Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry on Pat Freiermuth

PodcastWeek 7 Sit/Start + MailbagOctober 21, 2026

From the episode

But on the season, Fryermuth has a 23% end zone target share. He's top 15 among tight ends and route rate this season. So I'm sort of forgetting about last week and I'm looking at the usage from the previous two weeks.

Mentioned at 31:00 – 31:54

STACKED’s take

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Freiermuth's 23% end-zone target share and Saints matchup support TE12 ranking.

Matthew Berry is keeping Pat Freiermuth open as low-end tight end one (TE12) this week against New Orleans, who have allowed the sixth-most fantasy points to opposing tight ends. Despite a poor performance last week (11 yards), Berry is looking past it and focusing on usage: Freiermuth has 23% end zone target share (top 15 among tight ends) and top-15 route rate this season. Steelers offense targets tight ends regularly.