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Tyler Boyd Week 13 Outlook - Bengals at Dolphins

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 3rd 2020, 10:29am EST

The good news is that we were right about Boyd still being the focal point of the offense, gathering a team-high six targets, but efficiency was gone. He caught just three of those targets for a measly 15 yards in Allen's first start of the season. It could've been just one bad game against a tough defense, but it was not a great start to the Burrow-less Bengals. Wide receivers have received a massive 64.2 percent target share against the Dolphins, which ranks as the second-highest number in the NFL, behind only the Seahawks. Unfortunately, wide receivers have only accounted for 52.7 percent of the fantasy production by skill-position players against them, which ranks as the ninth-highest number. It just highlights that wide receivers haven't been efficient against them despite seeing plenty of targets. The 1.61 PPR points per target ranks as the fourth-fewest in the NFL, behind only the Rams, Bears, and Ravens. The lone positive for Boyd is that Nik Needham is likely the least talented cornerback on the Dolphins roster, but he's still played fairly well this year, allowing just 28/297/0 on 42 targets in coverage. The only team who aggressively targeted their slot receiver was the Rams back in Week 8 when Cooper Kupp saw 21 targets that netted 11 receptions for 110 yards. We aren't going to see that for Boyd, but he should continue to lead the team in targets. He's just a low-end WR3/high-end WR4 with Allen under center.

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