Dareke Young WR

LV · Questionable — Hamstring — Week 2 at LAC, who allow the 19th-most points to WRs — recently Kendrick Bourne put up 7.5 on them (W1).

Should you start Dareke Young this week?

Dareke Young projects 0.5 PPR points in week 2 at LAC — the 19th-ranked matchup for WRs. Start him if that clears your other options at WR — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 2 angle vs LAC: 277 passing yards a game allowed (7.49/attempt) · 1 TDs/gm through the air · 0 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 19th-most fantasy points allowed to WRs. Receipts and the full profile: how LAC defends WRs, linked under The matchup below.

· No usage trend on file
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 2 proj
0.5
PPR · 0.3 std
Matchup
19th
LAC vs WRs

Usage & TD luck (2026 · 2 games): 15% offensive snaps · 0.5 targets/game, 1.7% target share · 2.3% air-yard share (aDOT 13) · 0.5 catches for 13.5 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (8 games): 9.4% offensive snaps, 0.4 targets/game, 1.5% target share, 3.3% air-yard share (aDOT 19), 0.3 catches for 6 yards/game, 0 TD. (2025) TD luck: 0 scored vs 0.1 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

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Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W2@ LAC Sun, Sep 20 0.30.40.5 19th
W3@ NO Sun, Sep 27 0.30.40.5 11th
W4vs KC Sun, Oct 4 0.30.40.5 31st · tough
W5@ NE Sun, Oct 11 0.30.40.5 13th
W6vs BUF Sun, Oct 18 0.30.40.4 8th · soft
W7vs LAR Sun, Oct 25 0.30.40.5 4th · soft

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.