Fantasy Football Player Notes

We'll see if Ladd McConkey plays this week after sustaining a rib injury in Week 1. McConkey didn't practice on Wednesday or Thursday of this week because of that rib issue, but he managed a limited practice on Friday. McConkey has been listed as questionable this week. Last week, in the first three quarters of the game, McConkey was almost the entire Chargers passing attack. Johnston had only a 13.3% target share, eight receiving yards (0.62 YPRR), zero red zone targets, zero deep targets, and an 8.3% first-read share. The Chargers offense as a whole sucked last week, so I hope that Mike McDaniel and company see that what they were doing in Week 1 wasn't working. We shall see. I never assume any rationality with coaching anymore. If Johnston does get more work this week, with McConkey active or not, he should have success. In Week 1, Las Vegas utilized single high with 62.2% of their defensive snaps. Last year, in the 11 healthy games Johnston played, against single high, he posted a 21% target per route run rate and 2.07 yards per route run. Last week, Las Vegas allowed the tenth-fewest yards per target and the second-fewest fantasy points per target to perimeter wide receivers, but I'm not fearful of this secondary after only one game.

Ladd McConkey left Week1 with a rib injury. He didn't practice on Wednesday or Thursday of this week because of that rib issue, but he managed a limited practice on Friday. He has been listed as questionable this week. His status is up in the air. Even if he's active this week, he's a risk to plug into a fantasy lineup, as any big hit to those ribs (fractured ribs) could knock him out of the game. In Week 1, in the first three quarters of the game, McConkey had an 85% route share, a 46.7% target share, 82 receiving yards (4.82 YPRR), two red zone targets, a 41.7% first-read share, and zero deep targets. If McConkey is a full-time player in Week 2 with a similar usage pattern to Week 1, he should rip the Raiders apart. In Week 1, Las Vegas allowed the third-most yards per target to slot receivers while ranking 16th in fantasy points per target allowed to the position.