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Drake London Has Huge Week 5

By Jared Smola | Updated on Fri, 04 Oct 2024, 9:06 AM EDT
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Falcons WR Drake London caught 12 of 13 targets for 154 yards and a score in Thursday night's 36-30 overtime win over the Bucs. Atlanta attacked the seams of Tampa Bay's Cover 3 defense all night, with London doing a lot of the damage. He opened the scoring with an 18-yard catch-and-run TD on the first drive of the game. London created big separation and then spun off a would-be tackler to get into the end zone. He had four other catches of 15+ yards on the night, including an 18-yarder on third and three in overtime. London appeared to suffer a chest injury on that catch and exited the game. WR KhaDarel Hodge, filling in for London, scored the game-winning TD on the next play. London did a post-game interview and was going bananas in the post-game locker room celebration, though, so it doesn't seem like the injury is serious.

2024 Fantasy Football Impact

After a quiet Week 1, London has been everything drafters hoped for over the last four games. He's averaging:

  • 10.3 targets
  • 7.5 catches
  • 339 yards
  • 0.8 TDs

London has drawn a big 27% of Falcons targets over that stretch. That's even more exciting because Atlanta has opened up the passing game the past two weeks. After calling pass on just 54% of their snaps over the first three games, they've registered 71% and 78% pass rates the last two.

With QB Kirk Cousins looking better and better every week, London is a good bet for WR1 production the rest of the way.

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Jared Smola, Lead Analyst
Jared has been with Draft Sharks since 2007. He’s now Lead Analyst, heading up the preseason and weekly projections that fuel your Draft War Room and My Team tools. He currently ranks 1st among 133 analysts in draft rankings accuracy.
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