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Ranked 6th overall; 99.6 yards/game, 35% target share; regression risk from play-action decline.

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Ranked sixth overall. Coming off incredible season with 99.6 receiving yards per game including postseason; 35% target share, the next closest being Amon-Ra St. Brown at 32%, a pretty large gap; only 8% of targets were screens, indicating he was working the ball downfield rather than relying on gimme plays; produced 3.73 receiving yards per pass attempt for Seahawks, meaning when Seattle threw to anyone, he averaged that; wide receiver two in points per game last year. Benefits from Sam Darnold's play and offensive line improvement; new offensive coordinator Brian Flurry comes from Shanahan tree and was hired based on merit (crushed the whiteboard) rather than nepotism; Rasheed Shaheed and AJ Barner are not target volume threats, positioning JSN for another huge season. Regression risk is likeliest to hit JSN more than anyone else; he's only done it once while other top receivers have done it many times; loss of trusted offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak is a concern; new coordinator Brian Flurry comes from Shanahan tree but represents change; Seahawks unlikely to repeat Super Bowl win, which could impact play-action success rate; JSN led NFL in yards and touchdowns off play action last year, so if that drops to historic rates, his production could decline significantly. Ranked 8th overall; led the NFL in yards and touchdowns off play action last year; regression is likely given unsustainable 35% target share, 10.5 yards per target, and +10% completion percentage over expected. Even regressed to 9.88 yards per target and +6% CPOE (elite WR baseline), still projects as top-3 fantasy WR.

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I got JSN sixth. Uh coming off an incredible season. Um that was 99.6 six receiving yards per game, including the postseason. 35% target share... he produced 3.73 receiving yards per pass attempt for the Seahawks this year... wide receiver two in points per game last year... he led the NFL in yards and touchdowns off of play action last year... there is regression coming JSN's way.
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Ranked sixth overall. Coming off incredible season with 99.6 receiving yards per game including postseason; 35% target share, the next closest being Amon-Ra St. Brown at 32%, a pretty large gap; only 8% of targets were screens, indicating he was working the ball downfield rather than relying on gimme plays; produced 3.73 receiving yards per pass attempt for Seahawks, meaning when Seattle threw to anyone, he averaged that; wide receiver two in points per game last year. Benefits from Sam Darnold's play and offensive line improvement; new offensive coordinator Brian Flurry comes from Shanahan tree and was hired based on merit (crushed the whiteboard) rather than nepotism; Rasheed Shaheed and AJ Barner are not target volume threats, positioning JSN for another huge season. Regression risk is likeliest to hit JSN more than anyone else; he's only done it once while other top receivers have done it many times; loss of trusted offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak is a concern; new coordinator Brian Flurry comes from Shanahan tree but represents change; Seahawks unlikely to repeat Super Bowl win, which could impact play-action success rate; JSN led NFL in yards and touchdowns off play action last year, so if that drops to historic rates, his production could decline significantly. Ranked 8th overall; led the NFL in yards and touchdowns off play action last year; regression is likely given unsustainable 35% target share, 10.5 yards per target, and +10% completion percentage over expected. Even regressed to 9.88 yards per target and +6% CPOE (elite WR baseline), still projects as top-3 fantasy WR.
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STACKED tags this as a negative fantasy football signal for Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR SEA). Ranked 6th overall; 99.6 yards/game, 35% target share; regression risk from play-action decline.
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