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ROSTERED IN: 23% of Leagues
ANALYSIS: The Los Angeles Chargers receiving corps continues to be bitten by the injury bug in 2022. With L.A. receiver Mike Williams expected to miss extended time with an ankle injury suffered in Week 7 and star wideout Keenan Allen still working his way back from a lingering hamstring injury, there will be plenty of opportunity for Joshua Palmer to make an impact in the coming weeks.
Palmer - and this Chargers passing attack as a whole - have underperformed expectations to this point. The former Tennessee Vol has caught 25 of 40 targets for 240 receiving yards and a score this year, though fantasy managers would have hoped for more production in what's been an expanded role for Palmer in relief of the often-injured Allen.
With Mike Williams now out for multiple weeks with a high-ankle sprain, we can expect Palmer's workload to remain high over the next month.
Palmer did miss L.A.'s Week 7 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks with a concussion, but we can expect him to be all systems go off the Chargers' Week 8 bye. He draws a dreamy Week 9 matchup against an Atlanta Falcons secondary that's been significantly depleted by injuries and ranks dead last in the NFL in passing yards allowed per game. Still available in around 75% of fantasy leagues across the industry, Palmer's workload in this L.A. offense makes him a worthy FLEX option for the foreseeable future.
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