It's time to give WR Kendall Wright his due. He's averaged 807 yards and four TDs per 15-game (on average) season. Only 25 years old, his overall ADP is 103, while his WR-ADP is 45. I'm predicting top 30 WR numbers for the largely overlooked Wright.
A few of you have continued to beat the drum on Marcus Mariota. While I think he's got almost no shot of being a top 14 fantasy QB this season, Wright is his biggest weapon. Not decent fill-in harry Douglas. Not repeated underperformer Justin Hunter. Not boom-bust rookie Dorial Green-Beckham. And the only tight ends who can make their QBs markedly better are Gronk and Greg Olsen, so no, Delanie Walker won't turn Mariota into a streaming starter.
It's Wright who savvy fantasy footballers should focus on. His past QBs are a celebrated list not of who's who, but of "who's not" (though I've always liked Ryan Fitzpatrick as a high-upside streaming QB):
- Jake Locker
- Matt Hasselbeck
- Fitzpatrick
- Charlie Whitehurst
- Zach Mettenberger
So along comes Mariota--a future franchise QB. And with him comes Wright's best to reach the next level. It won't take much. The difference between 807 yards / 4 TDs and 950 yards / 5 TDs is less than 10 more yards per game and an extra score. Completely doable. And it should be expected.
Wright is a must-own WR in almost any league. Bank on it.
A few of you have continued to beat the drum on Marcus Mariota. While I think he's got almost no shot of being a top 14 fantasy QB this season, Wright is his biggest weapon. Not decent fill-in harry Douglas. Not repeated underperformer Justin Hunter. Not boom-bust rookie Dorial Green-Beckham. And the only tight ends who can make their QBs markedly better are Gronk and Greg Olsen, so no, Delanie Walker won't turn Mariota into a streaming starter.
It's Wright who savvy fantasy footballers should focus on. His past QBs are a celebrated list not of who's who, but of "who's not" (though I've always liked Ryan Fitzpatrick as a high-upside streaming QB):
- Jake Locker
- Matt Hasselbeck
- Fitzpatrick
- Charlie Whitehurst
- Zach Mettenberger
So along comes Mariota--a future franchise QB. And with him comes Wright's best to reach the next level. It won't take much. The difference between 807 yards / 4 TDs and 950 yards / 5 TDs is less than 10 more yards per game and an extra score. Completely doable. And it should be expected.
Wright is a must-own WR in almost any league. Bank on it.