Amari Cooper or Keenan Allen
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Amari Cooper WR - DAL  Amari Cooper WR - DAL at LAR, Sun 8pm EDT |
Keenan Allen WR - LAC  Keenan Allen WR - LAC at CIN, Sun 4pm EDT |
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| ECR | # 18 | # 20 | - |
| Best Rank | # 5 | # 4 | - |
| Worst Rank | # 46 | # 33 | - |
| Matchup | |||
| Opponent | at LAR | at CIN | - |
| Matchup Rating | This is a 2 star matchup. WRs perform a little worse than their average vs LAR | This is a 3 star matchup. WRs perform close to their average vs CIN | - |
| Stats Allowed | |||
| Rec | 21.7 | 21.3 | |
| Rec Yds | 212.6 | 246.4 | |
| Rec TD | 1.1 | 2 | |
| Fantasy Points | |||
| Season Total | 144.8 | 145.1 | - |
| Avg Game | 9.1 | 10.4 | - |
| 2019 Average | 9.1 | 10.4 | - |
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Amari Cooper WR - DAL Amari Cooper WR - DAL | Keenan Allen WR - LAC Keenan Allen WR - LAC | |
| 2020 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | at LAR | at CIN |
| Week 2 | vs. ATL | vs. KC |
| Week 3 | at SEA | vs. CAR |
| Week 4 | vs. CLE | at TB |
| Week 5 | vs. NYG | at NO |
| Week 6 | vs. ARI | BYE WEEK |
| Week 7 | at WAS | vs. JAC |
| Week 8 | at PHI | at DEN |
| Week 9 | vs. PIT | vs. LV |
| Week 10 | BYE WEEK | at MIA |
| Week 11 | at MIN | vs. NYJ |
| Week 12 | vs. WAS | at BUF |
| Week 13 | at BAL | vs. NE |
| Week 14 | at CIN | vs. ATL |
| Week 15 | vs. SF | at LV |
| Week 16 | vs. PHI | vs. DEN |
| Week 17 | at NYG | at KC |
Amari Cooper WR - DAL Amari Cooper WR - DAL | Keenan Allen WR - LAC Keenan Allen WR - LAC | |
| 2020 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 8.1 | 3.7 |
| Week 2 | 10.0 | 9.6 |
| Week 3 | 8.6 | 17.2 |
| Week 4 | 21.4 | 6.2 |
| Week 5 | 2.1 | 8.9 |
| Week 6 | 13.9 | ‐ |
| Week 7 | 8.5 | 12.5 |
| Week 8 | 0.5 | 12.7 |
| Week 9 | 7.5 | 16.3 |
| Week 10 | ‐ | 9.9 |
| Week 11 | 8.1 | 18.5 |
| Week 12 | 17.2 | 12.0 |
| Week 13 | 11.3 | 4.8 |
| Week 14 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Week 15 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Week 16 | 12.1 | ‐ |
| Week 17 | 4.1 | ‐ |
| Total | 144.8 | 145.1 |
| Average | 9.1 | 10.4 |
Amari Cooper WR - DAL Amari Cooper WR - DAL | Keenan Allen WR - LAC Keenan Allen WR - LAC | |
| 2020 Targets | ||
| Week 1 | 14 | 8 |
| Week 2 | 9 | 10 |
| Week 3 | 12 | 19 |
| Week 4 | 16 | 11 |
| Week 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Week 6 | 10 | ‐ |
| Week 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Week 8 | 5 | 12 |
| Week 9 | 6 | 11 |
| Week 10 | ‐ | 7 |
| Week 11 | 7 | 19 |
| Week 12 | 8 | 10 |
| Week 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Week 14 | 5 | 11 |
| Week 15 | 3 | 3 |
| Week 16 | 6 | ‐ |
| Week 17 | 9 | ‐ |
Amari Cooper WR - DAL Amari Cooper WR - DAL at LAR, Sun 8pm EDT |
Keenan Allen WR - LAC Keenan Allen WR - LAC at CIN, Sun 4pm EDT |
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| Derek Lofland FantasyPros | The Rams were 14th against fantasy wide receivers, Cooper will have to contend with Jalen Ramsey, but he should still be in the WR2 discussion. | The Bengals were 15th against fantasy wide receivers last year, Allen is more of a WR3 now that the Chargers no longer have Philip Rivers. |
| Kevin Wheeler The Draft Zone | Cooper is likely to see a lot of Jalen Ramsey in Sunday night's matchup with the Rams. | |
