Mason

Tipton

No surprises for a Saints team that is not close to healthy, but simply has all of its injured players on I.R. 24-year-old UDFA Tipton is going to be in a fight for roster survival next summer.

Tipton will be inactive against the Browns, leaving Marques Valdes-Scantling and Cedrick Wilson as the team’s top two wideouts. MVS is coming off a two-touchdown performance against the Falcons and can be used as a WR4 in 12-team formats. Jamaal Williams will miss another game with a groin injury, opening up touches for Taysom Hill as the Saints’ No. 2 running back.

Wilson had seen ten targets over the past two games as the Saints struggle with a spate of wideout injuries. With Wilson and Chris Olave (concussion) sidelined, Mason Tipton will likely function as the team’s No. 1 receiver. Look for a heavy workload for both Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill in Week 10.

The down-horrific Saints are without four of their top five receivers for this game. Mason Tipton is the last man standing among that group. Tipton was targeted three times last week but failed to bring in a single one of them. The sickest of sickos can roll him out as a WR5 for fantasy purposes.

It’s an awful box score considering Bub Means was sidelined and Chris Olave departed with another concussion. Derek Carr deserves a large part of the blame, but Tipton would have done more here if he were seriously threatening to start posting better box scores. The UDFA has exceeded 20 yards one time all season.

With Rashid Shaheed done for the year and Bub Means nursing an ankle injury, the Saints are drastically thin at wide receiver. Mason Tipton will continue to serve as the team’s No. 2 wide receiver for Week 9 against the Panthers. With Derek Carr expected to return, Tipton should sneak into the WR5 ranks this week.

Tipton was fifth on the team in targets and ran a pass route on 46 of the team’s 52 drop backs. It appears he’ll be a main part of two-receiver sets alongside Chris Olave with Rashid Shaheed (knee) done for the season. Even so, Tipton shouldn’t be rostered in most fantasy formats.

A 24-year-old UDFA out of Yale, Tipton outshined fellow rookie DFS long shot Bub Means, who turned his five targets into a scoreless 3/37. Tipton has been involved in an on-and-off fashion since the opener, but entered this evening with just six total catches all year. With Rashid Shaheed out for the season and Chris Olave dealing with his fourth documented concussion, the 5-foot-11 Tipton could be needed for a lot more work. That’s bad for the Saints, but perhaps a lifeline for deep-league PPR managers desperate for help.