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With Garrett Wilson ruled out, there's enough room in the offense for Cooper and Adonai Mitchell—who is also a solid play—to coexist. The Chiefs have allowed the fifth-most targets to slot receivers this year. Cooper has run 64 percent of his routes from the slot compared to 20 percent for Mitchell.
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With Garrett Wilson ruled out, there's enough room in the offense for Cooper and Adonai Mitchell to coexist. The Chiefs have allowed the fifth-most targets to slot receivers this year and no team has given up fewer targets to receivers lined up out wide. Cooper has run 64 percent of his routes from the slot compared to 20 percent for Mitchell. Even after his Week 8 zero, Cooper should be ranked ahead of Mitchell this week.

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