Fact Or Fiction: The NFL Training Camp Buzz Hype On Your Favorite Fantasy Football Hopeful
Icon Sportswire. Getty Images.Happy confirmation bias season fellow fake football GMs. We got full pads on and phones on the ground capturing everything we need to hype up the players we have circled on our draft list.
This is the best time of the fantasy calendar. Full on delusion season. And I'm not here to dispel anyone of that deep sleeper or comeback king that will totally happen. I'm just here to prop up your hopes and dreams. We all know how it ends anyway. So let's enjoy the moment.
Drake Maye
I'm the original Elite QB guy who's been telling you to draft Josh Allen for the past couple years. The guy has returned first round value for each of the last four or five years. But I get it. Sometimes you're going to get sniped. Drake Maye is the QB breakout darling candidate pretty much every analyst is telling you will make a second year leap. And for good reason. The key point is that Maye showed he can use his feet which is critical for any quarterback to be a real game changer. All despite the fact that the Patriots refused to call designated runs on a lost season. Well, it's time to let that Mayeflower blossom.
Calvin Ridley
Calvin Ridley was an enigma last season. I believe I had him as the runner-up fantasy football Troll of the Year for being a guy that screwed you over when you played him and when you didn't. But I don't think I need to explain how awful Will Levis was last year. Cam Ward is going to make rookie mistakes, but he's also going to give Calvin a caliber of quarterback he hasn't seen since Matt Ryan (the not super old version).
Wheels up on Calvin Ridley with a cheap 7th round ADP. Please don't troll us this year Calvin.
Kyle Pitts
Justin Fields
Yeah I'm back in on Justin Fields. He's got a guaranteed starting role and dude can run like the wind. Call me crazy, but I think he's better at passing than most give him credit for. The processor might be an old i3 5th Gen, but it can get the job done for your fake football squad.
Darius Slayton???
Classic July W that we'll all laugh at come Week 3 or so. Or is it? Slayton might be the king of checkdown receiver kings, but washed Russell Wilson is probably a huge upgrade for the life long Giant who's best signal caller was Daniel Jones.
Tank Bigsby
Travis Etienne's ADP keeps dropping as it becomes more clear the Jaguars are looking elsewhere for their rushing needs. And who wouldn't want a guy named "Tank" rushing the ball? Is Tank Bigsby a name or what Trump described he wanted to have ordered from Military R Us? Sure, he's not known for being a good catcher, but as I just noted, his name is "Tank". Tanks plow. They don't catch. Not a bad dart throw at the end of the 11th Round.