Cam Akers injury: Fantasy football fallout for dynasty, redraft and more

How does the Akers injury affect the 2021 fantasy football prospects of other Rams players?

As mentioned above, the biggest beneficiary should be Darrell Henderson, but if you don’t already roster him, be wary of snake oil salesmen asking for a king’s ransom. With all of the options in front of the Rams right now, it’s far from a foregone conclusion that Henderson will end up assuming 100 percent of the volume that would’ve been reserved for Akers.

Tight end Tyler Higbee gets a slight bump up into the bottom of the next tier, right behind Logan Thomas and Noah Fant. As the overall TE10 in our rankings, we now believe we can start Higbee with confidence on a weekly basis.

We now think Higbee now offers sufficient value at his current ADP of No. 135 (per FantasyPros) to serve as a worthwhile mid-to-late round draft target. Some are even higher on him: the venerable Matt Harmon of Yahoo! Sports currently has Higbee listed as his TE4!

There could also be a few more carries in store for Robert Woods, a borderline WR1 in fantasy football circles over the past three years. Little-known fact: while averaging 133 targets and nearly 1,100 yards over that span, Woods has also piled up 20 carries and 142 yards rushing per season, with at least one rushing touchdown in each campaign.

Cooper Kupp could see an uptick in usage as a possession receiver, boosting his value in PPR (point per reception) leagues. Alternatively, Van Jefferson‘s target volume could see a boost, suddenly making him fantasy relevant in a similar role.

Finally, we see no reason to downgrade Matthew Stafford, an attractive draft day target as a mid-round starting quarterback in single quarterback leagues, and a third-round value in Superflex formats. Stafford still has plenty of weapons at his disposal; if anything, he’ll be asked to do more in Akers’ absence.