FantasyPros Articles on Luther Burden
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Luther Burden had a quiet week, considering his team put up 59 points in Week 1 as the WR37 in fantasy. Burden had a 17.2% target share, 63 receiving yards (2.42 YPRR), zero red zone targets, zero deep targets, and a 27.8% first-read share (second on the team). Burden ran 53.8% of his routes from the slot.
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Burden's slot role and historical blitz/two-high success offer upside despite tough slot defense.
Burden had a quiet Week 1 as WR37 despite Chicago's 59-point output, posting a 17.2% target share, 63 receiving yards (2.42 YPRR), zero red zone targets, zero deep targets, a 27.8% first-read share (second on team), and 53.8% of routes from the slot. Derek Brown notes the matchup is solid for Week 2. Minnesota's Brian Flores deployed two-high coverage on 67.4% of defensive snaps (fifth-highest rate) in Week 1; last year against two-high, Burden led the team with a 25% target-per-route run rate and 1.88 yards per route run (second-best). Flores also blitzed at a 73.9% clip; last year against the blitz, Burden was fourth on the team with a 21% target-per-route run rate. However, Minnesota allowed the sixth-fewest fantasy points per target and seventh-fewest yards per target to slot receivers last year.
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