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Reed exited in the third quarter of Sunday’s game and did not return to the field. Whatever the issue, Reed has already brushed off the possibility of surgery, which is a good sign as he and the Packers prepare for the offseason. Reed caught 55 passes for 857 yards and six touchdowns on the season, but was underutilized by the Packers after going for 64-793-8 as a rookie. We’ll see how things shape up for him next season, but Reed has the potential to be a nice value in fantasy drafts if the Packers simply increase his overall volume in 2025.

Reed appeared to suffer the injury while being tackled in the third quarter, he walked off to the locker room with trainers under his own power. The second-year receiver led the team with four catches for 46 yards on his only four targets before leaving. Entering the 2025 offseason, Reed’s biggest fantasy roadblock appears to be Matt LaFleur’s inability to imagine him as anything other than a slot receiver. He played just 36 of 66 snaps against the Eagles despite being by far Green Bay’s best healthy receiver for most of the game, and had a 55/857/6 seasonal line despite playing just 63% of the Packers offensive snaps. Reed will enter the offseason as a borderline WR3 for fantasy purposes, though he’d climb higher if we had higher expectations for his snap count.

It was yet another Packers game with strange flow and multiple quarterbacks, so it’s not surprising it was also yet another game where Reed failed to stuff the stat sheet. After coming out gangbusters earlier this season and positioning himself well to clear 1,000 yards receiving on the year, Reed didn’t end up particularly close at 857. He did clear 1,000 yards from scrimmage thanks to his 163 yards on the ground. The Packers have little hope of springing a Wild Card upset of the Eagles without a few big plays from nominal No. 1 wideout Reed.

An absolute disaster of a game for Reed at a time fantasy managers would probably prefer that not to happen. The wideout has been boom-or-bust for the majority of 2024, and Sunday would qualify as the latter. Reed is a very volatile FLEX play for Week 18 against the Bears, even before considering that it might not have much meaning for the Packers.

Quarterback Jordan Love attempted only 28 passes after the Packers jumped out to 21-0 lead in the first half, with only Dontayvion Wicks seeing more than a modest four targets. Reed caught a 37-yard pass from Love early in the game and padded his counting stats with a 34-yard reception in the fourth quarter from backup quarterback Malik Willis. Reed could be busier in Week 17 when the Packers travel to Minnesota to face the Vikings.

Reed continues to play a true slot role for the Packers that is accompanied by suboptimal snap rates. His typical schemed rushing works helps to inflate his weekly floor but he has not seen enough volume to return to fantasy stardom since before the team’s Week 10 bye. Reed and the Packers host the reeling Saints in Week 15.

Oh dear. Reed’s latest fantasy rug pull was by far his most painful, as the Packers scored 31 points against a struggling pass defense. Jordan Love did play an awful first half, but he came alive after the break, mostly by targeting Christian Watson. Reed drew a 14-yard DPI that doesn’t show up in the box score, but the brutal truth continues to be that he is not commanding looks. He’s drawn more than six targets one time all season, and been held to three-or-fewer three of the past four weeks. Ouch. With all 32 teams active for Week 15, Reed will be a shaky WR3 against the Seahawks.

Doubs missed Week 13 with the brain injury. He was limited in practice this week, but an early game on Thursday made it impossible for him to clear the league’s concussion protocol in time. He should be back for a Week 15 tilt with the Seahawks. His absence will leave Jayden Reed as the team’s top receiver, though Christian Watson and Dontayvion Wicks will both be in the mix for targets. Reed will sit on the WR2/3 border while the deep threats are high-risk FLEX plays for Week 14.

Fantasy managers can be grateful for a pair of touchdowns from Reed, but his role remained relatively modest. Reed accounted for 21 percent of the Packers’ targets and was held under 60 yards from scrimmage for the sixth time in his past seven appearances. He finished the day second on the team in targets. Reed is a dynamic playmaker with the ball in his hands, but the “too many mouths to feed” cliche is unavoidable in Green Bay. Reed will be a high-variance WR3 for his Week 14 matchup with the Lions.

Reed was the Packers’ featured pass catcher on the opening drive, earning all three of his Week 12 targets in that sequence. Reed was notably the first read on Tucker Kraft’s first-drive touchdown but Love quickly passed over him, opting instead for his jumbo-sized target. Reed added 20 yards on two punt returns. Reed is a WR2/3 against the Dolphins in Week 13.