Fantasy Football Player Notes

There were a lot of people who asked me why I was high on Amari Cooper last week when he was playing the Bears. Well, because he's simply better than Kyle Fuller and Prince Amukamara. The same applies to Adams. It didn't hurt Cooper/Gallup's production with Amukamara out for that game, but this is a matchup that elite players can do well in. Even with the Bears playing at an elite level in 2018, Adams racked up 5/88/1 in the first matchup and then 8/119/0 in the second matchup. Knowing that Rodgers has thrown 10 passing touchdowns against the Bears in the last three games at Lambeau Field certainly helps Adams' projections, too. We likely won't know if Amukamara will return until late in the week, but if he were out, it'd be a nice bump to Adams projection, as the Bears don't shadow, which means Adams would see Kevin Toliver in coverage quite a bit. He'd played three defensive snaps all year prior to allowing 5-of-6 passing for 71 yards and a touchdown to the Cowboys last week. Plug-and-play Adams as a high-end WR1 no matter what.

He's still the No. 2 in the offense, though there doesn't appear to be enough volume for there to be two fantasy relevant receivers on a consistent basis. The Bears haven't allowed consistent production to wide receivers, either. They've allowed just 14 receivers to finish as top-40 options against them, with every receiver seeing at least five targets, and 11 of them totaling at least seven targets. There's no way you can put Lazard down for either of those numbers confidently, as he's failed to hit five targets in every game since Week 10. It would surely help if the Bears were without Prince Amukamara once again, but even then, it's tough to say Lazard is anything more than an upside WR5.

MVS has continued to be nothing but irrelevant for fantasy and reality, losing his snaps to Allen Lazard and Jake Kumerow. If you actually still have him on your team, just drop him.