Michael Pittman Jr. Week 4 Outlook - Steelers at Colts

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

Last week, despite being banged up, Pittman played his usual role with a 73% route share, a 25% target share, a 26.4% air-yard share, and with a 26.7% first-read share. However, I will note that his first-read share was second on the team to Downs (33.3%). Downs played his usual slot role but had a 40% designed target rate and a 1.8 aDOT. Overall, this season, Pittman has a 27.4% target share, a 23.7% air-yard share, 1.29 YPRR, and a 30% first-read share. Downgrade Pittman this week as he'll get shadow coverage from Joey Porter Jr. (66.7% catch rate and 85.4 passer rating). Porter Jr. has shadowed in all three games this season (65-85% of routes), holding Drake London, Courtland Sutton, and Quentin Johnston all below 50 receiving yards.