Press Coverage - BIG Rankings Changes Headed into Week 6
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Oct 14, 2026
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Wed, October 14, 2026
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Kyle PittsBo NixBraelon AllenBrenton StrangeBucky IrvingDalton KincaidDrake MayeJayden DanielsJordan LoveKyler MurrayMarvin Harrison Jr.Mike EvansNico CollinsOllie Gordon II
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Bo Nix
NegativeBust26:32
Bo Nix is struggling significantly, with his completion rate dropping to 59.9% and his rushing production nearly non-existent (35 total yards). Wyatt Bertalone advises fantasy managers to find an alternative quarterback, as Nix is currently not startable.
Insight pageBraelon Allen
PositiveBreakout5:26
Braylon Allen has solidified himself as a top-tier handcuff after taking 87.5% of backfield opportunities in Week 5. Wyatt Bertalone notes Allen is playing his best NFL football, showing improved comfort as a runner, and must be rostered in all leagues regardless of Breece Hall's status.
Insight pageBrenton Strange
PositiveRole3:21
Bretton Strange has solidified a consistent role in the Jaguars' offense, running 92.5% of routes with a 16.4% target share. Wyatt Bertalone highlights that Strange stays on the field while other receivers rotate, making him a viable streaming-level tight end.
Insight pageBucky Irving
NegativeUsage0:28
Bucky Irving's role remains volatile; while he saw 66.7% of backfield opportunities and 12% target share in Week 5, his snap share (54.2%) fluctuates. Wyatt Bertalone notes that Sean Tucker and Kev Gainwell have previously cut into his goal-line work, making Irving a volatile RB2 rather than a locked-in RB1.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveUsage35:11
Tucker Craft argues that Dalton Kincaid is no longer a reliable plug-and-play tight end. Despite maintaining a solid 70.5% route participation rate over the last three weeks, Kincaid has only commanded a 9.9% target share, even with DJ Moore missing time. Craft believes the early-season breakout narrative was misleading and suggests only starting him in advantageous matchups moving forward.
Insight pageDrake Maye
PositiveProjection15:38
Drake Maye has delivered two consecutive strong performances, including a 374-yard, four-touchdown game in Week 5. Wyatt Bertalone believes Maye has returned to his high-end sophomore form and that his improved play will elevate the fantasy outlook for A.J. Brown upon his return.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
PositiveProjection21:43
Jayden Daniels returned from injury and immediately resumed his high-volume rushing role, logging 103 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Wyatt Bertalone confirms that as long as he is healthy, Daniels remains a top-tier fantasy quarterback.
Insight pageJordan Love
PositiveProjection23:45
The Packers have shifted to a pass-first offense, leading the league in pass rate. Jordan Love is averaging 281.4 passing yards and two touchdowns per game. Wyatt Bertalone views him as a top-12, potentially top-8, quarterback for the rest of the season.
Insight pageKyle Pitts
NegativeRole32:38
Despite a 15.2-point performance in Week 5, Wyatt Bertalone lacks confidence in Kyle Pitts' long-term fantasy viability. The Falcons' run-heavy scheme and Pitts' struggles as a blocker limit his time on the field, making his recent production difficult to trust.
Insight pageNegativeRole33:54
Tucker Craft notes that Kyle Pitts is struggling for fantasy relevance because the Falcons are the most run-heavy offense in the league and Pitts is a poor blocker, limiting his time on the field. Despite a good Week 5, Craft does not view him as a top-12 tight end for the rest of the season, requiring a string of consistent performances before reconsidering his outlook.
Insight pageKyler Murray
PositiveProjection18:48
Kyler Murray is trending upward after his first full game with Justin Jefferson, recording 18.26 fantasy points. Wyatt Bertalone emphasizes that Murray's return to rushing (10 carries for 51 yards) is critical to his fantasy floor and ceiling, keeping him in the top-12 QB conversation.
Insight pageMarvin Harrison Jr.
PositiveRole10:00
Marvin Harrison Jr.'s trade to the Texans reunites him with CJ Stroud. Wyatt Bertalone expects him to be more effective than he was with the Cardinals because the Texans' system utilizes X-receivers better. He remains a WR3 for now, as he still needs to overcome previous effort concerns.
Insight pageMike Evans
PositiveUsage30:50
Despite managing a rib injury, Mike Evans is being used efficiently in high-leverage situations like the red zone and third downs. Wyatt Bertalone notes that while his snap and route shares are moderated, his 20.9% target share and recent 24.3-point performance confirm his status as a high-end veteran asset.
