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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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Hunter Henry is set up to crush this week with one of the best defensive matchups for a tight end. Henry is the TE20 in fantasy points per game with a 15.5% target share, 38.4 receiving yards per game, 1.46 yards per route run, and a 17.7% first-read share. He has nine red zone targets this season and five deep targets. The Bengals have allowed the most receiving yards per game and fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Dallas Goedert is the TE8 in fantasy points per game, commanding a 19.8% target share with 39.6 receiving yards per game with 1.50 yards per route run, and a 21.4% first-read share. Goedert is second on the team with seven red zone targets and has also seen six deep targets. In Week 1, Dallas utilized two high with 57.6% of their defensive snaps, which I expect them to have a similar defensive game plan in Week 12. In Week 1, Goedert secured all seven of his targets with 44 scoreless receiving yards (TE14 for the week). He should be busy this week again. Against two high, he is second on the team with a 22% target per route run rate and 1.69 yards per route run. Dallas has allowed the tenth-most receiving yards per game and the 12th-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Jake Ferguson is the TE4 in fantasy points per game, commanding a 19.1% target share with 40 receiving yards per game, 1.35 yards per route run, and a 22.3% first-read share. He leads Dallas with 16 red zone targets and has three deep targets. Expect Ferguson to be a big part of Dallas’s passing game this week with the coverage matchup. Philly utilized two high in Week 1 with 57.1% of their defensive snaps. Against two high, Ferguson is tied for the team lead with CeeDee Lamb with a 25% target per route run rate and is second with 1.51 yards per route run. I don’t expect Ferguson to be efficient this week, but he should see a heavy workload. Philly has limited tight ends to the second-fewest receiving yards per game and the fewest schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game.
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