Q: How High Are We Buying Tyreek Hill? What would a good deal look like to you?
The hope is that you don’t have to buy Tyreek Hill high because you bought him two weeks ago when his price was much lower. The silver lining here though if you don’t already have him is that his price still isn’t as high as it’s about to be after this matchup against the Cardinals – they’re allowing the seventh most fantasy points to WRs this year. You can also play off of the whole ‘will Tua hit the ground running’ question, but the truth is the price is going to be high especially since whoever has him has probably itching to see him get back to his usual production with Tua. That being said, I’m treating him as a high-WR1 regardless, so your trade offer is going to have to be substantial. I’d try and package up a guy like Jayden Reed / Stefon Diggs with another player at a position of need for that team (preferably off your bench) and see if they bite. But for the most part, I’m not trying to move heaven and earth at this point to get him when I could have bought him lower a few weeks ago.
Q: How Should Amari Cooper Be Viewed Moving Forward?
I think the best viewing experience is going to be on NFL RedZone while he’s scoring touchdowns this Sunday. All jokes aside, I’m viewing Amari Cooper as a very strong WR2 with WR1 upside moving forward. He was obviously limited in his first game with the Bills, but he earned a massive 42% target rate on those routes and finished as the PPR WR14 on a 34% route participation. Ridiculously good. I’m expecting his routes to jump up again this week and at the very latest, he should be up to speed and running a full route participation by Week 9. The number of weapons in Buffalo does give me a little bit of pause, but the Bills wouldn’t have brought in Cooper if any of them were getting the job done. If you held Amari Cooper or traded for him before he was traded last week, you’ll take this every day of the week over the shitshow he was part of in Cleveland. And if he was in your lineup as your WR3 or flex play, you just got a huge upgrade to your fantasy team with Cooper landing in Buffalo.
Q: Is It Time to Move On From Brian Thomas After His Good Game This Past Week?
He’s second on the team in targets per route run and target share to only Evan Engram, and he’s the PPR WR8 on the season even with the Jaguars scoring 20 or fewer points in five of seven games this season. He’s overcoming his situation and actually thriving – he’s been a top-10 WR in three of the past four weeks and has had either 85 yards or a touchdown in five of his seven games this season. The schedule moving forward isn’t bad, Trevor Lawrence is looking for him, and he’s producing – I don’t see any reason to move on at this point unless you’re using him to upgrade to a high-end WR1. But considering Thomas was drafted in the 9th round as the WR47 off the board this offseason, I’d be content to just roll him out in my WR3/flex spot each week and let him keep putting up WR1 numbers for me.