BobbyLayne
Footballguy
7 TDs on 13 catches was never sustainable, but dang that sucks about Watson. What might have been.
He’ll still be fast next year.
What a drag for Hopkins owners & Texans fans.
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WR Will Fuller, MIA (3 Viewers)
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7 TDs on 13 catches was never sustainable, but dang that sucks about Watson. What might have been.
He’ll still be fast next year.
What a drag for Hopkins owners & Texans fans.
Cade McEnis
Footballguy
Well it was good while it lasted
SDJohnny
Footballguy
I agree it heavily impacts him and all Texans for that matter but more him but not because I think Savage or a Texans QB lacks the arm or sac to throw it deep. What made the Watson to Fuller pairing work so great in my opinion was that Watson's elusiveness in the pocket provided Fuller the time he needed to get open.
He's not dead. Just think back to first few weeks last season when in PPR leagues he gave you 21.7, 14.4, 6.1, 21.1 and then the wheels starting falling off with increased drops and hamstring issues I think(I did not own him last year so going off memory)
He can be that guy, he can be better than that guy in year two.
But for sure he is hurt and is now more or less what one would have thought he was entering the season, more on the boom/bust side of things. More of a WR3 type.
I own him a ton, one of my big 3 owned redraft players. Don't own him in dynasty and never drafted him, just own him so much because he was cheap waiver wire add early in season. Thing is I've had the hardest time trusting him, of thinking of him more than as a boom/bust WR3. I benched him in every league I could last week, only started him in places when I just had horrendous options.
Last week was not only a tough matchup on paper but he had never scored a TD on the road. After last week my confidence in him soared. Now I'm back to viewing him as an untrusty WR3 boom/bust type.
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Chicago Hooligan
Footballguy
Everyone is on bye so I'm rolling with Fuller see u on the other side
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Same here, unless I go with Marlon Mack. Worst part for me is that this is the first time I may start him this year. Had him stashed on my bench for 5 weeks until now so I missed out on all that good stuff he’s done
LionOfGosforth
Footballguy
Same, finally decided this week was an unmissable opportunity and then this happens. Back to Baldwin and his 6 pointsSame here, unless I go with Marlon Mack. Worst part for me is that this is the first time I may start him this year. Had him stashed on my bench for 5 weeks until now so I missed out on all that good stuff he’s done
Man In The Box
Footballguy
I have Baldwin on that team tooSame, finally decided this week was an unmissable opportunity and then this happens. Back to Baldwin and his 6 points
LionOfGosforth
Footballguy
Brutal, can't rely on the guy, benched him both times he was actually decent and started him just about every other week. FMLI have Baldwin on that team too
NeverEnough
Footballguy
What is Fuller's dynasty PPR value right now? I just acquired him in a deal that got me Fournette. I'd love to move Fuller + another player for an upgrade if possible.
JIMGET
Footballguy
I like it. Just make sure he's not trotting out there still hurt, and due to other injuries. Like montgomery, one good shot and the game is over for them.
Insein
Footballguy
It's a high risk reward situation anyway. Fuller never really connected with Savage. And with Watson it was all long TDs ( which were nice). Hard to predict that.
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Bolded isn't really that correct, I don't remember how many TDs they had together (was it 7?) and I believe maybe 2 of those were long (50+), maybe another 2 were medium (30-49) and the rest under 30...for some reason everyone thinks he's just a deep threat but he is much more then thatInsein said:
JFS171
Footballguy
Seems to be a lot of dislike of Fuller that I admittedly bought into in prior years, but I think I've come around the last few months. Fuller looked like a star right out of the gate with Brock Osweiller as his QB. Think about that.
I think it's easy to say Fuller is just fast and has bad hands. He is most certainly fast, and his hands are rather small for the position, which leads to drops. I do think he creates separation though, and he certainly doesn't get all the focus of the defense when Hopkins is running on the opposite side.
I'd still buy Fuller in dynasty and keepers if I didn't already own him. I think we saw a flash of what Fuller can be when Watson was starting, but Watson's injury brought everything crashing back to earth, and now the narrative is how his TD-rate is completely unsustainable (which, obviously).
Fuller is unbelievably fast (99th percentile speed; 83rd percentile speed score), but he also dominated college while playing for a major program (91st percentile dominator rating; 95th percentile YPR). He's not going to score 7 TDs on 13 catches, but I don't see why he can't be a valuable piece down the road. Maybe not a WR1, but solid WR2 with opportunity to blow up and win you a week at any point.
I think it's easy to say Fuller is just fast and has bad hands. He is most certainly fast, and his hands are rather small for the position, which leads to drops. I do think he creates separation though, and he certainly doesn't get all the focus of the defense when Hopkins is running on the opposite side.
I'd still buy Fuller in dynasty and keepers if I didn't already own him. I think we saw a flash of what Fuller can be when Watson was starting, but Watson's injury brought everything crashing back to earth, and now the narrative is how his TD-rate is completely unsustainable (which, obviously).
Fuller is unbelievably fast (99th percentile speed; 83rd percentile speed score), but he also dominated college while playing for a major program (91st percentile dominator rating; 95th percentile YPR). He's not going to score 7 TDs on 13 catches, but I don't see why he can't be a valuable piece down the road. Maybe not a WR1, but solid WR2 with opportunity to blow up and win you a week at any point.
jtd13
Footballguy
Definitely going with him now (assuming no bad news before Sunday). I need to aim high after Kamara's early exit, and I have at least seen Fuller blow up (albeit not with Savage). Haven't seen that from Jackson this year.
even more impressive, he made Deshone Kizer look like #1 overall pick material!
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TripleThreat
Footballguy
Anyone have an update on Fuller's hammy? haven't seen anything definitive as of yet.
NeverEnough
Footballguy
Should have started him over Landry!
He's much better than last year. He isn't just fast (most of the time) but instead a complete WR.
He regularly took the short route rather than try and go deep, crossed right in front of the safety or linebacker. He did go deep but he took his shots. He's got some savviness now. Really big improvement, exactly how he needed to from year one to two.
He regularly took the short route rather than try and go deep, crossed right in front of the safety or linebacker. He did go deep but he took his shots. He's got some savviness now. Really big improvement, exactly how he needed to from year one to two.
dcgangstas
Footballguy
I agree, Bri. Fuller isn't as one-dimensional as he was last year.Bri said:
When he's healthy and Watson's under center, Fuller is money.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
His hands have become a strength as well.
Rhythmdoctor
Footballguy
Love this dude, drafted him in several leagues. Started him this past week where I could safely do so. He’s in my lineup every week when healthy.
IheartGuinness
Footballguy
Anyone else have both him and Hopkins? Trying to decide how to navigate that.
Rhythmdoctor
Footballguy
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Only thing holding him back is his propensity to get nicked up.
IheartGuinness
Footballguy
What do people perceive his value to be? I don't watch as many Texans games as I'd like to, so I kind of viewed him as a boom/bust prospect this year, a fast guy who can get separation, but not much of a route runner, and not a guy to consistently start in PPR. Seems like there's more to him than that, though. Would you say he's just below guys like Emmanuel Sanders, Amari Cooper, and Allen Robinson, and slightly above Quincy E., Nelson Agholor, and (possibly) Golden Tate?
