Fantasy Football Player Notes

JT is starting to look more like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction than Jonathan Taylor. In the iconic scene, Travolta walks into what seems to be an empty house with no one in sight. After Quinton Nelson and now DeForest Buckner have been traded away, the Colts are officially blowing things up. This leaves fantasy managers hoping Taylor can be traded to a contender and continue to be elite for fantasy. Now without one of the best Linemen in the league, Taylor will try to carry this corpse of a team against the Jaguars. To make things worse, the Jags are allowing the fewest rushing yards per game (72) and the fewest fantasy points to the RB position. That said, they are allowing the 8th most receiving yards to backs. Unless he is utilized more in the passing game, I have Taylor as a high-end RB2 this week given the matchup and team situation.

Tyler Warren missed last week's game with a groin injury. He opened this week with a limited practice. I'll update his outlook on Friday.

Keenan Allen has been producing. Across his last four games, Allen has finished as the WR20, WR35, WR17, and WR44 in weekly scoring. Since Week 3, he has led the team with a 22.2% target share and 25.7% first-read share while posting 1.94 YPRR with three red zone targets and two deep targets. Allen could be a strong flex again this week. Across their last five games, the Jags have given up the fourth-most yards per target and the 12th-most fantasy points per opportunity to perimeter wide receivers.

Josh Downs has been slumping. I'm not laying this at the feet of Downs. It's a Daniel Jones problem. Downs hasn't had more than 50 receiving yards in a game since Week 3. Over the last four games, Downs hasn't finished higher than WR41 in any game. Since Week 4, Downs has had a 13.4% target share with 0.86 YPRR, one red zone target, four deep targets, and a 17% first-read share. Indy would be wise to feature him this week to drive his trade stock up, but we'll see if that happens. Downs is flex-viable again this week. In their last five games, Jacksonville has allowed the ninth-most yards per target to slot receivers while ranking 17th in fantasy points per opportunity.