Russell Gage Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Russell Gage
WR
, Atlanta Falcons

Age: 25
Weight: 184 lbs
Height: 6' 0"

ADP: 142
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
2.8	28	0	5	0

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

If not for the arrival of Kyle Pitts, Gage would be projected higher than the WR4-type numbers that he’s currently slated for. Gage was relatively unaffected by Julio Jones’s availability in the Atlanta offense last year, averaging 7.1 targets per game with Jones and 6.6 targets per game without him. Since Jones is out of the way, Gage projects to be the second or third option in the passing game after Ridley and perhaps Pitts.

Latest news

Russell Gage out again

Armando Salguero via Twitter

Oct 08 · 2:36 PM EDT

Falcons WR Russell Gage (ankle) will miss his fourth straight game according to Armando Salguero of Outkick.com.

Fantasy Impact:

The Falcons receiving corps might as well start you and me at this point. Cordarrelle Patterson and Olamide Zaccheus should lead the group.

Scouting report

by Bill Riccette

· Jul 18 · 10:38 AM EDT

ATL WR Russell Gage - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Russell Gage firmly takes over the WR2 role in Atlanta with Julio Jones now in Tennessee. Gage averaged about seven targets per game in 2020 and in the seven games since the Falcons' Week 10 bye, Gage had five games with at least 50 yards, four games with at least five catches and three games out of the last five with a touchdown. Gage settled in nicely in Atlanta's offense, with or without Julio Jones.

Fantasy Downside

While Gage will now be the WR2 in Atlanta, he will undoubtedly be no higher than third on the pecking order, maybe even fourth. TE Kyle Pitts will absolutely be featured in the offense and RB Mike Davis could also see targets out of the backfield. That will highly limit the fantasy potential for Gage, who only caught four touchdown passes last season.

2021 Bottom Line

Gage can still be a decent deep play as a WR4, maybe a WR3/Flex. But he won't see the target share to be a consistent, week-to-week option behind Ridley and Pitts (and perhaps even Davis).

2021 Strength of Schedule - ATL

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
4 PHI	32 @TB	24 @NYG	30 WAS	5 NYJ	BYE	27 @MIA	6 CAR	26 @NO	21 @DAL	11 NE	8 @JAX	32 TB	6 @CAR	13 @SF	10 DET	1 @BUF

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	PPR	Snaps	%
1	PHI	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0	49/72	68.1%
2	@TB	5	28	0	7	5.60	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.8	7.8	38/72	52.8%
3	@NYG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	WAS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	NYJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Per game		2.50	14.00	0	4.50	5.60	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.40	3.90	43.50/72.00	60.42%
Totals		5	28	0	9	5.60	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.8	7.8	87/144	60.42%