and has dominated RB touches. Over his last two games, Mitchell has touched the ball 29 times. The 49ers’ other RBs have had 11 touches over that span, and four of those touches belong to fullback Kyle Juszczyk. Trey Sermon was active in Week 7 but only played on special teams. JaMycal Hasty played 19 snaps in Week 7 and had three carries and three catches. The 49ers’ opponents this week, the Bears, present a pretty favorable running-game matchup for Mitchell. They’ve allowed 120.9 rushing yards per game, and opponents are running the ball against Chicago 45% of the time. (The league average is 41%.) The only knock on Mitchell is that he hasn’t done much as a pass-catcher yet, with four catches in four games. He’s the RB20 this week. Mitchell is only $5,400 on DraftKings, which makes him tempting, but the lack of passing-game usage lowers the ceiling.

Khalil Herbert: The sixth-round rookie played 77% of the Bears’ offensive snaps last week and out-touched Damien Williams 23-4. It’s possible that the Bears were being conservative in his return from the COVID-19 list, but it seems more likely that the talented Herbert has blown past Williams on the depth chart and is now the primary backup to David Montgomery. With Montgomery still out with a sprained knee, Herbert figures to get ample work against a decent 49ers run defense that ranks 10th in Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric. He had 18-100-0 rushing and 5-33-0 receiving against the Bucs in Week 7. As JJ Zachariason of numberFire noted, it was only the third time an RB has run for 100 yards against Tampa Bay in the regular season since the end of the 2018 season. Herbert is a midrange RB2 this week, and the promise of significant touch volume coupled with an affordable $5,400 price tag makes him attractive in DraftKings contests.

Wide Receivers

Deebo Samuel: Deebo has a whopping 34.1% target share this season, and it’s been 36.5% in the two games that TE George Kittle has missed with a calf injury. Kittle is out for at least another week, so Deebo is bound to be busy this week against the Bears, who are giving up 27.7 fantasy points per game to wide receivers, fifth-most in the league. Deebo has seen no fewer than eight targets in any of his six games and is averaging 10.5 targets per game. Cooper Kupp leads all wide receivers in yards after the catch with 321, but Deebo is right behind him with 319. Deebo is the WR5 this week and close to a must-have in DraftKings contests at a cost of $7,400.

Brandon Aiyuk: Despite playing at least two-thirds of the offensive snaps in each of the 49ers’ last four games, Aiyuk has had a meager 8-90-1 on 14 targets over that span. He’s basically just running wind sprints. Over a six-game span in 2020, Aiyuk had 45-568-4. Someone should make a documentary about Aiyuk’s precipitous decline. Obviously, he’s unusable for fantasy purposes until we see some positive signs, but there have been none lately.

Darnell Mooney: The 49ers’ cornerbacks aren’t great, but you’d have to be pretty desperate to consider starting a Chicago wide receiver in a season-long league. Mooney had a 125-yard game against the Lions in Week 4 but has had 10-119-1 in the three games since. He’s a low-end WR4 this week and not a consideration in DFS.

Allen Robinson: Through seven games, Robinson’s best yardage output was a 63-yard day against the Lions in Week 4. A-Rob is averaging just 35.7 receiving yards per game and 6.3 yards per target. Robinson had a 1,400-yard, 14 TD season with Blake Bortles as his quarterback in Jacksonville, and he had a pair of 1,000-yard seasons with Mitchell Trubisky as his quarterback in Chicago, but Robinson simply hasn’t been fantasy-viable with either Justin Fields or Andy Dalton at quarterback for the Bears in 2021. He’s unplayable this week.

Tight Ends

Ross Dwelley and Charlie Woerner: Dwelley and Woerner split snaps almost evenly against the Colts in Week 7. Woerner had 2-30-0 on two targets. Dwelley had 1-5-0 on two targets. George Kittle is going to be out at least one more game with a calf injury, but neither Dwelley nor Woerner is a good play this week against a Bears defense that’s allowing only 3.6 fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Cole Kmet: After producing 10-81-0 in his first five games, Kmet has had 9-92-0 over his last two games. He ran routes on 74% of his snaps in Week 7 and had six targets, the most he’d seen since drawing seven targets in Week 1. The increased usage is encouraging, but the overall outlook for the Chicago passing game remains bleak, and Kmet is about to face a 49ers defense that has allowed a league-low 2.5 fantasy points per game to tight ends. He’s a midrange TE2 this week.

