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Beware! Not all players will return their promised value in 2024 fantasy football drafts? The team at Yahoo Fantasy identifies five quarterback fades to consider avoiding at their current ADP.
Yahoo ADP: 47.5
I don’t know any pundits who are down on Richardson, but some analysts are taking Richardson to the moon in the summer draft season. In fact, my esteemed colleague Dalton Del Don ranks Richardson as his No. 1 quarterback. I realize Richardson links with head coach Shane Steichen, one of the most admired play-callers around. I also realize Richardson did some fun stuff last year before getting hurt.
But we’re also talking about a player with four games of NFL experience, on the heels of a brief and erratic Florida career that included a mere 393 pass attempts. I see the potential for Anthony Richardson, but he’s commonly being drafted around his ceiling, and I’m unlikely to write that kind of ticket for a player who’s scarcely played since high school. If you want an exciting young mobile quarterback at a more reasonable price, consider Jayden Daniels. — Scott Pianowski
Yahoo ADP: 59.2
Burrow suffered a rare season-ending wrist injury last year no NFL QB has ever experienced before. He was having “good days and bad days” in May, although dealing with an injury in training camp is nothing new for Burrow.
Injuries aside, Burrow has other red flags. Even if we completely write off his shockingly poor first six games last season (5.3 YPA!) thanks to his calf injury, the overall change in Cincinnati’s offense hints at a bigger problem. Burrow has become a check-down artist since opposing defenses started employing two-high safeties at a high rate. He ranked 38th in downfield passing rate in 2022 and 32nd in intended air yards per attempt last season, and reports out of Bengals camp suggest more of the same in 2024. Quarterbacks can be successful with a low aDOT, but truly elite fantasy production becomes a lot tougher (see: Patrick Mahomes), especially without…
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Publish date : 2024-08-26 15:49:56
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