Who should managers stack with Stafford - Kupp or Woods?

In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, NFL and fantasy analyst Marcus Grant joins Matt Harmon to debate the merits of the two Rams receievers with the addition of quarterback Matthew Stafford. Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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MATT HARMON: One thing with the Stafford-- when they made that trade, Les Snead, Sean McVay, they basically talked about exactly what you said was the reason is they wanted to unlock more areas on the field, to be able to attack the entire field instead of just the box that Jared Goff could operate short over the middle. I think it really opens things up for players like Cooper Kupp or Robert Woods.

But between the two guys-- so say you take Matthew Stafford. Robert Woods is like 45th overall. Cooper Kupp is 52nd overall. Again, unless you've got a pick on the turn, you're probably not getting both. If you had to pick one or the other, which one are you going with?

MARCAS GRANT: I'm gonna go with Robert Woods, and not just because I'm being a USC homer. Maybe a little bit because I'm being a USC homer, but also I do feel like he is the more versatile of the two. And you know this, that Kupp maybe was not as good working outside as he was kind of working as an inside receiver. And so I think that certainly helps.

And at least in past years, I loved the fact that you kind of got some rushing upside with Robert Woods. I don't know if that's gonna be the same now that they have Tutu Atwell, if they're gonna kind of use him a little bit more in that role or not. But that was always a thing that I sort of liked about Robert Woods was knowing that you could get a couple of carries, and maybe he would take an end-around or something like that and find his way into the end zone there, or at least get you some extra yards. But I still believe that he is maybe the more versatile of the two wide receivers there, and that's the guy that I would target.

MATT HARMON: Yeah, I think I kind of go the other way. And I've never been a big Cooper Kupp guy. But because of, like I mentioned, that middle of the field being more vacated, I think he's gonna eat there. And I think he's gonna go back more into that position that he played like 2018, 2019 when he was a pure slot guy and McVay used him in all these very creative-- like basically having him play like a tight end type of role there. I think that that could be just juicy for him because I think they're gonna be playing more 11 personnel.