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New England Patriots vs Los Angeles Chargers

Date/Time: Sunday October 31, 4:05pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: Chargers -5.5
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 49 points
Implied Vegas point totals: Chargers 27.25, Patriots 21.75

Quarterback

Mac Jones: Jones has been QB17 and QB9 the last two weeks – his two best fantasy finishes of the season. This week’s game against the Chargers isn’t a great setup for the rookie, however. Defensively, the Chargers are much better against the pass than the run, and as a result, opponents are running against them on 47% of their offensive plays. The Chargers are giving up 201.8 passing yards and 1.5 TD passes per game, so this isn’t a pass defense to attack in fantasy. Jones is a low-end QB2 this week and has little appeal in DFS.

Justin Herbert: From Week 3 to Week 5, Herbert was the QB1, averaging 31.7 fantasy points per game. Then he visited Baltimore in Week 6 and turned in a clunker, throwing for 195 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Coming off a bye, Herbert faces a New England defense that ranks fifth in opponent passer rating and has allowed 16.7 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks. It’s not an ideal matchup, which is why Herbert ranks QB9 this week. At $7,300, Herbert is overpriced in DraftKings contests.

Running Backs

Damien Harris and Brandon Bolden: Harris has topped 100 rushing yards in each of the last two weeks, and he’s scored four touchdowns in his last three games. The Chargers have a run-funnel defense, with opponents running against them 47% of the time. There’s good reason for that: The Chargers are giving up a league-worst 5.4 yards per carry and 162.5 rushing yards per game. Harris has averaged 6.5 yards per carry over the last two weeks. This looks like a smash spot for Harris. He doesn’t catch many passes, but Harris ranks RB13 this week based on his immense rushing potential in this game. With Rhamondre Stevenson inactive last week, Bolden was the Patriots’ primary passing-down back in Week 7. He caught 6 of 7 targets for 79 yards and a touchdown despite running routes on just 34% of his dropbacks. Bolden is fantasy football pyrite – fool’s gold. He’s my RB48 this week.

Austin Ekeler: It’s been a terrific season for Ekeler so far, but like most of his offensive teammates, he ran into a brick wall against the Ravens in Week 6. Ekeler had 6-7-0 rushing and 4-48-0 receiving in Baltimore. He ranks second with 19.2 fantasy points per game (0.5 PPR) on the season, but it’s worth noting that Ekeler has only exceeded 66 rushing yards once in six games. Hey, we know it’s the pass-catching that injects helium into Ekeler’s fantasy value, and he’s averaged 5.4 catches, 48.4 receiving yards, and 0.6 TD catches over his last five outings. The Chargers face a Patriots defense that’s giving up only 15.5 fantasy points per game to opposing RBs, which is why Ekeler “only” ranks RB7 this week. I wouldn’t argue with anyone who wants to pay $7,900 for him in DraftKings contest, but I probably won’t use him.

Wide Receivers

Jakobi Meyers: Meyers piles up those bonus points for receptions in full-point PPR leagues, but there’s no real substance here. Meyers is on a 100-catch, 947-yard, 0 TD pace. He’s averaging 9.5 yards per catch and 6.6 yards per target. Not surprisingly, Meyers ranks as the WR32 in full-point PPR fantasy scoring but falls to WR44 in non-PPR scoring. He has a rough matchup this week against high-quality Chargers slot corner Chris Harris Jr. Meyers is just a midrange WR4 this week, and he’s not worth your attention in DFS.

Nelson Agholor: Agholor still hasn’t caught more than three passes in a game since Week 1, but he at least managed to find the end zone in Week 7 for the first time since the season opener. Agholor is unplayable in a bad matchup against a run-funnel Chargers defense.

Kendrick Bourne: Thanks to a handful of big plays, Bourne is averaging a ridiculous 12.5 yards per target and checks in as the WR36 in half-point PPR fantasy scoring. Some fantasy managers might find him intriguing, but there’s no real fantasy appeal here. Bourne is a third or fourth option in a low-octane passing game.

Mike Williams: Williams had a strange three-stretch just before the Chargers’ Week 7 bye. He was held to 1-11-0 against the Raiders in Week 4, exploded for 8-165-2 against the Browns in Week 5 but tweaked his knee in that game, then had 2-27-0 against the Ravens in Week 6. Even though two of his last three games have been duds, I don’t think the general tenor of Big Mike’s outstanding season has changed. He’s a low-end WR1 this week, though he’s not a great DraftKings value at $7,700.

