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Kupp re-aggravates hamstring; headed to see specialist


SmittyBacall

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A few days old, but worth reporting. As someone who just drafted him early in fantasy, color me worried. This feels like something that will linger all year and if the Rams are going to be as disappointing as I think they'll be, I can see them shutting him down early as a precaution. 

How do we see this playing out?

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It's definitely concerning. I think it is setting up that he misses the first 2-3 weeks of the year.

For fantasy, Van Jefferson is a good handcuff for any Kupp owner. Can likely get him in the last round or off waivers but he becomes the top target in an offense that likely is going to have to pass to match opposing offenses. 

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1 hour ago, SmittyBacall said:

A few days old, but worth reporting. As someone who just drafted him early in fantasy, color me worried. This feels like something that will linger all year and if the Rams are going to be as disappointing as I think they'll be, I can see them shutting him down early as a precaution. 

I get that having won a Super Bowl in 2021, only making the Super Bowl in 2023 is disappointing. But I think most squads would consider that a great year. So I expect Kupp will eventually play.

16 minutes ago, nagahide13 said:

Hot take; in a vaccuum Kupp has never even been a top 10 receiver. Take away 2021 and he's Robert Woods.

He was on pace for 133 catches, 1534 receiving yards, and 11 receiving TDs in 2022. He had 94 receptions, 1100+ yards, and 10 TDs in 2019. And before getting injured in 2018, he was on pace for a huge year (96 catches, 1402 receiving yards, and 16 receiving TDs). Kupp's issue has always been durability, not play.

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1 hour ago, SmittyBacall said:

How do we see this playing out?

I think he plays less than half the season. If I was more bullish on where the Rams were finishing this year, I think he would play more, but I think ultimately they will just make a decision to shut it down

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53 minutes ago, jrry32 said:

I get that having won a Super Bowl in 2021, only making the Super Bowl in 2023 is disappointing. But I think most squads would consider that a great year. So I expect Kupp will eventually play.

He was on pace for 133 catches, 1534 receiving yards, and 11 receiving TDs in 2022. He had 94 receptions, 1100+ yards, and 10 TDs in 2019. And before getting injured in 2018, he was on pace for a huge year (96 catches, 1402 receiving yards, and 16 receiving TDs). Kupp's issue has always been durability, not play.

A plethora of equally stupid extrapolations can be made about players' stats midseason. 7000 yard passing seasons, 3000 receiving season, etc. Being on pace means nothing. 

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On 9/5/2023 at 6:08 PM, Duluther said:

A plethora of equally stupid extrapolations can be made about players' stats midseason. 7000 yard passing seasons, 3000 receiving season, etc. Being on pace means nothing. 

 

Okay sounds good. Well just use his per game stats instead.

 

Jerry Rice (SF only to get rid of his latter years) - 5.38/80.9/.74

Moss  (Minnesota which was higher than his averages in NE except for TDs) - 5.19/82.4/.81

Kupp - 6.35/79.1/.57

Owens - 4.92/72.8/.70

Harrison - 5.8/76.7/.67

Megatron - 5.41/86.1/.61

Larry Fitz - 5.44/66.5/.46

 

Tried to remove the old unproductive seasons for each. Couldn't for Fitz, but even removing his last three years he's below Kupp across the board.

Like Jrry pointed out - the games he missed likely would have RAISED these averages given how he was playing at the time. Either way though, saying he was like Robert Woods minus his one great year is a bad take.

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