Most Overvalued and Undervalued Player at Every Position in Fantasy Football

Every year, there are players whose ADP just seemingly makes no sense. This season, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper is one of those players.

Despite playing for a carousel of quarterbacks over his tenure in Northern Ohio (many of them, um, not good), Cooper has topped 70 catches and 1,100 yards both years. In 2023, the 10-year-veteran set a career high with 1,250 yards.

The folks at Fantasy Pros are flummoxed by Cooper’s ADP this summer.

“Cleveland started five quarterbacks last year,” they said. “Yet, Amari Cooper was the WR18, averaging more half-PPR fantasy points per game (12.7) than Davante Adams, Michael Pittman Jr. and Jaylen Waddle. Furthermore, the veteran was outstanding playing with any quarterback besides Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Cooper averaged 15.1 fantasy points per game in the 12 contests he played that Thompson-Robinson didn’t start, which would have made him the WR6 on a points-per-game basis. Cooper should get drafted as a WR2, not a WR3 or Flex option, despite the arrival of Jerry Jeudy.”

Yes, the Browns brought over Jeudy in a trade with the Denver Broncos. But we’re talking about a five-time Pro Bowler who has topped 1,000 receiving yards seven times. In full-PPR scoring formats, Cooper was WR20 last year and WR10 the season before that. Over two seasons in Cleveland, Cooper has been targeted 260 times.

Jeudy or no, Cooper is a steal at his current ADP even if Deshaun Watson’s play doesn’t improve markedly in 2024. If Watson can come anywhere near his Houston Texans heyday? Cooper could post WR1 numbers with a WR3 asking price.

Picks like that win leagues.