Drake London Due for TD Regression as Falcons-Bears Total Climbs Past 50
London has zero touchdowns through five games despite monster usage with Michael Penix Jr. — and Week 6's indoor shootout script could finally fix that.
Elite usage plus a 50-point total indoors screams first TD of the year.
- Falcons-Bears total sits north of 50, played indoors
- Drake London has 0 TD through 5 games in 2026
- Bijan Robinson: 121 PPR pts, our RB4 in 2026
- Bears expected to key on Robinson, freeing London
Here's the mismatch that jumps off the Week 6 slate: Falcons-Bears carries a total above 50, it's indoors, and both defenses are built to leak through the air. That's the environment where touchdown regression finally catches up to Drake London, who has been a volume monster all year with Michael Penix Jr. throwing him the ball — and somehow still has zero touchdowns through five games in 2026.
The logic is clean. Chicago is going to sell out to slow Bijan Robinson, who's already piled up 121 PPR points and sits as our RB4 and overall #11 in 2026. Load the box for Bijan, and you leave London working one-on-one in the red zone. In a projected shootout, that's where the scores come from.
Why The Script Fits
London has quietly been one of the most targeted receivers in football this season, but the box score hasn't rewarded him with six points yet. That's not a usage problem — it's variance. When a receiver drawing this kind of volume runs into a game with a 50-plus total and a defense that can't get off the field, the touchdown math tends to self-correct in a hurry.
Penix under center has only raised London's ceiling. The connection has been there all year; the paydirt simply hasn't. A funky slog in New York this is not — this is the kind of high-scoring, pass-happy spot where you want your best receiver on the field, not on your bench.
The Fantasy Call
Start London with zero hesitation and feel good about a touchdown-sized spike week. You're not benching a target hog in a top-tier scoring environment because he hasn't found the end zone yet — that's backwards. If you've got a nervous manager in your league holding him, this is also a reasonable buy-low window before the regression lands. Lock him in.
Same shootout logic bleeds into Bijan Robinson, who stays a locked RB1 start regardless of how Chicago plays him — defenses keying on him is exactly why London eats. Play both with confidence.
