Wide Receiver vs. Cornerback Matchups: Week 2

Sep 16, 2023

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Below is a chart detailing each wide receiver versus cornerback matchup for Week 2, including target rates, cornerback yards per target and reception, catch rate allowed, yards, and fantasy points per target allowed with data. The data is from 2023, so it's a small sample size, but I think we can spot the corners to target. The two most important columns are fantasy points per target and the last one (+/-), which indicates whether the matchup is an upgrade or downgrade for the receiver (N indicates a neutral matchup).

After the chart, I also provide notes such as veteran receivers that will square off against rookies, how a wide receiver matchup might affect the team's tight end, etc. There are some key injuries to watch throughout the rest of the week and this chart will be updated to reflect breaking news.

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Week 2 Wide Receiver vs. Cornerback Matchups

'N' in the Upgrade/Downgrade (+/-) column indicates a neutral matchup. Click the header to sort. Outside of shadow situations, LWRs and RWRs generally match up with both outside cornerbacks over the course of a game, as almost every wide receiver moves around the offensive formation to varying degrees, and almost every defense plays zone coverage on at least half of its snaps.

M/U = aFPA ranking vs. WR. Tar % = targets per snap in coverage. C% = catch rate allowed. YPR = yards per reception allowed. YPT = yards per target allowed. FP/T = PPR fantasy points per target allowed.

