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“All the conversations I've had with Will have been encouraging," Kelly said. "He's been good in the meeting room, he's been great with his position coach, John Perry. So, we're encouraged by that." Fuller has resumed running and is making "steady progress" in his recovery from January surgery to repair two tears in his core muscle, per Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. The former first-round pick is the prototypical boom-or-bust receiver, as he set career-highs with 49 receptions and 670 yards last season, but 21 catches (42.9 percent) and 217 yards (53.2 percent) came in just two contests. However, if he can stay on the field, Fuller may be able to put together more consistent box scores now that DeAndre Hopkins isn't around. In the games where Fuller played at least half the snaps last year, he had a 24.8 percent target share, including 38.3 percent of their deep targets. Even with Brandin Cooks and Randall Cobb joining the fray, Fuller should see an uptick in targets. He turned 26 in April.

Fuller is the WR34 in numberFire's preseason fantasy rankings. Our models project him for 102.5 targets, 63.1 receptions, 808.9 yards, and 5.4 touchdowns. Last season, Fuller ranked 16th in yards per target (9.4) out of 80 receivers with at least 50 targets.