Robert

Woods

Woods received the fourth most targets in this contest behind Tank Dell (nine) and Dalton Schultz and Dare Ogunbowale each receiving three. The wideout made a nice catch on a 32-yard reception near the end of the contest, but was mostly a non-factor. Woods is a high-risk, medium-reward option in this Houston offense, and that will continue in Week 10 against the Lions.

That is, unfortunately, what it looked like on Sunday after Diggs limped off the NRG Stadium turf. Diggs will be a free agent after the season and will probably be looked at as a reclamation project as a 31-year-old rehabbing a torn ACL. For the Texans currently, Tank Dell will push into a more featured role in the passing game and will likely remain a fantasy WR2/3 even when Nico Collins comes back from a hamstring injury that has him on injured reserve. Dalton Schultz has also pushed higher in the target pecking order even if the lines aren’t impressive and will become a borderline TE1 until Collins returns. Robert Woods will likely be the main wideout, but splitting snaps with Xavier Hutchinson and John Metchie III means you likely can’t trust a Houston WR2/3 until proven otherwise.

28 of them on one catch, if you want to know how that was really going. Metchie III, Robert Woods (2-of-2 targets for 18 yards), and Xavier Hutchinson (1-of-1 target for 19 yards) look likely to take an expanded offensive role with Stefon Diggs (knee) likely down for at least Thursday night. We’d probably believe most in Woods of the three, but it’s worth noting that Metchie III was the target leader of the three today. All of them will be hard to trust for fantasy purposes until we see the Texans offense back on track.

Five of these seven players were declared out on Friday, and Sims was added to the out pool on Saturday. Broeker is the lone healthy scratch. Woods has not practiced the last two weeks with a foot injury. Xavier Hutchinson will remain in an elevated role for the Texans with Woods and Nico Collins out.

Woods was ruled out on Friday with a foot injury, which should put Xavier Hutchinson into a clear role against New England behind Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell. Houston’s secondary is banged up with Ward and Lassiter out with injuries. D’Angelo Ross and Eric Murray should start. Broeker and Weaver are healthy scratches.

The Texans also lost No. 1 WR Nico Collins (hamstring) to injured reserve this week. Woods’ absence solidifies Xavier Hutchinson’s role as the No. 3 wide receiver, at least in the short term. Hutchinson is more of a deep-league and DFS flex option than a 12-team starter.

Woods has yet to practice this week and is trending toward missing the Texans’ Week 6 game against the Patriots. The veteran receiver has caught three passes for 28 yards this season and wouldn’t have any fantasy upside if active.

Woods had a chance to compete for the No. 3 role with No. 1 WR Nico Collins (hamstring) now on injured reserve. Beginning the week with a DNP is not ideal though. Fellow backup WR Xavier Hutchinson appears to have the inside track for the fill-in starter role at this time.

With Noah Brown joining Tank Dell on the shelf, the Texans needed more from Woods as they looked to extend their season, but the 31-year-old veteran seems to have nothing left in his legs. He cleared 50 yards only three times all season, and only one time after Week 2. Aka, after the Texans got rookie Dell cooking. Although Woods is guaranteed $1.5 million for 2024, he has zero shot of the Texans picking up his entire $6.25 million check. Despite C.J. Stroud’s ascendancy, Woods can be safely left on waiver wires in Dynasty leagues.

With Noah Brown landing on injured reserve, Woods could see an uptick on last week’s 36 percent snap share, but the veteran slot man doesn’t seem to be too healthy himself. He’s become a shaky small-slate DFS option because of his limited usage.