Keenan Allen: After opening the season with back-to-back 100-yard games and then scoring a touchdown in Week 3, Allen ranked as the WR15. But from Week 4 to Week 6, he was the WR41. The recent slump is probably just an anomaly – Allen is too good to be held in check for long – but a Mike Williams breakout season and a season of good health for Austin Ekeler have sapped at least a little bit of Allen’s fantasy value. He’s still a weekly must-start, of course, but we should probably stop thinking of Allen as a low-end WR1 or high-end WR2. That said, Allen draws a favorable matchup this week against Patriots slot corner Jalen Mills. He ranks WR18 this week and is a solid DraftKings value at $6,500.

Tight Ends

Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith: Henry has scored a touchdown in four consecutive games. He’s done it despite being held under 33 receiving yards in three of those four games. In other words, Henry and his fantasy managers have been enjoying some good TD luck that’s bound to elapse. Henry had an eight-TD season as a rookie in 2016, so it’s not like this touchdown binge has come out of nowhere. But if we’re being realistic, he’s a low-end TE1 or high-end TE2 at best. That said, Henry is elevated to TE7 this week because (1) he’s facing a Chargers defense that’s giving up 11.2 fantasy points per game to tight ends, and (2) Darren Waller and Mark Andrews are on bye this week. Jonnu had a season-high 52 receiving yards against the Jets last week but has only 18-176-1 on the season and is a low-end TE2 this week.

Jared Cook: He’s scored touchdowns in two of his last three games, but Cook has finished with less than 30 receiving yards in three of his last four contests. That paints a contradictory picture of Cook’s value, but it sort of makes sense for a guy who’s the fourth wheel in a high-powered offense. There’s a fairly wide range of outcomes for Cook every week. I have him pegged as a midrange TE2 both this week and rest-of-season.

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Jacksonville Jaguars vs Seattle Seahawks

Date/Time: Sunday October 31, 4:25pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: Seahawks -3
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 43.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals: Seahawks 23.25, Jaguars 20.25

Quarterback

Trevor Lawrence: In Lawrence’s first three games, he completed 54.2% of his throws, averaged 5.7 yards per pass attempt and committed nine turnovers (seven interceptions, two lost fumbles). In his last three games, Lawrence completed 66.3% of his throws, averaged 8.1 yards per attempt, and committed two turnovers (one interception, one lost fumble). It’s too early to declare that this year’s No. 1 overall draft pick has turned a corner, but there have been encouraging signs of progress. From Week 4 to Week 6, Lawrence was the QB14 in fantasy scoring. Coming off a bye, Lawrence faces a Seattle defense that’s giving up 20.4 fantasy points a game to opposing quarterbacks. He’s a midrange QB2 this week.

Geno Smith: In his two starts in place of the injured Russell Wilson, Smith has completed 64.8% of his passes, averaging 7.0 yards per attempt, with two touchdowns and no interceptions – not great, but not bad. The thing is, he’s thrown for just 376 yards in those two starts, as the Seahawks have gone ultra-conservative in Wilson’s absence. They’ve done everything they can do to hide Geno short of throwing a blanket over him and sticking him behind a sofa. Maybe Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and offensive coordinator Shane Waldron will loosen the reins in Week 8 against a Jaguars defense that’s giving up 9.0 yards per pass attempt and has the NFL’s second-worst opponent passer rating. Don’t bet on it. Smith is a back-end QB2 for this one.

Running Backs

James Robinson: In hindsight, it seems funny that we thought rookie Travis Etienne was going to drain most of Robinson’s fantasy value. Sure, Etienne would have affected Robinson’s workload to some degree, but it’s hard to imagine that Robinson wouldn’t have played a meaty role. With Etienne out for the year with a foot injury, Robinson has played at least 40 snaps in every game this season. In each of his last four games, Robinson has had at least 15 carries, 73 rushing yards and one touchdown. He’s averaged 19.8 touches per game and has been the RB6 over that span, averaging 20.3 points in half-point PPR. This week, Robinson faces a Seattle defense that’s faced 223 rushing attempts this season, the second-highest total in the league. Seattle is yielding 134.1 rushing yards per game. Robinson is the RB11 this week and a rock-solid DraftKings value at $6,600.

PRISTINE MATCHUP OF THE WEEK

Each week, we’ll pick a matchup of the week, presented by Pristine Auction. For Week 8, James Robinson is our Pristine Matchup of the Week.

Alex Collins and Rashaad Penny: Collins only out-snapped Penny 22-20 in the Seahawks’ Week 7 loss to the Saints, but Collins touched the ball on the vast majority of his snaps, with 16-35-0 rushing and 1-9-0 receiving, while Penny had 6-9-0 rushing with zero targets. With Chris Carson expected to remain out with a neck injury, Collins and Penny figure to split work again, but it seems clear that Collins is the more valuable fantasy asset. They’ll face a Jacksonville run defense that’s surprisingly decent, allowing just 3.8 yards per carry. But expect the Seahawks to run the ball early and often as they continue to try to hide QB Geno Smith as much as possible. Collins is the RB24 this week, Penny the RB39.

