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The best pick: Brock Bowers
Bowers was often taken in the 10th or 11th round of fantasy football drafts this past summer. His talent level was never a question. He was one of the best college prospects at the position the previous three seasons at Georgia. But many people, including myself, wondered what Bowers’ upside would be with the Raiders’ poor QB room and second-year TE Michael Mayer coming off a promising rookie season. Not only that, but Bowers was competing with Davante Adams, an elite target-earner, and a strong number two receiver in Jakobi Meyers.
But everything seemed to fall into place for Bowers early on. Mayer went on to miss two months of the season with a personal matter. Adams played just three games for the Raiders this year before injuring his hamstring and later being traded to the Jets. This gave Bowers more opportunities to produce, and that’s exactly what he did. Since Adams and Mayer went down in Week 3, Bowers has averaged 73 receiving yards on 9.8 targets per game. He leads all TEs in targets and fantasy points during this stretch.
Bowers currently has the record for most receptions by a rookie with 108 entering Week 18. He’s just nine catches short of setting the all-time TE reception record. The Raiders TE is the best fantasy pick from 2024 and will likely be a second-round selection in 2025 drafts.
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The waiver wire league-winner: Bucky Irving
Irving wasn’t drafted in most fantasy leagues this year. His average draft position to close out summer drafts was the 16th round. To start the season Irving was on the majority Yahoo waiver wires. But this didn’t last long because in Week 1 the Bucs rookie produced 76 yards on just 11 touches. He out-gained Rachaad White on fewer touches to start the year and this became a consistent trend throughout the season. Tampa had their bye in Week 11, and from this point on Irving became a waiver wire…
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Publish date : 2024-12-31 15:53:00
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