Wide Receiver vs. Cornerback Matchups Week 2
Day	Tm	WR	Pos	Opp	CB	POS	M/U	Tar %	C %	YPR	YPT	FP/T	Shad	(+/-)
Sun	ARI	Marquise Brown	LWR	NYG	Deonte Banks	Right Corner	18	7.1%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	+
Sun	ARI	Rondale Moore	SWR	NYG	Adoree' Jackson	Slot Corner	18	12.0%	66.7%	12.50	8.33	1.50	N	N
Sun	ARI	Michael Wilson	RWR	NYG	Tre Hawkins III	Left Corner	18	8.7%	100.0%	12.50	12.50	2.25	N	+
Sun	ATL	Drake London	LWR	GB	Jaire Alexander	Right Corner	10	6.1%	50.0%	4.00	2.00	0.70	Y	-
Sun	ATL	Scott Miller	SWR	GB	Keisean Nixon	Slot Corner	10	8.1%	100.0%	13.00	13.00	4.30	N	+
Sun	ATL	Mack Hollins	RWR	GB	Rasul Douglas	Left Corner	10	4.2%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	BAL	Odell Beckham	LWR	CIN	Chidobe Awuzie	Right Corner	19	4.3%	100.0%	12.00	12.00	2.20	N	+
Sun	BAL	Rashod Bateman	SWR	CIN	Mike Hilton	Slot Corner	19	8.0%	100.0%	19.50	19.50	2.95	N	+
Sun	BAL	Zay Flowers	RWR	CIN	Cam Taylor-Britt	Left Corner	19	11.8%	25.0%	6.00	1.50	0.40	N	-
Sun	BUF	Stefon Diggs	LWR	LV	Jakorian Bennett	Right Corner	21	7.7%	100.0%	8.00	8.00	1.80	N	+
Sun	BUF	Deonte Harty	SWR	LV	Nate Hobbs	Slot Corner	21	9.1%	100.0%	6.33	6.33	1.63	N	N
Sun	BUF	Gabe Davis	RWR	LV	Marcus Peters	Left Corner	21	10.3%	75.0%	7.00	5.25	1.28	N	-
Mon	CAR	Jonathan Mingo	LWR	NO	Marshon Lattimore	Right Corner	8	15.8%	33.3%	12.00	4.00	0.73	N	-
Mon	CAR	Adam Thielen	SWR	NO	Alontae Taylor	Slot Corner	8	25.8%	62.5%	10.40	6.50	1.28	N	-
Mon	CAR	D.J. Chark	RWR	NO	Paulson Adebo	Left Corner	8	7.5%	66.7%	15.00	10.00	1.67	N	N
Sun	CHI	D.J. Moore	LWR	TB	Zyon McCollum	Right Corner	31	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	+
Sun	CHI	Darnell Mooney	SWR	TB	Christian Izien	Slot Corner	31	17.4%	75.0%	4.67	3.50	1.10	N	-
Sun	CHI	Chase Claypool	RWR	TB	Jamel Dean	Left Corner	31	6.5%	33.3%	19.00	6.33	0.97	N	-
Sun	CIN	Ja'Marr Chase	LWR	BAL	Brandon Stephens	Right Corner	13	13.2%	85.7%	9.67	8.29	1.69	N	N
Sun	CIN	Tyler Boyd	SWR	BAL	Ar'Darius Washington	Slot Corner	13	2.3%	100.0%	14.00	14.00	2.40	N	+
Sun	CIN	Tee Higgins	RWR	BAL	Ronald Darby	Left Corner	13	22.2%	60.0%	11.50	6.90	1.29	N	-
Mon	CLE	Amari Cooper	LWR	PIT	Levi Wallace	Right Corner	5	14.7%	80.0%	16.25	13.00	2.10	N	+
Mon	CLE	Elijah Moore	SWR	PIT	Chandon Sullivan	Slot Corner	5	12.5%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Mon	CLE	Donovan Peoples-Jones	RWR	PIT	Patrick Peterson	Left Corner	5	14.7%	60.0%	14.33	8.60	3.86	N	+
Sun	DAL	Michael Gallup	LWR	NYJ	D.J. Reed	Right Corner	1	16.0%	62.5%	8.60	5.38	1.16	N	-
Sun	DAL	CeeDee Lamb	SWR	NYJ	Michael Carter II	Slot Corner	1	7.7%	100.0%	5.67	5.67	3.57	N	+
Sun	DAL	Jalen Tolbert	RWR	NYJ	Sauce Gardner	Left Corner	1	10.0%	100.0%	14.80	14.80	2.48	N	-
Sun	DEN	Courtland Sutton	LWR	WAS	Kendall Fuller	Right Corner	4	12.1%	50.0%	6.50	3.25	0.83	N	-
Sun	DEN	Jerry Jeudy	SWR	WAS	Benjamin St-Juste	Slot Corner	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	DEN	Brandon Johnson	RWR	WAS	Emmanuel Forbes	Left Corner	4	8.7%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	DET	Marvin Jones	LWR	SEA	Riq Woolen	Right Corner	6	5.3%	50.0%	5.00	2.50	0.75	N	-
Sun	DET	Amon-Ra St. Brown	SWR	SEA	Coby Bryant	Slot Corner	6	9.7%	66.7%	15.50	10.33	1.70	N	+
Sun	DET	Josh Reynolds	RWR	SEA	Devon Witherspoon	Left Corner	6	-	-	-	-	-	N	N
Sun	GB	Samori Toure	LWR	ATL	Tre Flowers	Right Corner	3	9.8%	50.0%	10.00	5.00	1.00	N	-
Sun	GB	Jayden Reed	SWR	ATL	Dee Alford	Slot Corner	3	7.1%	100.0%	6.67	6.67	1.67	N	N
Sun	GB	Romeo Doubs	RWR	ATL	A.J. Terrell	Left Corner	3	14.0%	16.7%	3.00	0.50	0.22	N	-
Sun	HOU	Nico Collins	LWR	IND	Julius Brents	Right Corner	17	-	-	-	-	-	N	+
Sun	HOU	Noah Brown	SWR	IND	Kenny Moore II	Slot Corner	17	5.9%	100.0%	18.50	18.50	2.85	N	+
Sun	HOU	Robert Woods	RWR	IND	Darrell Baker Jr.	Left Corner	17	16.7%	60.0%	16.67	10.00	2.80	N	+
Sun	IND	Alec Pierce	LWR	HOU	Steven Nelson	Right Corner	2	9.7%	66.7%	13.50	9.00	1.57	N	N
Sun	IND	Josh Downs	SWR	HOU	Tavierre Thomas	Slot Corner	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	IND	Michael Pittman, Jr.	RWR	HOU	Derek Stingley Jr.	Left Corner	2	6.5%	50.0%	20.00	10.00	1.50	N	N
Sun	JAX	Zay Jones	LWR	KC	Joshua Williams	Right Corner	24	19.0%	50.0%	13.50	6.75	2.68	N	+
Sun	JAX	Christian Kirk	SWR	KC	Trent McDuffie	Slot Corner	24	9.1%	33.3%	18.00	6.00	0.93	N	-
Sun	JAX	Calvin Ridley	RWR	KC	L'Jarius Sneed	Left Corner	24	9.1%	100.0%	15.33	15.33	2.53	N	+
