Colts Beat: WR Marcus Johnson makes big plays

Oct 20, 2020

Five of Marcus Johnson’s nine catches so far have covered 20 yards or more, and unlike some boom-or-bust deep threats, Johnson is a reliable target down the field. Despite a career average of an impressive 16.5 yards per catch, Johnson has caught 75 percent of his targets with Rivers and Andrew Luck at quarterback for the Colts; the only time his percentage has dropped was last season, when he caught 51.5 percent of his targets.

Fantasy Impact:

Despite Philip Rivers' struggles, and the Colts thought of as a running team, the story said six weeks into the season, the Colts rank eighth in the NFL in passing plays of 20 yards or more, and fourth in big-play percentage. Johnson played a key role in those numbers even before Sunday’s five-catch, 108-yard performance to lead the Indianapolis comeback against the Bengals. Johnson's issue has been his health, he's battled hamstring and concussion issues over the past couple of years but if healthy it looks like he could make an impact in the Colts offense.

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.