Insight pageNico Collins
NegativeRole10:24
The addition of Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Texans could benefit Nico Collins by allowing him to move to the Z-receiver spot. This shift may help Collins avoid press coverage and operate more in short-to-intermediate areas where he can utilize his superior athleticism after the catch.
Insight pageOllie Gordon II
NegativeProjection8:16
Ollie Gordon has taken over the Dolphins' backfield, playing 65.2% of snaps and seeing 75% of opportunities in Week 5. However, Wyatt Bertalone warns that his fantasy ceiling is capped as a low-end RB2 or flex due to the overall poor performance of the Dolphins' offense.
Insight pageSam LaPorta
PositiveProjection28:45
Sam LaPorta remains a locked-in top-five tight end, averaging 15.3 PPR points per game. Despite a 17.3% target share, his high route participation (91.3%) in a high-volume passing offense keeps his floor high. Wyatt Bertalone dismisses offseason concerns about his health.
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Episode Transcript
0:00Week 5 is in the books, Marvin Harrison is a Texan and we look forward to Week 6.
0:06Come up next. What's going on everybody? It's another episode of Press Coverage where we help you get an edge in fantasy football.
0:13I'm your host as always, Wyatt Bertalone. It's time to talk about what happened in Week 5.
0:18Looking forward to Week 6. A note from every single game, the biggest note that I saw in those games.
0:24Let's jump into it. First with the Buccaneers versus the Cowboys.
0:28We're seeing this back and forth roll for Bucky Irving.
0:31I wrote about it in my usage report, which you can actually find on Playwrights.
0:35playerprofiler.com every Monday, but coming off of Week 1, it looked like he was going to have this really great role for the Buccaneers.
0:43Used a lot in the passing game like we like.
0:46Getting opportunities near the goal line. But over time, that went away.
0:50Sean Tucker became more of a factor in the goal line area like they've used for him in the past, which we don't like.
0:57And Kev Gainwell was getting opportunities there as well.
1:00Then against the Cowboys, it's back to Bucky Irving having this amazing role.
1:04Against the Cowboys, just 54.2% of the snaps, which is actually pretty normal for Bucky Irving.
1:09It's not bad for running back anyways, because what does matter is that he was getting opportunities with 66.7% of the backfield opportunities.
1:16He had 12% target share. He was amazing on his opportunities.
1:19He had over 160 rushing yards. He had that really great 70-yard run against them.
1:24He scored a touchdown. He had over 30 PPR points in this game.
1:28Say all this to say, I wouldn't be surprised if this role changes a little bit week to week.
1:34He's kind of a volatile RB2, and I don't think you could just lock him into the RB1 status or near that because of this performance.
1:42Keep in mind, it was against a bad defense as well.
1:45You're always starting Bucky anyways. I just want you to be aware that you're going to have some variability to his weekly
1:52score, depending on how the Buccaneers use him in any given week, because I think that's how it's going to work out, probably depending on their matchups.
2:01Next up was the Jaguars versus the Eagles. We've gotten two really good back-to-back games from Bretton Strange there for the Jaguars.
2:07This is a little nuanced thing that I've talked about with Tucker Craft in the past, and it's coming more true for
2:14more tight ends in some of these situations where there's a lot of good pass catchers on the team.
2:20If they're a good enough tight end, when these other wide receivers might be rotating, but the tight end does not.
2:27So this was one of the factors that put me onto Tucker Craft earlier on, in addition to being a really good
2:33player, it was like, yeah, there's all this stuff going on with the wide receivers.
2:38So Tucker Craft is playing almost every down, so he's always going to be there for that offense.
2:44And the same is true of Bretton Strange. So far this season, 79.2% of the snaps, which is good for a tight
2:50end, not great, but what's really good is he's running 92.5% of the routes.
2:55He's always out there when the Jaguars are passing.
2:58So far this year, he's got a 16.4% target share.
3:01The last two weeks, he's got eight targets and seven catches in both.
3:05This week, he went for 95 yards, or excuse me, 68 cards the week before, 95 yards.
3:10So he's become a good part of this offense.
3:13He has been in the past. We've seen him have stretches of good production.
3:17I think basically week in, week out, Bretton Strange is a streaming level tight end.
3:22And if anything happened to some players around him, we could see that grow.
3:26Next is the Browns versus the Jets, where Braylon Allen has been taken over for Brees Hall.
