Marvin Jones Jr. Week 2 Outlook -

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 17th 2020, 9:15am EDT

We figured that with Golladay out of the lineup last week that Jones would've led the team in targets (8), but he shared the workload with both Quintez Cephus (10) and Danny Amendola (7). He walked away with four catches for 55 yards in a game where he had plenty of chances against rookie Jaylon Johnson. If you want to play Jones here, you should be rooting for Golladay to play as it'll likely keep the Packers best cornerback Jaire Alexander away from him. No matter which cornerback he faces, Jones should be able to do some work down the field, as Alexander has allowed 14.4 yards per receptions since the start of last year, while Kevin King has allowed a robust 17.1 yards per reception in his coverage. It's disheartening to see Jones total just two catches for 17 yards in their meeting last year with Stafford under center, though. Still, the Packers allowed 23 wide receivers to finish as top-30 options last year, and the Lions figure to be doing quite a bit of passing in this game. If you have a receiver who's seeing eight targets, it's difficult to sit him, especially a touchdown-threat like Jones. While his target floor/ceiling would go down if Golladay were in the lineup, I think his efficiency may go up. I'd consider him as a low-end WR3 this week.