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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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Through two games, Mark Andrews has a total of four targets, seven receiving yards, and zero touchdowns. This is despite him leading the team with two red zone targets, having a 70.9% route share. He has had only an 11.8% first-read share. That first-read share did climb to 15.8% in Week 2, so I do think that Andrews will have better days coming. We’ll see if that is in Week 2, but I don’t have high hopes. The Lions rank 16th in yards per reception allowed to tight ends and have also given up the 11th-fewest fantasy points per game to the position.
I was down on Kyle Pitts last week, but I’m back in with Pitts this week as a strong tight end play. I worry about how much Atlanta will pass, but the bar to clear for a tight end to be a TE1 weekly isn’t a high one. Pitts is the TE13 in fantasy points per game seeing a 20.6% target share with 1.57 yards per route run and a 19.6% first-read share. This coverage shell matchup is perfect for him to succeed. Carolina has utilized single high with 56.5% of their defensive snaps. Against single high, Pitts has seen his target share balloon to 28.6% with 1.91 yards per route run and a 25% first-read share. Carolina has allowed the sixth-most yards per reception and the third-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Harold Fannin Jr. could post another nice stat line this week. He’s the TE9 in fantasy points per game, drawing a 15.1% target share (58.6% route share) with 55.5 receiving yards per game (1.91 yards per route run) and a 20.8% first-read share (second on the team). Fannin Jr. has one red zone target. The Packers have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points per game, the 11th-highest yards per reception, and the fifth-most receiving yards to tight ends. He could be Joe Flacco‘s go-to receiver this week.
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