3:31And I think this is the best that Braylon Allen has ever looked in the NFL.
3:36When he got to the NFL, he was a little bit stiff as a runner.
3:41If you don't know, Braylon Allen got to college as a linebacker, turned into a running back.
3:46He's really big, really strong, good athlete. And he was amazing as a freshman and his production kind of just tailed off
3:53a little bit throughout his college career. Still playing well, but just never quite reached the heights that he had as a freshman.
4:00Came into the NFL really young. And you could tell that, like, the dude was still probably learning the running back position a little bit.
4:08But I think he's really coming into his own.
4:11He looked great against the Browns. He had 24 carries, 116 yards, a touchdown, also had four targets.
4:16Only caught one of them. I watched the games, watched that game because I'm a Browns fan.
4:22I watched every snap. So I can tell you, like, a couple of times it was just the ball got there as the defender did.
4:29And it was tough to actually bring in the catch.
4:32But still 18.6 PPR points. In week four with Brees Hall out, Braylon Allen played every backfield opportunity after Brees Hall went down.
4:40Then this past week, 87.5% of the backfield opportunities.
4:42So Braylon Allen has solidified himself as one of the top handcuff running backs in all of fantasy football.
4:48Brees Hall might be coming back, but Braylon Allen needs to be on a roster in every single league.
4:54Next up is the Bengals versus the Dolphins. And Ollie Gordon kept this backfield.
4:58You know, so when Devon Achand first went down, Ollie Gordon took over.
5:03And he's the only running back to get an opportunity after that point in that game.
5:07But Jalen Wright also wasn't healthy for that game.
5:10Next week, Jalen Wright plays, but Ollie Gordon outplays him, gets more opportunities, plays more snaps, all those things.
5:16That continued into week five. That split actually grew a little bit more in Ollie Gordon's favor.
5:21He played 65.2% of the snaps. He had 75% of the opportunities.
5:25He did not score very much fantasy-wise in this game, but it was a rough game for the Dolphins.
5:31That's going to happen sometimes. That's kind of the rub with Ollie Gordon.
5:35It's something that I've talked about since he's taken over is that, yes, on projected workload, he's like a low-end RB2.
5:42On pure workload. Because it is hard to get there with projection for Ollie Gordon on this Dolphins offense in any game
5:48because of how bad they can be. So, again, low-end RB2, even possibly flex just on volume projection.
5:54I'm not going to give him a higher projection than that in any given week because of the offense.
6:00Texans versus the Titans. And Marvin Harrison Jr. is now a Texan.
6:04That's the biggest note here. We got the rumors that that was going to happen on Saturday.
6:09Then late Sunday during the games, we get word that it actually has happened.
6:13And Marvin Harrison Jr. is a Texan. And this is an interesting fit, I think.
6:18Number one, he's playing with his college quarterback, CJ Stroud.
6:21They played together for two years at Ohio State.
6:24And he joins Nico Collins. And they're an interesting pairing because they're both big wide receivers.
6:29The difference between them, though, is Nico Collins is good after the catch and moves better for his size.
6:35And he's a better athlete than Marvin Harrison Jr.
6:37So, what I think is going to happen here is Marvin Harrison Jr.
6:41is probably going to remain as mostly an ex-wide receiver for the Texans the same way he was for the Cardinals.
6:48And it can free up Nico Collins to run a bit more free as a Z.
6:53Work off the line of scrimmage. Not have to play against press coverage as much.
6:58Perhaps get some more short intermediate stuff because of it.
7:01Get the ball in his hands. Let him go type of stuff.
7:04And I know you hear, like, ex-wide receiver and worry about that because of what Marvin Harrison Jr.
7:10has been doing with the Cardinals. But I think the ex-wide receiver for CJ Stroud is better.
7:15And the Texans because Stroud has shown that he is good with throwing it into tight windows with these big wide receivers.
7:22He's been doing it with Nico Collins. He did it with Jade Higgins.
7:26You know, the Cardinals offense during Marvin Harrison Jr.'s time has never had a QB and offensive system that doesn't mind operating
7:33through the X, whereas the Texans have. So, I have faith that Marvin Harrison Jr.
7:38is going to be better than he was as a Cardinal.
7:41That's also a really low bar. So, I don't want to get too excited just yet.
7:46You know, I've still seen some concerning things from Marvin Harrison Jr.
7:50with the effort. I'd expect that would change now that he got traded to a team where he probably feels better about himself and better about his situation.
