OJ Howard or John Brown, Sunday?

OJ Howard plays Pittsburgh who seems to have a TERRIBLE defense and just got SMOKED by Kelce last week who is naturally better than Howard, but since Shazier left the Steelers D against TEs has been atrocious.

Brown plays Denver who was picked apart last week by Oakland... Carr and Flacco are... COMPARABLE for now and it was in Denver. That said, Denver does have decent corners who can shut players down but Denver's pass D is much worse than it's rush D this year so....

I'm leaning towards Brown partly because he's got 14 targets and Howard only has 6 so far this season. Yes Howard has caught 5 of those 6 and done well in fantasy but it doesn't seem like he's been a primary target. That said, the Steelers D is so bad and their O is good enough that I have to imagine this will be a shoot out and Howard will be able to abuse the mediocre linebacker crew in Pitts.

Thoughts?

Note: I wouldn't be starting either of these guys but Mixon and Cook being out is forcing my hand. Fortunately my Fantasy opponents were stupid enough to leave Latavius Murray alone so I snagged him against the putrid Bills D and can drop him after Cook returns.

brown just bc howard hasnt had the target share

I say Brown too, although with not a lot of confidence.

I'm swaying myself between he and Graham and Reed for two spots.

TKOSpikes said:

I say Brown too, although with not a lot of confidence.

I'm swaying myself between he and Graham and Reed for two spots.

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Yah my other TE is Graham... I could start Howard AND Brown and sit Graham, too... Kind of in a dilemma between Brown, Graham, and Howard. Washington has a damn good D so far but they've played the Cardinals (lol) and Colts (Luck okay, but he's getting back in the groove).

Ugh.... I feel like whichever one I DON'T start is going to go off.

I guess if you want the safe pick you go Graham/Brown because 12/14 targets respectively vs. 6 for Howard. I guess it really comes down to how greedy do I want to get because Howard has by far the best matchup.

Leaning on Howard. Steelers defense is completely inept at controlling big, athletic TEs.