Sun	KC	Kadarius Toney	LWR	JAX	Tyson Campbell	Right Corner	23	6.5%	66.7%	12.00	8.00	1.47	N	N
Sun	KC	Skyy Moore	SWR	JAX	Tre Herndon	Slot Corner	23	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	KC	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	RWR	JAX	Darious Williams	Left Corner	23	12.8%	33.3%	6.00	2.00	0.53	N	-
Sun	LAC	Mike Williams	LWR	TEN	Kristian Fulton	Right Corner	28	25.0%	75.0%	23.33	17.50	2.50	N	+
Sun	LAC	Keenan Allen	SWR	TEN	Roger McCreary	Slot Corner	28	12.5%	50.0%	8.50	4.25	0.93	N	-
Sun	LAC	Josh Palmer	RWR	TEN	Sean Murphy-Bunting	Left Corner	28	10.5%	75.0%	13.00	9.75	3.23	N	+
Sun	LAR	Tutu Atwell	LWR	SF	Ambry Thomas	Right Corner	25	16.1%	80.0%	8.25	6.60	1.46	N	N
Sun	LAR	Van Jefferson	SWR	SF	Deommodore Lenoir	Slot Corner	25	19.0%	100.0%	7.50	7.50	1.75	N	+
Sun	LAR	Puka Nacua	RWR	SF	Charvarius Ward	Left Corner	25	20.0%	37.5%	14.33	5.38	0.91	N	-
Sun	LV	Davante Adams	LWR	BUF	Tre'Davious White	Right Corner	22	7.7%	50.0%	3.00	1.50	3.65	Y	+
Sun	LV	Hunter Renfrow	SWR	BUF	Taron Johnson	Slot Corner	22	4.2%	100.0%	2.00	2.00	1.20	N	-
Sun	LV	Jakobi Meyers	RWR	BUF	Christian Benford	Left Corner	22	11.5%	66.7%	13.00	8.67	1.53	N	N
Sun	MIA	Jaylen Waddle	LWR	NE	Jonathan Jones	Right Corner	24	11.5%	33.3%	7.00	2.33	0.57	N	-
Sun	MIA	Braxton Berrios	SWR	NE	Myles Bryant	Slot Corner	24	3.3%	100.0%	3.00	3.00	1.30	N	-
Sun	MIA	Tyreek Hill	RWR	NE	Christian Gonzalez	Left Corner	24	24.3%	77.8%	12.00	9.33	1.71	N	+
Sun	NE	DeVante Parker	LWR	MIA	Eli Apple	Right Corner	14	5.9%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	+
Sun	NE	JuJu Smith-Schuster	SWR	MIA	Kader Kohou	Slot Corner	14	9.8%	100.0%	9.75	9.75	1.98	N	+
Sun	NE	Kendrick Bourne	RWR	MIA	Xavien Howard	Left Corner	14	11.9%	60.0%	5.33	3.20	0.92	N	-
Mon	NO	Michael Thomas	LWR	CAR	Donte Jackson	Right Corner	32	4.8%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Mon	NO	Chris Olave	SWR	CAR	Jeremy Chinn	Slot Corner	32	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	N
Mon	NO	Rashid Shaheed	RWR	CAR	C.J. Henderson	Left Corner	32	16.7%	100.0%	22.50	22.50	3.25	N	+
Sun	NYG	Isaiah Hodgins	LWR	ARI	Marco Wilson	Right Corner	9	17.5%	57.1%	9.00	5.14	1.09	N	-
Sun	NYG	Parris Campbell	SWR	ARI	Jalen Thompson	Slot Corner	9	5.1%	50.0%	32.00	16.00	2.10	N	+
Sun	NYG	Darius Slayton	RWR	ARI	Kei'Trel Clark	Left Corner	9	10.0%	75.0%	10.33	7.75	1.53	N	N
Sun	NYJ	Garrett Wilson	LWR	DAL	Trevon Diggs	Right Corner	29	8.8%	66.7%	14.50	9.67	1.63	N	N
Sun	NYJ	Randall Cobb	SWR	DAL	DaRon Bland	Slot Corner	29	8.3%	33.3%	2.00	0.67	0.40	N	-
Sun	NYJ	Allen Lazard	RWR	DAL	Stephon Gilmore	Left Corner	29	23.5%	37.5%	12.00	4.50	0.83	N	-
Mon	PIT	Calvin Austin III	LWR	CLE	Martin Emerson Jr.	Right Corner	7	14.7%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Mon	PIT	Allen Robinson	SWR	CLE	Greg Newsome II	Slot Corner	7	6.3%	50.0%	6.00	3.00	0.80	N	-
Mon	PIT	George Pickens	RWR	CLE	Denzel Ward	Left Corner	7	18.2%	33.3%	6.00	2.00	0.53	N	-
Sun	SEA	DK Metcalf	LWR	DET	Jerry Jacobs	Right Corner	27	13.0%	50.0%	4.33	2.17	0.72	N	-
Sun	SEA	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SWR	DET	Brian Branch	Slot Corner	27	5.6%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	N
Sun	SEA	Tyler Lockett	RWR	DET	Cameron Sutton	Left Corner	27	8.7%	25.0%	34.00	8.50	1.10	N	-
Sun	SF	Brandon Aiyuk	LWR	LAR	Derion Kendrick	Right Corner	16	17.9%	20.0%	10.00	2.00	1.60	N	N
Sun	SF	Jauan Jennings	SWR	LAR	Cobie Durant	Slot Corner	16	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	N
Sun	SF	Deebo Samuel	RWR	LAR	Ahkello Witherspoon	Left Corner	16	6.9%	100.0%	16.50	16.50	2.65	N	+
Sun	TB	Mike Evans	LWR	CHI	Tyrique Stevenson	Right Corner	26	16.7%	60.0%	7.00	4.20	2.22	N	+
Sun	TB	Trey Palmer	SWR	CHI	Terell Smith	Slot Corner	26	-	-	-	-	-	N	+
Sun	TB	Chris Godwin	RWR	CHI	Jaylon Johnson	Left Corner	26	10.0%	33.3%	13.00	4.33	0.77	N	-
Sun	TEN	DeAndre Hopkins	LWR	LAC	J.C. Jackson	Right Corner	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	TEN	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	SWR	LAC	Asante Samuel Jr.	Slot Corner	4	2.6%	0.0%	0.00	0.00	0.00	N	-
Sun	TEN	Treylon Burks	RWR	LAC	Michael Davis	Left Corner	4	21.3%	70.0%	12.86	9.00	2.80	N	+
Sun	WAS	Jahan Dotson	LWR	DEN	Damarri Mathis	Right Corner	20	22.6%	85.7%	11.83	10.14	3.59	N	+
Sun	WAS	Curtis Samuel	SWR	DEN	Essang Bassey	Slot Corner	20	14.3%	100.0%	6.00	6.00	1.60	N	N
Sun	WAS	Terry McLaurin	RWR	DEN	Pat Surtain II	Left Corner	20	16.1%	40.0%	5.50	2.20	0.62	Y	-

