Fantasy Football WR Report: Man, zone coverage performance ahead of NFL Week 7

• Kansas City may need to rely on JuJu Smith-Schuster going forward: Luckily for the Chiefs, Smith-Schuster has excelled against man coverage this season, which happens to be the San Francisco 49ers‘ weakness in coverage.

• A difficult matchup for the Seattle Seahawks‘ wide receivers: Tyler Lockett and Jaxon Smith-Njigba have struggled to stand out against zone coverage and draw a difficult matchup against Atlanta’s zone-heavy coverage unit.

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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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Arizona Cardinals

Week 7 opponent: Los Angeles Chargers

Man coverage rate: 13.6% (30)
Zone coverage rate: 83.0% (1)

Versus man

Player	Routes run	Receptions	Receiving yards	Target rate	PPR points	FF PTS/RR
Chris Moore	2	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Zach Pascal	4	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Greg Dortch	36	2	23	16.7%	4.3	0.12
Michael Wilson	43	3	17	16.3%	4.7	0.11
Xavier Weaver	6	0	0	16.7%	0.0	0.00
Marvin Harrison Jr.	40	8	92	35.0%	29.2	0.73

Versus zone

Player	Routes run	Receptions	Receiving yards	Target rate	PPR points	FF PTS/RR
Chris Moore	6	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Zach Pascal	7	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Greg Dortch	101	17	151	18.8%	32.1	0.32
Michael Wilson	132	18	220	17.4%	52.0	0.39
Xavier Weaver	21	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.00
Marvin Harrison Jr.	117	9	187	18.8%	39.7	0.34

The Chargers have played zone coverage at the highest rate in the NFL this season and rank as a top-five zone coverage unit in defensive success rate (53.7%) and first down-plus-touchdown rate allowed (27.1%).

Michael Wilson was highlighted last week due to his success against zone coverage, and he scored a touchdown. This week, he’ll have a shot to keep the momentum going in a favorable matchup. Wilson ranks as a top-20 wide receiver (minimum of 100 routes) in fantasy points per route run against zone coverage.

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