Eagles vs. Jaguars Fantasy Football Worksheet, Week 5

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Eagles vs. Jaguars Fantasy Quarterback Preview

Trevor Lawrence

Lawrence was efficient again on Sunday, connecting on 18 of 23 (78.3%) passes for 227 yards (9.9 Y/A) with a touchdown against the Bengals.

However, since the Jaguars had limited dropbacks again, Lawrence was capped on the fantasy front.

He has finished higher than QB15 once so far this season despite sitting third in the league in rating (111.2), seventh in EPA per dropback (0.20), and fifth in success rate (49.6%).

27.2% of his dropbacks have resulted in 1.0 EPA or more (6th).

Lawrence is QB5 in fantasy points scored in the first three quarters (59.9), but he has only 14 total dropbacks in the fourth quarter so far, which has led to 5.2 fantasy points in the fourth quarter this season.

This is another spot where Lawrence can still be efficient, but anticipating a full ceiling runout will take some push.

I have him as more of a high-end QB2 this week, but I wouldn't push back on anyone still pushing him out in 1QB formats, since he's been efficient in three of four games.

The Eagles are not as daunting a matchup as in previous seasons, but they do still command respect.

They rank 10th in passing points allowed (12.1 per game), while still allowing only 6.6 yards per pass attempt (9th) and a 2.9% touchdown rate (6th).

Philadelphia could be without Quinyon Mitchell, and they have still struggled to rush the passer.

They are 26th in pressure rate (31.6%) and are 30th in sack rate (2.8%).

Jalen Hurts

Hurts had a limited outing on Sunday against the Rams, completing 12 of 27 passes (44.4%) for 93 yards (3.4 Y/A) with 2 touchdowns.

He added 18 yards rushing.

This is not a spot where I am going to pile on this offense and Hurts since they were missing so many core pieces.

Unfortunately, that remains the case here.

DeVonta Smith, Saquon Barkley, and Dallas Goedert are not expected to play in Week 5.

Landon Dickerson remains on IR, and Lane Johnson retired on Tuesday.

With so many parts missing last week, the Rams leaned into man coverage and challenged this offense.

The Rams went with 55% man coverage in the second half on Sunday, and Hurts went 2 for 9 for 10 yards after halftime.

Hurts has now been a QB2 scorer in eight of his past 12 regular-season games going back to last season.

He is a QB2 here.

He still has rushing ability that gives him outs, but it is hard to be bullish on a ceiling outcome given the weaponry he has on offense.

The Jaguars have been a bend-but-don't-break pass defense.

They are allowing a 68.6% completion rate (27th) and 8.4 Y/A (30th), but a league-low 2.2% touchdown rate.

Eagles vs. Jaguars Fantasy Running Back Preview

Bhayshul Tuten

Tuten posted 91 total yards on 19 touches on Sunday against the Bengals, but his game turned into a what could have been.

Tuten had 2 touchdowns taken off the board due to penalties, including a 44-yarder.

Chris Rodriguez also added a 25-yard touchdown run.

While Tuten's fantasy line never reflected his upside on Sunday, his role kept expanding.

He played a season-high 59% of the offensive snaps, handling a season-high 76% of the backfield touches.

Rodriguez scored a touchdown for the second straight game, but he only had 6 touches.

Tuten does have 2 targets in each of the past three games but still has a limited 7% target share.

That forces him to be hyper-efficient as a runner and RB2 when he doesn't get into the end zone.

He has done that to date.

Tuten is second in the NFL in success rate as a runner (50%) despite getting hit at the line or in the backfield on 48% of his runs.

He is averaging 4.02 yards after contact per rush, fourth in the league.

Tuten is a screaming buy who could be electric if he gets targets.

The Eagles have been middling to weak against the run, allowing 4.1 YPC to backs (18th) with a 59.2% success rate (22nd).

They have allowed 15.1 rushing points per game to backfields (23rd).

Will Shipley

Shipley is set to take on a larger role this Sunday with Saquon Barkley expected to miss the game with a hamstring injury and Tank Bigsby placed on IR.

Dameon Pierce and/or Carson Steele could work in for early-down runs, but in this matchup, we are focused on Shipley's ability to catch the football firsthand and take whatever comes along as a runner.

That is because the Jaguars have been dominant against the run again to open this season.

Jacksonville is allowing a league-low 2.8 yards per rush to running backs with a league-best 76.1% success rate against those runs.

They are allowing 0.96 yards before contact on those runs (10th) and have allowed a run of 10 or more yards on 4.5% of backfield runs (3rd).

They have been softer in the passing game.

Jacksonville has allowed 11.6 receiving points per game to backs (28th).

Running backs have 28.4% of the receptions against Jacksonville (4th highest).

Now, we need the Eagles to throw it to him.

Shipley ran 15 routes on Sunday without a target.

I wouldn't get too aggressive with Shipley as more than an RB3/FLEX with more appeal in full-PPR formats, but he could crack into volume-based RB2 production if he owns the backfield.

Eagles vs. Jaguars Fantasy Wide Receiver Preview

Parker Washington

Washington caught 1 pass for 7 yards on Sunday (3 targets) and rushed once for 3 yards.