Jahan Dotson, Washington Commanders vs. Damarri Mathis, Denver Broncos

Jahan Dotson saw a healthy amount of targets in Week 1 (7) and ended up running 36 routes. This week, he should find himself matched up with Damarri Mathis. Patrick Surtain is expected to shadow Terry McLaurin. Mathis had a bad day in coverage in Week 1. He allowed six catches on seven catchable targets and gave up two scores, resulting in 3.6 fantasy points per target. Both scores came in man coverage.

Rashid Shaheed, New Orleans Saints vs. CJ Henderson, Carolina Panthers

I really like the matchup for Rashid Shaheed this week. Derek Carr looked his way six times and Shaheed hauled in five catches and a score last week. When running his routes against zone coverage, Shaheed hauled in all three targets and a score. The Panthers are going to be without Jaycee Horn, so CJ Henderson is going to get some coverage snaps on the outside and Shaheed should be his primary matchup. In 9 zone coverage snaps, Henderson yielded 3.3 fantasy points per target.

Mike Williams, Los Angeles Chargers vs. Roger McCreary, Tennessee Titans

Austin Ekeler looks to be out this week, so targets have opened up. Williams saw 75% of the snaps in Week 1 and ran 24 routes. Williams saw four catchable targets. I like the matchup this week against Tennessee. Williams might have run most of his routes against Kristian Fulton, but he's out. I don't care that Roger McCreary allowed 17 yards, I still don't think he's a good cover corner. I also hope they scheme Williams to run routes on Sean Murphy-Bunting.

Treylon Burks, Tennessee Titans vs. Michael Davis, Los Angeles Chargers

Staying in the Titans/Chargers game, keep an eye on DeAndre Hopkins's ankle injury. He's the type of player who doesn't need to practice, but if he's out, it could mean more targets for Treylon Burks. Burks ran 35 routes in Week 1 and saw 91% of the snaps. If Hopkins does suit up, I'm hoping he draws JC Jackson. Burks should run most of his routes on Michael Davis. It didn't matter the coverage, Davis got toasted. Davis allowed 50 yards and a score when targeted in zone. I'm hoping Burks feasts.