Advanced stats show A.J. Brown & Corey Davis are surprisingly good through 11 weeks
Matt Harmon & Dalton Del Don discuss Tennessee Titans WRs A.J. Brown & Corey Davis. Despite both missing some time, their advanced stats for the 2020 season show they are one of the best duos in the NFL. Meanwhile, after a stretch of difficult games, the Titans are set to play out the remainder of the season against a slate of below-average defenses.
Hear the full conversation on the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast.
Video Transcript
MATT HARMON: Couple other guys that are actually higher than most people think in terms of points per game. You know, they've also missed two contests, these two Titans receivers. Corey Davis, AJ Brown have played just eight games on the air, just like Davante Adams. AJ Brown-- I guess this is not surprising. He's wide receiver 10. Like, any sort of efficiency concerns that people-- or volume to efficiency concerns that people had coming into the year, he's pretty much wiped those out.
He's really only had one bad game, that Thursday night game against the Colts where the entire offense was stuck in the mud. And he just uncharacteristically had some bad drops in that game. But he's been awesome pretty much throughout the way. He's wide receiver 10 in points per game. But Corey Davis, his teammate, playing in a contract year, wide receiver 28 in points per game.
And Dalton, I think this entire offense is actually pretty interesting to talk about. Because coming into this week, there was definitely some frustration, I think, around the Titans offense because, you know, the team, as a whole, had lost three of their last four games. They're kind of in the darkest point of their schedule right now. Like, the first few weeks were pretty much a cakewalk. They were killing it on offense.
Then from week 7 to 12, the Titans played four of the only, like, five or six actually good defenses in the NFL this year. But good news, because when there is bad, there is good, from weeks 13 to 17, their opponents rank an average of 23rd. So the schedule's about to do a 180. You've already got Brown and Davis and obviously Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill pretty much all cooking at once. This is a good time to be buying in on the Titans offense.
DALTON DEL DON: Impressive gains by those wide outs against a tough Baltimore defense last week. I know AJ Brown had a drop. But he also drew a long pass interference penalty. So you know I love Whopper. So I looked up my favorite stat. Basically, weighted opportunity rating for the receivers, combination of target share and air share. And Corey Davis is actually surprisingly ranked 18th on the year, one spot ahead of Justin Jefferson.
So while the Titans don't throw it a lot, it's a concentrated tree there. I know Jonnu Smith scored the touchdown, he's hurt now. But he really fell off the map when both these receivers were healthy. But those three, Henry, Davis, and AJ Brown, who ranked 16th, so two receivers top 20 there in Whopper, it's a concentrated tree. So I think all three can remain definitely viable in fantasy. And as you mentioned, the schedule really eases up as well.
Corey Davis, former number five overall pick. It seemed like a no-brainer when they turned down his contract before the year. So playing for a new one and looking good. And yeah, that's a really interesting team with upside come playoff time.
MATT HARMON: It's funny that you mention Jonnu Smith. Like, yeah, he had fallen back, but he's still tight end four on the year.
DALTON DEL DON: Jeez. Hey, another thing. I said I love tight ends this year. There's yet another thing. I mean, it's insane.
