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Are we Benching Drake London??? #bestball #fantasyfootball

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2 min
Duration
Estimated from transcript
Sep 20, 2026
Published
Sun, September 20, 2026
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Bijan RobinsonDavid NjokuDrake LondonKyle PittsMichael Penix Jr.Olamide Zaccheaus
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Bijan Robinson

PositiveUsage0:50

Bijan Robinson is the primary beneficiary of the team's short-passing game, commanding a 53% target share. The source describes him as "awesome" in this role.

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David Njoku

NegativeRole0:30

The source cites David Njoku's historical role with an A-dot between five and six as a preferred usage model for Kyle Pitts, which has not materialized.

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Drake London

NegativeUsage1:54

The source suggests benching Drake London due to poor quarterback play and a reduced slot role. London is now playing 84% of his snaps out wide, partly due to the addition of Olamide Zaccheaus. The source advises holding off on starting him until Michael Penix Jr. returns to the lineup, noting that in some formats like FFPC, players like Michael Mayer are being considered as starts over him.

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Kyle Pitts

PositiveUsage0:21

Kyle Pitts is being utilized as a field stretcher rather than in the short-area role the source hoped for; he recorded an aDOT of 27 with zero catches. The source notes that the preferred usage model would have been similar to David Njoku, whose aDOT has historically been below six. Instead, short-area usage has been funneled to Bijan Robinson, who commanded a 53% target share.

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Michael Penix Jr.

PositiveProjection1:57

The source identifies the return of Michael Penix Jr. as the necessary catalyst to improve the fantasy outlook for the team's receiving corps.

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Olamide Zaccheaus

NegativeDepth Chart2:01

The addition of Olamide Zaccheaus has contributed to the reduction of Drake London's slot role, forcing him to play 84% of snaps out wide.

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0:00The offense is just
0:01nuked by this. Like it's just you can't
0:03you cannot have this be your
0:05quarterback.
0:06Uh which obviously was not the plan. Uh
0:08they had two other plans go south for
0:11for the you know they didn't end up
0:12here, but um the the thing that jumps
0:15out to me is kind of the the worst of it
0:17is you know as far as the fit with Rush
0:21um would would be Kyle Pitts who his A
0:23dot was 27.
0:24Um he didn't have a catch.
0:27Uh but he I I was hoping maybe Pitts
0:30would be like an an Njoku Fannin kind of
0:32role where Njoku's A dot was actually
0:34below six between five and six in the
0:38the three years he you know uh over the
0:40last three years with the Browns and
0:41then Fannin was at 6.0 last year.
0:45So I'm like oh may you know maybe we get
0:47like some quick hitting stuff to Pitts.
0:50That was really to Bijan. Bijan had a
0:5253% target share. So I you know fair
0:54enough. Bijan's Bijan's awesome. So they
0:56were getting the ball to him
0:58instead and then using Pitts as kind of
1:01more of a field stretcher.
1:03That's pretty awful for for Pitts. So
1:04he's going to be maybe they mix it up
1:06this week, but if that's the plan again,
1:08I mean it's just really really hard
1:10to be a downfield receiver in a Cooper
1:12Rush offense which is the same problem
1:14Treylon London has.
1:15>> Yeah and that that was my fear for
1:17London at least until Penix comes back
1:18cuz they gave us the inkling in the
1:21preseason that because the addition to
1:23of Olamide Zaccheaus and
1:26that he just wasn't he was going to have
1:28his slot role reduced this year and week
1:31one 84% out wide
1:33his highest rate in a game since 2023
1:36and while Cooper Rush is under center
1:39like it's just like what are you going
1:41to do man? Like what are you Uh we until
1:44Penix comes back, I don't even like we
1:45were debating in our one main like I
1:47think we're just going to bench Treylon
1:49London. Like we're just not going to
1:50play him. Uh we were debating a couple
1:52guys to play him against guys like even
1:54Michael Mayer like in FFPC like you know
1:57if we just play that
1:58>> Mayer.
1:58>> Yeah I know I know.
2:00>> Yeah, I mean, that's kind of where we
2:01were, too. And we we had guys in the
2:03game last night, too, so we feel like a
2:04little bit like a luxury, but I think
2:06that's where a lot of people are. Like,
2:07and it sucks. He was probably your
2:08second-round pick.
2:10Like, I get it. It's But until Penix
2:12comes back, like, what are what are we
2:14really latching onto? Like, they didn't
2:16even try to throw.

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