Fantasy Football Player Notes

I swear I'M NOT TILTING AT ALL! I'M NOT TILTING LAST WEEK! I promise. Ok, fine. I'll admit it. Watching Tuten get two touchdowns whipped off the board by holding calls and then watching Chris Rodriguez score last week made my face melt. Tuten finished with a disappointing 19 touches and 91 total yards when the fantasy box score should have been more grand. Tuten still finished with a season-high 59% snap share, 68% designed carry share, and 40.7% route share. Tuten has averaged 16.8 touches and 82.8 total yards as the RB17 in fantasy points per game. Tuten has another chance at a strong game this week. Philly ranks 17th in rushing success rate allowed while giving up the fifth-most yards after contact per attempt, and the second-highest missed tackle rate. This is a nice matchup for a back with Tuten's elusiveness.

After last week's surprising dud, Parker Washington is the WR23 in fantasy points per game. Last week, Washington had only a 13% target share and a 14.3% first-read share as Trevor Lawrence was locked onto Brenton Strange. In the three previous weeks, Washington was the team's unquestioned alpha with a 27.2% target share, 3.25 YPRR, 0.132 FD/RR, and a 32.8% first-read share. This feels like an outlier instead of a signal to panic. Washington also faced DJ Turner with 63.6% of his routes last week. Turner held him to one target and zero receptions. Washington could bounce back this week. Philly ranks 17th in yards per target and 19th in fantasy points per opportunity allowed to perimeter wide receivers, so this is more of a neutral matchup for Washington.

Jakobi Meyers is the WR37 in fantasy points per game with two outings with 12 or more PPR points. Meyers has a 14.4% target share, 1.85 YPRR, three red zone targets, one deep target, and a 17.7% first-read share. Trevor Lawrence has leaned on Meyers more over the last two games, as he has had a 23.1% target share, 2.16 YPRR, and a 29.3% first-read share during that span. Meyers is a viable flex this week with the increased usage. Philly ranks 17th in yards per target and 19th in fantasy points per opportunity allowed to perimeter wide receivers.

I don't care that Brian Thomas Jr. caught a touchdown in Week 4. He has been phased out of the offense with a 43.8% and 63% route share over the last two games. In those games, Thomas Jr. had target shares of 3.4% and 8.7% with first-read shares of 5% and 9.5%. Sit Thomas Jr. until his usage improves.

Brenton Strange is the TE21 in fantasy points per game after finishing as the TE5 in weekly scoring last week. Strange has a 17.3% target share with 2.04 YPRR, two red zone targets, zero deep targets, and a 19% first-read share. I expect this to be a quieter week for Strange against a defense that has allowed the 12th-fewest yards per target and the sixth-fewest fantasy points per opportunity to tight ends.