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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players for Week 4 and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in the Week 4 fantasy football primer.
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Last week, Kmet had a 58% route share (finally seeing more routes than Gerald Everett) while drawing a 21.2% target share, a 20.6% first read share, and producing 2.94 YPRR with 97 receiving yards. He should be a prominent target again this week for Williams against a vulnerable Rams defense. Los Angeles has allowed the third-most fantasy points per game and the fourth-most receiving yards to tight ends. Fire up Kmet as a TE1 this week.
The rumblings are that Johnson will be given an extended look this week after his cup of coffee in Week 3. Last week he played 37% of the snaps with 12 touches and 64 total yards. Johnson played 30% of the rushing play snaps, 42% of the passing down snaps, and he had the majority of red zone snaps (47%). He posted some nice tackle breaking numbers in the small sample size (25% missed tackle rate and 2.88 yards after contact per attempt). Johnson is a flex play that could post RB2 numbers in Week 4. The Rams have the fourth-lowest stuff rate while allowing the 12th-highest yards after contact per attempt, the highest rushing success rate, and the third-most rushing yards per game.
Iosivas saw a big uptick in his effectiveness in Week 3. Yes, partially, this was due to facing the Commanders’ secondary, but also, it was related to him finally playing the slot role that we were promised this season with the return of Tee Higgins. Iosivas had an 18.4% target share, 1.68 YPRR, and a 13% first-read share. He was a distant third option in the passing attack, fighting with Mike Gesicki (13% first-read share) for first-read targets. Iosivas will run about 84% of his routes against Troy Hill (80% catch rate and 80.0 passer rating). Carolina ranks 17th in PPR points per target allowed to slot receivers.
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