Brock Osweiler, Will Fuller, DeAndre Hopkins’ Post-Week 1 Fantasy Advice

The Houston Texans started their 2016 season with a 23-14 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, and fantasy football players were rewarded with a solid performance from the team’s passing attack.

Quarterback Brock Osweiler threw two touchdowns, with one going to fantasy stalwart DeAndre Hopkins and the other going to breakthrough rookie Will Fuller. Here is a look at the Week 1 stats for the three playmakers:

There are a couple of general observations about Houston’s passing attack that should be noted. For one, the Bears were playing without top cornerback Kyle Fuller because of knee concerns, per Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. That likely opened up the field some for Houston’s aerial game.

However, this was still a Bears defense that was an impressive fourth in the league against the pass in 2015 even though they finished at a dismal 6-10. Chicago probably won’t contend for the playoffs this year, but it wasn’t a walkover defense that Osweiler and Co. had success against on Sunday.

Fuller found plenty of space, Osweiler settled in after the first-quarter interception and Lamar Miller topped 100 rushing yards (106) against that defense. If Miller can consistently do that throughout the season, the Texans receivers will have plenty of space to operate while opposing defenses are forced to commit additional players to the box.

Hopkins surprisingly wasn’t a huge factor yardage-wise with Fuller out, but Chicago certainly accounted for him on every play and often shaded additional defenders his way.

There is no real reason for concern from fantasy players relying on Hopkins because he still saw eight targets, which was more than every Houston receiver not named Fuller. Plus, he scored a touchdown, which is …

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