Cade Otton — Week 9: Eight Targets, One Pick Six
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 9
Otton caught 4 of 8 targets for 25 yards against the Bears and converted a fourth down, but the interception returned for a Chicago touchdown came on a throw to him, in Tampa Bay's 27-24 loss in Chicago.
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Cade Otton drew his most targets of the season against the Bears, and one of them decided the afternoon: 8 targets, 4 catches, 25 yards and -9.3 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position. Down 17-13 with 3:50 left in the third, second and 9 at the Chicago 36, Baker Mayfield threw short right for him and Jaylon Johnson intercepted at the 33 and returned it 67 yards for the touchdown: -9.9 EPA and 27.9 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. His other 7 targets were worth +0.6.
His best came in the first quarter, down 14-0: fourth and 2 at the Chicago 12, a short pass to the left for 2 yards and the first down, +2.0 EPA. The drive ended in a 27-yard field goal. They were his first catches since Week 6. Through Week 8 he had 19 catches on 30 targets for 186 yards and +4.8 EPA, +0.16 a target, and had not been targeted more than 6 times in a game.
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