Breaking: how will the Rams’ wide receiver targets compare with a healthy Cooper Kupp?
How do the Rams targets at wide receiver compare with Cooper Kupp healthy?
The Los Angeles Rams offense’s biggest question going into this season is how the wide receiver targets compare with Puka Nacua entering his second season and Cooper Kupp, hopefully, making a healthy return to the field.
Although Kupp and Nacua are both unselfish players and they won’t object if one has more targets than the other, it is something to consider in terms of fantasy football. It can be quite tough to forecast where the primary target share will go in the Rams attack. That’s probably going to be the case this season as well, just like it was with Kupp and Robert Woods. Both players are able to produce, but from a fantasy standpoint, it can be difficult to guess which guy will play well one week and not the next.
Even with Jaylen Waddle, there are offenses that have players like Tyreek Hill who can contribute virtually every week. That being said, not every offensive and club will experience this.
In the past year, Kupp finished seven times in the top 20, but he also finished seven times outside of the top 25. Kupp was the WR4 at the end. Robert Woods, on the other hand, finished as the WR14 after spending seven weeks inside the top-20 and six outside of it. Possessing the WR4 or WR14 is advantageous. However, it can be challenging to start Woods in a fantasy lineup when he finishes as the WR69, WR54, and WR36 over the course of four weeks.
Not to be mentioned is Matthew Stafford’s propensity to “lock in” on a single wide receiver. Kupp’s target share was 31.7 percent in 2021 and increased to 31 percent in 2022. The previous season, Nacua’s target share was 28.7%. Rewinding to that 2019 season, Kupp had a target share of 21.8 percent while Woods had 23.4 percent.
