Darius Slayton Week 2 Outlook - Giants at Bears

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 17th 2020, 9:00am EDT

Now that was an impressive performance out of Slayton. He just smashed the Steelers for 6/102/2, which amounted to 28.2 PPR points. That defense had allowed just two 20-point receivers all of 2019, and neither of them topped 25.5 points. I won't say that Slayton is locked-in as the WR1 just yet because we saw shades of this last year, only for him to go out the next week and see three targets. Seriously, he totaled 154 yards and two touchdowns in Week 14, but then saw three targets the following week. This is a new offense and he led the team with nine targets, so we must embrace the possibility that he's going to break out (more consistently). He plays almost exclusively on the perimeter, which will match him up with both Kyle Fuller and rookie Jaylon Johnson. It's worth noting that the Bears did allow just seven pass plays of 40-plus yards last year (third-fewest), but the Steelers defense had allowed just six of them last year, and Slayton got behind them for a 41-yard touchdown. When you start Slayton, you must know what you're getting yourself into. Last year, against these Bears, he totaled four catches for 67 yards on seven targets. He should be considered a boom-or-bust WR4.