Cooper Kupp, Rashee Rice among WR preseason risers | Fantasy Football Happy Hour | NFL on NBC

so let's jump right into the biggest preseason risers this is the news that we're at least considering buying into and Jay we start with Rashid rice because we have no Clarity on the timing of suspension something you talk a lot about on this show is that these things can tend to drag out with the NFL Hollywood Brown is injured this is Patrick mahomes's passing offense by the way so rasid rice is basically the guy right now yeah and I think there just the natural inclination when you go into a draft and there's like a potential suspension looming over play you just don't want to deal with that situation they've got the check mark next to their name when you're trying to draft them it's just annoying but there's a lot of opportunity in that and I think there's been this assumption for a long time that Rashid rice is like definitely going to get suspended well he's not like we don't know what is going to happen but the upside here is that I mean he was excellent in his first season I think he delivered and more on expectations he was wide receiver eight on a points per game basis over his final six games really seemed to establish that rapport with Mahomes Mahomes trusted him in the playoffs as well and so are worlds where now Rashid rice I mean he's going to be wide receiver one for Patrick Mahomes and is that going to look like you know Tyreek killer a few years ago perhaps not but it's going to look better I think than the version of rice that we saw last year for sure right if it's 70% of what we saw with Tyreek Hill that's amazing for Fantasy value and Denny you know the stretch Jay is talking about from weeks 12 to 18 this is a guy that had over a 27% Target share obviously in an offense that we all want a piece of so it helps you buy into Rashid rice even more right right and this is a Kansas City Chiefs offense that uh passes in the Red Zone more than anyone you know traditionally with Mahomes under Center so lots of opportunities for Touchdown receptions obviously we've seen that with Travis Kelce we've seen that with Jerick McKinnon and other uh running backs catching passes from Mahomes I think we can see that from a wide receiver like Rashid rice who has the kind of size and the kind of profile uh who who can succeed inside the 20 and especially inside the 10 I also think the Maris Brown injury uh plays into this I think that uh you know Rashid rice the suspension issue his offseason issues I think that's going to suppress his ADP to the point where he is a clear value uh no matter how you're building your roster whether you're taking receivers early or in the middle or late or whatever I think you need to focus on where rice is going because I he has a every chance to be a wide receiver too in fantasy another wide receiver that Jay feels like this is your absolute value guy that's Cooper Cup right now who listen the camp reports have been great puka AA unfortunately dealing with a week toe knee injury right now and you simply think that Cup's ADP is almost insane at this point for how low it is yeah I mean some places cup is going almost 50th in fantasy drafts which to me is crazy where his past three years so last year he dealt with the injuries an array of injuries and the emergence of Puka AA uh and as soon as it seemed like cup was getting back into it he would get a knock and then he would fade out but the two years prior to that each year he was first among wide receivers in fantasy points per game and I just think that the Triple Crown guy of 201 21 who had you know arguably the greatest wide receiver season in history by the way Cooper cup has had one of the strangest careers of anyone that you'll ever see like this guy if we're going to look back in like 25 years and be like what happened to cu cup in 2021 wasn't he just like a slot guy but I just think that that guy from That season we can't rule out that he is completely gone now I'm not expecting 1,00 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns but there is this idea I think the cup is definitely on the other side and I just think there's upside here and people focus on his age he's 9 months older than Tyreek Hill and everyone's fine taking Tyreek Hills a top one top two wide receiver I just think it's gone a little bit too far on cup everything out of camp like you said Connor has been very positive Jeremy Fowler reported that like cup is the wide receiver one at Rams Camp not PUK and nura and for all of Cup's injury concerns PUK and N uh plays football in an incredibly violent fashion he is also an injury risk and there are worlds where cup is clearly the guy for Stafford Danny when you look at how effective cup is on a points per game basis but you are going to bake in that you're getting him out of value because of the injury risk how does that impact your draft strategy with him is wide receiver a deep enough position that you go listen I'm going to Target Cooper Cup in that 40 to 55 range and I'm going to backfill it at some point in the draft with reliable depth just because I like where this position is this year or is there too much risk in that strategy I mean I I like where your head at head is at Conor on that you know I think the cup can be a top 12 receiver in fantasy conservatively if he stays healthy and that is of course the issue you know on the RO to World football show Pat Dy and I talked to a Rams beat writer a couple weeks ago who really couldn't say who was the 1 a and who was the 1B between cup and puka nakua I I think that that uncertainty should you know should be factored into how we're Drafting pukan nakua and Cooper cup they're both you know have some like like J just said have some injury history that that scares me a little bit um but you can get cup sometimes depending on how you draft your team as your wide receiver two or wide receiver three that seems ridiculous to me I'm doing that every time yeah I think the thing too with cup is that even if he is 31 like he's not a guy who depends on Elite athleticism he's just and someone who lost a lot of money going against Cooper Cup in 2021 just a lot of tape on Cooper cup and just the way that he gets open the way that he blocks the way that he understands the gaps and the spaces he's kind of like the Travis Kelce tight ended elements to his game at wide receiver where I just think that this guy if he gets more receptions down the field and that's what really heard him last year he wasn't getting the Deep ball threats as much or as that was a part of his game in 2021 uh I just think the sky limit and just the idea that Tyreek Hill can be wide receiver one and cup can be wide receiver 22 like cups outperformed him on a per game basis two of the past three years and they're basically the same age like yeah I would take Tyreek over cup but that Gap is just way too big hey it's Matthew Barry from nbcsports.com and rotoworld.com and I want to thank you so much for watching whatever it is you just watched or if nothing 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