Wide Receivers

Marvin Jones: When we last saw Jones, he was turning in a season-best 7-100-1 performance against the Dolphins in London just before Jacksonville’s Week 7 bye. Jones had 10 targets in that game and should continue to be busy with Jaguars WR D.J. Chark out for the season. Trevor Lawrence has shown improvement over his last three games, which further brightens Jones’ fantasy outlook. Jones is a high-end WR3 this week. At $5,900 on DraftKings, he has some GPP appeal against a Seattle defense that hasn’t exactly gotten airtight coverage from its cornerbacks.

Laviska Shenault: When D.J. Chark broke his ankle early in the Jaguars’ Week 4 game against the Bengals, Shenault stepped up and had 6-99-0 on seven targets. We expected the enhanced usage to continue the following week against Tennessee, but Shenault had 1-58-0 on only three targets. Then, against the Dolphins in London, Shenault saw 10 targets (tied for a season-high) but only had 6-54-0. What to make of that three-game run? The guess here is that the Tennessee game was the outlier and the enhanced usage sticks. The interesting development is that with Chark out, the Jaguars have been giving Shenault fewer slot snaps and lining him up outside more often. That might be a good thing since Shenault was getting pigeonholed as a short-area slot receiver and might do well to see some targets deeper downfield. Shenault lands at WR36 in this week’s rankings, and he’s probably going to be a tough start/sit call for a lot of people. DraftKings has priced him at $4,700 this week, seemingly daring us to plug him into lineups, and I’m tempted to take them up on that dare.

D.K. Metcalf: If you’re a Metcalf investor, Russell Wilson‘s finger injury is almost as painful for you as it is for Russ. (OK, not really, but you get the idea.) Obviously, Metcalf’s ceiling is substantially lowered with Geno Smith at quarterback for Seattle, but there’s still hope for a big play or two. What we saw with Metcalf in Week 7 was a pretty good encapsulation of the Geno situation. In the first quarter, Metcalf bullied Saints CB Marshon Lattimore on the right sideline, knocking him to the ground, hauled in a 25-yard throw, and raced home for an 84-yard touchdown. The rest of the night for Metcalf? Four targets, one catch, 12 yards. Metcalf won’t have to contend with a cornerback as tough as Lattimore when the Seahawks face the Jaguars in Week 8, so perhaps he’ll be able to spring more than one big play. He’s the WR17 this week. At $6,800, Metcalf isn’t a cash-game option, but his big-play potential makes him a viable option in GPPs.

Tyler Lockett: After opening the year with a 4-100-2 game against the Colts and an 8-178-1 performance against the Titans, Lockett has had 17-159-0 in the five games since. He bottomed out (we hope) with a 2-12-0 Week 7 performance against the Saints in which he received one less target than Seahawks No. 3 receiver Freddie Swain. The outlook for Lockett is certainly dimmer with backup Geno Smith at quarterback than with Russell Wilson, but perhaps a favorable matchup against a shaky Jacksonville pass defense can give Lockett a needed boost.

Tight Ends

Dan Arnold: The Jaguars acquired Arnold from Carolina in time for their Week 4 game against the Bengals, and he played a predictably small role in his first game with his new team. In the two games since Arnold has 8-91-0 on 13 targets and 93 snaps. There’s enough sneaky appeal here to make Arnold a midrange TE2.

Gerald Everett: Everett has barely been clinging to fantasy relevance, and it doesn’t help that Geno Smith is temporarily quarterbacking the Seahawks in place of injured starter Russell Wilson. In two games with Smith as the starter, Everett has had 5-51-0 on six targets. He’s a low-end TE2 this week at best.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New Orleans Saints

Date/Time: Sunday October 31, 4:25pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: Buccaneers -5
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 50.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals: Buccaneers 27.75, Saints 22.75

Quarterback

Tom Brady: Something has to give when Brady, who leads the NFL with 21 TD passes, encounters a Saints defense that’s given up only six TD passes in six games. Brady has produced 11 touchdowns over his last three contests, including four last weekend against the Bears. He’s likely to be without Antonio Brown (ankle) for at least one more game. The Saints have the league’s second-best opponent passer rating (73.5). New Orleans defensive coordinator Dennis Allen seemed to have Brady’s number last season. In three games against the Saints (including the playoffs), Brady completed 58.9% of his throws, averaging 6.0 yards per attempt and 215.7 yards per game. He had four TD passes and five interceptions in those three games and was sacked seven times. Despite being the QB1 in fantasy scoring, Brady ranks QB7 this week and is a fade in DFS contests.

