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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Pat Fitzmaurice advises. And you can find all of Fitz’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football rankings & tiers.
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Quentin Johnston has to share targets with Ladd McConkey and Keenan Allen, so we’re going to get unpredictable weekly results from the Chargers’ top three receivers. In his first four games, Johnston averaged nine targets a game and had at least seven in each of those games. In Week 5, Johnston only had four targets, Allen had nine and McConkey had seven. The Chargers’ passing game might not be as effective while offensive tackle Joe Alt is out with an injury – and the guess here is that Alt doesn’t make it back for Week 6. With Alt sidelined last week, Herbert was under heavy duress and had 166 passing yards and averaged 5.7 yards per pass attempt against the Giants The emergence of Johnston is real, but the big-picture view of QJ’s fantasy value has to factor in the target competition – and for this week it should factor in the Chargers’ offensive line problems, too. Regard Johnston as a midrange WR2 this week.
Jameson Williams is averaging just 4.2 targets a game. But one of the things we like about Williams is that his big-play ability means he doesn’t have to be a high-volume receiver to pay off. He’s averaging 17.2 yards per catch and 9.9 yards per target for his career, and 11.7% of his receptions during his time with the Lions have gone for touchdowns. Jamo is a swing-for-the-fences guy who sometimes strikes out, but I want to keep swinging away with Jameson Williams.
After a disappointing, drop-prone start to his season, Calvin Ridley had a 131-yard game against the Cardinals last week. Ridley had 30 or fewer receiving yards in three of his first four games with a 41.6% catch rate over that stretch. But after the bounce-back game last week, Ridley now gets a soft Week 6 matchup against a Raiders defense that’s given up the third-most receiving yards and fourth-most fantasy points to wide receivers.
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