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Adam Thielen is suddenly one the league’s best receivers. After a hyper-efficient 2016, he has been efficient once again this season, even in the face of huge volume. Thielen is the only NFL receiver with 5 or more receptions in each game this season.

Case Keenum looks like his belongs in a starting role. Check out the advanced completion percentage metrics. Keenum is effective in every facet of the game. He’s excellent on play fakes and completes close to 45-percent of his passes 20 or more yards downfield.

Giovani Bernard is another guy who has been given an opportunity due to injury. With Jeremy Hill on injured reserve and Joe Mixon exiting Monday night’s loss to the Steelers early with a concussion, Bernard is the de facto workhorse in the Bengals backfield.

Kenny Golladay finds himself an attractive streaming option this week. Facing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their uninspiring defense makes puts Golladay in line for big numbers.

When the Dolphins feed Jarvis Landry, they got blown out. When Miami goes downfield to Kenny Stills, they’re competitive. Stills runs a 4.39. Landry runs a 4.65. Bottom line: When Stills is the focal point of an offense, good things happen.
Olympic sprinter Marquise Goodwin finally has a quarterback capable of throwing downfield. Goodwin is one of the most impressive athletes in the NFL. Sure enough, Goodwin is rewarding fantasy gamers with a need for speed.

Cooper Kupp is the most prolific wide receiver in college football history. Dominant college production combined with a 10.83 (88th percentile) Agility Score, Kupp looks the part of the quintessential high volume slot receiver. Kupp has been a target magnet at the NFL level and his target dominance should continue against the Cardinals this week.

The excitement is palpable. After three years, the electrifying Josh Gordon is returning to the NFL. While is still young and has plenty of potential left, don’t expect him to walk in and be the guy who had back to back 200 yard games in 2013.

Could this be the week that Jordy Nelson finally looks like the receiver he was sans Brett Hundley? Who emerges for the Raiders in a week without Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree?

Taywan Taylor looks the part of an elite slot receiver with his 4.50 40-yard dash time (67th-percentile) and 10.78 Agility Score (92nd-percentile), Taylor has a chance to take advantage of a porous Texans pass defense that is stout against the run.

Nowadays in the pass-heavy NFL, slot receivers are a new trend that offensive coordinators are leveraging more than ever. Pay attention to these small, agile receivers operating in the slot, and you will reap huge fantasy football rewards.

Adam Thielen’s fantasy output is only going to increase as he showcases a slew of metrics that are a mark of great receiver. Thus far in 2017, he has 2.77 Yards Per Pass Route (No. 4), a 58.8-percent Contested Catch Rate (No. 9), 303 yards after catch (No. 6), and is averaging 10.9 yards Target Depth Per Reception (No. 11).

With Jimmy Garoppolo’s recent ascension to the starter in San Francisco, the entire 49ers offensive supporting cast gets a boost to their stock. One guy who has an intriguing level of potential is rookie slot receiver Trent Taylor.

After spending the past two and a half seasons on the bench for the Jets and the Giants, Geno Smith finds himself once again in the role of a starting quarterback.

Antonio Brown wins in all quadrants of the football field with a dazzling array of wide receiver skills. He is equipped Dez Bryant’s touchdown prowess, DeAndre Hopkins’ target dominance, Keenan Allen’s route precision, Larry Fitzgerald’s hands, and Julio Jones’ downfield playmaking ability.

Ironically, the West Coast offense concepts that Jerry Rice helped popularize in the 1980’s, a high pass volume offense featuring a high completion percentage of short and intermediate routes makes Brown a real threat to Rice’s standing in the NFL history books.

Drew Brees is still in his prime, evidenced by a 58-percent Deep Ball Completion Percentage, which is No. 1 among NFL quarterbacks. While Russell Wilson scores fantasy points on the ground and through the air. Brees must go airborne or bust, and this year he has been a fantasy bust.

Brees has been betrayed by Game Script, which measures the average point differential at any point in the game. The Saints’ +5.26 Game Script is No. 3 in the NFL, and it’s driving down their historically high pass-to-run ratio.

Despite his limited workload, Johnson is still extremely efficient, as highlighted by his phenomenal +56.0 (No. 4) Production Premium. Just last week against the Jaguars, he finished with an exceptional 11.0 yards per touch.

The No. 5 overall pick from the 2017 draft may finally be ready to breakout. Corey Davis has begun to take on an increased role for the Titans, playing over 90-percent of the snaps in back to back weeks.