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ArticleDK Metcalf, Jalen Coker headline Week 2's Regression Files
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Watson went off in a Week 1 performance fueled at least partly by weirdly negative game script. Seventy-three of his 147 receiving yards came after the catch... Watson was only targeted on 19 percent of his routes against the Vikings
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Watson's Week 1 hot streak inflated by game script and YAC; target share concerns.

Watson went off in Week 1 fueled partly by weirdly negative game script, with 73 of his 147 receiving yards coming after the catch—one of the highest YAC rates of Week 1. More concerning, Watson was only targeted on 19 percent of his routes against the Vikings, while Matthew Golden led the Packers with a 26 percent target share and 30 percent first-read target rate. Watson's 30 percent air yards rate led Green Bay by a smidge over Golden's 28 percent. The source notes Watson ran awfully hot in Week 1 and should be started every week, but cautions that his Week 1 performance was inflated.

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