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Fantasy Football Player Notes

Week 9 Half PPR Rankings

Zay Flowers Note
Zay Flowers photo 20. Zay Flowers (vs . DEN)
Flowers is the WR26 in fantasy points per game, ranking 20th in deep targets among wide receivers. He has not seen a red zone target since Week 2, so his chances of scoring a touchdown weekly are slim. We'll see how much he is impacted by the addition of Diontae Johnson moving forward, but I'm more worried about him receiving shadow coverage from Patrick Surtain this week. Surtain hasn't shadowed since Week 4, but that doesn't mean he won't this week, especially considering how consolidated the Ravens target tree is. Surtain followed D.K. Metcalf, Mike Evans, George Pickens, and Garrett Wilson on 60.4%-95.8% of their routes. None of them surpassed 30 receiving yards in his primary coverage. Flowers has had a 25.3% target share, a 30.1% air-yard share, 2.21 YPRR, and a 30.4% first-read share. These market shares will be dented moving forward once Johnson is up to speed, but again, the bigger worry for his Week 9 outlook is Surtain. Denver has allowed the tenth-lowest fantasy points per game and the sixth-fewest receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.
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Rashod Bateman Note
Rashod Bateman photo 52. Rashod Bateman (vs . DEN)
Bateman has been Baltimore's deep ball specialist this season. The math has been simple. If a team struggles versus deep passing, then he is in play as a flex. Well, Denver has been good versus deep passing, allowing the sixth-fewest deep passing yards per game with the sixth-lowest CPOE. Also, now with Diontae Johnson in town, Batemen's snap share weekly could be an issue if the team doesn't transition into a more 11 personnel heavy offense. If they still deploy multiple tight-end sets aplenty, Bateman's snaps will be hurt, and that could begin this week to an extent. Sit Bateman.
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Diontae Johnson Note
Diontae Johnson photo 60. Diontae Johnson (vs . DEN)
Johnson follows the same must-sit protocol as previously traded wide receivers this season. With a limited window of opportunity to learn the playbook and build rapport with Lamar Jackson, there's no way to start Johnson with any confidence this week, both from a snap share and target share projection. It's not like this is a wonderful matchup either, where he could still succeed on a limited workload. Denver has allowed the tenth-lowest fantasy points per game and the sixth-fewest receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.
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Nelson Agholor Note
Nelson Agholor photo 92. Nelson Agholor (vs . DEN)
Tylan Wallace Note
Tylan Wallace photo 159. Tylan Wallace (vs . DEN)
Devontez Walker Note
Devontez Walker photo 164. Devontez Walker (vs . DEN)