Makai Lemon finished with a career-high 19.7 PPR points after hauling in seven of a team-high 8 targets for 67 yards and a TD against the Cowboys. He’s held a high route share since the season started, accounting for at least a 75% route share every week, but this performance is his first surpassing 10 PPR points.
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It took the Eagles being down both WRs DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks for Lemon to finally eclipse 50 receiving yards. The rookie WR had been averaging just 21.2 receiving yards per game, ranking 100th among all WRs and fourth among Eagles WRs.
That left Lemon as the WR85 with 5.0 PPR points per game through the first six weeks.
While it was an encouraging performance, there are still reasons for skepticism moving forward. Aside from both of the WRs in front of him on the depth chart being out, he still has yet to achieve a 100-yard game. All other first-round rookie WRs have to this point, outside of WR Jordyn Tyson, who still has yet to play with a hamstring injury.
He’s also still producing less than 1.00 yard per route run. For reference, only seven first-round rookie WRs have finished a season with less than 1.00 yard per route run, and all failed to achieve a WR2 season in their careers.
Lemon’s next opportunity to buck his inefficiency comes against a Commanders defense in Week 8 allowing the eighth-most points to WRs.
