Keelan Cole Sr. Week 3 Outlook - Raiders at Patriots

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 24th 2020, 9:54am EDT

He leads the team in targets right now, and rightfully so considering he's caught all 11 of them for 105 yards and two touchdowns. He out-snapped Laviska Shenault last week 51 to 43, making him the No. 2 receiver in this offense. He's running almost all of his routes from the slot, which is extremely good in this matchup against Miami, who have allowed Julian Edelman 5/57/0 in Week 1, and then 5/70/0 to Cole Beasley in Week 2. Their primary slot cornerback is Jamal Perry, though they benched him for Nik Needham in Week 2. That didn't fare well, so who knows which route they'll take this week. What we do know is that Cole can play a role in fantasy football and his early-season performances may not be a fluke. Knowing he has the best matchup on the field, he deserves a slight bump in the rankings. Both him and Shenault should be considered WR5 types, with Cole being the safer of the two. With all the injuries in the league, you could do worse as a last-ditch option in Week 3.