Jaxon Smith-Njigba Week 4 Outlook - Seahawks at Lions

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 26th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Will the real Smith-Njigba please stand up? His usage has been all over the map this season. Just when I thought it was safe to trust him in Week 2, his Week 3 usage mirrored Week 1. His weekly target shares have been 8%, 36.4%, and 8.8%. Seriously?! Overall, he has a 20.4% target share, 1.84 YPRR, a 21.2% first-read share, and a 27.6% air-yard share. Detroit has the eighth-highest single-high rate this year (60%). Smith-Njigba's usage has remained consistent with his overall numbers against single-high as he has remained the second on-paper option in the passing attack behind Metcalf in every category. Working in his favor is the fact that passing attacks have highly targeted the slot against Detroit. The Lions have defended the second-most targets to slot receivers and allowed the third-most receiving yards to the position. Smith-Njigba will run about 85% of his routes against Amik Robertson (50% catch rate and 72.9 passer rating).