Jonathan Taylor was once a hugely-hyped fantasy baseball RB prospect — and the hype could be back for 2024. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
Not that long ago, Jonathan Taylor was a destination pick for fantasy football managers, a game-changer, a league winner. He charted as the RB4 in his 2020 rookie year, and he jumped to the RB1 slot for his second season. Taylor was a celebrity by the summer of 2022, splashed on football magazine covers and generally the No. 1 overall pick in most leagues.
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Not much has gone right since. An ankle injury kept Taylor down in the 2022 season (11 starts, a mediocre RB36 finish) and his 2023 start was complicated by time on the PUP list and an extended contract holdout.
But let’s not lose track of the exciting Taylor comeback that happened last year. Taylor jumped back into our fantasy lives in October, empowered by a contract extension and finally healthy again. He didn’t get a start until Week 7, but the explosiveness returned. Over his final eight games, Taylor racked up 704 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. He rumbled for 188 yards and a score against Houston in the season finale.
If you survey the running back board for that 11-game sample, Taylor checks in as the RB15 in half-point PPR scoring. But keep in mind Taylor missed three games with a thumb injury, limiting his cumulative numbers. If you pivot to a points-per-game rank, Taylor jumps to the RB3 slot, trailing just Kyren Williams and Christian McCaffrey.
Blue Horseshoe was a blue-chip stock down the stretch.
All the fantasy arrows are pointed up for Jonathan Taylor
Taylor’s global ADP is just outside the first round (somewhere in the 13th-overall range) right now, but Yahoo! drafters are more bullish. Taylor’s current Yahoo! ADP tag is 10.5 overall, the fourth running back off the board. I applaud the aggressiveness in the Yahoo! market. Hero RB is a preferred build of mine (get that one anchor back, while…
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Publish date : 2024-06-13 14:20:57
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