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Jakobi Meyers is a fantasy football sleeper undervalued draft pick for 2025. Read the fantasy football outlook and draft advice for the Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver.
RotoBaller Ranking (half-PPR): WR41
Fantasy Draft Analysis: Jakobi Meyers might have had the quietest 1,000-yard season of all time in 2024. Despite playing in just 15 games, he notched career highs in receptions (87), yards (1,027), and targets (129). From Weeks 1 to 3 last season, playing alongside Davante Adams, Meyers produced 12.5 fppg with 1.45 yards per route run and an 18.2% first-read target share.
From Week 4 on, after Adams was dealt to the Jets, Meyers put up 15 fppg with 1.96 yards per route run and a 32.7% first-read target share. Per Fantasy Points Data, that first-read target share ranked eighth among all wide receivers and was higher than teammate Brock Bowers (29.7%).
Jakobi Meyers needs to be the next Raider who gets extended
He’s the most underrated WR in the NFL
0.0% drop rate, 1000 yard, amazing blocker ☠️🏴☠️ pic.twitter.com/90r6LNk4f0
— ShifftttyyyQB1🏴☠️ (@raiders1022) May 26, 2025
This season, Meyers and the rest of the pass-catchers get some serious upgrades. Geno Smith takes over for the combination of Gardner Minshew II and Aidan O'Connell, Pete Carroll takes over for Antonio Pierce as head coach, and Chip Kelly takes over Luke Getsy as offensive coordinator.
Kelly turned Steelers' QB Will Howard into a stud last season at Ohio State. He threw for 4,010 yards and 35 touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes. Last season, Meyers had a catchable target rate of 75.2%. Meanwhile, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and DK Metcalf had catchable target rates of 83.5% and 79.6%, respectively, catching passes from Smith.
The Raiders added Jack Bech and Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 2025 NFL Draft, but they didn't make a splash at the position in free agency. That's a major vote of confidence in Meyers, who should be a target hog in the offense alongside Bowers.
He's the cheapest guy you must-have on your fantasy football teams in 2025.
- Adam Koffler
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