Fantasy Football Player Notes

Since Week 9, Jauan Jennings has been the WR18 in fantasy points per game with a 19.5% target share, 50.6 receiving yards per game, 1.85 yards per route run, and a 28.5% first-read share. In those seven games, Jennings has had seven scores, 11 red zone targets, and four deep targets. Jennings has a tough matchup this week, but I wouldn't be shocked if he overcame it with a nice stat line. Since Week 12, Chicago has allowed the eighth-fewest PPR points per target and the eighth-fewest receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.

Ricky Pearsall is set to return this week from knee and ankle injuries. I can't trust Pearsall as a flex play this week. In three of the four games played since his late season return, he failed to surpass 15 receiving yards, and he's still searching for his first touchdown since his first return to the lineup in Week 11. Since Week 11, Pearsall has had only a 13.6% target share, 1.16 yards per route run, and a 16.7% first-read share. Pearsall likely also isn't 100% healthy. I can't trust this type of volatility in championship week.