Courtland Sutton Week 2 Outlook - Broncos at Steelers

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Tue, Sep 15th 2020, 8:45am EDT

He was reportedly close to playing on Monday night, so I'm expecting him to suit up in Week 2, though the shoulder injury he's dealing with essentially a pain tolerance thing. If he lands on his shoulder wrong, it could be the end of his day, so play it cautious. The Steelers secondary may have allowed some production to Darius Slayton last week, but they haven't been a team to target with wide receivers. The Steelers continually loaded the box with defenders to stuff Saquon Barkley and it hurt them on the back end. There were just eight wide receivers who finished as top-24 options against the Steelers last year, and four of them saw nine-plus targets. The worst part about Sutton is that he doesn't travel into the slot much at all, which means he's going to see a ton of veterans Joe Haden and Steven Nelson. That duo allowed just a 71.5 QB Rating in their coverage last year. Unless Sutton gets in full practices all week, I'd be hesitant to use him as anything more than a WR3/4 with minimal upside in this matchup.