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Josh Downs

WR · IND · on the draft board

community activityADP falling
market valueWR37· 979 value· tier 35· ▲ up 119 (30d)— FantasyCalc · 12-team PPR
8.6PPG
+0 vs 2025 avg (8.7) · 11 games
Likely noise
SeasonLive · Free
Which QB was under centerLive · Free
Game script & venueLive · Free
Matchup (defense vs his position)Live · Free
Snap-share floor (your definition of “starting”)
Honest filtersLive · Free
Scoring
Week-by-week fantasy points2025 · With Jones
Counted in splitExcludedHover a bar for the game

Source: nflverse play-by-play, computed from real snaps — not an AI guess. Deterministic and reproducible. Hover any bar to see the game behind it.

8.6
Avg PPG (split)
6.4
Median week
17.7
Ceiling
1.3
Floor
start/sit readConsistency: streakyTD-reliance: 19%
Usage & role context — 2025Prior season
8%
Red-zone role
share of team RZ opps · 15 chances
-0.1%
Team pass rate (PROE)
balanced play-caller (IND)
14%
Team play-action
of dropbacks (IND)
7.7
Target depth (aDOT)
avg air yards per target
2.7 yd
Separation
avg at the catch point
16%
Air-yards share
of the team's intended air yards
+0.1
YAC vs expected
yards after catch over expectation

Next Gen Stats via nflverse; team play-action via FTN Data (via nflverse). Prior-season context, shown beside the split — never folded into it.

◆ What the average was hiding

Likely noise: This 0-PPG gap is within the margin of error — no bigger than his normal week-to-week swing (±4.7), so treat it as noise, not a real edge.

In games with jones, Downs averaged 8.6 PPG0 fewer than the 8.7 PPG season line your draft board shows.

Season outlook · 10yr @ this costmedian 156
7067% bust5% @1.5x236

Expect about 156 points. Ten years of drafts at this cost landed between 70 and 236, with a 67% chance of finishing below replacement (183).

Game log

16 games · 8.7 PPG avg
WkOppRecYdsTDSnapQBDefPts
1MIAW212049%Jonesmid3.2
2DENW651058%Jonestough11.1
3@TENW234051%Jonessoft5.4
4@LAL424062%Jonessoft6.4
5LVW654050%Jonesmid11.4
6ARIW642151%Jonesmid16.2
8TENW339164%Jonessoft12.9
9@PITL657167%Jonessoft17.7
10ATLW13047%Jonesmid1.3
12@KCL210043%Jonestough3.0
13HOUL244057%Jonestough6.4
14@JAXL423066%Leonardmid6.3
15@SEAL313172%Riverstough10.3
16SFL565078%Riverssoft11.8
17JAXL234061%Riversmid5.4
18@HOUL461063%Leonardtough9.6

Every TrueValue on this site is an average of exactly these rows — filtered by the conditions you pick above. !marks a game he didn’t finish, which durable-role splits leave out.

Separation — week by weekNext Gen Stats · 2025
Wk 2Wk 17

Last 4 weeks vs earlier: +0.1yd (2.52.6yd). Tracking data, not box-score points — a move here often shows up before the scoring does.

Schedule ahead — INDvs WR · 2025 defenses
Fantasy playoffs (wk 1517) · 1 soft, 2 tough
Wk 15
@TEN
Wk 16
CIN
Wk 17
@CLE
Full season
Wk 1
BAL
Wk 2
@KC
Wk 3
HOU
Wk 4
@WAS
Wk 5
@PIT
Wk 6
TEN
Wk 7
@MIN
Wk 8
@JAX
Wk 9
DAL
Wk 10
MIA
Wk 11
@HOU
Wk 12
NYG
Wk 14
@PHI
Wk 15
@TEN
Wk 16
CIN
Wk 17
@CLE
Wk 18
JAX

Green = that defense allowed the most fantasy points to WRs last season, red = the fewest. Matchup is a tiebreaker, not a verdict — it moves a close call, not a clear one.