The Las Vegas Raiders will face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 7. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding WR Jakobi Meyers.
Is Jakobi Meyers Playing in Week 7?
Jakobi Meyers is the Las Vegas Raiders’ ostensible top wide receiver with Davante Adams now gone, but he’ll actually need to see the field first. Meyers did not practice at all last week due to an ankle injury and has missed Vegas’ past two games.
While Meyers logged a limited practice on Wednesday, he did not practice on Thursday. It’s unclear if this was part of the Raiders’ plan or if he experienced a setback. Check back on Friday to see if Meyers practices and has an injury designation for Sunday.
Tre Tucker and DJ Turner were the Raiders’ top two wideouts vs. the Rams in Week 7, with each playing 95% of the snaps. However, they combined for only five catches and 49 yards, highlighting the gaping vacuum to fill in Vegas’ passing game.
We’ll continue to monitor the Raiders’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Jakobi Meyers in Week 7?
Meyers could not practice through an ankle injury suffered in Week 5 for most of last week, but a limited session on Friday gave us a glimmer of hope that he’d be available.
No such luck, though. The effort to get on the practice field late last week could foreshadow a return to this advantageous spot. With Davante Adams possibly having played his last game for the Silver and Black, Meyers’ path to as much volume as he can handle is reasonably clear, a role that, usually, pays off in a nice way against the Rams. Three times this season has a receiver seen 105+ air yards against the Rams …
- Week 1: Jameson Williams (nine targets, 24.4 PPR points)
- Week 2: Marvin Harrison Jr. (eight targets, 29 PPR points)
- Week 3: Jauan Jennings (12 targets, 46.5 PPR points)
There’s sound logic in wanting to exploit this Los Angeles defense down the field. However, I’m going to use that bit of information as an opportunity to optimize my future lineups (Jordan Addison next week and locking DK Metcalf into Week 9 DFS lineups) as opposed to acting on it this week in an offense being led by Aidan O’Connell, a quarterback with as many completions to the wrong team as the right one on his 12 deep shots this season (two).
Meyers is a “getting cute” DFS play only and sits outside of my top 40 at the position.
Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Week 7 Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.
Jakobi Meyers’ Fantasy Points Projection in Week7
Meyers is projected to score 0 fantasy points in PPR formats. This includes 0 receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Jakobi Meyers’ Week 7 Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship WR PPR Rankings
1) A.J. Brown | PHI (vs. WAS)
2) Terry McLaurin | WAS (at PHI)
3) DeVonta Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
4) Khalil Shakir | BUF (at KC)
5) Xavier Worthy | KC (vs. BUF)
6) Hollywood Brown | KC (vs. BUF)
7) DeAndre Hopkins | KC (vs. BUF)
8) Keon Coleman | BUF (at KC)
9) Dyami Brown | WAS (at PHI)
10) Mack Hollins | BUF (at KC)
11) Amari Cooper | BUF (at KC)
12) Curtis Samuel | BUF (at KC)
13) Olamide Zaccheaus | WAS (at PHI)
14) JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC (vs. BUF)
15) Jahan Dotson | PHI (vs. WAS)
16) Jamison Crowder | WAS (at PHI)
17) Luke McCaffrey | WAS (at PHI)
18) Justin Watson | KC (vs. BUF)
19) Johnny Wilson | PHI (vs. WAS)
20) Parris Campbell | PHI (vs. WAS)
21) Nikko Remigio | KC (vs. BUF)
22) Ainias Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
