Analyze Jakobi Meyers's matchup for week 10
Meyers’ production has cratered (56 % yardage drop), he’s still scoreless through six games, and now draws the league’s second-stingiest WR defense on a short week—an easy bench.
Denver’s secondary is allowing the second-fewest fantasy points to wide receivers (14.3 per game) and has surrendered only two WR touchdowns all year. Against an offense ranked 31st in scoring and 27th in passing yardage, Meyers’ intermediate, volume-based profile is a direct path to fantasy irrelevance this week.
After opening with 76 yards per game over the first three weeks, Meyers has averaged just 33.7 over the last three, remains touchdown-less, and is managing knee/toe issues that cost him Week 8.
The cliff Jakobi Meyers has fallen off is as steep as any receiver in football. A 56 % dip in per-game yardage over his last three outings screams both usage erosion and declining efficiency, while zero touchdowns through six games removes any weekly ceiling. Thursday night on short rest only tightens the window for recovery and game-planning, and with Brock Bowers back the target pie is now smaller. Add in persistent trade-deadline chatter that could cap his snaps for health preservation and the Raiders’ league-worst 14.7 points-per-game output, and you have a perfect storm of negatives. Denver’s defense compounds every issue: they rank top-five in D/ST scoring, allow the second-fewest WR fantasy points, and have given up just two receiving scores to the position. Their physical corners squeeze route concepts that live 8–15 yards downfield—exactly Meyers’ wheelhouse—while an elite pass rush shortens Aidan O’Connell’s clock, further trimming Meyers’ already-shrinking target share. The result is a rock-bottom floor with no realistic path to a spike week; fantasy managers should treat him as a WR5 who belongs nowhere near a starting lineup in 12-team formats.