Michael Pittman Jr. Fantasy Football Week 2: Stats and Projections vs. Patriots

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. will be up against the team with last year's ninth-ranked passing defense, the New England Patriots (193.5 yards conceded per game), in Week 2 -- kicking off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

For more details on Pittman, if you're considering him for your DFS lineup, scroll down prior to his upcoming matchup versus the Patriots.

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Michael Pittman Jr. Week 2 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots
• Game Date: September 20, 2026
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 7.6
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 10.5
• Projected Receiving Yards: 59.64
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.28

Projections provided by numberFire

Pittman 2025 Fantasy Performance

• With 122.4 fantasy points (7.2 per game) in 2025, Pittman ranked 110th in the league and 26th at his position.
• Pittman picked up 58 yards receiving, on three catches (three targets), with zero touchdowns and 5.8 fantasy points in his one game so far this season.
• In his best performance last year -- Week 8 against the Tennessee Titans -- Pittman accumulated 15.5 fantasy points. His stat line: eight catches, 95 yards and one touchdown.
• In his second-best performance last year, Pittman picked up 14.0 fantasy points -- via six receptions, 80 yards and one touchdown -- in Week 1 against the Miami Dolphins.
• In what was his worst game of the season, Pittman finished with 1.1 fantasy points -- two receptions, 11 yards, on four targets. That was in Week 18 versus the Houston Texans.
• Pittman recorded 1.3 fantasy points -- one catch, 13 yards, on four targets -- in Week 13 against the Houston Texans, and that was his second-worst performance of the year.

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Patriots Defensive Performance

• Against New England last season, two players recorded more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• Last year, the Patriots allowed 15 QBs to throw at least one TD pass in a game.
• In the passing game, New England allowed seven players to throw at least two touchdowns in a game last year.
• In the passing game, the Patriots surrendered at least three passing touchdowns to only three opposing quarterbacks last year.
• New England let five players pick up more than 100 receiving yards in a game last year.
• The Patriots allowed 21 players to haul in a touchdown pass against them last season.
• Looking at pass defense, New England allowed only three players to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• On the ground, four players put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Patriots last season.
• On the ground, New England allowed nine players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• The Patriots gave up at least two rushing TDs on the ground to only two players last season.

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