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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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Kyle Pitts is the TE16 in fantasy points per game with an 18.9% target share, 43.4 receiving yards per game, 1.40 yards per route run, and a 17.6% first-read share. He has five red zone targets and four deep targets. The Saints have the fifth-highest single high rate (59.2%). Against single-high, Pitts is second on the team with a 24% target per route run rate with 1.53 yards per route run. Pitts should operate as the clear second option in the passing attack this week. The Saints are a middle-of-the-road team against tight ends, ranking 16th in receiving yards per game and 18th in schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game allowed. Pitts could easily be a TE1 again this week.
In Tyler Shough‘s two starts, Juwan Johnson has had a 15.1% target share, 61.5 receiving yards per game, 3.00 yards per route run, and an 11.8% first-read share. He was the TE9 and TE3 in fantasy scoring in those weeks, seeing two red-zone targets and a deep target. Johnson should flirt with TE1 value again this week. The Falcons haven’t given up much to tight ends this season because they have faced the second-fewest tight end targets per game, but they have given up the fourth-highest yards per reception to the position.
Since Week 10, Barner has had a 72.4% route share, a 17.9% target share, 35 receiving yards per game, 1.67 yards per route run, and a 10.3% first-read share. The Titans’ defense has the third-highest two-high rate (57.5%). Across their last two games, Barner has had a 33% target per route run rate and 2.24 yards per route run against two high. Across the last five games, Tennessee has ranked 17th in schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game allowed to tight ends. Barner is a viable streaming option at tight end this week.
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