7:58But also, he still has shortcomings that he has to overcome in the NFL.
8:03We'll see if he gets there. Like I said, I definitely think he's going to be better than he was as a Cardinal.
8:10But I don't know how good it's going to get.
8:13So, I'm not getting too excited yet. Wide receiver 3 status for now, I think is appropriate.
8:18Next is the Colts versus the Steelers, where Jeremy Bernard had a really good game.
8:23Kind of helped take over in that passing offense.
8:26And literally, he was just the leading receiver for Aaron Rodgers here with DK Metcalf always having a little bit of variability in his game.
8:33Jeremy Bernard played 91.7% of the snaps. He got 94.1% of the routes.
8:37He had a 25.8% target share, which led the team.
8:40He had 8 targets, caught 6 of them, 80 yards, 14 PPR points.
8:44Great game. Love that from our rookie. And I expect it to continue because Michael Pittman's down.
8:50Roman Wilson is down. There's an opportunity here. We got the word, the report that leading into this game, the coaching staff
8:57and Aaron Rodgers were sitting down with Jeremy Bernard and basically quizzing him on different coverages and routes and everything to see what his answers would be.
9:05And apparently, he passed with flying colors, which you kind of have to do for Aaron Rodgers to want to throw the ball to you.
9:13So, I think he set up well. And this is part of his prospect profile.
9:17It's hard to fully project that a player who does all the little things and works really hard is going to pick
9:24up the playbook really quickly and be in the right places at all times.
9:28It's just a really hard thing to project for college players coming to the NFL.
9:33It was part of the projection for Jeremy Bernard, and it looks like it's coming true.
9:38Raiders vs. the Patriots is up next. And, boy, is Drake back.
9:42This is two really, really good games in a row.
9:45So, this week against the Raiders, 26-34, 374 yards, four touchdowns, also ran seven times for 25 yards and another touchdown.
9:51Stellar game for fantasy. And all this without A.J.
9:54Brown. And A.J. Brown might be coming back soon.
9:57I think Jake May is fully back to where we thought he would be coming off of his sophomore season when he blew everyone away.
10:05And I think that A.J. Brown, now getting back with Drake May while Drake May is playing better, could mean really good things for A.J.
10:12Brown as well. Now, he's coming back from that injury, so he might be a little bit slow going.
10:18But if he can stay healthy, we're talking about the possibility of a really high-end fantasy asset as Drake May is number one wide receiver.
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11:12Let me know what your biggest takeaway from Week 5 is or your biggest projection going into Week 6.
11:18I'd love to hear from you. Also, as I mentioned earlier, you can check out my weekly usage report.
11:24Drops every Monday on playerprofile.com. Adds more context to the previous week.
11:28All right. Next up was the Vikings versus the Saints.
11:31Is Kyler Murray back? Because he played pretty darn well this past week.
11:35And I think it has a lot to do with the fact that it's basically his first full game with Justin Jefferson.
11:42In his first start, Justin Jefferson goes down immediately.
11:45Doesn't get to play the whole game with him.
11:47Misses the next game as well. So, Kyler doesn't get to play with Jefferson then.
11:52This is the first full game with Jefferson. Kyler Murray goes 24 of 30.
11:56229 yards. One touchdown. Also ran 10 times for 51 yards.
12:00Which we absolutely love to see. Love to see him getting back to actually running the ball.
12:05It's a big part of his projection. It really boosts his fantasy points.
12:09He ends the day with 18.26 fantasy points. Justin Jefferson has a good day.
12:13And the Vikings were in control this game for the entire game.
12:17So, they were able to take their foot off the gas.
12:20This could have been an even bigger day for Kyler Murray.
12:24It's against the Saints. Saints do not have that great of a defense.
12:28Worth noting that. But still love to see Kyler Murray getting on track here with Justin Jefferson.
12:33Them playing together. I think this is big for Kyler Murray.
12:37I am hoping this continues. I say that apprehensively a little bit because his first couple starts were so bad.
12:43But I have faith in the offense. I have faith in Kevin O'Connell.
12:47Kyler Murray has shortcomings. No pun intended. But with Justin Jefferson, I think he can get there for fantasy.
12:53He was one of my favorite players to draft during the offseason.
12:56I still feel like he has QB. Top 12 QB.
13:00Upside. Rest of the season. Next is the Giants versus the Commanders.
13:03Jayden Daniels returns. Came back a little bit earlier than people were expecting.
