1. Corey Davis Is Seeing Elite Usage
In Week 4, with a game plan to loosen up the defense early with some deep shots down the field, the Tennessee Titans presented Corey Davis with the best-case scenario. And it worked.
Davis received 15 targets from quarterback-on-the-mend Marcus Mariota, and the second-year wideout caught 9 balls for 161 and 1 touchdown, with the score being the game-winning play.
Prior to this game, Davis had been seeing great market share numbers, but the Titans' offense was so lousy, it hadn't translated to anything. But with Mariota getting back to full health and Davis asserting himself as the number-one receiver in Tennessee, Davis is a great player to buy right now.
For the season, per airyards.com, Davis is seeing 42% of the Titans' air yards, which ranks fifth in the league. And he's also seeing an overall target share of 32%, second to only Julio Jones among wideouts with at least 20 targets this year.
Davis isn't going to be as cheap as he was at this time a week ago, but he's on his way to being a lot more expensive with that kind of usage.
2. Dede Westbrook Is Coming On
On Sunday, Dede Westbrook dominated the Jacksonville Jaguars' passing game with 13 targets, 9 receptions, 130 yards and 1 touchdown.
His next closest competition was Donte Moncrief, who saw just 5 looks, although he turned that into 5 catches for 109 yards and a score.
Westbrook leads the Jags with 28 targets, 21 receptions for 294 yards and a touchdown, and he's posting a team-best 19% target share. For the season, Keelan Cole's 15% target share is second on the Jags, and Cole has 24 targets, 17 receptions, 225 yards and 1 touchdown.
But Westbrook is currently leading the Jags receivers in catch rate, snagging 75 percent of passes thrown his way, with Cole behind him at 70 percent.
3. John Brown Is Here to Stay
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver John Brown is quickly re-establishing himself as one of the best deep threats in the NFL, and he's become an every-week starter in fantasy.
On Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Brown had his best game of the season, netting 116 yards and a touchdown. His three catches on seven targets is a bit scary, but it’s been his sweet spot.
Brown’s five receptions in Week 3 were his most thus far in 2018. But his targets have improved since Week 1, when he saw only 4 (while scoring a touchdown). Since Week 1, he's logged 10, 9 and 7 targets in the following three games.
He's dominating the Ravens' air yards, checking in third in the league with 662 total air yards, behind only Julio Jones and DeAndre Hopkins.
Brown's big-play nature may result in some clunkers, but when he's seeing this many high-value targets, he's hard to put on the bench.