Establish The Run on Brian Thomas Jr.

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From the episode

He'll be a tactical weapon as opposed to a guy that has a chance at 10 targets in a given game. And that, as you mentioned, is not super conducive to any kind of fantasy consistency.

Mentioned at 28:43 – 30:29

STACKED’s take

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Thomas Jr. is a deep-threat role player, limiting his fantasy consistency.

Brian Thomas Jr. is being utilized as a 'lid lifter' or 'sacrificial X' receiver who runs deep routes rather than a high-target volume player. Evan Silva is lukewarm on him for fantasy due to this role and the potential for Travis Hunter to eat into his snaps.