Tough spot for New Orleans. They're starting a rookie quarterback who will be without his top two receivers (Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed) and another weapon in Taysom Hill. Rattler put up some points against a vulnerable pass defense in Week 6, but this matchup vs. Denver will be much tougher, even without Patrick Surtain. On the defensive side, the Saints have to be gassed. They were on the field for 80 plays in Week 5 against Kansas City on Monday Night Football. On a short week, they were out there for 72 plays vs. Tampa Bay in Week 6. Now they'll once again be on short rest facing the Broncos. Denver had their 3-game winning streak halted in Week 6, but this is a great spot to get back on track. It's also a revenge game for head coach Sean Payton, if you're into that sort of thing.

The passing-game role for Walker has been phenomenal this year. He had 37 targets in 15 games last season and 35 targets in 15 games in 2022. He's already up to 24 targets in 4 games this year. Walker came into this season with 4 games of 5+ targets in his career, and he's now hit that mark in 3 straight games. Walker has run exactly twice as many routes as backfield mate Zach Charbonnet (86 to 43). He leads the team in targets per route run (minimum 15 routes). Atlanta has allowed the 9th-most targets and the 8th-most receptions to running backs. They're only allowing 23 receiving yards per game to the position, but the volume has been there.

Meyers assumed the No. 1 outside receiver role with Davante Adams sidelined. His usage mirrored that of his former teammate, with the majority of his routes and targets coming out wide. That should be valuable in this matchup. The Rams run Cover 3 at the 5th-highest rate and use single-high safety looks at the 7th-highest rate. This approach is typically a boost to outside receivers, and that's what we've seen so far. LA's defense ranks tied for 1st in yards per target and 2nd in yards per route run against receivers lined up out wide. They've allowed the 6th-most yards per game to outside receivers. Adams led the team in percentage of routes run out wide at 70.8% through three weeks. He also led the team with a 1st-read target rate of 34.8%. Meyers had perfectly split between running routes out wide (49.5%) and in the slot (49.5%) from Weeks 1-3. Since Adams went down, Meyers is running 79% of his routes out wide. He's piled up 19 targets and leads the team with a 34.1% 1st-read rate in his two healthy games. With Adams now in New York, Meyers should continue to see a boatload of opportunities.