Fantasy Football Player Notes

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow targeted Ja'Marr Chase just six times in last week's victory in Carolina. But Chase would not let that prevent him from rewarding fantasy managers. Chase had a 63-yard touchdown and finished as the overall WR14 for the week. Volume has been a bit of an issue for Chase this season. He has only been targeted on 17.9 percent of Burrow's throws. It would be nice to see an uptick in targets, but Chase is a threat to score every time he touches the ball, as he proved again last week. Keep Chase locked in as a WR1 in Week 5.

Since his return to the lineup, Higgins has had a 21.7% target share, 1.52 YPRR, and a 31% first-read share (leads the team). He also led the team over the last two games with two end-zone targets. Over the last two weeks, Baltimore is fifth in two-high usage (55.1%). Over the last two weeks, Higgins ranks second on the team with a 16.3% target, fourth in TPRR (18%), and tied for first in first-read share (22.2%) against two-high. Higgins will run about 82% of his routes against Brandon Stephens (54.2% catch rate and 84.7 passer rating) and Nate Wiggins (75% catch rate and 110.4 passer rating). Baltimore has allowed the 13th-highest PPR points per target and the ninth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.

Over the last two weeks with Tee Higgins back, Iosivas has earned an 11.6% target share with 1.42 YPRR and a 9.5% first-read share. He's seen a target squeeze with Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins soaking up so much of the volume. Over the last two weeks, Baltimore is fifth in two-high usage (55.1%). This season, against two high, his numbers have improved versus his last two-game sample. Against two high, Iosivas has had a 14.6% target share, 1.43 YPRR, and a 13.2% first-read share. None of these numbers are amazing. Iosivas is tied for second on the team with two end zone targets against two high. Iosivas will run about 72% of his routes against Marlon Humphrey (60.9% catch rate and 65.5 passer rating).