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He's yet to have more than three receptions, surpass 50 receiving yards, or score a touchdown this season. Worse, he's dropped four passes, which has contributed to his 45 percent catch rate. He enters Week 8 as the WR104 in PPR formats.
STACKED’s take
Brown's 45% catch rate and WR104 ranking suggest lingering high-ankle sprain effects.
Blaylock notes that high-ankle sprains can ruin a season and may have lasting effects, citing Cooper Kupp and Michael Thomas as examples. Brown returned in Week 6 after suffering a high-ankle sprain in the season opener but has yet to have more than three receptions, surpass 50 receiving yards, or score a touchdown this season. He's dropped four passes, contributing to his 45 percent catch rate. He's been targeted 16 times over his last two games; the volume is there, but the production hasn't materialized. He enters Week 8 as the WR104 in PPR formats, and his 33.7 average yards per game is barely half what he recorded last year in Philadelphia, itself a down season for him. Song adds that it's been pretty ugly since Brown returned from IR with multiple drops in his first game back against the Jets and struggles against a below-average Bears passing defense. At 29, he may be declining, and even if not, this high ankle sprain may still be affecting him, as returning to play doesn't always mean returning to production. CeeDee Lamb's early-season high ankle sprain hampered him for the rest of the season. Brown may not be the fantasy WR1 many projected him to be in 2026, or even a fantasy WR2, and he faces tough matchups to end the year with the Vikings in Week 14 and the Chiefs and Broncos in the fantasy playoffs.
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