Will Jayden Reed surge down the stretch?
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon and Justin Boone debate whether the Packers receiver is set up to crush in the fantasy playoffs. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen.
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I'll offer one here, um, if, as well.
I'll go to the wide receiver position.
And I think Jaden Reed could be one of these guys.
And like, I just can't help myself.
I've got to talk about Jaden Reid.
But this Packers offense is really cooking, right now.
Christian WatsonI know we're going to talk about him a little later in the show.
He's got a tough matchup this week, but Christian Watson is back and playing, In my opinion, playing better than we've ever seen him play at the NFL level before.
Which is outrageous, considering he came off that torn ACL from January of this year.
He's playing great.
I think the offensive lines playing a bit A bit better than it was at the year's start.
Jordan Love is on fire right now.
Josh Jacobs' injury update.
Something to monitor, but stable.
Even when Jacobs has been out, they've been able to cobble together a good running game With Emmanuel Wilson.
Not too, too, too concerned about that.
I just think this is offensive to invest in.
And last weeks, Uh, Jaden Reid obviously didn't come back to a full-time role.
We'll see what his route participation is this week.
But he did come back and clearly ran as the number 1 slot receiver.
Denver gives up a lot of production to slot receivers.
They're 5th in air yards allowed to slot receivers.
He had 3 catches on 3 targets in man coverage last week against the Buffs The Chicago Bears.
And obviously, the Broncos are very good.
Coverage is heavy.
So, I think he's a good, you know, Kind of, what the heck's going on?
What the heck, Flex?
High-ceiling type player.
And then down the stretch, like weve got a matchup with the Bills.
The Bills, the Bears again, the Ravens then in Week 17.
So, I think Jayden Reid is a guy.
He's shown spike-week potential.
I don't see any reason why he can't have a few of these spike weeks down the stretch after Mostly hanging out in your IR spot all year long.
Yeah, I mean, there was a reason we were talking about him as a pickup on waivers Wire shows when we thought he'd come back from injury in the last few weeks.
Right?
And that's because we've seen the ceiling We've seen this guy before.
We've seen this guy produce as a top-12 fantasy Receiver for pretty fairly long stretches.
They werent like a whole season, But he's done it before, going back to his rookie year when he scored a bunch of Touchdowns.
Yeah, he can do this.
He can get hot.
It certainly was great to see him comeback.
And produce right away, right?
Not get lost in that receiver room mix.
That's like, you know, five deep or so right now.
You know, when you take a receiver in the 1st round, and he's basically like the fifth receiver On your depth chart, that's saying something.
But Reed is coming back, Getting right into the mix and producing, and let's hope there are bigger games in his The future is here.
I really like that one.
