Fantasy Football Player Notes

It might not be realistic for Chase to match the splendor of a 2024 season in which he finished with 127-1,708-17, but Chase has been a high-end WR1 since entering the league in 2021, and he has a great bond with longtime college and pro teammate Joe Burrow, one of the best pure passers in the game.

Some fantasy managers will shy away from Higgins because he's missed five games in each of the last two years, and because he isn't the top receiver on his own team. (That honor belongs to Ja'Marr Chase, of course.) But Higgins is an outstanding receiver in his own right. He scored 10 touchdowns in only 12 games last season and averaged 75.9 receiving yards per contest. The Bengals' shaky defense could lead to a lot of high-scoring shootouts for Cincinnati this season -- another reason to consider investing in Higgins.

Last year, Andrei Iosivas was the WR74 in fantasy points per game, with only four weeks as a WR36 or higher in weekly fantasy scoring. He only drew a 9.2% target share with 28.2 receiving yards per game and 0.88 yards per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). He's a last-round pick in best ball only as a stacking piece with Joe Burrow.