Jaelon Darden Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Jaelon Darden has been activated from the COVID list ahead of the Buccaneers matchup against the Carolina Panthers this Sunday. Darden is expected to serve as receiver depth this weekend, but could play a larger role if the Buccaneers decide to rest some of their star players. It will be important to monitor HC Bruce Arians plans as the week progresses, though we might not find out more until players start to go through warmups.

As expected, Leonard Fournette has been placed on IR. With Fournette ruled out, Ronald Jones is expected to serve lead back duties this Sunday with Ke'Shaughn Vaughn and the newly signed Le'Veon Bell available to back him up. Jones projects as one of the better value plays on the slate and will need to be considered in most lineups. Jaelon Darden has been placed on the COVID list, he was not expected to play a major role this weekend and his likely absence is not expected to be DFS relevant. Mike Evans logged a second DNP Thursday and seems to be trending the wrong way for this weekend's game. Chris Godwin is out for the year with a torn ACL, leaving Evans and Brown as the top receivers for Tampa Bay. Right now, it seems like a longshot for Evans to suit up this weekend so Brown looks like one of the best plays on the slate. Brown should see a ton of targets with Tyler Johnson and Scotty Miller also available as receivers. It will be important to monitor Evans’s listing on the injury report released tomorrow.

Jaelon Darden (concussion) has been listed questionable for Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills. Darden is not expected to play a major role for the Buccaneers and if he were to miss Breshad Perriman would absorb any work he was slated to see.

Jaelon Darden has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. This seemed like a possibility after Breshad Perriman was signed from the practice squad less than an hour ago at the time of writing. Darden was expected to serve as receiver depth and play on special teams, Perriman will fill this role now and is not expected to be DFS relevant.

Antonio Brown and Jaelon Darden logged DNPs Wednesday ahead of the Buccaneers matchup with the Atlanta Falcons. It looks like it will be another couple of weeks before Brown is ready to return to join the receiving corps. Chris Godwin and Mike Evans should remain the top dogs with Tyler Johnson and Scotty Miller also seeing some work. Darden is not expected to play much of a role this weekend so his absence would not be DFS relevant.

Vaughn was not likely to be active, as the RBs ahead of him (Jones, Fournette, and Bernard) would've kept him irrelevant. Darden was a depth piece at receiver, but it should still be all the main weapons (Evans, Godwin, and Antonio Brown) along with Gronk and OJ Howard for the Bucs.