Fantasy Football Player Notes

The Jets are functional this year. Who knew that we would actually see Geno Smith commanding this offense to a win and an overtime loss in their first two games? As a result, we are seeing Hall return to fantasy form. Last week, he struggled on the ground, carrying the ball 16 times for 29 yards. Thankfully, he caught all five of his targets for 63 yards. As a result, he finished with a decent game despite Braelon Allen stealing a five-yard rushing touchdown. Hall is clearly the main guy on this offense and continues to see RB1 usage. Unfortunately, even though they are functional, there is limited touchdown upside on this offense. This week, they face the Lions, who have been decent against the run but horrific at defending the passing game. Hall should be heavily involved again this week, in a game that could become a sneaky shootout.

For the first time in a long time, the Jets offense is functional. No one is more excited about this than Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson. FInally Geno Smith is providing functional QB play and delivering back-to-back decent fantasy weeks for Wilson. With seven targets in each game with 79 and 57 yards respectively, it's been a great start for the veteran wideout. He may not have top-end WR1 upside with Geno, but he is a low-end WR1 each week. This week, they have a juicy matchup against the Lions. The Lions are allowing the second most yards to opposing offenses this season (457). The Jets have been feisty, and all weapons should be in line for a nice fantasy day in Week 3.

Adonai Mitchell flashed some fantasy upside last week as the WR25 for the week. Through two games, Mitchell has had a 23.1% target share, 2.16 YPRR, and a 25% first-read share. Mitchell has had a predictable 15.7 aDOT while seeing four deep targets (26.6% of his target volume) and a red zone look. Mitchell has a nice matchup this week and offers serious flex upside. Detroit has utilized single-high with 55.4% of their defensive snaps (tenth-most). Against single-high, Mitchell has had a 33% target-per-route run rate and 2.93 YPRR. Also, the Lions have struggled to stop perimeter wide receivers, giving up the 13th-most yards per target and the 12th-most fantasy points per target to the position. Mitchell popped up on the injury report on Thursday with a finger issue, but he managed limited practices on Thursday and Friday. He has been listed as questionable. I'm expecting him to play this week.

Kenyon Sadiq is a wonderful streaming option at the tight end position this week. With Mason Taylor out, I expect Sadiq's role to grow this week. Will Jeremy Ruckert still be involved? Yes, but Sadiq should own the larger portion of a split workload. Sadiq has a 40% route share, a 17% target per route run rate, 1.27 YPRR, zero red zone and deep targets, and an 8.3% first-read share. Ruckert has only had a 20% route share comparatively over the first two games. We could see Sadiq's route share climb into the 60% (or higher) range this week. Detroit is tied for the most tight end touchdowns allowed this season (four). The Lions are 15th in yards per target given up against tight ends while allowing the fifth-most fantasy points per opportunity to the position.