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Draft Note by John Paulsen
After 88-1082-6 in 2021 (WR21) and 99-925-4 in 2022 (WR23), Michael Pittman turned in 109-1152-4 (WR16) last season. He only played two full-ish games (95%+ snaps) with Anthony Richardson and posted 8-97-1 on 11 targets and 1-15 on five targets in those two contests. Richardson did target Pittman on 26.2% of his pass attempts, but he only averaged 6.46 yards per attempt on those targets. There’s no doubt that Pittman is talented, and Richardson was better than expected as a thrower, but his return adds an element of unpredictability when it comes to forecasting Pittman. In roughly 2.6 games of action, Richardson was on pace for about 222 yards and 1.15 touchdowns per game. On the flip side, Gardner Minshew averaged 229 yards and 1.08 touchdowns in his 13 full games as the starter, so maybe the difference isn’t so stark. (Minshew averaged 7.54 yards on 134 targets to Pittman, almost a full yard more than Richardson did.)
Michael Pittman Jr.
- WR
- , Indianapolis Colts
- 27
- 223 lbs
- 6' 4"
- 36
- 1
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After 88-1082-6 in 2021 (WR21) and 99-925-4 in 2022 (WR23), Michael Pittman turned in 109-1152-4 (WR16) last season. He only played two full-ish games (95%+ snaps) with Anthony Richardson and posted 8-97-1 on 11 targets and 1-15 on five targets in those two contests. Richardson did target Pittman on 26.2% of his pass attempts, but he only averaged 6.46 yards per attempt on those targets. There’s no doubt that Pittman is talented, and Richardson was better than expected as a thrower, but his return adds an element of unpredictability when it comes to forecasting Pittman. In roughly 2.6 games of action, Richardson was on pace for about 222 yards and 1.15 touchdowns per game. On the flip side, Gardner Minshew averaged 229 yards and 1.08 touchdowns in his 13 full games as the starter, so maybe the difference isn’t so stark. (Minshew averaged 7.54 yards on 134 targets to Pittman, almost a full yard more than Richardson did.)
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2024 Strength of Schedule - IND
W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
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30 HOU | 23 @GB | 13 CHI | 10 PIT | 20 @JAX | 22 @TEN | 17 MIA | 30 @HOU | 14 @MIN | 6 BUF | 1 @NYJ | 32 DET | 24 @NE | BYE | 5 @DEN | 22 TEN | 21 @NYG | 20 JAX |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
Week | Opp | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
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1 | JAX | 8 | 97 | 1 | 11 | 12.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.7 | 19.70 | 23.7 | 70/72 | 97.2% |
2 | @HOU | 8 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.6 | 9.60 | 13.6 | 56/57 | 98.2% |
3 | @BAL | 9 | 77 | 0 | 11 | 8.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.7 | 12.20 | 16.7 | 84/84 | 100.0% |
4 | LAR | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | 4.00 | 4.5 | 61/64 | 95.3% |
5 | TEN | 5 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 10.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | 7.70 | 10.2 | 66/66 | 100.0% |
6 | @JAX | 9 | 109 | 0 | 14 | 12.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.9 | 15.40 | 19.9 | 78/78 | 100.0% |
7 | CLE | 2 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 41.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.3 | 15.30 | 16.3 | 68/70 | 97.1% |
8 | NO | 8 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 14.00 | 18.0 | 70/71 | 98.6% |
9 | @CAR | 8 | 64 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.4 | 10.40 | 14.4 | 54/61 | 88.5% |
10 | @NE | 8 | 84 | 0 | 12 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.4 | 12.40 | 16.4 | 54/57 | 94.7% |
11 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12 | TB | 10 | 107 | 0 | 13 | 10.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.7 | 15.70 | 20.7 | 70/73 | 95.9% |
13 | @TEN | 11 | 105 | 1 | 16 | 9.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.5 | 22.00 | 27.5 | 68/71 | 95.8% |
14 | @CIN | 8 | 95 | 0 | 11 | 11.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.5 | 15.50 | 19.5 | 55/64 | 85.9% |
15 | PIT | 4 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 19.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.8 | 9.80 | 11.8 | 21/67 | 31.3% |
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Injury Details (w16)
Status: Out Injury: Concussion | @ATL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w17)
Status: Probable Injury: Concussion | LV | 5 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 9.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.6 | 7.10 | 9.6 | 50/56 | 89.3% |
18 | HOU | 5 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 8.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.4 | 4.90 | 7.4 | 66/66 | 100.0% |
Per game | 6.81 | 72.00 | 0.25 | 9.75 | 10.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 8.83 | 12.23 | 15.64 | 61.94/67.31 | 91.75% | |
Totals | 109 | 1152 | 4 | 156 | 10.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 141.2 | 195.7 | 250.2 | 991/1077 | 91.75% |