- Hopkins set to thrive in Week 12: Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has overall WR1 potential versus the Los Angeles Chargers.
- Metcalf in a smash spot: Seattle Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf should smash the Las Vegas Raiders‘ lacking secondary.
- Tough matchup for Pickens: Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens has a tall task ahead versus the Indianapolis Colts. Indianapolis is the only team in the NFL that has not allowed a passing touchdown in its perimeter coverage.
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Welcome to Week 12 of the 2022 NFL season. The sections below highlight five targets and avoids with data gleaned from PFF’s WR/CB matchup chart.
5 WR/CB MATCHUPS TO TARGET
WR Christian Kirk, Jacksonville Jaguars vs. CB Damarion Williams, Baltimore Ravens
- Jacksonville-Baltimore has a moderate 43.5-point over/under.
- Jacksonville’s offensive line earned a 28.0% PFF matchup advantage rating in PFF’s OL/DL matchup chart, tied for third best on the Week 12 slate.
- Kirk (76.5 PFF receiving grade) has taken 66.24% of his offensive snaps and 77.1% of his receiving snaps lined up in the slot, mixing moderate consistency with explosive, run-after-catch gains.
- The table below ranks Kirk’s slot-receiving data among 53 NFL wide receivers with at least 100 slot-receiving snaps (“No. 1” denotes the position’s best performance)
| NFL Slot Receiver Data | PFF Slot-Receiving Grade | Per Routes Run %: Targets – Yards | Catch % – Contested Catch % | Yards After Catch per Rec. | Explosive Pass Plays of 15+ Yards |
| Christian Kirk | 74.4 (No. 13) | 19.7% (No. 19) – 1.69 (No. 19) | 64.3% (No. 43) – 14.3% (No. 39) | 4.9 (No. 23) | 9 (T-No. 4) |
- Baltimore started Williams (40.0 PFF coverage grade) at slot cornerback for much of the year but later replaced him with first-round rookie safety Kyle Hamilton (88.6 PFF slot-coverage grade). Williams is likely to start with Hamilton (knee) now unable to practice though.
- Williams logged a 61.7% slot cornerback rate during his time as the team’s majority starter in Weeks 1-8.
- Veteran cornerback Marlon Humphrey (80.8 PFF coverage grade) consistently operated as a backup slot cornerback in Weeks 8-11, logging a 35.5% slot rate.
- The table below ranks Williams’ and Humphrey’s slot coverage data among 38 NFL cornerbacks with at least 90 slot coverage snaps.
| NFL Slot CB Data | PFF Slot-Coverage Grade | Catch % – Yards Allowed per Cov. Snap | Forced Incompletion % | Explosive Pass Plays Allowed % | Open Target % |
| Damarion Williams | 41.9 (No. 38) | 70.0% (No. 21) – 1.98 (No. 33) | 3.6% (No. 25) | 6.1% (No. 36) | 50.0% (T-No. 7) |
| Marlon Humphrey | 78.4 (No. 4) | 72.7% (T-No. 16) – 0.82 (No. 7) | 0.0% (T-No. 30) | 1.1% (No. 4) | 45.5% (T-No. 5) |
WR Garrett Wilson, New York Jets vs. CB Kindle Vildor, Chicago Bears
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