13:07And he's running. Before this game, I was thinking it's possible that Jane Daniels doesn't run as much in this game or
13:14moving forward the rest of the season. Even though it's his non-throwing elbow, you know, like physically, it does not harm his
13:21ability to run the football or be an athlete in any way.
13:25But it could mentally harm his ability if he's thinking, I don't want to run because I don't want to possibly expose
13:31myself to any unnecessary hits and possibly hurt this elbow again.
13:35And I'm out for the season. And I thought it was also possible maybe even the coaching staff is putting a little
13:42bit of that in his mind because they need him for the rest of the season.
13:47But not at all. Jayden Daniels went off as a runner in this game.
13:51He ran nine times, 103 yards, two touchdowns. Amazing stuff there.
13:54Looked good as a passer. 17 and 25, 199 yards.
13:58The yardage still is not that big, but that's because he's doing so much running.
14:02Over 30 fancy points is great to see. It looks like he's back.
14:06And I mean, there's always a chance he falls awkwardly on that arm again and dislocates his elbow again or something, or,
14:13you know, suffers a different injury to that elbow or whatever.
14:16But as long as it's healthy, I mean, Jane Daniels is a top fancy quarterback.
14:21There's no doubt about it. Next is the Bears versus the Packers.
14:25And something that I was preaching this offseason was I think there's a good chance the Packers go back to being a
14:32pass-first offense the way they were before they got Josh Jacobs.
14:35So before Josh Jacobs came into town in Jordan Love's first year, they were a pass-first offense relying on his arm.
14:42They get Josh Jacobs and they become a running first team, one of the more run-heavy teams in the league.
14:48But then this offseason, Josh Jacobs has these legal troubles.
14:51He's also getting up there in age and a lot of touches in his career.
14:55He's slowing down, I would say slightly, not a lot, like he's still a good running back, but he's clearly not at the top of his ability anymore.
15:04Could this team move towards back to being a pass-first team behind Jordan Love's arm?
15:09Especially with Matthew Golden there in his second year.
15:12I thought that was a good possibility and it's coming true.
15:15Right now, the Packers lead the league in pass rate.
15:18Love to see it if you've invested in the Packers passing game.
15:22Jordan Love right now, he's averaging 281.4 passing yards per game.
15:25He's averaging two passing touchdowns a game, 18 fancy points per game.
15:29And honestly, it could just go up from here.
15:32We saw a stellar game from him in week five.
15:35They're really leaning into him even more right now.
15:38They're also playing better right now. Jordan Love is playing great.
15:41I think that Jordan Love is easily a top 12 QB rest of the season.
15:46Maybe even top eight. Even though he's not a runner, I think the passing volume could be there for him.
15:52Next, Broncos versus the Chargers and Bo Nix is getting worse.
15:55So Bo Nix gets to the NFL and he's looked at as this prospect who maybe doesn't have the highest ceiling because
16:02he's coming in as close to a finished product because he played so long in college.
16:07But he hits the ground running in the NFL and he plays well.
16:11Second year, pretty much more of the same, which is good.
16:15Like he played good, but wasn't necessarily better than he was as a rookie.
16:19Still a good QB, good fantasy QB for sure.
16:22But this year, you know, it's falling off right now.
16:25And frankly, just not playing well and playing worse than we've ever seen him play.
16:29Right now, he's got a 59.9% completion rate. His first two years in the league, that was 66.3 and 63.4.
16:36He's only completing 19.4 passes per game. But previous two seasons, that was 22.1 and 22.8.
16:41That's really important because less completions means less receptions for the pass catchers, which is part of the problem here with Bo
16:47Nix playing so well, or not playing so well, is that the pass catchers are not getting there consistently, if at all.
16:54He also only has a total of 35 rushing yards this season.
16:58And that rushing ability was always part of Bo Nix's game that added a little bonus to his his fantasy points.
17:04And he's not even doing that right now. The Broncos look bad.
17:08Bo Nix looks bad. I don't think you can start Bo Nix for the time being.
17:13He's another one of these QBs where he's got to have another plan in place.
17:18I'm not dropping Bo Nix yet. It's possible it still comes around, but I'm looking for another plan to be playing at QB.
17:25Lions and Cardinals is up. Next, I got to talk about my dude Sam Laporta, who's having a great season.
17:31This was one that was always kind of funny to me this offseason, how late Sam Laporta was going in drafts, 9th, 10th round.
17:39Really all based on the fact that he's been a little bit banged up the last couple of years.