Jameis Winston: As conservative as the Saints’ offense has been this season, it will be interesting to see how often they let Winston throw against a pass-funnel Buccaneers defense that’s faced an average of 40.4 pass attempts per game. Winston threw a season-high 35 passes in New Orleans’ Week 7 win over the Seahawks, but he had averaged just 23.2 pass attempts in his other five starts. Winston ranks QB17 in fantasy points per game, and the Buccaneers are allowing 20.4 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks, the ninth-highest figure in the league. Winston checks in at QB17 in the rankings this week. He’s not a compelling value at $6,000 on DraftKings.

Running Backs

Leonard Fournette: Over his last four games, Fournette has averaged 116.5 yards from scrimmage, ranking RB3 in fantasy scoring over that stretch. He’s punched in four touchdowns over his last three games. The Saints pose a tough matchup, however. The New Orleans run defense ranks second in DVOA and is holding opponents to 3.3 yards per carry and 80.8 rushing yards per game. Consider Fournette a midrange RB2 due to the worrisome matchup.

Alvin Kamara: The Saints traded for Mark Ingram on Wednesday, and Kamara investors should probably be happy about it. Although Ingram is bound to take some touches away from Kamara, the easing of Kamara’s workload is probably essential to his physical well-being. After never before logging 200 carries in a regular season, Kamara was on pace for 323 carries in 2021. It’s not clear how much, if at all, Ingram will play in Week 8, but his arrival should help keep Kamara fresh and efficient. This week, Kamara faces a stout Buccaneers run defense that’s giving up 67.4 rushing yards per game and has allowed only three TD runs. For what it’s worth, in three games against the Buccaneers last season (including the playoffs), Kamara averaged 47.0 rushing yards and 26.7 receiving yards, scoring three total touchdowns. Kamara is the RB5 this week, but his $8,700 price tag on DraftKings is too steep considering the difficulty of the matchup.

Wide Receivers

Mike Evans: Of the 15 multiple-TD games Evans has had over his eight-year career, three have come in 2021. He’s coming off the second three-TD game of his career. (The other was in Week 3 of 2019.) With seven TD catches on the year, Evans is tied with DeAndre Hopkins for second in that category behind league leader Cooper Kupp, who has nine. This Sunday, Evans may see a fair amount of Saints CB Marshon Lattimore, who’s a tough matchup. But with Antonio Brown still sidelined with an ankle injury, Evans’ target outlook is enhanced. He’s a high-end WR2 this week with WR1 upside.

Chris Godwin: Godwin snapped a three-game TD drought with a touchdown against the Bears in Week 7. The victory over Chicago also marked Godwin’s first 100-yard game since Week 1. He finished with 8-111-1 on 11 targets. When the Buccaneers face New Orleans in Week 8, Godwin will run a lot of his routes against Saints slot corner Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, whom PFF has graded 101st out of 112 cornerbacks. With Antonio Brown still out for the Bucs, Godwin could be in line for a big game. He ranks as a low-end WR1, but he has a high Week 8 ceiling and is well worth the $6,400 he’ll cost you on DraftKings.

Marquez Callaway: Until Michael Thomas gets back, Callaway is the only Saints receiver worth your attention in fantasy, but he’s nonetheless a hit-or-miss proposition. He has three TD catches in six games, but he hasn’t had more than four receptions in any game this season. Callaway is a high-end WR5.

Tre’Quan Smith: How was Smith’s first game back from a hamstring injury? Uh, well, he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards, appeared to quit on multiple routes, and got into a sideline spat with Jameis Winston. Other than that it was great! Smith isn’t worth your attention in either season-long leagues or DFS.

Tight Ends

Rob Gronkowski: Gronk has missed the Buccaneers’ last four games with fractured ribs and a punctured lung, but he’s expected back for the Bucs’ Week 8 game against the Saints. Gronkowski had gotten off to a blazing start, with 16-184-4 on 21 targets. He’ll be a low-end TE1 in his first game back.

Adam Trautman and Juwan Johnson: Trautman is finally getting some usage in the passing game, with 5-79-0 on five targets over his last two games. It’s not exciting production, but it’s a start for the promising start for the 24-year-old. Johnson, on the other hand, can probably be forgotten. He was a summer phenom, but he’s now seen just seven targets over his last four games and hasn’t cleared 23 yards in a game all season.