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Ben Skowronek — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 1.06 points per game in 2025, usage worth 0.6.

29 years old · 5 seasons of experience · 2021 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 45.7 points, 2.8 per game — 16.6 catches, 207 yards, 1.4 TDs. That is WR6, 406 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 2 points per game to a ceiling of 5.2, with the median at 2.8. Boom rate 85%, bust rate 30%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

The offense he plays in, 2026

Pittsburgh Steelers returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing hc, oc. Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, Mike McCarthy as head coach, Brian Angelichio calling it. The offense projects to 33 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 25.3 rushes.

In: Drew Allar (qb2), Michael Pittman Jr. (wr2), Germie Bernard (wr3), Kaden Wejen (wr6), A.T. Perry (wr7), Rico Dowdle (rb2), Eli Heidenreich (rb4). Out: Calvin Austin III (wr2), Adam Thielen (wr4), Kenneth Gainwell (rb2), Jonnu Smith (te2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 2.2%, with a bear case of 0.9% and a bull case of 3.3%.

The projected target split across the offense:

DK Metcalf21%
Michael Pittman Jr.13.9%
Germie Bernard13.6%
Pat Freiermuth13.1%
Jaylen Warren10.4%
Rico Dowdle7.1%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

Key additions: Traded for and Signed Michael Pittman Jr to 3 year $59M deal. Signed RB Rico Dowdle to 2/$12M deal in free agency. Drafted WR Germie Bernard in 2nd round, Drafted OT Max Iheanachor in 1st roud to beef up line. Drafted QB Drew Allar in the 3rd round. Drafted G Gennings Dunker 3rd roud (depth). Bringin in HC Mike McCarthy & Brian Angelichio as OC.

Key departures: RB Kenneth Gainwell left in free agency to Bucs. LG Isaac Seumalo left for Cardinals. WR Calvin Austin III left in free agency for Giants. HC Mike Tomlin & OC Arthur Smith (Ass) are both gone.

Notes: Drafted Bernard round 2 Steelers traded up. Steelers traded for Michael Pittman Jr. who is aging but will elevate the passing game. DK Metcalf looks to get back on track in 2026 & establish himself as WR1. Crowded WR room. Steelers drafted WR Riley Nowakowski in the 4th round & he will likely operate as WR5 or return specialist. Signed Rico Dowdle to 2 year deal in free agency. Warren is slotted to be 1A and Dowdle 1B, but any injury to either back makes the other a home run hit in fantasy for 2026. Aaron Rodgers SHOULD return to Steelers, but also drafted Drew Allar (bad QB but good prospect who should be rostered because he can progress. Zero floor on Allar but the ceiling is very high if he gets better.)

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Aaron Rodgers returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (32.4 att/g); Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 33 att/g; New OC Brian Angelichio — pass rate and tempo may shift; New HC Mike McCarthy.

How that share projection was built

Depth/practice piece (arrival_no_qualifying_multi_year_sample) — slot prior 2.5% baseline.

The named comps are the closest historical matches and the arrow is what their share actually did the following season. That is the working, not a summary of it — if you disagree with the projection, this is the part to argue with.

Offensive environment: PIT rates 21.3 against a league average of 23, 1.6 below it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season-1.9 · harder
Weeks 1–6+2.2 · easier
Weeks 12–17-1.8 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+3.7 · easier

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20223Tutu Atwell+1.1

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +5.6% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as stable.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 2.1 elite seasons and 2.6 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Braxton Berrios2024069%+13.5%
Richie James20232.466%-57.9%
Cedrick Wilson2024465%+4.4%
Braxton Berrios20233.662%-45.5%
David Moore20233.458%+182.1%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 3 gained value, 2 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,00020222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2021-05 to 2026-07. From 0 to 413, peaking at 1,233.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2021, round 7, pick 249 by LAR
CollegeNotre Dame
Age at draft24
Height6′2″
Weight220 lb

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game2.5
Week-to-week variation1.5
Boom rate6.1%
Bust rate59.2%
Games missed per season1
Injury historyForearm, Calf, Hip

