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Written Oct 18, from his facts through last season
The weeks he has missed tell the story better than any number. He sat in weeks 1, 3 and 4 of 2026 with no injury designation at all, which means the coaching staff chose to play someone else. Sean Payton keeps calling the plays and keeps not calling his name, and the depth chart has him sixth behind Waddle, Sutton, Franklin and Mims.
When he does suit up, nothing happens. 0.6 points a game across three appearances, 3 targets all season, 8 receiving yards, no touchdowns since the season opened in week 1 of 2026. Last year he managed 4.9 points a game over 7 games and never cracked 15 in a week, with a best of 13.2 back in week 15 of 2025. Sutton and Franklin took 39% of the targets between them, and Humphrey got scraps.
The usage backs that up. His snap share last season was 49.2%, WR100 among 239 qualifying receivers, and his target share was 7.5%, WR122 among that same group. Ten healthy weeks he did not play in 2025 say the scratches are not new either.
There is a drag built into this spot: among players in his situation, points a game fell 0.9 on average from one season to the next when the target room is this crowded. That lands on a profile that already bottomed out, and the healthy scratches show it is getting worse, not better. We had him at 57 points for the season on a 12-game expectation, and even that modest case is gone. He is not worth a roster spot while the week-to-week lineup decisions run through him. Let him go and stream the slot from the wire if you need it.