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If fantasy footballers have learned anything from Doug Baldwin and Wes Welker, it’s that sometimes all you need to be a fantasy football dynamo is plus agility, a pass-happy offense, an above-average quarterback and a chance.

Despite the “whelming” nature of the 2016 rookie wide receiver draft class, there are some prospects with strong enough agility metrics to suggest that a season like Doug Baldwin’s 2015 is in their range of possible outcomes in a perfect storm-type of environment.

DeVante Parker, Dorial Green-Beckham and Phillip Dorsett have 54 combined fantasy points heading into Week 6. That’s 25 fewer than fantasy football’s top rookie WR Amari Cooper and only 10 more points than second-leading rookie WR Jamison Crowder.

Parker, DGB, and Dorsett could pop when their situations look bleakest.

Fantasy owners are always looking for the next waiver wire folk hero in the mold of 2014’s Odell Beckham. Be the owner acquiring the electric playmaker, not the owner who drops a league-winning rookie after one quiet week.

DeVante Parker, Dorial Green-Beckham, and Phillip Dorsett are three rookie WRs fantasy owners should acquire and stash now before they break out and become unattainable.

With more and more fantasy owners targeting any rookie who’s projected to play a significant role on offense, Jameis Winston has been lost in the shuffle despite being the top overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Winston become fantasy football’s most undervalued rookie, one with the talent and situation to far exceed his draft day value. Drafting Jameis Winston will win fantasy football enthusiasts a lot of money this season.

The Best Comparable features most popular and oft-discussed aspect of PlayerProfiler.com. Each player’s “best comp” is identified by an input-prioritized algorithm that sorts, dismisses, and ultimately matches each player to the most similar NFL peer at his position. As was discussed in a previous piece, the vast permutations from just a handful of physical, athletic, […]