Michael Pittman
27-Year-Old
2024 Receiving Stats
REC
46
YDS
550
TD
2
AVG
12.0
TAR
79
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
A 2020 second-round pick, Pittman has improved upon his totals for targets and receptions with each passing season, establishing himself as one of the league's better possession receivers whilst dealing with subpar QB play. The best he's seen was the final year of Philip Rivers' career, at which point Pittman was a rookie and only the No. 3 receiver behind T.Y. Hilton and Zach Pascal. While he's been the clear No. 1 for Indianapolis ever since, Pittman has been saddled with Carson Wentz, a brutal final season from Matt Ryan and then Gardner Minshew last year. Anthony Richardson might end up being miles better than all those guys after an injury-marred rookie year, but even if he is, it doesn't guarantee Pittman will improve his production. What might happen instead is Pittman improving his efficiency but losing volume, as an offense with Richardson and RB Jonathan Taylor presumably will have a lot of rush attempts. At 6-4, 223, with 4.52 speed, Pittman is perhaps better suited to his familiar possession role in any case, while rookie second-round pick Adonai Mitchell can work as more of a field-stretcher. 2023 third-round pick Josh Downs is the wild card, potentially impacting Pittman's dominant share of short targets. Read Past Outlooks
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Five grabs in Sunday's win
Pittman caught five of seven targets for 42 yards in Sunday's 25-24 win over the Patriots.
ANALYSIS
Second-year QB Anthony Richardson completed only half of his 24 attempts, and Pittman was by far the Colts' leader in catches and receiving yards as a result despite his modest numbers. Since missing a Week 10 contest with back trouble, Pittman has been his usual stalwart self, posting a 16-184-0 line on 22 targets over three contests, but his TD drought now sits at six games. He'll look to find paydirt again on the other side of the Colts' Week 14 bye,
Second-year QB Anthony Richardson completed only half of his 24 attempts, and Pittman was by far the Colts' leader in catches and receiving yards as a result despite his modest numbers. Since missing a Week 10 contest with back trouble, Pittman has been his usual stalwart self, posting a 16-184-0 line on 22 targets over three contests, but his TD drought now sits at six games. He'll look to find paydirt again on the other side of the Colts' Week 14 bye,
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Advanced NFL Stats
How do Michael Pittman's 2024 advanced stats compare to other wide receivers?
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Air Yards Per Game
73.3Air Yards Per Snap
1.47% Team Air Yards
22.4%% Team Targets
21.1%Avg Depth of Target
11.3 YdsCatch Rate
58.2%Drop Rate
1.3%Avg Yds After Catch
4.5% Targeted On Route
22.8%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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Receiving Alignment Breakdown
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This Week's Opposing Pass Defense
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Sunday, Dec 15th at 4:25PM
Overall QB Rating Against
75.7
Cornerbacks
72.1
Safeties
83.9
Linebackers
77.7
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2024 Michael Pittman Split Stats
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Measurables Review
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How do Michael Pittman's measurables compare to other wide receivers?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
Height
6' 4"Weight
223 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.52 secShuttle Time
4.14 secCone Drill
6.96 secVertical Jump
36.5 inBroad Jump
121 inBench Press
13 repsHand Length
9.25 inArm Length
32.50 in
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Pittman took a step back rather than forward, as many expected, in 2022, dropping from 1,082 yards the year before to only 925 despite seeing 12 more targets (in one fewer game). The volume, at least, was promising, and some of the efficiency decline was out of his hands in an offense torpedoed by Matt Ryan's downfall and Jonathan Taylor's injury woes. Free-agent addition Gardner Minshew at least figures to be an upgrade on the 2022 version of Ryan, and there's not much in the way of target competition for Pittman. While never likely to be much of a deep threat with 4.52 speed, Pittman did show competence as an intermediate target in 2021 with a 9.8 aDOT before dropping to tight-end range in 2022 at 6.9. New coach Shane Steichen should take notice after doing fantastic work in Philadelphia last year, though there's some chance Pittman ends up catching passes from an unpolished rookie Anthony Richardson, the 14th overall pick in the draft, rather than Minshew in what could essentially be a rebuilding year for the Colts.
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Leading receiver on seven targets
Pittman caught six of seven targets for 96 yards in Sunday's 24-6 loss to Detroit.
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Five catches in return
Pittman caught five of eight targets for 46 yards in Sunday's 28-27 win over the Jets.
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Practices fully Thursday
Pittman (back) practiced fully Thursday.
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Estimated as full participant
Pittman (back) was listed as a full participant on Wednesday's practice estimate.
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Ruled out this week
Head coach Shane Steichen said Friday that Pittman (back/finger) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Bills, Amanda Foster of the Colts' official site reports.
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Getting Flacco back
Pittman should benefit from having a more accurate quarterback moving forward, as coach Shane Steichen confirmed Wednesday that Joe Flacco will start at quarterback for the Colts "going forward," per JJ Stankevitz of the team's official site.
ANALYSIS
Pittman has had an up-and-down season due in large part to the struggles of Anthony Richardson, who is completing only 44 percent of his passes. Catching passes from Flacco moving forward is likely to benefit Pittman, who has only 352 receiving yards through eight games after posting at least 925 receiving yards in each of the previous three seasons.
Pittman has had an up-and-down season due in large part to the struggles of Anthony Richardson, who is completing only 44 percent of his passes. Catching passes from Flacco moving forward is likely to benefit Pittman, who has only 352 receiving yards through eight games after posting at least 925 receiving yards in each of the previous three seasons.