Robert Woods has come on big time of late for the Los Angeles Rams. The fifth-year wideout set a career-high touchdown mark in Week 9, scoring his first two touchdowns of the season. He followed up that performance against the New York Giants with two more scores last Sunday in dramatic fashion. Woods caught eight passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns. Over half of his career-high receiving yards came on a 94-yard touchdown bomb in the third quarter. Woods was a ghost early before turning on the burners in the second half.
Fantasy football Week 11: Start or sit Robert Woods?
Coming off a career game, Woods tries to stay hot against a much more difficult defense. We look at the fantasy implications.
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The Minnesota Vikings will pose a greater challenge for Woods on Sunday. Only three wide receivers have more than 70 receiving yards versus the Vikings this season, and no one has cracked the 100-yard mark. The unit has allowed six touchdowns to wide receivers all season, a tie for fourth-fewest in the league.
Fantasy impact: Woods should be taken seriously now that he has racked up 70 or more yards and two scores in back-to-back games. Expectations need to be lower this week against the Vikings, however. Woods has a handful of ghost games this season. This should not be one of those outings. The Vikings make quarterbacks spread the ball around so Woods may net his mid-60-yard average. A touchdown will be harder to come by though. Woods has so much deep threat appeal that he is still worth testing the waters versus a defense like the Vikings.
