Robert

Foster

The Giants initially planned to release Keelan Doss. With Foster going down in practice, they chose to hold onto Doss, nixing his release before it became official. Foster is a rotational deep threat and a special teams contributor. He didn’t take the field in 2021 and hasn’t caught more than three passes in a season since 2018.

Dumped by the Cowboys three days ago, Foster is reuniting with coach Brian Daboll, for whom he played for at both Alabama and in Buffalo. Foster has flashed big-play juice with a career 20.1 yards per catch, but the soon-to-be 28-year-old has settled in as mostly a special teamer. Even with the Daboll connection, Foster won’t be guaranteed to crack the 53-man roster.

It’s a cap clearing move for the Cowboys as they try to get compliant. Foster did not play a regular season snap in 2021 and is likely only a depth option that can play special teams at this point. The Cowboys also released RB Ito Smith and DB Reggie Robinson, and the three moves combine to save about $3 million in cap space.

WR Robert Foster will be active for the first time for Washington. Inman will miss a third consecutive game. In his absence, Cam Sims has established a decent rapport with Alex Smith. Sims is well behind Terry McLaurin and Logan Thomas in the Washington pass catching pecking order though. He should be treated as a WR4 against the Bengals.

Foster has been a favorite on Football Twitter as a capable deep threat on the perimeter. The Alabama product has a 9.8 YPT average on 62 career targets, and those targets came from Josh Allen before he was a hipster MVP candidate. Washington’s receiver depth chart is a current joke behind Terry McLaurin, so hopefully Foster can see some snaps in the second half of the season. He, of course, is not actually on the fantasy radar right now.

Foster destroyed opposing secondaries through much of the second half of the 2018 season, catching 25 passes for 511 yards and three touchdowns from Josh Allen. He was then completely phased out of the Buffalo offense in 2019. Foster joins a Packers receiver room with plenty of questions behind Davante Adams. If Foster makes his way onto the Packers’ 53-man roster, he could make for an interesting deep threat for Aaron Rodgers. Fantasy managers should monitor Foster in deep formats.

Foster spent a majority of camp in the league’s concussion protocol, eventually being out-performed by rookie Isaiah Hodgins and chess piece Isaiah McKenzie. A 2018 fantasy stalwart down the stretch, Foster, who has averaged 20.2 yards per catch in his career, has a shot to land elsewhere as an over-the-top threat. Duke Williams and Andre Roberts join Foster as receivers who could be added in the next 24 hours.

An afterthought behind Zay Jones and Duke Williams last year, Foster entered 2020 in competition with Isaiah McKenzie and rookies Gabriel Davis and Isaiah Hodgins for Buffalo’s No. 4 receiving role ... and, in the case of Foster, perhaps even to make the team. Any extended absence obviously puts Foster on the outside looking in ahead of the September 6 cutdown. It feels like an eternity since he recorded 25/511/3 with Josh Allen over the final seven games of 2018.

Williams actually led the Bills in targets (10) in their Wild Card playoff loss to the Texans after he emerged as the No. 3 receiver late in the season behind John Brown and Cole Beasley. But following the trade for Stefon Diggs and selections of Gabriel Davis (fourth round) and Isaiah Hodgins (sixth round) in April, Williams and Foster face uphill battles to make the team. Andre Roberts is locked in as the return man, so that’s already six wideouts. Backup slot man Isaiah McKenzie was also re-signed this offseason. Williams and Foster should both garner interest on the open market if they are let go by the Bills.

Foster, 26 next week, was a 2018 fantasy hero down the stretch, posting a monster 25-511-3 line over the final seven contests, including four 94-plus yards games. He’s averaged a ridiculous 20.2 yards per catch across his two seasons but fell out of favor last season, catching just three balls for 64 yards after the additions of John Brown and Cole Beasley while losing to Duke Williams for No. 3 duties. The Bills have now added Stefon Diggs, Gabriel Davis, and Isaiah Hodgins over the last month and a half. Foster (6'2/196) has length and straight-line speed. He’s a great fit with Josh Allen but would be intriguing in another downfield passing attack with more opportunity.