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The two targets take Renfrow’s season total to just three looks through three games, leaving Renfrow with little fantasy value moving forward. The Raiders’ pass offense simply runs almost entirely through Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers, with only the running backs seeing more than just two targets in Week 3. It appears to be full on abandon ship mode for Renfrow and the remaining secondary options in this Raiders offense.

Meyers and Davante Adams combined to account for 32 targets on 44 Jimmy Garoppolo pass attempts against the Steelers, good for a tidy 73 percent combined target market share. And as anomalous as that sounds, the two combined for a similarly massive portion of the available targets in Week 1, the only other game this season where the two were both healthy. It seems this pass offense is going to continue to be highly concentrated moving forward, giving fantasy managers and DFSers alike the kind of bankable production that can be counted on week in and week out.

Adams simply could not be contained on this night, catching touchdown passes in the first and fourth quarters and routinely finding the soft areas in the Pittsburgh zone defense and picking up chunk yardage on routes on the perimeter as well as ones over the middle of the field. But this is exactly what fantasy managers that sunk second round draft capital into the veteran were hoping for, games where Jimmy Garoppolo keys in on Adams and peppers him with targets. Adams and newcomer wide receiver Jakobi Meyers accounted for 32 targets on 44 Garoppolo pass attempts, good for 73 percent of the team’s available targets on the night. Adams and the Las Vegas pass offense get another chance to put up elite numbers on the road in Week 4 against the reeling Chargers.

The reigning rushing leader has not looked himself through three weeks. Whether the bulk of that can be attributed to an underperforming offensive line or the fact that Jacobs missed the entirety of the offseason program while holding out for a new contract remains to be seen, but the early returns on the draft capital invested in him have to be frustrating for fantasy managers. On deck is another modest matchup on the ground against a Chargers defense that has been gashed to start the season.

Garoppolo was under consistent pressure, taking four sacks and going two complete quarters with nothing provided for the scoreboard. Two of his three interceptions were due to ridiculously poor decisions and two were thrown with completely clean pockets, highlighting his poor performance. That said, Garoppolo still managed to toss two touchdowns on the evening, both of which were caught by Davante Adams. The Las Vegas offense remained one of the most concentrated offenses in the league, with 32 of 44 passes thrown in the direction of Adams and Jakobi Meyers. Garoppolo will have to shake this one off in time to prepare for another tough test on the road against the Chargers in Week 4.

The pass game involvement has largely been lacking for Freiermuth to start the season, which is made more startling considering Diontae Johnson has missed each of the previous two games. Even so, fantasy managers have to be happy with the production now that he found the end zone for the first time this season. Freiermuth is never going to be an elite volume tight end but the touchdown production have typically been where he gets most of his value.

Austin flashed his elite speed on the team’s third possession of the game, springing loose up the middle of the field for a 72-yard catch-and-run touchdown just 52 seconds after the Raiders put up their first points on the scoreboard. The Pittsburgh offense has been sorely missing a downfield threat that can keep opposing safeties honest, keeping a sliver of hope alive that Austin will remain an integral piece of the offense once Diontae Johnson returns from injury.

The six targets are not what fantasy managers had in mind in the absence of Diontae Johnson, but Pickens did enough to lead the team in receiving for the second consecutive week. Touchdowns are always going to be an issue with players on the Steelers, making Pickens a shaky weekly start outside of the deepest fantasy leagues.

Offensive Matt Canada made good on his promise to get Warren more involved on the ground but he managed a similarly poor 3.6 yards per carry compared to the 3.4 of lead back Najee Harris. Warren’s presence in the offense has yet to evolve into something that is fantasy relevant on a weekly basis, doing just enough to sap any upside away from Harris. Consider both backs shaky fantasy bets moving forward unless they are finding the end zone.

Najee failed to corral his only target and was held to just 3.4 yards per carry but maintained his status as the lead back in this conservative offense, clinging to a 20 to 12 running back opportunity lead over Jaylen Warren. Fantasy managers have legitimate decisions ahead with Harris after his third consecutive poor outing as he appears borderline unusable at present.