Jump to content
Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums

Dynasty & Redraft: WR Diontae Johnson, Steelers

Faust

By Faust,
in The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)

 Share Followers 7

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 1.2k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

rockaction

Exactly. Except Enron was a disaster for the whole country, Ebron just one in Detroit. 

Hankmoody

And then what on 2nd and goal?

Milkman

Near zero chance he plays this week. He's just not tough enough. 

LawFitz

LawFitz 1,071

Posted
Posted (edited)

If Claypool is still on your wire get him this week even if you have to overbid. Officially had 4 targets and caught one. The three misses weren't catchable balls, but we're longish looks. And he had two others that didn't hit the box due to penalty, one of which was a PI against his defender/mauler. Oh and his one catch was a screen where he bossed two tacklers near the LOS, then very nearly took it for a TD, missing by a hair.

He looked WAY better than James Washington. The breakout is coming soon IMO, if Diontae misses games.

 

Edited by LawFitz
Link to post
Share on other sites
DocHolliday

DocHolliday 3,933

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Buck Bradcanon said:

It happens.

Hopefully he can get healthy and play week 4.

It does happen and it’s not his fault.    It’s maddening though when week two you lose Campbell and get a 0 and the same thing happens the following week.   There will be much better weeks ahead.  

  • Like 1
Link to post
Share on other sites
Dizzy

Dizzy 803

Posted
Posted
7 minutes ago, DocHolliday said:

It does happen and it’s not his fault.    It’s maddening though when week two you lose Campbell and get a 0 and the same thing happens the following week.   There will be much better weeks ahead.  

Ooh, guess you missed the memo on 2020... I'm thinking, much worse weeks ahead.

Link to post
Share on other sites
DocHolliday

DocHolliday 3,933

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, Dizzy said:

Ooh, guess you missed the memo on 2020... I'm thinking, much worse weeks ahead.

I’m trying to stay positive!  I’m 0-3 this season after crushing the league from week one last year.    It’s a tough pill to swallow but I’m not giving up yet.   

  • Like 2
Link to post
Share on other sites
Milkman

Milkman 2,348

Posted
Posted (edited)
16 minutes ago, DocHolliday said:

It does happen and it’s not his fault.    It’s maddening though when week two you lose Campbell and get a 0 and the same thing happens the following week.   There will be much better weeks ahead.  

I've lost 7 players to injury so far. Yahoo projected i would go 12-1 and score the 2nd most points. I'm 0-3 and I've scored the least amount of points in the league. Lolol

 

FBG's rate my team had me at 90% chance to make the playoffs. Lolol

Edited by Milkman
Link to post
Share on other sites
DocHolliday

DocHolliday 3,933

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Milkman said:

I've lost 7 players to injury so far. Yahoo projected i would go 12-1 and score the 2nd most points. I'm 0-3 and I've scored the least amount of points in the league. Lolol

 

FBG's rate my team had me at 90% chance to make the playoffs. Lolol

It’s been a brutal FF season.   We just have to keep fighting to try to rack up enough wins to squeak into the playoffs.  

Link to post
Share on other sites
Milkman

Milkman 2,348

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, DocHolliday said:

It’s been a brutal FF season.   We just have to keep fighting to try to rack up enough wins to squeak into the playoffs.  

Yeah that's all you can do. Keep grinding. At least you did well last year. I've been running like this for 3-4 years now. Hell 2 years ago I was 3rd in scoring and missed the playoffs. I lost Fournette for 6 weeks to injury and LeVeon Bell held out all year that season. How good would that team have with both those guys playing lol. 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Aznflyer14

Aznflyer14 117

Posted
Posted
10 hours ago, Charlie Harper said:

My WRs in a league I drafted from the 9th spot:

Micheal Thomas

Devante Adams

Mike Evans

Courtland Sutton

Dionte Johnson

It's been fun. 

 

It's the marathon, not a sprint.  Better for some of your players to get hurt now than latter end of the season.  But man, that was a helluva WR depth.  

Link to post
Share on other sites
Faust

Faust 5,019

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Quote

Diontae Johnson is officially in the concussion protocol.

As expected. Johnson left early in Week 3 and will have to clear tests before suiting up again. Concussions are tough to predict, meaning he's 50/50 as of Tuesday to play Week 4's contest. The Steelers are also waiting on the Titans' COVID-19 test results to make sure they'll be able to play this weekend (or perhaps Monday) after eight members of the organization tested positive. If healthy, Johnson is a WR2 while leading the team in target share. It's best to at least have a backup plan in place in the short term.

SOURCE: Teresa Varley on Twitter

Sep 29, 2020, 5:24 PM ET

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Faust

Faust 5,019

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Quote

Steelers WR Diontae Johnson (concussion) did individual drills at Thursday's practice. 

Johnson, who this week was placed in the NFL's concussion protocol, was seen wearing a helmet and lining up with other Steelers receivers. The Steelers' Week 4 matchup against Tennessee has been postponed after the Titans had a COVID-19 outbreak, but Johnson being able to get in some practice is hopeful for his Week 5 prospects. 

