Fantasy Football Player Notes

Evans' return to this offense has been seamless as Cinderella and the glass slipper. In each of his two games back, he has paced the team in targets. Coming through with six receptions for 132 yards in Week 15, and five receptions for 31 yards and a score in Week 16, he is firmly back in the fantasy WR1 range. With two huge games to close out the season and potentially sneak into the playoffs, Evans and Baker Mayfield will need to be clicking. This week, they take on the Dolphins, who let Joe Burrow and the Bengals hang up 45 points last week. Evans is primed for another good fantasy week and should be able to come through even if this defense shuts down Quinn Ewers and company.

Last week, Tampa Bay condensed its starting wide receiver room to only Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. Only Godwin and Evans had route shares above 73% last week. Godwin logged a 76.7% route share with a 23.1% target share, 30 receiving yards, 1.30 yards per route run, and a 33.3% first-read share. Godwin maintained his role in the slot, running 65.2% of his routes from the inside. Since Week 13, Godwin has had an 18.6% target share, 45.8 receiving yards per game, 1.69 yards per route run, and a 24% first-read share. In those four games, Godwin has had four red zone targets and one deep target with three top-36 weekly finishes (WR33, WR27, WR24). This week, he's a strong play again. Since Week 10, Miami has allowed the third-most PPR points per target and the second-most receiving yards per game to slot receivers.

Last week was nightmare fuel for Emeka Egbuka stakeholders as his route share dipped to 50% and he became the clear third option in the passing offense, who was splitting snaps with Jalen McMillan. To make matters worse McMIllan had a higher target share and first-read share than Egbuka. Last week, Egbuka had only a 7.7% target share and 5.6% first-read share. It's impossible to start Egbuka with any confidence this week. If his playing time bounces back this week, I could be massively wrong about him, but we have no assurances that WILL HAPPEN. Sit Egbuka this week. Since Week 10, Miami has allowed the 13th-most PPR points per target and ranked 18th in fantasy points versus perimeter wide receivers.