Brock Bowers TE

LV · Out — Knee - Meniscus — Week 3 at NO, who allow the 21st-most points to TEs — recently Sam LaPorta put up 4.8 on them (W1).

Should you start Brock Bowers this week?

Brock Bowers projects 15.0 PPR points in week 3 at NO — the 21st-ranked matchup for TEs. Start him if that clears your other options at TE — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 2 angle vs NO: 206 passing yards a game allowed (5.28/attempt) · 2 TDs/gm through the air · 0 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 21st-most fantasy points allowed to TEs. Receipts and the full profile: how NO defends TEs, linked under The matchup below.

→ Holding steady
→ snap % 85.9 → 96.5 (+12%) · → target share % 23.4 → 22.7 (-3%)
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 3 proj
15.0
PPR · 8.9 std
Matchup
21st
NO vs TEs
Trade value
4,621
#28 overall · -1610/30d

Usage & TD luck (2025 · 12 games, last season — no games yet this year): 85.9% offensive snaps · 7.2 targets/game, 23.4% target share · 25% air-yard share (aDOT 6.5) · 5.3 catches for 56.7 yards/game, 7 TD. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

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Common decisions

Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W3@ NO Sun, Sep 27 8.911.915.0 21st
W4vs KC Sun, Oct 4 8.411.514.5 10th
W5@ NE Sun, Oct 11 9.012.115.2 30th · tough
W6vs BUF Sun, Oct 18 8.011.013.9 19th
W7vs LAR Sun, Oct 25 8.811.814.8 26th · tough
W8@ NYJ Sun, Nov 1 9.612.615.6 23rd

The matchup

All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.