These bold fantasy football wide receiver predictions may be backed by advanced stats & metrics profiles but are still doomed to fail.
9. Alshon Jeffery leads the league in targets but outside the top-10 in touchdowns as Bears players are re-re-re-reminded of Jay Cutler’s insufferable inefficiency.
13 bold predictions that are both highly unlikely and highly possible…
2. Rob Gronkowski does not finish as a top-five tight end. With Jimmy Garoppolo starting for four games, off-season shenanigans, and Martellus Bennett’s arrival, this will lead to the inevitable drop in Gronk’s production.
After successfully claiming the Heisman award and declaring his intention to enter the 2015 NFL Draft, Derrick Henry became one of the most polarizing running back prospects in many years.
Derrick Henry is simply one of the most intriguing metrics and statistical running backs to come out in years. While he may have had a higher ceiling in other landing spots, after examination of the coaching staff in Tennessee, there are few places that have such a strong floor when given the opportunity.
Opportunity trumps all and Jeremy Langford is also the most talented RB in his backfield so there’s not much to worry about from a fantasy perspective, especially at his ADP.
Jeremy Langford struggled with inefficiency, but his advanced stats & metrics player profile indicates Langford is primed for a fantasy football breakout with top-5 RB potential available in the 6th round.
Fantasy analysts have already written approximately 1,495,384 “bold fantasy football predictions” articles this offseason, so why not one more?
I may be a troll, and these 2016 running back predictions may seem ridiculous, but none of these outcomes would actually surprise me.
Torrey Smith should be valued above the “Arizona Three” of Larry Fitzgerald, John Brown and Michael Floyd in 2016.
Indeed, the analytics, metrics and advanced stats show Smith is a superior fantasy football value.
A Virgil Green breakout just makes sense. Green was already renowned as the team’s best blocking tight end who is also possesses upper percentile athleticism. These are the ingredients from which every-down stud tight ends are formed.
Virgil Green is about to blow his previous career high in targets out of the water as the starting tight end in Gary Kubiak’s tight end-friendly offense. His current ADP of 210.9 doesn’t stand a chance. Get him now while he’s free, it’s not going to last long.
A.J. Green’s volatility has been extreme recently, but his advanced stats and metrics player profile indicates a massive fantasy football season is on the horizon.
The reasons for his recent weekly volatility are explainable. I give you the ‘Green’ light to go with the safe, consistent, and talented Green as a top-five pick in fantasy this year.
How does Dorial Green-Beckham trade to Philadelphia impact the fantasy outlook of the remaining Tennessee Titans wide receivers?
With the Dorial Green-Beckham distraction eliminated, Rishard Matthews, Kendall Wright, Tajae Sharpe, and perhaps even Tre McBride find themselves in position to become “the guy” in Tennessee. It’s not everyday you can acquire a potential No. 1 WR tethered to young, ascending quarterback of Marcus Mariota’s ilk.
As the running back position becomes more specialized, the passing down satellite back has emerged as a strategic fantasy football asset. An increasing number of fantasy-relevant RBs in the player pool is enhancing Zero RB as a viability fantasy football draft strategy.
Less workhorses and more specialists diminishes the value of running backs across all formats, incentivizing fantasy football enthusiasts to hoard electric pass catching backs in the later rounds.
