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With the dust settling from NFL free agency, many big-name fantasy wide receivers will be on new teams in 2024. Matt Harmon gives his early take on what he expects from each of them this season.
The Titans made an aggressive move to sign Calvin Ridley, smashing any previously imagined contract numbers for the veteran receiver to steal him from Jacksonville. While the per-year and guaranteed dollars surprised people, it makes sense why the Titans targeted this player.
The Titans were as light as it gets on their wide receiver depth chart. Beyond DeAndre Hopkins, who is firmly in the back-nine of his career, they did not have a single reliable body. For the group overall, separation was a serious concern. A receiver corps like that is not the way to get a feel for how young quarterback Will Levis will develop, especially if this coaching staff wants to run anything remotely similar to the isolated routes from the Cincinnati passing game.
Even though Ridley was clearly a tad rusty last season, he still proved he’s a fantastic route runner. The Titans have a verified separator in place now, and it stands to reason that they can get more out of Ridley than Jacksonville from a deployment perspective.
Ridley also just said “let me run all the routes”
Sounded like JAX only let him run certain routes, limited him. He said he is a route runner and creative.
“Let me run across the field. Across the field I’m a 4.1 guy. Let me run all the routes”
Ok he has me fired up tbh lol
— TicTacTitans (@TicTacTitans) March 15, 2024
With Hopkins in place at the X-receiver position, they can align Ridley off the ball and move him around. That’ll allow him to run a more diverse route tree. It’s a nice fit for his skills at this stage of his career.
Early fantasy outlook: As much as I like the fit with the Titans from a player and team perspective, it’s going to be tough to rank Ridley too high in my fantasy rankings. He’s set to share the field with another high-volume wideout in…
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Publish date : 2024-03-22 16:24:48
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