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Welcome to the 2024 fantasy football season! Our team of analysts are looking to start the year off with some spice, bringing you their boldest predictions for the year ahead of NFL season kickoff.
Zay Flowers clears 1,200 receiving yards and finishes inside the top 15 at the position. You can believe this and hold the opinion that Rashod Bateman is a strong draft value, as I do. It feels as if Flowers was a bit of an under-discussed, if not outright forgotten man during fantasy draft season. Most analysts view him as a designed touches merchant because they’re only looking at results-based metrics and harping on early-season usage from his rookie campaign.
When you actually watch him play, you see Flowers is a wideout capable of winning against man coverage on big-boy downfield routes like a primary outside receiver. This is a carryover from Flowers’ collegiate tape, so it shouldn’t be that shocking if you’re familiar with his game beyond just his rookie season. He was also the second-best player I charted last year for Reception Perception in success rate vs. zone coverage at 85%, trailing only Brandon Aiyuk. That’s critical when you’re paired with Lamar Jackson as teams play zone-heavy defense against him given his scrambling chops. Flowers is an ascending second-year player tied to a great quarterback. You want those receivers in fantasy. — Matt Harmon
Christian Watson isn’t being drafted as a top-40 fantasy receiver — in fact, he’s not even the top Green Bay receiver in terms of ADP — but he has the potential to ultimately finish among the position’s top 12. Athletically, Watson is unlike any other player in the Packers’ receiving corps.
Watson has been a touchdown machine in his first two seasons, but the missing ingredients have been health and availability. If the hamstring issues are legitimately behind him, he’s going to erupt in his third season. — Andy Behrens
Jayden Daniels finishes as a top-five QB … as a rookie
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Publish date : 2024-09-05 14:16:52
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