Colts WR Michael Pittman Jr. grabbed 8 receptions or 95 yards and a TD in Sunday's win over the Titans. It marked the first time he has caught 7+ passes in consecutive games since 2023. Pittman's TD also gives him six for the season, matching his career high from 2021. Pittman now leads these Colts in targets and receptions by six apiece. He still trails TE Tyler Warren in receiving yards. But both sit well ahead of the rest of the crew in all three categories. Warren posted a 4-53 receiving line against the Titans on five targets, trailing Pittman's lead by four. WR Josh Downs went 3-39-1 receiving on three targets. WR Alec Pierce caught two balls for 69 yards among five targets.
Pittman on QB Daniel Jones: "When he came in, obviously there was a bunch of negative media. I always thought of Daniel as a good quarterback. He just wasn't in a great system to help him succeed. But I always though that he was super tough. ... He used to stand in that pocket and deliver throws and stuff like that. I was excited for him. And then he got here, and he was nothing like what the media portrayed him out to be."
Pittman has clearly benefited from the Jones-fueled stability at QB. He's producing like he did from 2021 through 2023, and those seasons included multiple starts by each of these guys (in order):
Throw in the OK Philip Rivers season of 2020, when Pittman was a rookie, and it's pretty easy to say that Jones has delivered the best QB situation of the receiver's career.
Pittman's target counts have fluctuated a bit, but he has caught 5+ passes in six of eight games this season.
Pittman's scoring 2.5 PPR points above expectation on a weekly basis, but even his expected level sits 24th among WRs. We'd take that. And Pittman serves as the lead wideout for a QB delivering sustainably good numbers (e.g. 5.3% TD rate) in an offense that leads the league in yards and points.
That all makes him a good candidate to keep delivering.
The other Indy receivers, meanwhile, don't garner enough regular work to be worth trusting for most fantasy leagues.
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