He nearly had a 39-yard catch-and-run to salvage his day, but he stepped out of bounds on his only catch.

Washington has drawn defensive attention the past two weeks.

After target shares of 28.6% and 41.4% to open the season, Washington has seen 18.5% and 13% of targets over the past two games.

The Bengals used DJ Turner to match up with Washington on his snaps outside and bracket coverage when he moved inside.

The Patriots did the same in Week 3.

The positive news is that Washington drawing so much attention hasn't worked for defenses trying to slow down this passing game.

All of that attention on Washington has freed up other pieces in the offense.

Jakobi Meyers had his best game of the year in Week 3.

Brenton Strange benefited last week.

Maybe we overvalued Washington's start.

I am not there yet since that output went back to last season.

We also have the Jaguars throwing the ball at reduced rates due to game environments.

But we have also seen this offense succeed without targeting Washington at an elite rate, which adds fragility and suggests this can be a fluid offense week to week.

I am still keeping Washington in play as an upside WR2 as we build up the sample size.

He is still on the field for 86.8% of dropbacks and playing inside (46.5% of his snaps) and outside (53.5%).

Lawrence is playing well, and the team is scoring points.

The Eagles could be without Quinyon Mitchell this week, which would improve the matchup.

We have seen hybrid players such as Stefon Diggs (4-55-1), Luther Burden (7-61-1), and Puka Nacua (9-125-0) post solid outings against the Eagles.

Jakobi Meyers

Meyers caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards on Sunday.

He has opened the year as the WR28 (2-40-1), WR81 (1-28-0), WR16 (7-64-1), and WR64.

Meyers was still second among the wideouts with a route on 81.5% of the dropbacks, but as we just touched on, the target volume in this offense has been fluid.

Meyers has cleared 50 yards in only four of 14 games with the Jaguars, so he needs that target volume to be static.

He is a floor-based WR4/FLEX, with that target rate in motion.

Meyers also moves around (32% slot rate) to get opportunities.

Brian Thomas

Thomas caught both of his targets for 17 yards and a touchdown on Sunday, his first of the season.

Thomas now has 9 catches for 105 yards and a score through four games.

With Jacksonville running a higher rate of 11 personnel on Sunday, Thomas returned to a 70% route rate after 48.4% in Week 3.

Thomas is a touchdown-dependent WR5/FLEX as his role is still the most volatile of the wideouts here.

He is being targeted at a higher rate per route (21.1%) than Meyers (15%), but his route participation is tied to the use of 11 personnel since the team likes Josh Cameron as a run blocker.

Dontayvion Wicks

Wicks caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards on Sunday.

He was on the field for a team-high 96.9% of the dropbacks, but with the Rams going to a man-heavy approach, Wicks drew the attention of Trent McDuffie on Sunday.

This passing game takes faith to be productive with all the moving parts, but Wicks is still in play as a WR3/FLEX option.

Jacksonville is allowing 9.4 yards per target to outside receivers (21st) while allowing the second-most receptions (40) to outside receivers.

Wicks was outside for 75.5% of his snaps last week without DeVonta Smith.

Darius Cooper

Cooper grabbed 3 of 7 targets for 33 yards and a pair of touchdowns on Sunday.

His first score was one of the best touchdown grabs of the season, as he skied over Quentin Lake to take the ball away on a potential interception for an 18-yard score.

Cooper has 3 touchdowns on the year and leads the team with 4 targets in the end zone.

He ran more routes (29) than Makai Lemon (27) on Sunday and has been targeted at a higher rate per route (20.8%) than Lemon (13%).

Cooper is a WR4/FLEX.

As noted with Wicks, there is some matchup appeal here, as the one position that the Jags have allowed production to is wideouts.

Makai Lemon

Lemon collected 3 of his 6 targets for 27 yards on Sunday, giving him 10 catches for 65 yards over his first four games.

Lemon was in the slot for 71.4% of his snaps on Sunday.

Hurts is throwing between the numbers at a 40.5% rate (24th), leaving opportunities on the field for Lemon over the past few weeks, even when he is getting open.

When Lemon has been targeted, he is averaging 6.0 air yards with 66.7% of his targets shorter than 10 yards downfield.

The current role leaves Lemon as a WR5/FLEX.

Eagles vs. Jaguars Fantasy Tight End Preview

Brenton Strange

Strange had his best game of the season against the Bengals, catching 7 of 8 targets for a career-high 95 yards.

That is the second time in four weeks that the Bengals have allowed a new career-high in yardage to a tight end.

Strange only had 10 targets before Sunday.

That matchup and Washington drawing attention funneled targets to Strange on Sunday, but I would be cautious chasing them here as more than a TE2.

The Eagles will get Zack Baun back this week and are allowing the fifth-fewest points to tight ends.

They have not allowed a touchdown to a tight end and are allowing the sixth-fewest fantasy points per target (1.37) to the position.

Zach Ertz

Ertz caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards on Sunday, still limited to 11 routes (34.4%).

Ertz is a touchdown-or-bust option only, but if that is all you are chasing, the Jaguars have allowed a 12.5% touchdown rate to tight ends (29th).

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