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Hit rates by week, WR
Over 2019–2025, 94 games played. Bars show this player's rate against the WR rate over the same games.
Usage, WR
8 targets / game
17 games
[2025,2026] season, 17 games played. Share of team targets against the WR median.
Minnesota took Justin Jefferson late in the first round the year the draft went remote, and he spent his rookie season making every personnel department that passed on him look like it had faxed in its homework. He is still the same receiver now, which is the strange part: the hands, the route craft and the after-catch nerve are all intact, and yet the weekly line has settled into something closer to a utility infielder's. Jefferson at his age is not a decline story. He is a usage story, and the usage is the question.
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The most direct Justin Jefferson item this week came from NBC Rotoworld Football, whose Week 1 "Regression Files" column paired Jefferson with Tampa Bay's Emeka Egbuka as receivers flagged for regression heading into the season — the one piece of analysis this week aimed squarely at his fantasy outlook. Beyond that, the Vikings coverage shapes his context: Daily Norseman's Week 1 preview called for a fast start, Pro Football Rumors reviewed Minnesota's offseason (Sam Robinson), and NBC ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio reported Kyler Murray was named one of eight team captains after landing with the Vikings, with RotoBaller noting Murray's bounce-back setup. CBS Sports NFL published a Vikings betting preview with player props to target before Week 1. No injury news specific to Jefferson was reported this week.
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