Fantasy Points Fantasy Football on Josh Downs
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The best separator in football in the year 2026 is Josh DS. Uh, and he is top 13 in target share, first read target share, air yardage market share... He's top three in horizontal route rate. Horizontal routes are the most valuable routes in fantasy football. and and yet he's wide receiver 32 in fantasy points per game. Why is that? It's because he ranks bottom five in uncatchable target rate... The role is insane on a route basis. The performance is insane... Josh Downs is already played almost as many snaps at X receiver as he did all last year... he's getting deep targets... Josh Downs went and crushed them on inbreakers.
STACKED’s take
Elite separator (top-3 horizontal routes) capped by bad QB; WR2 floor.
Elite route-based separator with top-13 target share, first-read target share, and air yardage market share; top-three in horizontal route rate (most valuable routes in fantasy). Ranked wide receiver 32 in fantasy points per game only because of bottom-five uncatchable target rate, which will regress to mean; should be low-end wide receiver two at worst even if Colts offense continues to struggle. Josh Downs is a massive buy-low candidate despite QB limitations; he has already played almost as many snaps at X receiver as he did all last year, is getting deep targets (his college strength with Drake May), and is generating elite separation metrics. He crushed inbreaker routes against the Texans despite facing elite pass defense.
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