Lamb has been underwhelming this season to say the least. An
expected top-10 receiver, he is mired in 23rd place averaging
just 14.2 FPts/G. He’s produced just one 20-point effort
– against the Jets. He’s scored just once. But he
and Dak Prescott should get healthy against a very weak Chargers’
pass defense which has allowed 47.4 fantasy points to opposing
wideouts. Both starting safeties, Derwin James and Alohi Gilman,
are questionable. If Lamb can’t make it big here, I’m
not sure he can turn his season around.
Yes, I know Desmond Ridder has been ugly as a fantasy quarterback,
but London has three double-digit games in the last four. The
Commanders have allowed the second-most receiving yards to opposing
wideouts (1,032) and just placed two safeties on the IR. London
should be Ridder’s No.1 target and could crack the 20-point
mark for the first time since Week 2 of last season.
Teams don’t/can’t run on the Titans, so they have
to beat them through the air. For Baltimore that means tight end
Mark Andrews and rookie wideout Zay Flowers. Flowers averages
eight targets per game, which is actually more than Andrews (7.0
targets), but he’s had a few bad drops lately. He should
get plenty of chances to redeem himself in this game after catching
just five of 11 targets against Pittsburgh last weekend.
Smith has been the “forgotten” wide receiver the last three games
while teammate A.J. Brown has gone off. Smith has a total of 12
catches for 112 yards and no scores since his big game in Week
2, while Brown has racked up 24 receptions for 433 yards and two
scores. The Jets corners are a hard place to turn it around as
they have allowed just 542 yards and one touchdown pass to wideouts
in five games.
The New Orleans police department has been asked to put out a
missing person’s report for Olave. He’s managed to
catch just three balls the last two weeks on 11 targets for 16
total yards. This after a good start the first three games (22-302-0).
The Texans have only yielded one touchdown pass to wideouts all
season. Quarterback Derek Carr hasn’t cracked 200 yards
since Week 2. This doesn’t look like a breakout game.
This has not been a good season for “Scary” Terry
McLaurin to date. He’s averaging a career-low 11.4 FPts/G.
He’s sharing targets with Jahan Dotson, Curtis Samuel and
Dyami Brown. The top three have 31 targets, 30 targets and 27
targets, respectively. McLaurin has seen more than six targets
just once versus eight times last season. Sharing is good for
the team, but not for fantasy. The Falcons are No. 6 against opposing
wideouts.
