Nate Adkins
TE
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- Teammate RJ Harvey (a top target) is on IR, so Adkins may see more targets.
A hurt top target or lead back nudges the projection up a little, since their work tends to shift to teammates. QB and offensive-line flags are shown for context but do not change the number.
This is how TEs have played against the Chargers in the 2026 season.
TE1 = the highest-scoring TE against Chargers in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.
| Wk | Team | Player | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ARI | Trey McBride | 13 | 9 | 95 | 1 | 24.5 |
| 2 |  LV | Michael Mayer | 4 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 5.3 |
| 3 |  BUF | Dalton Kincaid | 3 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 3.8 |
| 4 |  SEA | AJ Barner | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Average | 5.8 | 3.8 | 42.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 | ||
| Median | 3.5 | 2.5 | 30.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | ||
| High | 13 | 9 | 95 | 1 | 24.5 | ||
| Low | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.2 | ||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
How Nate Adkins should do vs the ChargersSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Chargers, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Nate Adkins has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Chargers opponents to line them up with: the best TE they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Nate Adkins will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Chargers avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Nate Adkins's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Nate Adkins usually produces.
Projected is Nate Adkins's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Chargers were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.
| Wk | Opp | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | JAX | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 12.8 |
| 3 | LA | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7.8 |
| 8 | KC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8.4 |
| Adkins avg | 2.3 | 2.0 | 14.7 | 1.0 | 9.7 | |
| Chargers TE1 avg | 5.8 | 3.8 | 42.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 | |
| Difference | +3.4 | +1.8 | +27.3 | -0.8 | -0.7 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Adkins averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.
Prediction & chance to scoreNate Adkins vs the Chargers
Prediction for Nate Adkins
Nobody knows which slot Nate Adkins will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Chargers.
I predict about 5.9 points for Nate Adkins if playing as a TE1. Nate Adkins has averaged 10.3 over 2 games, and the Chargers have given up 9.0 to TE1s (-13% vs the league average of 10.3).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Nate Adkins scored: Wk 2 12.8, Wk 3 7.8. Average 10.3; weighted toward recent games it is 6.4.
2. The defense. Over 4 games, the Chargers allowed 9.0 points to their opponent's TE1. The league average for that slot is 10.3, so that is -13%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 4 defensive games, only 57% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -7% adjustment (x0.93).
4. Result. 6.4 x 0.93 = 5.9. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.
It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.
Chance to score
Type a point total to see how likely Nate Adkins is to reach it as a TE1.
Why this percentage?
The projection (5.9) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 3.6 points, leaning on Nate Adkins's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical TE swings before that).
Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 6.
With only 2 games of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.
InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
- TE1s have averaged 3.8 receptions, 42.0 receiving yards and 0.3 receiving TDs against the Chargers across 4 games.
- The Chargers allow 9.0 PPR points to TE1s, -13% versus the league average of 10.3 (ranked 19 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
- Outlier: Week 1, Trey McBride (24.5 pts, 9 rec, 95 yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 9.0 vs 3.8; rec 3.8 vs 2.0; yds 42.0 vs 24.3. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- Outlier: Week 4, AJ Barner (2.2 pts, 1 rec, 12 yds) sits far below the other games and drags the averages down. Average with it vs without it: pts 9.0 vs 11.2; rec 3.8 vs 4.7; yds 42.0 vs 52.0. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- 1 of 4 games reached 7+ PPR points. Scores range from 2.2 to 24.5 (median 4.5).
- TE1s scored a touchdown in 1 of 4 games (25%).
Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.