In Week 3, the Atlanta Falcons will face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. Which Falcons receivers should be in your fantasy football team’s starting lineup? Let’s break down Atlanta’s WR and TE weapons.
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Drake London’s Fantasy Outlook
Did any 65-second stretch of Week 2 impact our view of an offense more than Atlanta’s final real drive of their upset of the Eagles on Monday night?
It was clean. It was efficient. It was everything we didn’t see in Week 1 from this Cousins-led offense. London scored the game-winning touchdown on an ankle-breaking route in the end zone, giving us a glimpse of the potential in his prospect profile.
The fantasy upside isn’t as high as someone like a Garrett Wilson (who is also the lead target in an offense with improved QB play), but London is a fantasy starter without much question.
London’s aDOT is down 32.5% from last season, a ceiling-lowering development if sustained but a role that should lock in his weekly floor to rank among the best 20 at the position.
Zay Flowers earned 10 targets against the Chiefs in Week 1 and that is the type of involvement I’m expecting from London under the bright lights.
Kyle Pitts’ Fantasy Outlook
Much like London, Pitts’ aDOT has tanked early in the Cousins era (6.3 this season, down from 12.0 a year ago), but he is already halfway to his end-zone target count from last season and showed some growth last week (15.4% target share, up from 10.7% in Week 1).
There was speculation this offseason that Pitts had a path to the overall TE1 honor this year. I don’t think that outcome is in play if he is going to see the majority of his targets come around the line of scrimmage, but I do think this will be the most consistent season of his career to date, and that holds tremendous value at this position.