Fantasy Football: Top 20 Wide Receivers to Target in 2019

FANTASY FOOTBALL WIDE RECEIVERS TO TARGET IN 2019

NUMBER 10 – AMARI COOPER

2018 Standard Scoring: 19th (140.4)

2018 PPR Scoring: 19th (215.4)

Amari Cooper is a newcomer to the top ten and might be a little more of a risky pick than some of the surrounding players, but let’s look at why Copper is going to make a huge leap this year.

In the past, Cooper has struggled with some aggravating drops, but overall has been a pretty solid fantasy player through his four-year career. Aside from one bad season he has 1,000+ yards receiving in each of the other three seasons and has 25 career touchdowns in four seasons.

Cooper played his first three seasons in an inconsistent offense with a quarterback who most would argue is a step down from the quarterback he will be playing with this season.

In his six games with Derek Carr and the Raiders last season, he averaged 3.7 receptions and 46.7 yards per game and had one touchdown. In his nine games with Dak Prescott and the Cowboys, he averaged 5.9 receptions and 80.6 yards per game and had six touchdowns.

There is a big difference in production in those two situations. Playing in a more balanced offense with a better quarterback leads to better production and that is what you’re seeing with the improved stats listed above.

This is not to mention that Cooper has never really had the opportunity to be the guy because he spent most of his Raiders career splitting targets with Michael Crabtree. Purely talent speaking, Cooper should be up this high on the list if not higher every year.

Cooper is now the guy in Dallas and with his talent and being in a much better situation he should have much better production this year.

As mentioned above, Cooper may be more of a risk than some of these other guys but in taking this risk you can get top ten upside at a much cheaper third or maybe even fourth-round price tag. So, are you feeling lucky?