Puka Nacua

Whittington caught 22 passes for 293 scoreless yards in his rookie season after the Rams took him in the sixth round of last year's draft. The former Texans Longhorn enjoyed a strong but brief two-week stretch in Weeks 4 and 5 when he caught 13-of-18 targets for 151 yards while Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp were both sidelined with injuries. Whittington impressed in training camp and the preseason and could be a candidate to see an increased role in 2025.

Higbee's 10 targets finished second only to Puka Nacua (14) on the day. The veteran tight end made the most of what little action he saw during the 2024 season after a knee injury suffered late last season limited him to just three regular season games. Counting the postseason, Higbee caught 20 passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns while averaging five targets per game. Higbee is under contract through the 2025 season, and will have all offseason to get right. While he's far from an elite tight end, he's proven to be a reliable contributor to the Rams ever since breaking out for 69-734-3 in 2019. Assuming he doesn't face any added competition brought in this offseason, he could make for a decent late-round dart throw in redraft and best ball leagues.

Kupp had a nearly identical line in 2024 (67-710-6) as he did in 2023 while again playing in 12 games. Injuries have hampered the 31-year-old vet in recent years, as Kupp has appeared in just 33 of a possible 51 regular season games over the last three years. The 59.2 yards per game Kupp averaged this season marked the fewest since his rookie year, while his 7.1 yards per target and 4.0 YAC/REC both set a new career low. He still finished as a top-24 PPR receiver in half the of the games he appeared in, but years of injuries may be taking their toll on Kupp since 2021, when he led the league with 1,947 receiving yards. Kupp is under contract through 2026 and carries a dead cap hit of over $22 million. There's clearly still a role for him to be had in the Rams' offense, but it wouldn't be surprising if they attempted to find a younger, more explosive receiver to start pairing with Puka Nacua.

Nacua's 79-990-3 line from this season looks like a decline from his 2023 campaign. Then, you remember he played in just 11-of-17 games and averaged more receptions per game (7.2) and receiving yards per game (90.0) than he did as a rookie and that he was on pace for a 1,500-yard season. Knee injuries followed Nacua for much of the year. A bursted bursa sac in his right knee in training camp led to Nacua missing most of camp. Then, in Week 1, Nacua suffered a sprained PCL and immediately landed on injured reserve, which resulted in him missing five games. Nacua's 30 percent target share on the season tied him with Justin Jefferson for the second-highest target share in the league among receivers. His fantasy impact in 2025 could be somewhat affected by what Matthew Stafford decides to do in the offseason, but as long as Sean McVay return to coach another year, the targets should continue to be there for Nacua, who will profile as a WR1 barring any major changes.

Nacua caught six of 14 targets for 97 yards in Sunday's 28-22 NFC divisional-round loss to the Eagles.