Brandon Aiyuk Duds Again

2024 Fantasy Football Impact

Aiyuk had the big 147-yard outing vs. the Cardinals in Week 5. Otherwise, he's failed to top 48 yards in any of his other five games.

The playing time has been fine since Week 1: Aiyuk has run a route on 89+% of pass plays in each of the last five games. And the volume has been right in line with last year. Aiyuk is averaging 6.8 targets per game on a 22.2% share after averaging 6.7 targets per game on a 23.6% share last year.

The problem has been efficiency.

2023:

• 71.4% catch rate
• 17.9 yards per catch
• 12.8 yards per target
• 2.65 yards per route

2024

• 56.1% catch rate
• 15.3 yards per catch
• 8.6 yards per target
• 1.87 yards per route

Aiyuk's 2024 marks are much closer to his career averages than 2023. So, while we can expect the efficiency to improve a bit, we shouldn't expect it to return to 2023 levels.

Aiyuk will have more big games as a talented receiver in a high-powered offense. But there will be more duds amidst this crowded passing game.

Consider Aiyuk a volatile WR2 moving forward. If you can acquire him for cheaper than that, he's a good buy.