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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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I hope you read the Primer last week. Mack Hollins stepped up in a big way with an 80.6% route share, a 32.3% target share, a 44.6% air-yard share, 106 receiving yards, and a 36.8% first-read share. Hollins had a red zone target and three deep targets. I don’t think he’ll equal that performance this week, but the coverage matchup is again in his favor to be a strong flex play. Hollins has excelled against two high coverage this season. This week, he faces a Jets’ pass defense that, since Week 8, has utilized two high at the fifth-highest rate (62%). Against two-high, Hollins is second on the team with a 23% target per route run rate, and he leads the team with 2.36 yards per route run. Hollins should excel in Week 11 running against Brandon Stephens (2025: 64.1% catch rate and 117.1 passer rating allowed) and Jarvis Brownlee Jr. (2025: 75% catch rate and 105.4 passer rating allowed) all game.
Hunter Henry is the TE20 in fantasy points per game and hasn’t been a TE1 in weekly scoring since Week 4. Henry has a 15.6% target share with 37.7 receiving yards per game, 1.44 yards per route run, and a 17.3% first-read share. Henry is second on the team with nine red zone targets and third in deep targets (five). This week, he faces a Jets’ pass defense that, since Week 8, has utilized two high at the fifth-highest rate (62%). Against two-high, Henry is fourth on the team with a 15% target per route run rate and 1.25 yards per route run. Those aren’t great numbers, but Henry could save himself with a touchdown this week. The Jets have allowed the ninth-fewest receiving yards per game and the fifth-fewest yards per reception to tight ends, but they have also given up the third-most receiving touchdowns per game to the position.
Since Week 4, Taylor has been the TE24 in fantasy points per game with three TE1 outings (TE11, TE8, TE7). Since Week 4, he has had a 20.4% target share with 33.8 receiving yards per game, 1.22 yards per route run, and a 22.5% first-read share. In those six games, Taylor has had seven red zone targets and one score. Taylor is a decent streaming option this week, but with the level of quarterback play for the Jets, he does carry risk. New England has allowed the eighth-most receiving yards per game, the 11th-highest yards per reception, and the ninth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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