Raiders WRs Fantasy Outlooks: Jakobi Meyers, Amari Cooper, Jack Bech

The Las Vegas Raiders’ receiving corps has undergone a dramatic transformation this offseason, creating both opportunities and uncertainty for fantasy football managers. With veteran Amari Cooper returning to Las Vegas on a one-year deal and Jakobi Meyers potentially seeking a new home via trade request, the team’s target hierarchy remains in flux.

Jakobi Meyers Fantasy Outlook

Meyers has become a popular sleeper and for good reason. It’s a projection to assume he’ll blow up into a meaningful WR1, but I believe a consistent WR2 or FLEX option is well within reach.

 Since becoming a starter, Meyers has been plagued by bad offenses and worse quarterbacks. His best so far has been a rookie Mac Jones, in which Meyers posted 866 yards on 126 targets. Otherwise, it’s been elder Cam Newton, Jimmy Garoppolo, and lastly Aidan O’Connell, where he answered with a career high 1,027 yards. 

2024 Jakobi Meyers became the only player to have 0 Drops while seeing 100+ Targets in a season since 2000 🤯

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— JujuDuhFoo 🇨🇺🇳🇮 (@TheAutumnJu) May 29, 2025

Finally, Meyers could be a part of a good offense. There are still some reservations about the Raiders, like how OC Chip Kelly responds to being in the NFL again, or how the offensive line holds up. Otherwise, HC Pete Carroll tends to be quite the floor-raiser, Geno Smith should be a significant upgrade at quarterback, and the star power between TE Brock Bowers and RB Ashton Jeanty should give them a reliable floor and enticing ceiling.

That leaves Meyers as a key component. He’s the clear WR1, the next best target after Bowers, and should rarely come off the field. Bowers will eat first and foremost, but his gravity should provide ample room for Meyers to operate. I don’t see a reason why his production should fall this year, but if he gets more scoring opportunities, then he can easily pay off his ADP and then some.

– Mason LeBeau, Fantasy Football Analyst

Amari Cooper Fantasy Outlook

It took the entire offseason, but Cooper found his home by returning to the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s the same franchise, though they moved to Las Vegas during that time Cooper was gone. It was a one-year deal for the 31-year-old, who was able to skip training camp, so now managers need to tow the line between rust early and age late with this acquisition. 

More pertinent, the signing came shortly after WR Jakobi Meyers requested a trade. The team could use the firepower anyway, but the timing does make us question if something is more imminent. Should the team move on, Cooper suddenly finds himself thrust into the WR1 role. Regardless of his age and prior play, that’s worth the risk late in drafts, with his ADP unlikely to move drastically in time for home drafts. 

However, it’ll take that scenario for Cooper to retain any value. He had an excellent 2023 season in a helpless Browns’ offense, but steeply fell off in 2024. Between the Browns and the Bills, he was only able to muster up 547 yards in 10 games. While the Bills were run-heavy last year, the lack of elite target competition makes it concerning that he was unable to make an impact. 

Maybe it was his injury that forced him to regress so sharply last year. This could be the offense and role that would help he have one last strong season. However, the rebound rate for players over 30 coming off a bad season is quite low. I’m not changing my draft strategy for Cooper, but he should be worth keeping an eye out for on the waivers if he has some early success. 

– Mason LeBeau, Fantasy Football Analyst

Jack Bech Fantasy Outlook

Jack Bech was an interesting prospect in this year’s draft and fell to a good situation with the Raiders. The team needed a WR2, so this has been something I’ve kept up with, making sure to monitor the camp reports to see if he could be a potential fantasy flier. 

Those reports have not been kind to Bech. I’m more than willing to wait it out on young receivers as they settle into the offense and earn the trust of their QB, but Bech has been surpassed by fellow rookie, fourth-round pick Dont’e Thornton Jr. That puts him behind Thornton and Tre Tucker on the depth chart, let alone the pecking order with TE Brock Bowers and WR Jakobi Meyers above them. 

I had some excitement about Bech, but it seems like he’ll need another offseason in the oven before he becomes a fantasy option. Keep an eye on the underlying metrics here. I’d want a piece of this Raiders offense, but it may be a pretty straightforward target share. 

– Mason LeBeau, Fantasy Football Analyst