First of all, I don't "hate" anybody and when I talk of "Experts" it's in the context of those who are generally paid for their contributions. Be that as it may, here is what I am talking about:
"Advice: Sutton was a non-factor in his first game since last year's torn ACL. That wasn't a huge surprise with the Broncos managing his snaps. The Broncos lost Jerry Jeudy to a high-ankle sprain, potentially opening up more looks for Sutton. With Jeudy out, Denver may play Sutton closer to an every-down role in Week 2." [Yahoo dtd 14 Sep 2021]
Now, as you can see the Broncos are apparently "managing his snaps." Begging the question, WHY? Is he having problems recovering from his surgery? If that question goes unanswered then everything is up in the air and it's no use talking about whether he will get more targets next week or the week after next as it's obvious that things won't change until he gets healthy. Further, your statement that I need to list who I might be dropping him for is also problematic because it no use making a decision before I get the facts about whether Sutton is 100% or 50% or whatever. Now, if it helps I can add that I had planned on going with 2 defenses this season and alternating them based on which one had the better matchup. But I scrapped that plan when Gus Edwards went down and went with the advice to stream defenses thereby allowing me to drop both of them and pick up Latavious Murray and the Atlanta Defense (recommended by the Experts). It was a gamble and I took it. Such is life. So, while I'm willing to wait and see about L. Murray one thing is for sure--I need to drop the Atlanta Defense and pick a better one for next week. I'm also considering possibly picking up BOTH of the defenses I just dropped (New Orleans & Seattle) and to do that I need to drop another player--hence why this Sutton issue is so important for me. So I really need some information before I make this decision and the lack of it has me frustrated. For example, here's an articles that addresses Jeudy's injury:
https://www.footballguys.com/article/2021-nfl-injury-rounds-monday-week2
Notice it doesn't say whether Sutton will benefit by it or not. So it's useless. Likewise, there is this article on who to pick up or drop:
https://www.footballguys.com/article/2021-waivers-of-the-future-week-2
Again, it mentions a lot of players who underperformed but not Sutton--and I don't know how 1.9 points isn't somehow mentioned in that category. Of course, it could be that it was just an outlier. Maybe. But there you have it.
Now, I didn't see the game in question so I don't know whether he actually ran crisp routes or whether he suffered from good defensive coverage, etc. Perhaps there are some on these boards who can fill in that question. That being said, it doesn't seem like you have the answers that I need at this time but perhaps others who saw the game or have access to better data than you can help me out. In any case, I appreciate your taking the time to respond.