Sometimes, the key to fantasy success is being able to take a step back and reevaluate your stance on a player. Here are six players that our team of fantasy football analysts have changed their minds on over the past month.
WR Jameson Williams, Detroit Lions
This one has pretty much nothing to do with the player and everything to do with expectations implied by draft positioning. This offseason, I’ve discussed Jameson Williams in a rather absurd amount of depth for a guy who has 31 career receptions in the regular season and playoff games he’s appeared in through two years.
Through all those countless hours of route charting, analysis and care given to account for the context of his peculiar career journey to this point, my stance has never really wavered; I don’t have a particularly strong take on how his 2024 season will play out. He hasn’t been a good route runner on film for the vast majority of his time in the pros but he did indeed turn a corner and operate at the level of a strong role player to solid WR2 in his final six games last year (playoffs included). Will he continue to be the latter this year just because it’s the most recent data or does it foreshadow yet another leap? That’s where I don’t have a strong take and can see it going either way. The past data can point you to either side.
Regardless, what I’ve changed my mind on is whether he’s a good fantasy draft pick this season. I figured that that all the near relentless hype from the Detriot coaching staff and enthusiasm from fans would push his ADP up into the mid-rounds. That never happened. As it stands in late August, he’s the 125th player off the board in Yahoo drafts and the WR46. He’s even lower in consensus multi-site ADP at WR49. At that late positioning, you might as well take the swing and see what happens.
Brian Thomas Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars
Before training camp, I was leaning into Christian Kirk over Brian Thomas. It wouldn’t be the first time we were burned on…
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Publish date : 2024-08-30 14:14:52
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