6) Amon-Ra St. Brown vs. Philadelphia
I was all in on ASB last week, predicting he would have a dominant day and score a touchdown against the Commanders. While some might take a victory lap due to his touchdown, I’m going to apologize and say that I expected more. Sure, we’ll take 16+ points every week, but I was looking for the kind of game that his teammate, Jahmyr Gibbs, gave us. Continuing the theme of “teammates week”, we have to acknowledge that it has been Jameson Williams who has stepped up lately, and it very well could be him who leads the Lions in receptions and yards again this week.
Despite the fact that Jamo has found the end zone in two straight games and has drawn 13 targets over that span, we are sticking with the alpha dog in Detroit. St. Brown has commanded 21 targets over those same two games and remains the top target for Jared Goff in John Morton’s pass offense. This will be a high-scoring game, so get both ASB and Jamo in your lineups, with the Sun God ranking as our overall #6 for this week.
7) A.J. Brown vs. Detroit
It’s been a bad year for Brown; there’s just no other way to describe it. He is having his worst statistical year of his career, and despite missing one game with a hamstring injury, it isn’t health-related. Last week, he was basically ignored by Jalen Hurts in a game that the Eagles could only manage to score 10 points. To his credit, he’s handled it fairly well, while acknowledging that he isn’t happy being a role player. The Eagles are winning games, so they most likely aren’t going to make wholesale changes to how they’re running their offense, but they have shown that they will adapt their game plan each week to attack their opponent’s weakness. The Lions rank 25th in the league against the wide receiver position, and it just makes sense that they will need both Brown and Smith this week to take down Detroit this weekend. I’m leaning on Brown to be Batman and lead the Eagles’ pass attack with Smith back to playing the role of Robin.
8) Drake London vs. Carolina
London has now given his owners four elite games in his last five starts. Last week’s 6 catch for 104 yards and a touchdown performance in Indianapolis looks like a nice baseline to expect from him from here on out. While that seems a bit optimistic, London is just that good. He has overall WR1 upside every week as Michael Penix’s top target, and this week he should keep it rolling against the Panthers. I expect a heavy dose of Bijan Robinson this weekend, but London will remain the top pass target and will be featured near the goal line, as usual. If you have London, fire him up as the only pass-catching option in Atlanta that I will mention in this write-up. If you’re wondering, Darnell Mooney has been held to one catch in 4 of his last 5 games and belongs right where he is, on your league’s waiver wire. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