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · PIT · 16 games

His best game was Week 1 against NYJ — 9.2 PPR on 1 targets and a 3.4% target share, in a game that finished 34-32. His worst was Week 18 against BAL at 0, on 0 targets, final score 26-24. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 15 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 1.6; in the 7 decided by more, 0.3. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 0.6 points per game. He scored 1.06, 65.7% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1NYJ34-329.2112213.4%18%
2SEA17-31000000%5%
3NE21-14000000%7%
4MIN24-21001004.5%34%
6CLE23-9000000%17%
7CIN31-33000000%11%
8GB25-352.3111303.1%17%
9IND27-20000000%35%
10LAC10-25000000%15%
11CIN34-12000000%23%
12CHI28-313.1112103.2%36%
13BUF7-26001004.5%9%
14BAL27-222.3111303%17%
15MIA28-15000000%6%
16DET29-24000000%1%
18BAL26-24000000%11%

Production

Receptions4
Targets6
Receiving yards69
Touchdowns1
Points per game1.06
Yards per target11.5
Catch rate66.67%

Role

Snap share16.38%
Target share1.36%
Air-yards share2.67%
WOPR0.039
RACR0.424

Efficiency

Average depth of target10
Yards after catch per reception5.8
Yards before catch per reception11.5
Total YAC23
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted145.1
Receiving EPA per game0.34

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.3%
End-zone target share3.6%
Expected receiving TDs0.15
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.15

Who else ate

The offense threw it 550 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

DK Metcalf19.04%
Kenneth Gainwell16.35%
Calvin Austin III10.58%
Jonnu Smith10.38%
Pat Freiermuth10.38%
Jaylen Warren8.65%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Aaron Rodgers1450.999.61.32%
Mason Rudolph211.55211.6%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 16 games were blowouts, 0% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 0 in those and 1.62 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · PIT · 9 games

His best game was Week 16 against BAL — 4.5 PPR on 2 targets and a 7.7% target share, in a game that finished 17-34. His worst was Week 18 against CIN at 0, on 0 targets, final score 17-19. Across 9 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 0.8; in the 3 decided by more, 2.4. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2.2 points per game. He scored 1.32, 33.7% above it. The engine classified the season as low_volume.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
2DEN13-6000000%9%
10WAS28-27000000%6%
11BAL18-161.411403.1%26%
12CLE19-24000000%3%
13CIN44-383.3112302.8%33%
14CLE27-14000000%31%
15PHI13-272.7111704.8%23%
16BAL17-344.5222507.7%17%
18CIN17-19000000%8%

Production

Receptions5
Targets5
Receiving yards69
Touchdowns0
Points per game1.32
Yards per target13.8
Catch rate100%

Role

Snap share17.33%
Target share2.04%
Air-yards share2.04%
WOPR0.044
RACR1.07

Efficiency

Average depth of target8
Yards after catch per reception5.8
Yards before catch per reception8
Total YAC29
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted118.7
Receiving EPA per game0.7

Who else ate

The offense threw it 498 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

George Pickens22.44%
Pat Freiermuth16.99%
Calvin Austin III12.64%
Najee Harris10.46%
Jaylen Warren10.24%
Van Jefferson8.71%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Russell Wilson851.4913.82.3%
Justin Fields1000%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 9 games were blowouts, 37.8% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.5 in those and 0.78 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · LA · 13 games

His best game was Week 8 against DAL — 9 PPR on 1 targets and a 3.1% target share, in a game that finished 20-43. His worst was Week 9 against GB at -0.2, on 0 targets, final score 3-20. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 12 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 1.2; in the 6 decided by more, 2.2. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 2.2 points per game. He scored 1.65, 3.1% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SEA30-13002005.4%26%
2SF23-303.1111001.9%25%
3CIN16-191.311303.1%22%
5PHI14-23001002.9%11%
8DAL20-439112013.1%8%
9GB3-20-0.200000%26%
11SEA17-16000000%13%
12ARI37-140.911-103.2%21%
13CLE36-193.2231208.8%38%
14BAL31-37000000%8%
15WAS28-20000000%4%
17NYG26-25000000%2%
18SF21-204.2222208.7%61%

Production

Receptions8
Targets12
Receiving yards66
Carries2
Rushing yards9
Touchdowns1
Points per game1.65
Yards per target5.5
Catch rate66.67%
Yards per carry4.5

Role

Snap share20.38%
Target share2.85%
Air-yards share2.55%
WOPR0.06
RACR0.648

Efficiency

Average depth of target7.3
Yards after catch per reception3.8
Yards before catch per reception4.5
Total YAC30
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted108.3
Receiving EPA per game0.11
Rushing EPA per game-0.13

