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ArticleFantasy Football Week 8 Start/Sit Advice: Wide Receivers (2026)
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This week, he faces a Browns pass defense that has the highest single high rate in the NFL (75.2%). Against single high, Metcalf's TPRR has risen from 20% to 23%, and his YPRR has increased from 1.11 to 1.56. The coverage structure is in his favor, but Cleveland has been shutting down perimeter wide receivers.
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Metcalf vs. Browns elite perimeter defense despite favorable coverage structure.

Metcalf faces the Browns, who have the highest single-high rate in the NFL (75.2%); while Metcalf's TPRR rises from 20% to 23% and YPRR increases from 1.11 to 1.56 against single-high coverage, Cleveland has allowed the fifth-fewest yards per target and fourth-fewest fantasy points per opportunity to perimeter wide receivers over their last five games.

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