Jakobi Meyers Fantasy Week 3: Projections, Points and Stats vs. Steelers

Las Vegas Raiders wideout Jakobi Meyers will take on the team with last season's 19th-ranked pass defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers (222.3 yards conceded per game), in Week 3 -- kicking off at 8:20 PM ET on Sunday.

For more information on Meyers, if you're thinking about him for your DFS roster, read this piece before his upcoming matchup against the Steelers.

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Meyers vs. Steelers Game Info

• Matchup: Las Vegas Raiders vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
• Game Day: September 24, 2023
• Game Time: 8:20 PM
• Projected Fantasy Points: 7.37
• Projected Receiving Yards: 57.07
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.29

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Meyers 2022 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 103rd overall and 32nd at his position, Meyers picked up 113.3 fantasy points (8.1 per game) in 2022.
• In his one game this season so far, Meyers had nine receptions on 10 targets, for 81 yards, and ended up with 20.1 fantasy points.
• In his best performance last year -- Week 5 against the Detroit Lions -- Meyers accumulated 17.1 fantasy points. His stat line: seven catches, 111 yards and one touchdown.
• In Week 16 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Meyers picked up 14.3 fantasy points, with these numbers: six receptions, 83 yards and one touchdown. That was his second-best showing of the season.
• In Week 13 against the Buffalo Bills, Meyers finished with a season-low 2.2 fantasy points, via this stat line: three receptions, 22 yards, on five targets.
• In his second-worst game of the season, Meyers ended up with 2.4 fantasy points -- five receptions, 42 yards, on six targets -- in Week 9 versus the Indianapolis Colts.

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Steelers Defensive Performance

• Pittsburgh surrendered more than 300 passing yards to three QBs last season.
• 17 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a game against the Steelers last year.
• Against Pittsburgh last season, six players threw for at least two touchdowns in a game.
• In the passing game, the Steelers allowed three or more passing touchdowns to three opposing quarterbacks last year.
• Pittsburgh let eight players amass over 100 receiving yards in a game last year.
• In terms of pass defense, the Steelers allowed a touchdown reception to 24 players last season.
• Pittsburgh allowed at least two receiving touchdowns through the air to three players last season.
• Looking at run defense, the Steelers gave up more than 100 yards on the ground to two players last season.
• On the ground, Pittsburgh allowed seven players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• In the ground game, no player ran for multiple TDs against the Steelers last season.

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