Curtis Samuel

FPPG: 7.9  |  FanDuel Salary: $5,600
FPPG: 7.9  |  FanDuel Salary: $5,600
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Curtis Samuel underwhelming at Panthers practice

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel "has not been impressive" during training camp, writes Jonathan Alexander of the The Charlotte Observer.

What It Means:

Alexander says Samuel has "regressed since the first day of camp" and that he's been considerably outplayed by D.J. Moore and Robby Anderson. Moore and Christian McCaffrey will see the majority of targets and Ian Thomas is also expected to play a larger role this season, so Samuel may struggle to draw many targets if he's stuck behind Anderson on the depth chart. Samuel had only one reception go for longer than 40 yards last year and his yards per target (6.0) was worse than any other receiver with at least 100 targets.

Samuel is the WR63 in numberFire's preseason fantasy rankings. Our models project him to catch 47.3 passes on 84.1 targets for 548.6 yards and 3.7 touchdowns this season while adding another 86.7 rushing yards. Samuel ranked third-worst in numberFire's advanced per-target receiving metric last year out of the 30 wideouts with 100-plus targets.