Jalen McMillan Week 2 Outlook - Buccaneers at Lions

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 12th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

McMillan was the clear and distant WR3 for the Bucs in Week 1. Tampa Bay utilized him as a deep threat (18.0 aDOT). He had a 65% route run rate with a 10% target share, a 34.4% air-yard share, 1.45 YPRR, and a 12.5% first-read share. This isn't the role we should covet against a Lions' secondary that was 18th in deep completion rate allowed last year and only gave up a 25% deep completion rate in Week 1. If McMillan comes down with a deep shot in Week 2, he could pay off, but it's more unlikely considering the matchup. McMillan will run about 50% of his routes against Terrion Arnold (80% catch rate and 90.4 passer rating) and Carlton Davis (69.2% catch rate and 122.0 passer rating) when on the perimeter in Week 2.