Brycen Hopkins
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Week 9 Outlook
Availability
Rams TE Brycen Hopkins is officially inactive for a Week 12 matchup with Arizona.
Fantasy Impact
Hopkins did not appear on the injury report and will be a healthy scratch for Sunday’s game. Fantasy managers can leave Hopkins on the waiver wire.
Los Angeles Rams TE Brycen Hopkins has had ‘an excellent camp’ and has been ‘one of the bright spots of training camp’ per head coach Sean McVay.
Fantasy Impact
Hopkins was not guaranteed to be the backup to Tyler Higbee after the Rams added Hunter Long and Davis Allen this offseason. Hopkins is entering into his fourth NFL season but has seen limited time on offense, tallying just 118 yards and one touchdown on eight receptions in his career. Fantasy managers can leave Hopkins off their roster for now.
Brycen Hopkins has been suspended for three games for violating the NFL policy on substance of abuse.
Fantasy Impact
Hopkins will miss games against the Cardinals, 49ers and Cowboys. He did not play much on the offensive side of the ball the first two weeks of the season for the Rams.
Brycen Hopkins caught all six of his targets for 41 yards in the Rams' loss to Houston Friday.
Fantasy Impact
Hopkins is currently going undrafted in fantasy leagues according to FantasyPros, and will play behind Tyler Higbee, at the very least. Fantasy managers will want to look elsewhere for TE options.
Hopkins stepped in when starting TE Kendall Blanton left with a knee injury, and caught four balls for 47 yards. According to PFF reporter Nathan Jahnke on Twitter, Hopkins saw 39 snaps out of the 69 total plays ran by the Rams offense.
Fantasy Impact
Hopkins put together a solid day of production for DFS players, but in the long run, he will be buried on the depth chart unless radical changes happen in the offseason.