Amari Cooper

Week 3 at Miami Dolphins

The Raiders have the dreaded cross-country, early eastern time zone kickoff Sunday in Miami. Las Vegas has taken note, too, as the Raiders have a low 20.5-point implied team total. Jon Gruden made good on wanting to get the ball to Amari Cooper more after he was only targeted three times in Week 1, as Cooper was targeted 10 times last week. While he caught all 10 of his targets, that cannot be expected every week, but it's certainly promising. Beware though, as the Dolphins are sixth in PPR points allowed to WRs. Cooper had 4-58 on nine targets last year against Miami. Given the tough matchup, consider Cooper a low-end WR2 in Week 3.

Week 1 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Welcome back to the Jon Gruden era, where the Raiders will start with a bottom-half implied team total in Vegas for Week 1. Amari Cooper will face a stingy defense that added Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib at corner to a defense that was already above average in aFPA to WRs last season before those big-name additions. Cooper's massive inconsistencies last season and a tough matchup make him nothing more than a FLEX consideration for Week 1.

Week 17 at Los Angeles Chargers

Oakland ends its season in Los Angeles, facing a Chargers defense revved up to try and make the postseason. That's not a good combination for Amari Cooper, facing a motivated Chargers defense ranked second in aFPA to WRs. Cooper should be on your bench, based on the matchup and only receiving 4 targets last week. His touchdown last week came because the CB covering him fell.