Diontae Johnson Week 2 Outlook - Panthers at Buccaneers

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 17th 2020, 9:11am EDT

It was a rough first half for Johnson last week, as he muffed a punt, then dropped a pass. He came around, though, totaling a team-high 10 targets, catching six of them for 57 yards. After seeing a high 18.0 percent target share his rookie season, that number was 31.3 percent in Week 1. The hype on him this offseason was real. Now set to face the Broncos secondary that may have just lost A.J. Bouye, we should have another startable week for Johnson. Bouye is their clear-cut No. 1 cornerback who would've been covering Johnson, but he suffered a shoulder injury in Week 1. This is something to pay attention to throughout the week because if Bouye sits, it'll be up to slot cornerback Bryce Callahan and rookie Michael Ojemudia to contain Johnson. We saw Corey Davis run right through this secondary last week, racking up seven catches for 101 yards. If Bouye is out (I'm expecting him to be), fire up Johnson as a solid WR3 with upside.