Njoku started the season slow with single digit production in 4 of his first 5 weeks, but over the past 5 weeks he’s gone over 10 points every single week, including a 17 point week against the Seahawks.
In his first 10 games, he went up against teams that have been the best at limiting TE production. 7 of them rank between 24-31, looking like a wall of red on Yahoo.
In week 11 he was targeted a whopping 15 times from Dorian Thompson-Robinson and the schedule clears up beautifully. 4 out of his final 6 are against bottom ten ranked teams vs the TE.
Combine the increased production trend with the lighter matchups and the heavy targets, Njoku could end up being a key contributor for teams in the hunt.
Man just had 15 targets as a TE