Like many other fantasy football players, I have fallen victim to the hype on TY Hilton. He’s a super athletic player, lots of talent potential. But he has consistently failed to live up to the hype over the years. Hilton has put up some amazing games at times. For a guy who is consistently near the top of the list in targets, he fails at capitalizing on those targets.
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Last season, spending much of it as the number one wide receiver on the Colts after Reggie Wayne tore his ACL, Hilton received 108 targets making 72 catches for a catch rate of 66%. On those 72 catches he gained 689 yards for an average of 9.56 yards per catch. On those 72 catches as the number one guy, he scored a total of three touchdowns. Three. All of them in the first week after Wayne went down.
Now you might say that this is because he was now receiving more attention from the DBs of the other team. While this may or may not be true, his numbers don’t hash out a better performance with Wayne on the field. In the seven weeks with Wayne, Hilton made 27 catches for 412 yards. While his yards per catch were better over this time, 15.26, he only scored 2 touchdowns during this seven game stretch. And in week seven when Wayne went down Hilton got 11 targets and made only 2 catches.
This makes Hilton unownable in my opinion for fantasy purposes. If he is on your roster I would consider trading him for whatever you can get for him. Maybe a decent defense with a late bye so you don’t have to worry about changing for a while. Another option is to try to sell the Andrew Luck owner on him as a way to double dip fantasy points, but don’t quote this article.
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