Emmett Johnson — Week 8: Five Catches, 128 Yards
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 2
Johnson caught all 5 of his targets for 128 yards and a 73-yard touchdown against the Broncos, more receiving yards than in his first six games combined, in Kansas City's 28-24 loss.
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Emmett Johnson Smashed the Broncos as a receiver: 5 targets, 5 catches, 128 yards and a touchdown, worth +9.5 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position. Of the 128 yards, 121 came after the catch. He also ran once for 15 yards and returned a kickoff 44.
The touchdown came up 7-6 with 7:54 left in the second quarter: third and 10 at the Kansas City 27, Patrick Mahomes threw short left, Johnson caught it 10 yards past the line and ran the other 63, +7.0 EPA and 24.1 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. With 1:02 left in the half, on second and 8 from the Kansas City 27, he caught a short pass to the right and went 38 yards before being pushed out at the Denver 35, +2.3 EPA; Harrison Butker kicked a 45-yard field goal to end the drive. His 4-yarder on third and 3 in the fourth moved the chains on the drive that ended in Butker's miss.
After Denver took the lead with 1:56 left, his 44-yard kickoff return started the last drive at the Kansas City 44.
The 128 yards were more than the 109 he had through Week 7, on 9 catches from 11 targets worth +4.8 EPA across six games.
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