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You don’t always have to bank on identifying the next hot sleeper to nab some of the best values in your fantasy football drafts. Sometimes, the very best values are those coming off a down year. Here are six players primed for a bounceback season.
Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray wasn’t rushed in his return from a torn ACL that suffered in the 2022 season, and given the personnel he had to play with, it’s probably a good thing. He got to play just four of his eight games with starting wide receiver Hollywood Brown last year. He was then throwing to a mismatched collection of wide receivers including Greg Dortch, Rondale Moore and an oft-injured Michael Wilson. Murray made do though, utilizing then-second-year tight end Trey McBride as his primary receiving option to finish the year ranked as the QB9 in fantasy points per game.
Murray also continued to showcase his ability as a rusher in 2023, which should have fantasy managers more than excited for his Konami Code upside. Despite returning from a season-ending knee injury, Murray still averaged 30.5 rushing yards per game — a pace that actually outpaced his production back in 2021, when he ranked as the QB4 in fantasy points per game.
Considering this aspect of his game, the addition of polished rookie Marvin Harrison Jr. and the return of Trey McBride for his third NFL season, Murray is in great shape for a bounceback season.
Typically, recency bias is the ultimate enemy for fantasy football managers, as hot finishes to a player’s previous season often cloud our judgement and projections moving forward. That is somehow not the case for new Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones, who’s being currently drafted as the RB19 in Yahoo leagues.
After Jones’ absurdly slow start to the year, having managed several injuries on the season, it seems fantasy managers have given up on his upside. But why? He closed out his final season with the Packers notching five consecutive 100-yard rushing games, averaging 5.7 yards…
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Publish date : 2024-08-12 17:32:05
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