| Jacob Wayne Lineups | Amari Cooper has been recovering from a hamstring injury for the past couple of week and while he's reportedly ready to play in full in Week 1, it wouldn't shock me to see him suffer a setback before the game. Even if he does play in full, he would likely draw shadow coverage from Jalen Ramsey, one of the best corners in football. With so many weapons in this offense, the Cowboys don't need Cooper to win and I can see Michael Gallup coming up with a huge performance in Week 1. If you drafted Cooper, you're probably not benching him, but just temper your expectations for this week. | I've been a little lower on Keenan Allen throughout the offseason, but Mike Williams is either not going to play in this game or be very limited. The Chargers have minimal receiver depth behind Allen and Williams, so Keenan should be heavily featured in this game. I wouldn't be shocked at all to see him end up with double-digit targets. This should be a relatively close game as I'm expecting the Bengals to be much-improved, so the Chargers will need to throw the ball some. I see Allen as a low-end WR1 for Week 1. |
| Isaiah Sirois FantasyPros | I like Allen this weekend. The Bengals don't have a great secondary, and none of their three best corners (William Jackson, Trae Waynes, and Mackensie Alexander) earned PFF grades above 70. Tyrod Taylor has an underrated deep ball, and with Mike Williams banged-up, look for Allen to catch enough long passes to net a WR1 performance. | |
| Kyle Yates FantasyPros | The last news that we have on Cooper was that he's missed practices or been limited in them recently. That doesn't exactly instill confidence in starting someone that you drafted early on and need to rely on. With that being said, Cooper also has to deal with the fact that he's most likely going to be shadowed by newly PAID Jalen Ramsey. With the other options on this team, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Dak look Michael Gallup, CeeDee Lamb, and Blake Jarwin's way more than Cooper this week. Cooper's not a "must sit" player by any means, but expectations need to be managed going into Sunday Night Football. | |
| Mike Tagliere FantasyPros | The Cowboys have allowed Cooper to take some practices off leading up to the season, which has caused panic among fantasy land. Mike McCarthy said they're simply trying to lessen his reps as a veteran, though it's a bit worrisome considering Cooper's injury history. Another thing that's worrisome about this week is a potential shadow date with Jalen Ramsey. These two met last year where Cooper saw just two targets, catching one for 19 yards. Both targets were in the first 10 minutes of the game and that was it. He may have been masking an injury through that game, too, as he took a big hit from Ramsey on his lone reception. Cooper is talented enough to get open against any cornerback, but with all the options in the Cowboys offense, there's no need to force it. The Rams cornerback unit behind Ramsey isn't what you'd call good, so if Ramsey doesn't shadow, Cooper can go bananas. Under a new defensive coordinator in 2020, we don't know how the Rams defense will approach this trio of wide receivers. When you combine the potential shadow situation with his undisclosed injury, Cooper has the looks of a boom/bust WR2/3-type option this week. | The Chargers have a very shallow wide receiver depth chart. Seriously, after Allen, it's Mike Williams, Jalen Guyton, Joe Reed, K.J. Hill, and Darius Jennings. You probably haven't heard of most of them. Knowing that Williams is likely out for this game, Allen should be peppered with targets. The Bengals didn't have William Jackson shadow last year and I doubt they'll do that this year. They did snag both Mackensie Alexander and Trae Waynes in free agency, so they have a new look to them in the secondary, though Alexander has been away from the team for a lot of off-the-field issues, while Jackson and Waynes have been hit-or-miss in coverage through the years. The Bengals defense under Lou Anarumo allowed 9.48 yards per target to wide receivers last year, which ranked as the third-most, though teams didn't pass all that much against them. Wide receivers averaged just 17.3 targets per game, though that's more than enough when we know the state of pass catchers in the offense. Allen should see eight-plus targets in this game and be considered a high-end WR2. He's worth considering in cash lineups. |
