7 months ago

What is going on in LA? All anyone was talking about this fantasy offseason was how Jim Harbaugh, run-first coach that he is, was going to lean heavily on free agent acquisition Najee Harris and 1st round stud Omarion Hampton. Oh yeah, and Ladd McConkey was going to soak up whatever targets there were to be had, and that we should fade every other Chargers pass catcher.

 

Well, after two crazy weeks, the Chargers have completely flipped the script, making fantasy superstars out of Quentin Johnston and Keenan Allen, all the while shunning McConkey and Hampton into fantasy irrelevancy. What’s more is that the team is 2-0 after dominating divisional opponents in back-to-back weeks. If it isn’t broken, why fix it?

 

Oh, but it’s a long season, and those of us who drafted Ladd and Hampton, though we may be feeling somewhat let down, shouldn’t panic just yet. We drafted these guys high for a reason and can expect them to have brighter days ahead. If anything, now seems like a perfect window to buy McConkey, who, though he’s underperformed, has still had double-digit fantasy points in each game. Hampton’s situation is a little more concerning, although he’s too talented and the team spent too high a pick on him to neglect him for long.

 

Blake Stachel (@bllakkay)