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One way to gain an edge over your fantasy football leaguemates? Draft players ahead of their breakout seasons! Here, the team at Yahoo Fantasy highlights five of their favorite WR breakout candidates to consider in drafts.
Drake London, Atlanta Falcons
At this point, when I write about Drake London, I feel like a proud mom talking up my son’s role as Tree Number 5 in the school play because the first two years of London’s career have been underwhelming and unproductive. London’s early career has been hampered by poor quarterback play from Marcus Mariota, Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke and the result has been less than 1,000 receiving yards each season with a total of six touchdowns.
However, with the addition of Kirk Cousins, London has true breakout potential. The Falcons have one of the easiest strengths of schedules this year, and while his Round 3 ADP is aggressive given the lack of previous production, London is the clear WR1 and will lead the team in targets. If he can be Cousins’ go-to option in the red zone, the upside is legitimately top-five. — Tera Roberts
Zay Flowers, Baltimore Ravens
Zay Flowers is coming off a 77-catch rookie season in which he only showcased a sliver of his game. He was a serious vertical threat at the college level, but functioned mostly as a short-range target last year (8.8 ADOT).
Flowers has been a buzzy player throughout training camp, for what it’s worth, and there’s reason to believe his portfolio of responsibilities will expand in his second season. Let’s feed him two or three of these targets each week and just see what happens. Flowers is pretty clearly in line for 120-plus targets in the year ahead and he’s tied to a two-time league MVP. His situation is excellent and his talent is obvious. — Andy Behrens
Rashee Rice, Kansas City Chiefs
I know what you’re thinking, he already broke out. But I want you to realize that Rice has a level to climb with his 2024 return. It took a while for Kansas City to truly…
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Publish date : 2024-08-22 14:41:53
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