Mark Andrews has been one of the most disappointing players in the league, especially if you drafted him in fantasy football this year! While we are used to elite production from the veteran tight end, this Ravens team is not featuring him in the way they have in past seasons. Looking over the roster does kind of make sense though, with Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Isaiah Likely, and now Diontae Johnson all healthy. Harbaugh talked about getting Diontae involved earlier this week, and we’ve seen he can be an alpha wide receiver on both the Steelers and Panthers over the last couple season.

Looking at the matchup, I just don’t think there will be enough passing volume to go around. Andrews has taken on a much bigger role in the blocking game thanks to an inconsistent offensive line, and he will be needed to chip and slow down TJ Watt. Andrews is under in 5/9 games, only averaging 3.2 targets and 32.1 yards, he will be used a lot in the blocking game while we see Likely grab a couple more catches. This season the Steelers have been strong against opposing tight ends allowing the 2rd fewest yards per catch.

Since Winston has taken over, Tillman is averaging 10 targets per game, rocking a 25% first-read target share. It’s semantics whether he’s the wide receiver 1A or 1B, but I’m not really worried about that with Winston at quarterback slinging the ball around. There will surely be enough volume for everyone, especially with Nick Chubb rehabbing from a severe injury. He now gets a Saints secondary that traded their only solid cornerback. We saw Bryce Freaking Young pass all over these guys, and the Falcons did the same last week, with both starting receivers clearing 90+ yards in a surprising loss.

Since Week 7, Tillman has rocked a 37% target per route rate and 4.05 yards per route run versus Cover 1, which the Saints run at the 8th highest rate. Love the whole passing attack here, but still think they are sleeping on Tillman thanks to his lack of big-time experience in the past. Winston is a great QB for passing overs and Tillman will be the main beneficiary here.

Kyren Williams is coming into this game averaging 89 yards per game, and has been even more impressive in the red zone with an additional 10 rushing touchdowns. When you look at the NFL landscape, I don’t think anyone projected this kind of volume for the Rams running back. He’s up to 664 rushing yards this year, and that’s on league high volume averaging 19.6 attempts a game, with some additional pass catching work on the side.

He finds himself in a good matchup against the Patriots. The key here will be slowing down the Patriots bad offense and dominating time of possession. We’ve seen teams constantly benefit from short fields and grind the clock against a team lacking a lot of offensive talent outside of a promising rookie QB. This season the Patriots are allowing the 4th most rushing yards to RBs, and it makes logical sense when you look at the game scripts and how often they have been trailing. The Rams could take the early lead here and we could continue to see Kyren Williams dominate touches with another 20+ carry game.

Jakobi Meyers has continued to be one of the more underrated wide receivers in the league. Whether it was legit competing with Davante Adams on a week by week basis for targets last year, or showing enough this season for them to trade him away, I think the Raiders organisation looks at him in a much higher light than the average person. This is good news because media coverage is fun, but locking in on a teams priorities is always the goal, and I don’t think they’ve caught up quite yet.

Over his last 5 games he’s averaging 10 targets per game, with 5+ receptions in every single game. Coming off an 11 target game for 105 yards against the Bengals I have a lot of confidence they feature him off a bye week. The Dolphins have been really good at shutting down the slot and middle of the field, which will be a much bigger problem for Brock Bowers and Tre Tucker. Since the departure of Davante Adams, Meyers has bounced to the outside and will see advantageous matchups there. The Dolphins are projected as 7-point favorites, meaning the books are expecting a pass heavy gamescript from Gardner Minshew and the Raiders this Sunday.