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Brian Thomas

Rookie WR one thing going right for Jags

It's been a rough year for 2-7 Jacksonville, which has managed to lose five games by five points or less. But they sure picked a nice wide receiver out of the first round of the draft in Brian Thomas.

It's a good week to talk about Thomas, with Jacksonville at home against the Vikings this week. Great though Minnesota's defense has been (especially in fantasy terms), only three teams have allowed more passing yards (273 per week) and only four have allowed more touchdowns to wide receivers (10).

Thomas sometimes doesn't see enough looks; he's averaging just under 4 catches per week. But he's scored in four of six and gone over 85 yards in three of those. Definitely a week and a matchup where he should be over his season averages (Minnesota mostly allows production through the air; they're 2nd against the run).

A particularly good metric for Thomas this season is yards per target. He's averaging 11.2 yards on the 53 passes thrown his way. The only guy better than him in that regard this season, among all pass catchers with at least 50 targets, is probably the league's best wideout, Justin Jefferson.

WRS YARDS PER TARGET (MINIMUM 50 TGTS)
PlayerTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/Tgt
Justin Jefferson694878316.3511.3
Brian Thomas533559517511.2
Ja'Marr Chase705571713710.2
Terry McLaurin604259814.2610.0
Zay Flowers674665414.239.8
George Pickens583554815.719.4
Darius Slayton503246914.719.4
Chris Godwin625057611.559.3
D.K. Metcalf613556816.239.3
Darnell Mooney684158814.358.6
Tyler Lockett533445613.428.6
Ladd McConkey523544012.648.5
Marvin Harrison Jr.552844515.958.1
Trey McBride604548110.708.0
Tyreek Hill563444613.118.0
Jakobi Meyers54394301128.0
CeeDee Lamb845366012.547.9
Brock Bowers735758010.227.9
Drake London70505521167.9
Amon-Ra St. Brown59484649.767.9
Stefon Diggs644749610.637.8
Hunter Henry533941410.617.8
Jaxon Smith-Njigba755056811.437.6
Courtland Sutton683649913.927.3
Josh Downs563841110.837.3
Davante Adams53323841227.2
Garrett Wilson946066311.157.1
Jerry Jeudy613341812.716.9
Travis Kelce64524358.416.8
Cade Otton62444219.646.8
Calvin Ridley592739914.816.8
Malik Nabers845555710.136.6
Breece Hall50353279.316.5
Michael Pittman Jr.573036612.226.4
Jake Ferguson52383348.806.4
D.J. Moore603737410.136.2
Diontae Johnson583035711.936.2
Dalton Kincaid543233210.426.1
Alvin Kamara6346367815.8
Amari Cooper60293191135.3
Elijah Moore50332497.505.0
Wan'Dale Robinson76513436.724.5

--Andy Richardson

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