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Amari Cooper has been everything as advertised since the Oakland Raiders drafted him No. 4 overall in this year's NFL draft. The rookie phenom is on pace for more than 1,300 yards and eight touchdowns this season, and he's quickly become Derek Carr's favorite target.
The Raiders will be in for quite a challenge as they host the Denver Broncos this week, the same team that leads the NFL in passing defense. Having said that, Cooper is playing lights-out football so far, and he's constantly being thrown to. Cooper has 40 targets through his first four games and hasn't seen any less than nine targets in any of those games. The Raiders probably won't win this game, but Cooper is sure to get a healthy amount of targets.
Cooper is also helping the Raiders extend the field with the deep ball. Only once this season has he averaged less than 12 yards per catch, and he's already notched two touchdowns in his first four games. O.co Coliseum is always a hostile environment when the Broncos come to town, and it's the perfect atmosphere for Cooper to take one to the house. I'm starting Cooper in every league I own him in, because it doesn't make sense to sit him. With a guy who's averaging 10 targets per game, why would you sit him?
