Fantasy Football Player Notes

It was good to see him get back into the end zone after a three-week hiatus, though he's still failed to top 65 yards in each of his last four games. He has a date with Jamar Taylor in the slot this week, a cornerback who's allowed 103.2 QB Rating in his coverage, which ranks as the 19th highest of 60 cornerbacks/safeties who qualify. Over the last three games with the Seahawks, Kupp has totaled 9/117/1, 5/39/0 (tore ACL mid-game), and 6/90/1 (left with concussion mid-game). It's fair to say he's had a lot of success against them. Kupp should be able to find the soft spots in the zone once again and should be in lineups as a middling WR2 while Goff remains unstable.

Two touchdowns saved Gurley's fantasy day against Seattle the first time around, and he will need to find the end zone again this week for him to have value. His upside is limited, since he is unable to break the big plays. Consider him an RB2 this week.

Holy targets, Batman! Woods saw 19 targets in Week 13, which was the second time this year he caught 13 passes. He's now up to 835 yards on the season, though he's still without a receiving touchdown. That's got to even out at some point. He's going to see Shaquill Griffin the most, which is a problem, as he's their top cornerback. He was the one who allowed the touchdown to Laquon Treadwell last week, but that was based on missed communication in their zone coverage. In their first meeting, Woods was held to just five catches for 48 yards on nine targets. This matchup better suits Kupp and Cooks, though Woods' target share is too hard to pass up as a middling WR3.

Cooks has totaled more than two receptions just once since Week 4. This isn't a large enough target share to have any kind of confidence in Cooks. He should be valued as a WR4 with upside against the Seahawks.

Seattle has given up the eighth-most fantasy points to TEs over the past five weeks. In the first matchup with Seattle, Gerald Everett went off, putting up over 130 yards. We saw last week what Higbee can do with increased snaps, so he is a borderline TE1 option this week, if Everett is out as expected.

With Cooks and Woods back playing in the lineup, Reynolds has no place on fantasy teams. There's only so many targets to go around, and he's not going to see enough of them consistently.