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share3.7%
End-zone target share3.2%
Expected receiving TDs0.74
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck0.26

Who else ate

The offense threw it 583 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Puka Nacua28.83%
Cooper Kupp17.12%
Tyler Higbee12.61%
Tutu Atwell12.07%
Kyren Williams8.65%
Demarcus Robinson7.03%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Matthew Stafford11101.594.42.58%
Brett Rypien10-0.20%
Carson Wentz124.2118.7%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 13 games were blowouts, 60% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 2.58 in those and 1.23 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2022 · LA · 14 games

His best game was Week 6 against CAR — 16.7 PPR on 5 targets and a 16.1% target share, in a game that finished 24-10. His worst was Week 9 against TB at 0, on 2 targets, final score 13-16. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 10 times. In the 6 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 6.1; in the 8 decided by more, 6. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7.4 points per game. He scored 6.02, 19.1% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1BUF10-316.54625014.6%88%
2ATL31-273.6231608.6%86%
3ARI20-1210.64466016%85%
4SF9-245.3233306.3%88%
5DAL10-2210.16841019%88%
6CAR24-1016.75540116.1%68%
8SF14-312111003.1%62%
9TB13-16002007.7%65%
10ARI17-273.42714018.9%98%
11NO20-271.4144014.8%84%
12KC10-262.5245016.7%63%
13SEA23-2752330012%97%
14LV17-1615.97889023.5%100%
15GB12-241.3133015%67%

Production

Receptions39
Targets61
Receiving yards376
Carries1
Rushing yards17
Touchdowns1
Points per game6.02
Yards per target6.16
Catch rate63.93%
Yards per carry17

Role

Snap share81.36%
Target share13.74%
Air-yards share14.89%
WOPR0.311
RACR0.874

Efficiency

Average depth of target7.9
Yards after catch per reception3.5
Yards before catch per reception6.1
Total YAC137
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted67.4
Receiving EPA per game-0.39
Rushing EPA per game0.14

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share4.4%
End-zone target share3.4%
Red-zone carry share1.8%
Expected receiving TDs0.56
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.56
Expected rushing TDs0.06

Who else ate

The offense threw it 529 times. He took 11.82% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Tyler Higbee20.93%
Cooper Kupp18.99%
Ben Skowronek 11.82%
Allen Robinson10.08%
Van Jefferson8.53%
Tutu Atwell6.78%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 4 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Matthew Stafford9366.246.5311.8%
John Wolford2104.24.415.45%
Baker Mayfield2118.68.3619.25%
Bryce Perkins142.51.2516.7%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 14 games were blowouts, 10.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.25 in those and 6.08 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2021 · LA · 12 games

His best game was Week 15 against SEA — 8.2 PPR on 5 targets and a 17.2% target share, in a game that finished 20-10. His worst was Week 18 against SF at 0, on 2 targets, final score 24-27. Across 12 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 11 times. In the 4 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 1; in the 8 decided by more, 2.6. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 5 points per game. He scored 2.02, 39% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
3TB34-24000000%3%
5SEA26-17000000%0%
6NYG38-11000000%17%
7DET28-19000000%2%
8HOU38-226333008.8%30%
10SF10-311.8158011.9%76%
13JAX37-74.5123505.4%24%
14ARI30-23001003.3%24%
15SEA20-108.24542017.2%32%
16MIN30-23000000%6%
17BAL20-193.8221805.7%47%
18SF24-27002006.3%26%

Production

Receptions11
Targets20
Receiving yards133
Touchdowns0
Points per game2.02
Yards per target6.65
Catch rate55%

Role

Snap share23.92%
Target share4.88%
Air-yards share6.13%
WOPR0.117
RACR0.532

Efficiency

Average depth of target10.5
Yards after catch per reception4.8
Yards before catch per reception7.3
Total YAC53
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0.2%
Passer rating when targeted54.8
Receiving EPA per game0.12

Scoring position

Red-zone targets2
Red-zone target share1.5%
End-zone target share1.6%
Expected receiving TDs0.57
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.57

Who else ate

The offense threw it 606 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Cooper Kupp31.73%
Van Jefferson14.78%
Tyler Higbee14.12%
Robert Woods11.46%
Odell Beckham7.97%
Darrell Henderson6.64%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 12 games were blowouts, 25.9% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 2.1 in those and 0.95 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

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