Jerry Jeudy Leads Depleted Passing Game

What They're Saying

Jeudy: "I gotta make that damn play, bruh. Every ball that come my way, I expect to make that play. When I don't make that play, that's frustrating. I don't like that."

Jeudy on the defense: "They've been doing their thing all season. I'm tired of leaning on the defense. It's time for us to make some damn plays."

2025 Fantasy Football Impact

Sunday marked Jeudy's third game with 8+ targets among the first four weeks. It also marked the third time in four games that he has dropped at least one pass.

Jeudy's catch rate now sits at a gross 43.3%. He entered Sunday sporting the second-worst receiving success rate of his career, according to Pro Football Reference, and matching his career low for receptions per game.

Both numbers got worse in the loss to the Lions.

Jeudy's fortunate the team around him isn't better, because that would likely knock down his target share. As it is, he extended his team lead in that category. And Tillman's hamstring injury could bolster that target share further if it costs Tillman more time.

Unfortunately for Jeudy, a Week 5 matchup with the Vikings finds a defense that entered Week 4 ranked second in pass DVOA.

So you'll want to sit Jeudy for that one in most cases. Matchups with Pittsburgh and Miami look friendlier on the other side. But Jeudy will need to play better to actually help fantasy lineups.