Top 10 Unconventional Fantasy Predictions:
#3 . . .
Jordan Matthews will be a top 25 fantasy WR this season.
It pains me to see so many "experts" get so many things so wrong. And then I'm reminded that their mistakes give me an edge: while so many of my competitors follow expert rankings like a religion, I can pluck all of the underrated studs from right under their noses.
Here's how some of the "experts" rank Matthews:
All three of these sites rank Hakeem Nicks AHEAD of Matthews; ESPN goes so far as to rank Nicks 28 WR spots ahead of Matthews. I'm about to throw up.
Smart fantasy competitors look beyond this nonsense, instead focusing on players with the highest potential. Matthews has that potential. Riley Cooper is a streaky receiver who, outside of three games last year, netted 474 yards and 2 TDs. And in his most recent season in 2012, injury-prone Jeremy Maclin had only 857 yards on 122 targets; he's an untested #1 receiver and, I think, very overrated at his current top 30 WR ADP.
Besides unexpectedly dropping three balls in a recent preseason game versus the Bears, Matthews has looked like a #1 receiver. He possesses the tools to thrive in the NFL and in your fantasy league--not next year, but this year.
Worried about your friends laughing at you when you grab him in the 6th or 7th round? My advice is to soak up that laughter and store it somewhere safe, so in December you can dish it back where the sun don't shine.
#3 . . .
Jordan Matthews will be a top 25 fantasy WR this season.
It pains me to see so many "experts" get so many things so wrong. And then I'm reminded that their mistakes give me an edge: while so many of my competitors follow expert rankings like a religion, I can pluck all of the underrated studs from right under their noses.
Here's how some of the "experts" rank Matthews:
- ESPN: 74th best WR
- CBS Sports: 50th best WR
- Yahoo: 54th best WR
All three of these sites rank Hakeem Nicks AHEAD of Matthews; ESPN goes so far as to rank Nicks 28 WR spots ahead of Matthews. I'm about to throw up.
Smart fantasy competitors look beyond this nonsense, instead focusing on players with the highest potential. Matthews has that potential. Riley Cooper is a streaky receiver who, outside of three games last year, netted 474 yards and 2 TDs. And in his most recent season in 2012, injury-prone Jeremy Maclin had only 857 yards on 122 targets; he's an untested #1 receiver and, I think, very overrated at his current top 30 WR ADP.
Besides unexpectedly dropping three balls in a recent preseason game versus the Bears, Matthews has looked like a #1 receiver. He possesses the tools to thrive in the NFL and in your fantasy league--not next year, but this year.
Worried about your friends laughing at you when you grab him in the 6th or 7th round? My advice is to soak up that laughter and store it somewhere safe, so in December you can dish it back where the sun don't shine.