New Orleans @ Green Bay
Team Totals: Packers 22, Saints 20.5
Although there is some excitement surrounding the expected debut of third-round rookie Kendre Miller with Jamaal Williams (hamstring) week to week and Alvin Kamara suspended one more game, I expect plodding grinder Tony Jones Jr. and Taysom Hill to handle the majority of Week 3 touches in the Saints’ backfield. Hamstring- and previously knee-hobbled Miller has barely so much as practiced since the spring and needs time to earn coaching staff trust. I do think Miller will mix in for 5-7 carries, enough to render this a three-man RBBC and situation to avoid in fantasy. … Never a big-time box-score producer, Derek Carr managed fantasy finishes of QB15 (vs. TEN) and QB33 (@ CAR) in Weeks 1-2. Carr can play at his absolute peak from an on-field standpoint and still not help. He’s just a two-quarterback-league guy.
Carr’s Weeks 1-2 target distribution: Chris Olave 21; Michael Thomas 17; Rashid Shaheed 10; Juwan Johnson 7; Hill 3; Jones, Williams, Foster Moreau, and Keith Kirkwood 2. … Olave enters Week 3 ranked No. 12 in the NFL in both yards per route run (2.79) and Air Yards share (39.9%). Nothing stands out positively about his matchup here, but Olave’s on-field chemistry with Carr and big-play opportunities lock him in as a fringe WR1/2. … Thomas has been a chain-moving machine early with 12 receptions two games in.
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