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Players to Buy
Justin Jefferson continues to perform at a high level despite inconsistent QB play. 5th in the NFL in target share (29%). 5th in air yards share (45%). 10th in PPG. He continues to get it done in this offense regardless of the QB. I think this kind of makes him a sneaky buy-low candidate with concerns about how his production will be when J.J. McCarthy returns. It’s certainly possible that it gets worse with the young QB back. However, there’s still a real upside case with JJ. Jefferson’s floor is so high that I think it might be worth the risk to see what his asking price is in your league.
Tetairoa McMillan remains a priority trade target after scoring twice in Week 6. Head and shoulders above every other Panthers WR. Shown an extremely high-floor through 6 games (8-plus targets in each contest besides last week). Always be buying. The rookie WR is 13th in XPPG this season.
Brian Thomas Jr. has a 54-yard TD wiped out on an offensive offsides penalty….on Travis Hunter. Woof. Even so, BTJ was BACK in Week 6. 8-90-1 on a team-high 11 targets (24% target share). Again, another guy I thought was trending in the right direction, and he delivered against an injury-depleted Seahawks secondary. 15th in XPPG this season. Trending up!
Davante Adams had 10 targets, but only turned out 4-39 (also picked up a DPI with 3 RZ targets) in Week 6.
Adams has a chance to really explode with Puka Nacua sidelined. Obviously, he and Matthew Stafford have been building chemistry on the fly as Adams is 5th in points scored BELOW expectation. He and Stafford have not been connecting as much as they should be, considering Adams is second in XPPG.
Adams leads the NFL in red-zone targets (13). He has caught two of them.
I don’t think Adams is washed…but be open to somebody else in the Rams also eating here along with Kyren Williams in the ground attack.
Stefon Diggs continues to dominate in the Pats offense…after he broke out in Week 4. 10-146 on 12 targets (40% target share) in Week 5. He’s back to pre-injury form, and the WR1 rest of the season for New England. And he is so overdue for a TD score. So even though he is coming off a meh game, he is still a BUY. Kayshon Boutte came away with the big game, going 5-92-2 on five targets.
Diggs wasn’t terrible – 3-28 on three targets – because his biggest play of 51 yards was taken off on an OPI call. Refs were BAD in this game.
Don’t worry about Diggs. In fact, use this as a reason to BUY LOW after the two other NE WRs popped in the box score this week. After Week 6, Diggs is still PFF’s 6th-highest graded WR – and he’d be averaging over 3 yards per route run had the 51-yard catch stood.
Assuming that Ricky Pearsall‘s health is in check…I want to buy low on him. Use the Kendrick Bourne–Mac Jones connection to buy low on Ricky Pearsall. Brock Purdy will be back under center at some point. Jauan Jennings is also no long-term bet to stay healthy, given all the injuries he is playing through. His injuries seemed to hamper his production. Given he caught just one pass for 7 yards on three targets in Week 6.
If Pearsall starts practicing this week. Smash buy. PFF’s 15th-highest graded WR in four games played.
The post-rookie usage bump! Matthew Golden came out of the Packers’ week off going 3-86 on 5 targets. 5 total touches for over 100 yards from scrimmage. In his post-game presser, HC Matt LaFleur spoke about finding ways to get Golden the ball…with the caveat that they won’t “force feed” anybody despite what everybody desires. The rookie WR recorded a career-high 86 receiving yards on 3 receptions (5 targets) in a Week 6 victory over the Bengals.
The Packers rookie hauled in 2 catches on 3 downfield targets (10+ air yards), including 2 receptions on passes traveling 20+ air yards. Golden has accumulated 4 receptions on deep passes (20+ air yards) this season, matching the combined total of all other Packers players (4) according to Next Gen Stats. 39% air yards share (86 air yards) in Week 6 – same as Romeo Doubs. Doubs led the team with 9 targets, going 5-55. Solid. Note that Dontayvion Wicks also got hurt in this game.
Another strong showing from Josh Downs. Downs is a very good player and has been turning it on in the last couple of games. 6-42-1 on seven targets (4 RZ targets, 23% target share).
Super high grade per PFF. Back-to-back weeks leading WRs in targets for the Colts. Add him if he was dropped.
Players to Sell
It’s good that we are getting volume. Because the Eagles’ run game is struggling…we are seeing more volume for guys like Dallas Goedert, A.J. Brown, etc.
DG: 9-110-1 on 11 targets. AJB: 6-80-0 on 9 targets.
Those top two guys deliver more often than not, but DeVonta Smith seems like the one who gets left out. Now, if he catches that deep bomb last week, nobody is upset. So he’s a hold till he pops, then you flip him.
Smith is just WR43 in XPPG (WR42 in PPG) this season. And this is nothing out of the ordinary. His numbers drop dramatically when Goedert and AJB are healthy.
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