Chiefs<\/a> offense entire against Denver on MNF, but rookie Emmett Johnson still collected 10 touches behind him. Six came during Kansas City\u2019s final seven non-kneeldown plays, so I\u2019m not miscounting Andy Reid\u2019s victory formation rotation into the touch count.<\/p>\nJohnson carried eight times and caught both targets for 44 yards; he was the only other RB to play. Late work inflated his shares (36% snaps; 21% routes), but Reid trusted him with more than garbage-time, run-out-the-clock handoffs. I like finding receiving ability behind an established lead runner. We may have done just that with Johnson, who looks like he could start on most teams.<\/p>\n
Keaton Mitchell, RB, Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n
Keep holding! Mitchell\u2019s four carries for nine yards against Arizona hardly demanded a waiver claim, or justified his place on this last last week. But I\u2019m so much more interested in where the Chargers used him: 11 routes to Omarion Hampton\u2019s 10, with the backs splitting carries inside the 10- and inside the 20-yard lines evenly.<\/p>\n
Hampton played only 54.5% of the red-zone snaps, while neither back commanded a target. Los Angeles barely sustained any offense whatsoever. We shoudn\u2019t be over here writing off Mitchell\u2019s chops prospects until we see those routes in a functioning offense. I\u2019m not!<\/p>\n
With five to eight touches in my Las Vegas forecast, Mitchell stays on the bench. I\u2019m adding him for the possibility that Los Angeles preserves his routes and starts manufacturing RB targets. Hampton can keep the early-down job while Mitchell catches his way into deeper FLEX consideration.<\/p>\n
Pat Bryant, WR, Denver Broncos<\/p>\n
Pat Bryant caught three passes in Denver\u2019s first quarter against Kansas City before any of his slash line could be chalked up to garbage time. He finished with four catches for 42 yards on six targets. Amid that offensive misery concocted by Bo\/Davis on MNF, I\u2019ll take a young receiver commanding attention early as a nice squirrel-away piece on my bench.<\/p>\n
Bryant posted a 32% TPRR on a 58% route share. Sutton and Waddle will still continue to command looks while Bryant\u2019s tree and role grow. He\u2019s not like to steal any work from them. Which means they\u2019re not likely to steal any work from him.<\/p>\n
Against Jacksonville, I\u2019m estimating four to six targets and roughly three catches for 30-45 yards. That keeps Bryant on my bench, but I\u2019m holding him while I watch for a route share closer to 70%. More consistent first-half work would encourage me considerably.<\/p>\n
Antonio Williams, WR, Washington Commanders<\/p>\n
Jayden Daniels kept returning to Antonio Williams while Washington fruitlessly chased Philadelphia. Williams caught three balls for 48 yards, and snagged a touchdown in the fourth quarter. He finished with four catches for 64 yards total. The repeated attention caught my eye; didn\u2019t it yours?<\/p>\n
Williams outproduced Stefon Diggs on fewer than half as many routes, largely alongside him in three-WR sets. Diggs and Terry McLaurin will command substantial work, but Williams can get his. His 26% route share remains the interim obstacle. But that\u2019s why he\u2019s a stash.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m expecting only two to four targets against Dallas, so he stays on my bench. As Washington gives him more first-half routes, I\u2019ll reconsider a FLEX start. For now, I\u2019m stashing him for that possible role expansion.<\/p>\n
Caleb Douglas, WR, Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve got him, I assume you paid for him this week, so you best make the stash throne comfy for Caleb. Malik Willis completed only 15 passes against Las Vegas, and Caleb Douglas caught five of them for 94 yards. I struggle to trust this passing game at all, but Douglas keeps giving us reasons to be a little excited. We should, at least, pay some attention (roughly 84% route share; 22.2% target share; 35.3% first-read target share). Those are studly numbers.<\/p>\n
Miami made him an early answer in the progression, while Willis attacked downfield with an 11.4-yard aDOT. Unfortunately, Willis also took five sacks and threw an interception. Those longer routes need protection to develop, and Miami hasn\u2019t supplied enough.<\/p>\n
That leaves Douglas on my bench outside an emergency. I\u2019ll stash him for a friendlier matchup. Keep an eye on the full route share and first-read involvement this week to see if it piques our interest, still, even if Sunday gets ugly for the fish.<\/p>\n
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