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Sammy Watkins

Sammy Watkins

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Jonnu Smith

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Outlook Jonnu Smith

Hoping to Recapture 2024 Magic After a Quiet Year

Jonnu Smith enters the 2026 season as a veteran tight end looking to find his footing after a quieter 2025 campaign. Coming off a year where he caught 41 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns, our analysis suggests he is currently valued strictly as a depth option in most fantasy formats.

His fantasy stock has fallen significantly since his career-best 2024 season, during which he erupted for 88 receptions, 884 yards, and eight touchdowns. Fantasy managers have largely cooled on him, with our roster data showing his ownership hovering below 10% throughout the summer.

Unless his offensive environment shifts dramatically, Smith remains a deep-league stash or waiver-wire target. Our models view him as a touchdown-dependent TE2 who lacks a consistent weekly floor but could offer occasional streamable value if injuries strike his team's depth chart.

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Sammy Watkins
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Sammy Watkins
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Sammy Watkins
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OWN/START Jonnu Smith
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7%
+0.29 compared to last week
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2%
+0.09 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Sammy Watkins
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Expert Consensus Jonnu Smith
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Sammy Watkins

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

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  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Breakdown Jonnu Smith

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among TE's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 36th with 50.00 total points (2.78 avg).
  • Currently 147.8 points behind the leader: Trey McBride
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.8 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 28th among TE.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 27th among TE.
  • Top 35 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 31st among TE.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 243 and 5.93 YPC and is currently ranked 48th among TE.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 2 and is currently ranked 40th among TE.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: -41, Rec Yards: -614 Rec TDs: -6,
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Sammy Watkins

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Injury Jonnu Smith

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Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Sammy Watkins

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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

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  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
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Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Sammy Watkins
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2014 BUF 16 128 65 982 15.1 6 2 8 4 0
2015 BUF 13 96 60 1047 17.5 9 1 1 1 0
2016 BUF 8 52 28 430 15.4 2 0 0 0 0
2017 LAR 15 70 39 593 15.2 8 0 0 0 0
2018 KC 10 55 40 519 13.0 3 5 52 10.4 0
2019 KC 13 90 52 673 12.9 3 2 12 6 0
2020 KC 10 55 37 421 11.4 2 1 3 3 0
2021 BAL 11 49 27 394 14.6 1 0 0 0 0
2022 GB 9 27 16 325 20.3 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 10 43 26 358 13.6 1 0 1 3 0
Totals 107 626 366 5409 14.8 34 11 76 6.9 0
Career Jonnu Smith
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2017 TEN 12 29 18 157 8.7 2 0 0 0 0
2018 TEN 11 31 20 258 12.9 3 0 0 0 0
2019 TEN 15 45 35 439 12.5 3 4 78 19.5 0
2020 TEN 15 68 43 457 10.6 8 2 4 2 1
2021 NE 15 45 28 294 10.5 1 9 40 4.4 0
2022 NE 12 39 27 245 9.1 0 1 5 5 0
2023 ATL 15 69 50 582 11.6 3 1 0 0 0
2024 MIA 16 111 88 884 10.0 8 2 -1 -0.5 0
2025 PIT 16 57 41 243 5.9 2 11 77 7 1
3-YEAR AVG 17 79 60 570 9.5 4 5 25 5.4 0
Totals 130 494 350 3559 10.2 30 30 203 6.8 2
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Matchups

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ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST
ATH @HOU 04:10 EDT EST
ATL vs PIT 04:10 EDT EST
BAL @TOR 03:07 EDT EST
BOS @NYY 07:35 EDT EST
CHC vs SF 02:20 EDT EST
CHW @PHI 04:05 EDT EST
CIN @STL 02:15 EDT EST
CLE @TEX 07:35 EDT EST
COL vs MIL 09:10 EDT EST
DET vs SEA 01:10 EDT EST
KC @MIN 02:10 EDT EST
LAA @LAD 10:10 EDT EST
MIA vs TB 04:10 EDT EST
NYM @SD 10:10 EDT EST
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CAR @VGK 8:00 PM EST