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Giants receiver Malik Nabers was one of several rookies to deliver big performances for fantasy football managers in Week 17. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
The 2024 wide receiver rookie class was rated as a strong one last spring, a bunch of potential game-changers. And now that the fantasy football season is all but complete, we can emphatically give the final conclusion.
The kids are alright.
Rookies splashed all over TV screens in the fantasy football finals, intent on delivering championships to managers who believed in youth over experience. Consider the WR leaderboard as the early Sunday window closed, with 12 games in the books.
Malik Nabers (7-171-2 good for xx fantasy points) ranked as the WR2 for the week, Ladd McConkey (9-84-2 for xx points) the WR7. Jalen McMillan (5-51-2 for xx points), Brian Thomas Jr. (7-91-1 for xxx points) and Xavier Worthy (8-79-1 for xx points) were all in a row, holding down the 10-11-12 spots, respectively. Heck, even Marvin Harrison Jr. (6-96-0) had a solid game from Saturday, while Keon Coleman (3-27-1) landed a circus catch for a touchdown.
Thomas and Nabers were college teammates at LSU (along with another super rookie, QB Jayden Daniels), and the Thomas vs. Nabers fantasy draft debate should be a fun one next year. Thomas has been remarkably productive and consistent this year despite mediocre quarterback play from Trevor Lawrence and Mac Jones (to be fair, the touchdown Thomas caught on Sunday came on a gorgeous Jones throw). The New York quarterback situation has held Nabers down at times, although Drew Lock had his good stuff in Sunday’s upset of Indianapolis. The Giants are sure to draft a signature quarterback next year.
Nabers and Thomas could push way into Round 1 of 2025 drafts
Nabers, of course, went 17 picks earlier in 2024’s NFL Draft. But it was Thomas who was the higher-rated prospect coming out of high school. Given what Thomas overcame this year, I give him the slight edge over Nabers in 2025, but it’s a tiny…
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Publish date : 2024-12-29 23:32:00
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