Fantasy Football Player Notes

The Return of the Puka came in full force last week. Last week, Puka caught nine passes for 125 yards and added a rushing score. Whether it's Davante Adams or Puka, the Rams' top receiver is amazing for fantasy. However, last week's performance didn't come without concern. It was reported that Puka has been dealing with a "pre-hernia." By all accounts, this sounds like a ticking time bomb. Maybe it doesn't impact this season, or maybe he aggravates it next week and misses over a month. We're playing with fire, but at least these flames are hot. Over the next few weeks, Puka has great matchups against the Bills and Cardinals. With Ja'Marr Chase dealing with a concussion, and JSN having tough matchups, Puka is my WR1 for this week and likely next week as well.

In his two games played with Puka Nacua, Davante Adams has had a 19% target share with 0.81 YPRR (58 total receiving yards), two red zone targets, three deep targets, and a 23.2% first-read share. His other two games of the season have loudly displayed that Adams isn't near the end of the line, so this feels like small sample variance with his production dipping so much. His target share and first-read share were still strong in those games. I'm expecting a bounce-back performance for Adams in Week 5. Buffalo has the 11th-highest two-high rate (56.2%). This season against two-high, Adams has a 21% target-per-route run rate with 1.88 YPRR. His numbers are much better against single-high, but these aren't horrible metrics by any stretch of the imagination. Buffalo has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points per opportunity to perimeter wide receivers.