Darius Slayton Week 12 Outlook - Giants at Bengals

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Wed, Nov 25th 2020, 7:41pm EST

His target totals are a thing that'll make you go crazy, as they've gone 4, 4, 9, 1, 7 over the last five weeks. He's certainly the more volatile between him and Shepard, but he's also the one with more upside, as he's finished with 93 yards and/or a touchdown in three games this year, while Shepard has finished every game with 29-74 yards and has scored just once. There have been 11 wide receivers who've finished as a top-30 wide receiver against the Bengals, though all of them saw at least six targets, a number that's hardly guaranteed with Slayton. The good news is that the Bengals have allowed 39 pass plays that have gone for 20-plus yards, which is the third-most in the NFL behind only the Falcons and Seahawks. Slayton has 11 deep targets, while no other receiver on the Giants has more than three of them. There's certainly splash-play potential here with him, making him a risk/reward high-end WR4 option.