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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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Since Week 5, Washington has had a 17.3% target share with 22 receiving yards per game (1.04 yards per route run), and an 18.4% first-read share. In those four games, he has had six red zone targets and one deep target. He’s essentially transitioned into Jaylen Waddle‘s old role (4.0 aDOT). This week, he’ll face a Baltimore secondary that has the fourth-highest single high rate (61.4%). Since Week 5, against single high, Washington has had a 15.7% target share with 1.00 yards per route run and a 16.3% first-read share. These aren’t sparkling numbers for Washington, but he is still flex-worthy this week against a secondary that, since Week 4, has allowed the second-most PPR points per target to slot receivers (since Week 5, Washington has a 51.8% slot rate).
Outside of his Week 3 blow-up game, Mark Andrews has eclipsed 6.6 PPR points only once. Excluding the blowup performance, Andrews has had a 63% route share, a 15.3% target share, 19.5 receiving yards per game (1.03 yards per route run), and a 19% first-read share. In those six games, he has only three red zone targets and zero deep targets. Andrews could bounce back this week, but the farther we get away from his Week 3 boxscore it feels less and less likely to happen. Miami has allowed the seventh-most receiving yards per game to tight ends while ranking 14th in schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game.
Zay Flowers has been having a strong season and should get a sizable boost this week from Lamar Jackson returning to the huddle. Flowers is the WR24 in fantasy points per game, ranking second on the team in red zone targets and leading the way with eight deep targets. Flowers has a 29.2% target share with a 34.6% air-yard share with 2.41 yards per route run and a 34.2% first-read share. The Miami secondary has been playing much better recently. Since Week 4, they have limited perimeter wide receivers to the third-fewest fantasy points per game and the sixth-fewest PPR points per target. Flowers should still see plenty of volume, but I don’t think this is a blow-up spot.
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