Fantasy Football WR Report: Man, zone coverage performance ahead of NFL Week 10

• Marvin Harrison Jr. is in a great spot to break out of his slump: Harrison hasn’t had a chance to dominate against man coverage recently, which has led to less production, but he should be in a good spot to do so this week.

• DJ Moore’s struggles could continue in Week 10: Moore’s lack of success against man coverage makes this week’s matchup against a good New England man coverage unit a poor opportunity for him to bounce back.

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This fantasy football wide receiver report will build on PFF's wide receiver grades against man and zone coverages.

By providing additional fantasy-related details, including opponent coverage tendencies, we’ll look to find one more edge to help us dominate our fantasy leagues this season.

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Week 10 opponent: New York Jets

Man coverage rate: 31.7% (9)
Zone coverage rate: 62.5% (23)

Versus man

Player	Routes run	Receptions	Receiving yards	Target rate	PPR points	FF PTS/RR
Zach Pascal	4	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Chris Moore	2	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Greg Dortch	48	3	28	16.7%	11.8	0.25
Xavier Weaver	6	0	0	16.7%	0.0	0.00
Zay Jones	5	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Michael Wilson	61	4	23	16.4%	12.3	0.20
Marvin Harrison Jr.	60	11	137	33.3%	36.7	0.61

Versus zone

Player	Routes run	Receptions	Receiving yards	Target rate	PPR points	FF PTS/RR
Zay Jones	20	1	3	10.0%	1.3	0.07
Greg Dortch	129	18	160	16.3%	34.0	0.26
Marvin Harrison Jr.	179	17	308	19.0%	65.8	0.37
Zach Pascal	10	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Michael Wilson	183	23	260	16.4%	61.0	0.33
Chris Moore	6	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Xavier Weaver	21	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00

The Jets have played man coverage at a top-10 rate this season. They rank right around the league average in most team coverage metrics from man, including allowing a 40.8% first down-plus-touchdown rate (17th).

Marvin Harrison Jr. is in the midst of a five-game stretch in which he’s managed just one top-50 fantasy finish among wide receivers. But he will have a chance to break that slump against a man-heavy defense, as he ranks in the top 10 (minimum of 50 routes) in fantasy points per route run while earning an elite 33.3% target rate.

All four of the past five games where Harrison finished outside the top 50 in fantasy points were against teams that play man coverage at below-average rates, while the one game where he had a big game (PPR WR5) came against the Dolphins, who deploy man coverage at a slightly above-average rate.

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