Luke McCaffrey WR

WAS — Week 2 at DAL, who allow the 1st-most points to WRs — recently Deebo Samuel put up 9.3 on them (W17), Gunner Olszewski put up 10.2 on them (W18).

Should you start Luke McCaffrey this week?

Luke McCaffrey projects 0.6 PPR points in week 2 at DAL — the 1st-ranked matchup for WRs, averaging 7.2 over his last three. 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 1 angle vs DAL: 265.9 passing yards a game allowed (8.13/attempt) · 2.1 TDs/gm through the air · 0.4 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 1st-most fantasy points allowed to WRs. Receipts and the full profile: how DAL defends WRs, linked under The matchup below.

→ Holding steady
→ snaps/gm 22.2 → 24 (+8%)
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 2 proj
0.6
PPR · 0.4 std
Matchup
1st
DAL vs WRs
Form
7.2
PPR pts/gm, last 3 played

What Vegas expects (week 1): 10% anytime-TD — de-vigged sportsbook consensus, shown for information; we take no bets.

Usage & TD luck (2025): 31.7% offensive snaps · 6.8% target share · 10% air-yard share (aDOT 14.5). TD luck: 3 scored vs 1.1 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

Compare Luke McCaffrey in Start/Sit Try in the Trade Analyzer

Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W2@ DAL Sun, Sep 20 0.40.50.6 1st · soft
W3vs SEA Sun, Sep 27 0.40.50.6 29th · tough
W4vs IND Sun, Oct 4 0.40.50.6 7th · soft
W5vs NYG Sun, Oct 11 0.40.50.6 10th
W6@ SF Mon, Oct 19 0.40.50.6 13th
W8vs PHI Sun, Nov 1 0.40.50.6 30th · tough

The matchup

2025 game log

WkOppStd½ PPRPPR
W8KC3/3 rec, 24 yd 2.43.95.4
W6CHI1/1 rec, 33 yd, 1 TD 9.39.810.3
W5LAC1/2 rec, 50 yd 5.05.56.0
W4ATL2/3 rec, 21 yd, 1 TD 8.19.110.1
W3LV3/3 rec, 56 yd, 1 TD 11.613.114.6
W2GB1/1 rec, 19 yd 3.94.44.9
Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.