Jaxon Smith-Njigba Week 6 Outlook - 49ers at Seahawks
By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 10th 2024, 1:05pm EDT
Smith-Njigba is the WR36 in fantasy points per game with three top 36 weekly finishes this season (WR8, WR32, WR28). Smith-Njigba has a 20.1% target share, a 24.1% air-yard share, 1.34 YPRR, and a 19.7% first-read share. He leads the team in red-zone and end-zone targets with three a piece. Over the last two games, San Francisco has leaned more into single-high coverage with the 12th-highest rate (61.1%). Against single-high, Smith-Njigba ranks second on the team in target share (19.8%) and first-read share (22.4%), but he has been relatively ineffective with only 1.10 YPRR (fifth on the team). He could get an efficiency bump this week, though, against a 49ers' secondary that has allowed the fourth-highest PPR points per target and the seventh-highest passer rating when targeted to slot receivers. Smith-Njigba will run about 89% of his routes against Deommodore Lenoir (58.3% catch rate and 69.4 passer rating).