Stefon Diggs Week 6 Outlook - Texans at Patriots

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Sun, Oct 13th 2024, 12:05pm EDT

Diggs has been a surprise this season as the WR12 in fantasy points per game. He has a 21.1% target share, 1.81 YPRR, and a 26.2% first-read share. He has drawn one end-zone target while ranking second on the team in red-zone targets (three). New England has the sixth-highest rate of two-high this season (51.3%). Against two-high, Diggs is second on the team in TPRR (21%) and first-read share (24.7%) while producing 1.50 YPRR. Last week, Diggs played even amounts on the perimeter and in the slot after Nico Collins was out. This is important because this week, he is likely to be shadowed by Christian Gonzalez (55.6% catch rate and 65.2 passer rating). He won't be able to get away from Gonzalez in the slot, as Gonzalez has moved into the slot on 17.3% of his snaps this season. Gonzalez has followed Ja'Marr Chase, Garrett Wilson, D.K. Metcalf, Tyreek Hill, and Brandon Aiyuk on 53.8-90% of their routes. Only Metcalf finishes with more than 60 receiving yards in his coverage. Diggs should be fed volume this week, but I'm not incredibly high about his Week 6 outlook.