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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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Mark Andrews is the TE22 in fantasy points per game. Outside of his monster game in Week 3, he hasn’t cleared 30 receiving yards in any other game and has only two red zone targets. He has finished as the TE27 or lower in four games this season. Since Isaiah Likely‘s return, Andrews has had a 61.4% route share, a 19.5% target share, 25.3 receiving yards per game (1.23 yards per route run), and a 27.1% first-read share. This could be the bounce-back spot for Andrews, but there’s definite risk here. Chicago has allowed the 12th-most receiving yards and the ninth-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Hunter Henry is the TE13 in fantasy points per game with two TE1 weeks (TE1, TE10) in weekly scoring. Henry has a 16.7% target share, 44.3 receiving yards per game (1.73 yards per route run), and an 18.9% first-read share. Henry leads the team with seven red zone targets and is second with four deep targets. This week, he faces a Cleveland pass defense that has the third-highest rate of single high (61.2%). Against single high, Henry has had a 17.3% target share, 1.99 yards per route run, and a 21.4% first-read share. Henry is a fringe TE1 this week with a bad matchup. Cleveland has allowed the ninth-fewest schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game and the 12th-fewest receiving yards per game to tight ends.
It’s another nice coverage matchup for Ertz against his week. Ertz is the TE14 in fantasy points per game with two TE1 performances this season (TE2, TE5). Ertz has five red zone targets and zero deep targets this season. This week, he faces a Kansas City defense that has the fourth-highest two-high rate in the NFL (58.5%). Against two high, Ertz has a 22.9% target share, 2.15 yards per route run, and a 34.24% first-read share. He’ll get plenty of volume this week, but the matchup is rough as Kansas City has allowed the second-fewest schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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