Fantasy Football: 8 Late-Round Lottery Tickets for 2017

Jared Cook, TE, Oakland Raiders

Average Draft Position: 14.06 (TE25)

We talked before about how desirable the Raiders' offense can be with Carr running the show and their offensive line wrecking lives. It means that -- for the second year in a row -- Jared Cook's in play as a late-round option.

Cook couldn't capitalize on his chance last year with injuries largely keeping him on the sidelines. But he was still a major contributor for the Green Bay Packers once he got his health in order.

Cook rejoined the club in Week 11, and from that game through the end of the postseason, Cook had 72 targets, one behind Jordy Nelson for tops on the team in that span. Cook's 19.51% target market share is pretty sickly when you consider the competition he had for targets, though part of that was due to various ailments for the wideouts.

That's a similar situation to where Cook finds himself this year. Instead of Nelson and Davante Adams, he has to battle with Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree. But if he could do it in Green Bay, who's to say he can't do it here?

On top of that, what we want most from our tight ends is touchdowns. This Raiders club should be able to produce those given all the pieces they have in place. They gave Cook $5 million guaranteed on a two-year deal over the offseason, and they're likely not paying him to stand around. This is what makes Cook a player we should be willing to target if we're spending down at tight end.