SOURCE: Joe Rutter on Twitter 

Oct 1, 2020, 2:19 PM ET

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Faust

Faust 5,019

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Quote

Steelers WR Diontae Johnson (back) is questionable to return for Week 5 against the Eagles.

Johnson was spotted with his helmet in hand on the sidelines so it's possible that he returns at some point. Chase Claypool is going to work with the extra opportunities. He has a receiving score and a rushing score versus the Eagles.

SOURCE: Brooke Pryor on Twitter

Oct 11, 2020, 1:42 PM ET

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Milkman

Milkman 2,348

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, travdogg said:

Feels like a great buy-low guy, could be dirt cheap after this Claypool game. I'm not sure Claypool effects Johnson at all, they play very different roles. 

He's awesome man but I think I'd take him off of punt return duties

  • Like 2
  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites
fred_1_15301

fred_1_15301 5,448

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Ghost Rider said:

I would never question the toughness of a football player, but this guy appears to be soft as Charmin (in relative football terms).   Very disappointing.


Yeah it’s disappointing that he hasn’t been fantasy relevant but calling him soft (this early in his career) is a stretch to say the least.  He was concussed (would hardly call that soft), came back and injured on a punt return.  

  • Like 1
Link to post
Share on other sites
Aznflyer14

Aznflyer14 117

Posted
Posted (edited)
On 10/11/2020 at 12:29 PM, Milkman said:

Glass.

 

22 hours ago, Ghost Rider said:

I would never question the toughness of a football player, but this guy appears to be soft as Charmin (in relative football terms).   Very disappointing.

Agreed... This has to be a disappointing development.   

Edited by Aznflyer14
Link to post
Share on other sites
Milkman

Milkman 2,348

Posted
Posted
43 minutes ago, travdogg said:

According to Tomlin's postgame presser, Johnson isn't expected to miss any time. 

Well I don't expect him to make it through the 1st quarter next week either at this rate. Just a brutal 2 game stretch where he probably cost a lot of teams wins. Hard to trust him till he proves he can stay healthy. 

  • Like 2
Link to post
Share on other sites
Dr. Octopus

Dr. Octopus 15,723

Posted
Posted
32 minutes ago, Wildudes said:

At #8, I doubt I’ll be able to get Claypool off waivers this week.  Really wonder how both produce when Dionte is back on field.  The way Ben and Claypool connected, not comfortable starting Dionte moving forward.

There's enough balls to go around in this passing attack. 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Dr. Octopus

Dr. Octopus 15,723

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Iceman03 said:

:confused: This isn’t 2018. This is a stingy defense and an offense that wants to control the clock. Ben is 20th in pass attempts... 21 is Kirk Cousins.

Ben has 1,016 passing yards and 10 TDs in 4 games - are you including the fact that Steelers have had their bye while all other teams have not?

I realize they have a great defense now and don't have to air it out - but it's still a pass first offense. Ebron and McDonald don't demand targets and neither do the RBs. There will be enough targets between JJSS, Johnson and Claypool - with Washington mixed in.

Let's also take into account that the Steelers have played the Giants, Broncos, Houston and Philadelphia, all struggling offenses. Now I do think their defense will continue to be very good, but there will be games where they'll need to open it up even more.

I wasn't saying this team will lead the league is pass attempts but Ben with those three weapons the passing game will put up numbers.

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
KingPrawn

KingPrawn 1,667

Posted
Posted
12 minutes ago, Dr. Octopus said:

Ben has 1,016 passing yards and 10 TDs in 4 games - are you including the fact that Steelers have had their bye while all other teams have not?

I realize they have a great defense now and don't have to air it out - but it's still a pass first offense. Ebron and McDonald don't demand targets and neither do the RBs. There will be enough targets between JJSS, Johnson and Claypool - with Washington mixed in.

Let's also take into account that the Steelers have played the Giants, Broncos, Houston and Philadelphia, all struggling offenses. Now I do think their defense will continue to be very good, but there will be games where they'll need to open it up even more.

I wasn't saying this team will lead the league is pass attempts but Ben with those three weapons the passing game will put up numbers.

 

That's only 250 yds per game and 2.5 TDs - 4 of which went to Claypool yesterday. Between 3 WRs, TE and the RBs that pie is sliced pretty thin

  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites
Dr. Octopus

Dr. Octopus 15,723

Posted
Posted (edited)
11 minutes ago, KingPrawn said:

That's only 250 yds per game and 2.5 TDs - 4 of which went to Claypool yesterday. Between 3 WRs, TE and the RBs that pie is sliced pretty thin

Yes the yardage is low (On pace for just over 4,000 yards) but that's 40 TD passes on the season and like I said the Steelers will face better offenses over the course of the season.

Not to nitpick but only 3 TD passes went to Claypool - he ran the other one in. I don't expect that the rookie will be the only one scoring those TDs each week. Bottom line is that each WR will see some down weeks, but Ben will keep them all relevant over the course of the season. Johnson was seeing good target numbers before he got hurt and will continue to see them when healthy.

Edited by Dr. Octopus
Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Followers 7
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...