Josh Downs Fantasy Football Week 2: Stats and Projections vs. Chiefs

Josh Downs and the Indianapolis Colts will play the Kansas City Chiefs -- whose passing defense was ranked 12th in the league last season (195.8 yards conceded per game) -- in Week 2, on Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET.

For more details on Downs, if you're considering him for your daily fantasy lineup, check out this article before his upcoming matchup against the Chiefs.

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Josh Downs Week 2 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
• Game Date: September 20, 2026
• Game Time: 8:20 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 7.3
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 10.1
• Projected Receiving Yards: 57.03
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.27

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Downs 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Downs picked up 78.4 fantasy points (4.9 per game), 50th at his position and 184th in the league.
• In his one game this season, Downs picked up 3.7 fantasy points. He had 37 receiving yards on two catches (four targets) and zero touchdowns.
• In Week 6 last season versus the Arizona Cardinals, Downs posted a season-high 10.2 fantasy points, with this stat line: six receptions, 42 yards and one touchdown.
• Downs accumulated 9.9 fantasy points in Week 8 against the Tennessee Titans -- three catches, 39 yards and one touchdown -- which was his second-best performance last season.
• In his worst game of the year -- Week 10 versus the Atlanta Falcons -- Downs ended up with 0.3 fantasy points. His stat line was: one catch, three yards, on two targets.
• In Week 12 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Downs collected 1.0 fantasy points (his second-lowest total of the season), via this stat line: two receptions, 10 yards, on six targets.

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Chiefs Defensive Performance

• Against Kansas City last year, two players posted more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• The Chiefs allowed at least one passing TD to 12 opposing QBs last season.
• Through the air last season, Kansas City gave up at least two touchdown passes to five opposing QBs.
• Versus the Chiefs last year, only one player threw for at least three touchdowns in a game.
• Kansas City let only three players put up more than 100 receiving yards in a game last year.
• The Chiefs allowed 17 players to secure a touchdown pass against them last season.
• Kansas City gave up at least two receiving touchdowns through the air to only one player last season.
• Looking at run defense, the Chiefs gave up more than 100 yards on the ground to just two players last season.
• Against Kansas City last season, 12 players rushed for at least one TD.
• The Chiefs gave up at least two rushing TDs on the ground to only two players last season.

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