Jakobi Meyers

Meyers will be the team's de facto WR1 this week. With Davante Adams out, Meyers has had a 31.1% target share, a 38.9% air-yard share, 1.95 YPRR, and a 34.1% first-read share. Meyers leads the team in red zone targets (five). He may get shadowed by Joey Porter Jr. (66.7% catch rate and 86.3 passer rating) this week. Porter Jr. has shadowed three times this season, following Drake London, Courtland Sutton, and Quentin Johnston on 65.2-85.7% of their routes. None of those wide receivers finished with more than 44 receiving yards in his coverage. Only Johnston secured a touchdown. Last week, Meyers only saw Patrick Surtain on 50% of his routes, but Gardner Minshew only fed him two targets with Surtain opposite him. Meyers made the most of his opportunities with Surtain, not on him. This week, I don't see O'Connell challenging Porter Jr. if he is following him throughout the entire game. Sit Meyers this week.

Las Vegas Raiders WR Jakobi Meyers, who was initially listed as questionable with an ankle injury, has been downgraded to doubtful for Week 6's contest.

Fantasy Impact

Meyers has served as the Raiders' WR1 in Davante Adms' (hamstring/trade request) stead, pacing the team in receptions (11), receiving yards (121) and targets (19) over the last two weeks. The biggest benefactor at WR is likely to be Tre Tucker, who has had seven catches for 59 yards on 11 targets over the last two weeks. However, rookie TE Brock Bowers (10-116 on 15 targets over the last two weeks) is set up for a potentially heavy workload in Week 6 against a strong Pittsburgh defense.