17:44But this is still a dude who came in as a rookie, finished first among tight ends in fantasy, has played well every time he's been healthy.
17:53And people don't want to project him to do as well in 2026.
17:57It just didn't quite add up for me personally.
18:00And right now, he's just playing great for the Lions.
18:03In week five, he had another fantastic day where he had 19.8 fantasy points on the season.
18:08He's running 91.3% of the routes on 87.5% of snaps.
18:11Has a 17.3% target share, which is not elite by any means.
18:15But this is a team that passes the ball so much, it doesn't matter.
18:19That's still getting in plenty of targets. He's averaging 15.3 PPR points per game right now.
18:24Sam Laporta is locked in low with top five tight end for me the rest of the season.
18:30I don't think that should be controversial at all.
18:32I imagine it's not at this point. And we could talk about if he's even tight end three.
18:38Because Colson Lufflin ain't tight end three right now.
18:41Tyler Warren probably gives him a bit of a fight for it.
18:45Tucker Kraft maybe? After that, I don't know. So, I think Sam Laporta is right up there.
18:50Next is the 49ers versus the Seahawks. And Mike Evans is really turning back the clock this season.
18:55Even with the rib injury that he's battled through this season.
18:59Even with leaving the week three early. 57.9% of the snaps, which is low.
19:03And I'll get there. 70.3% of the routes. Again, a little bit low.
19:07And I'll get there. 20.9% of target share. So, basically, what the 49ers have done.
19:12And the rib injury has contributed to this somewhat.
19:15But they're moderating his snaps and his routes to make sure that he's good to go.
19:20But feeding him when he's out there. And feeding him and using him specifically in high advantage situations.
19:25Like, a lot in the red zone. A lot in third down.
19:29He's doing all the heavy lifting in the passing game.
19:32And he's performed really well. In week five, he had the best game of the season.
19:3710 targets. 7 catches. 113 yards and a touchdown.
19:4024.3 fantasy points. Really great day for Mike Evans.
19:43This is something we talked about on this channel a good bit in the offseason.
19:47That, like, Mike Evans could be the 2026 version of the 2025 Devontae Adams.
19:51Of this aging veteran. Going to a new team.
19:54And putting on a really great season. And it's definitely coming to fruition.
19:58Next is the Ravens versus the Falcons. Kyle Pitts finally had a usable game.
20:03Six targets. Five catches. 42 yards and a touchdown.
20:0515.2 PPR points. But should we have any faith that that's actually going to continue?
20:10Right now, he's running 68% of the routes on the season.
20:13That was boosted up a little bit by this past game.
20:17Where he ran most routes of the season. Before week five, though, he had only nine total targets.
20:22I just don't have a lot of confidence that Kyle Pitts has a real role in this offense.
20:28Which is surprising for Kevin Stefanski. Who's had a history of giving us good fantasy seasons from his tight ends.
20:34But there's something going on here with Kyle Pitts.
20:37I would suspect it's because the Falcons have been a run first offense.
20:41They're the most run heavy offense in the league right now.
20:44And we know that Kyle Pitts is not a good blocker.
20:48So he's just not out there enough. They're passing so little.
20:51It's hard for him to really get there for fantasy.
20:54So while he had a good week in week five.
20:58I'm not counting on it very much. He's still not a top 12 tight end for me the rest of the season.
21:04He'd have to string together a few of these games in a row before I started to feel that way again.
21:11Last game is the Bills versus the Rams. And apparently we had Dalton Kikade and Mirage to start the season.
21:17Because last three weeks, despite him actually keeping his routes up at 70.5%.
21:21Which is good for Dalton Kikade. We were begging for this for Dalton Kikade for years now.
21:26He only has 9.9% target share in the last three weeks.
21:30Even with DJ Moore missing time. So it looks like he's still too unreliable.
21:34And those first couple weeks were tricking us a little bit.
21:37That he had finally broken out. We were going to get the Dalton Kikade season that we've been wishing for and thinking it could happen.
21:45Which doesn't look like it's going to happen. I'm sure he's going to bounce back for a few weeks the rest of the season.
21:53There's going to be weeks where he's going to be really good.
21:56But I think there's going to be enough weeks like this where he's not actually producing.
22:01That you can't reliably start Dalton Kincaid. Look for some advantageous matchups to start him in.
22:06But I don't think he's just a plug and play tight end anymore, unfortunately.
22:11But that's going to do it for this episode of Press Coverage.
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