Fantasy Football Player Notes

Jaylen Warren (RB18 in Expected Points Per Game) remains the most efficient of the group of Steelers RBs (14 carries for 70 yards) and is due for positive touchdown regression — he's scored just two rushing TDs all year despite consistent red-zone involvement.

The schedule gets easy again (with some plus spots in the fantasy playoffs). Next four games, it's the No. 1 schedule for RBs. Admittedly, the playoffs aren't nearly as good, so Warren is a better win-now target than a postseason target in my opinion.

He only has two rushing TDs this season. The Bengals up next could change that.

The Steelers offense lacked vertical bite and cohesion, with most of Aaron Rodgers' completions coming near the line of scrimmage. His connection with DK Metcalf remains volatile — the two missed on multiple potential big plays, including a deep ball that traveled 74 incomplete air yards and a fourth-down end-zone fade that fell incomplete.

It's easy to be frustrated with DK Metcalf's box scores lately, but the underlying metrics still scream buy-low. He commanded a 22% target share (seven targets) and was the focal point of Rodgers' few downfield attempts — including a would-be long touchdown that just missed and another end-zone fade on fourth down. This was after a Week 9 game where he saw multiple red-zone targets but failed to score.

Through Weeks 15-17 (Fantasy Playoffs): Dolphins, Lions, Browns — the No. 2 WR schedule per FantasyPros' SOS tool. Just a great schedule overall for fantasy WRs. 

Metcalf's peripherals suggest he's still a high-end WR2 with WR1 upside once Rodgers connects on a few of these missed shots and targets in the end zone.