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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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In his first game back, Jauan Jennings finished as the WR11 in weekly scoring. He had a 23.1% target share, 2.47 yards per route run (89 receiving yards), a 30.8% first-read share, and two red zone targets. This week, Jennings faces an Arizona secondary that utilizes two high at the ninth-highest rate (55.6%). Against two high last year, Jennings had 2.55 yards per route run and a 29.3% first-read share against two high. He should be targeted heavily this week, which could help him outkick a tough matchup. Arizona has allowed the sixth-fewest PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers this season.
Ricky Pearsall is the WR35 in fantasy points per game. He has a 17.6% target share, a 45.8% air-yard share, 2.41 yards per route run, and a 24.5% first-read share. Last week, with Jauan Jennings back, he had a 15.4% target share and a 23.1% first-read share as Jennings led the team in both categories (23.1%, 30.8%). Pearsall is tied for second on the team with two red zone targets. He’s posting solid if not strong numbers on a per-route basis, but it’s not great that his market share immediately dropped with Jennings’ return to the lineup. It’s only one game, so I’m not going to panic. This week, Pearsall faces an Arizona secondary that utilizes two high at the ninth-highest rate (55.6%). Against two high, Pearsall has only an 11% target per route run rate, 1.08 yards per route run, and an 11% first-read share. This isn’t the week to flex him if you can help it. The puny usage against two high and a tough secondary matchup could lead to a sleep stat line for Pearsall. Arizona has allowed the sixth-fewest PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers this season.
Elic Ayomanor is coming off his best game as a pro as the WR24 in fantasy last week. Ayomanor could just be getting started and bust out another strong performance this week. Ayomanor has a 21.3% target share and 26.8% first-read share with 1.44 yards per route run and 0.104 first downs per route run. This week, he faces a Colts’ secondary that has utilized single high with 54.4% of their defensive snaps. Against single high, Ayomanor has seen his target share increase to 23.1% with a 32.1% first-read share and 0.091 first downs per route run. Ayomanor is a STRONG flex play this week against a Colts’ secondary that has allowed the sixth-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers through two games.
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