In addition to being a critical division matchup, Sunday’s game between the Panthers and the Falcons has a lot of interesting fantasy football angles to consider. One of them is the outlook for Curtis Samuel, who is getting hot lately and has caught three touchdowns in his last four games. Watch ESPN discuss Samuel’s fantasy prospects for this week.
Samuel has been a legitimate fantasy sleeper several times this season. Whether or not he’s worth a start will likely depend on how well Kyle Allen can throw at him on deep passes. This year, Samuel has caught just half (34 of 68) of his targets, but in his defense many of those balls have been off-target by Allen.
While we like Samuel against Atlanta’s depleted secondary, Carolina’s other young gun at wide receiver is probably a better play.
Over the last two games, D.J. Moore has caught fire. He’s been targeted by Allen 21 times, catching 16 of them and producing 221 yards. Meanwhile, Samuel has had just 14 total targets. The downside with Moore is he doesn’t get much work in the red zone and is unlikely to score touchdowns – he has just three in his career. Samuel has 12.
