Van Jefferson entered Week 9 with just 1 target on the season, ranking sixth among Commanders WRs with a 2.0% target share. But left Week 9 with 7 targets for a team-high 20.6% target share. Jefferson hauled in 5 receptions for 58 yards and a TD to finish as a fringe WR1 pending Sunday- and Monday Night Football.
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Fellow WRs Treylon Burks and Dyami Brown both being ruled out prior to Week 9 helped boost Jefferson to a season-high output. But even then, surpassing WRs Stefon Diggs and Antonio Williams in both target volume and scoring wasn’t an expected outcome.
Diggs caught three of 5 targets for 51 yards while Williams pulled in three of 6 targets for 25 yards.
Meanwhile, Jefferson’s 16.8 PPR points against the Rams marked the third-highest scoring week of his career and his highest scoring week since he was a member of the Rams.
The Commanders WR room could end up more crowded next week with the return of Burks and Brown, while the team faces a stiffer Giants defense reducing the sixth-most points to WRs.
