Hayden Hurst Week 3 Outlook - Panthers at Chargers

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 24th 2020, 10:04am EDT

For those that took a chance on Hurst's role in this offense during draft season, congrats. He racked up eight targets in his second game with the team and turned them into 5/72/1. He's seen 13 of the 14 targets that have gone to tight ends in this offense, which is another good sign about sustainability. The Bears have been pretty generous to tight ends over the first two weeks of 2020, allowing T.J. Hockenson to finish as the TE4 in Week 1, and then Evan Engram to bounce back and finish as a top-15 option in Week 2. It seems the Bears are willing to allow you to dink-and-dunk your way down the field with tight ends, as they allowed the fifth-most receptions to tight ends last year, but the 9.23 yards per reception they allowed was the second-lowest mark in football. Seeing Hurst get eight targets in a game Ryan threw the ball 36 times has to make you feel good about his floor, so continue trotting him out there this week as a mid-to-low-end TE1, though there are likely better tournament options.