This article is part of our On Target series.
If you were forced to do a pop quiz and answer who had the most catches in the NFL, I do not think that even hardcore fans of the NFL would guess Larry Fitz. The formerly very explosive Cardinals wideout has turned into a possession receiver in his old age, and only has five touchdowns on the year after starting out scorching hot. In keeper leagues, I think you can look to move Fitz with little concern of it coming back to bite you in the future.
The Vikes' offense does not look good right now, and as a result Diggs is having a good, but not great, fantasy year. I personally value him very highly moving forward and think that there is a unique buying opportunity here. Teddy Bridgewater will be back at quarterback next season, and it is likely that the team will have a new offensive coordinator as well who should be more adept at using Diggs' talent. I would buy 110 cents on the dollar to get him in a dynasty league.
My friend Scott Barrett tweeted recently that over Russell Wilson's last 19 regular season games, he has almost a perfect passer rating when throwing to Baldwin (including an over 80 percent completion rate). While everyone in the offseason projected that Baldwin would be the regression candidate and it would be Tyler Lockett who rose in this offense, I think it's clear at this point that Baldwin is
If you were forced to do a pop quiz and answer who had the most catches in the NFL, I do not think that even hardcore fans of the NFL would guess Larry Fitz. The formerly very explosive Cardinals wideout has turned into a possession receiver in his old age, and only has five touchdowns on the year after starting out scorching hot. In keeper leagues, I think you can look to move Fitz with little concern of it coming back to bite you in the future.
The Vikes' offense does not look good right now, and as a result Diggs is having a good, but not great, fantasy year. I personally value him very highly moving forward and think that there is a unique buying opportunity here. Teddy Bridgewater will be back at quarterback next season, and it is likely that the team will have a new offensive coordinator as well who should be more adept at using Diggs' talent. I would buy 110 cents on the dollar to get him in a dynasty league.
My friend Scott Barrett tweeted recently that over Russell Wilson's last 19 regular season games, he has almost a perfect passer rating when throwing to Baldwin (including an over 80 percent completion rate). While everyone in the offseason projected that Baldwin would be the regression candidate and it would be Tyler Lockett who rose in this offense, I think it's clear at this point that Baldwin is a WR1 in an elite offense with an elite QB. If they ever get their offensive line figured out, he could become a T.Y. Hilton-esque week to week force.
With no Jeremy Maclin on the field, Kelce has been the best tight end in football, and he didn't slow down when Maclin returned for Thursday's win. Most of us casual observers of the NFL game would have guessed that Kelce could perform this well when given the targets, but it's been something to behold as heading into Thursday he was 17th in the NFL in receptions and 19th in yards as a tight end in a run-heavy offense. With Rob Gronkowski continually suffering injuries (the same can be said for Tyler Eifert), I think there is a real argument for Kelce as the best tight end in fantasy next season, or at least as a guy to really consider in the fourth or fifth rounds of your draft.
Players with double digit receiving touchdowns this year: Antonio Brown, Mike Evans and… Jordy Nelson? Nelson was more or less disregarded by drafters, often slipping into the third round of redraft leagues as an over-30 wide receiver coming off an ACL tear, I think it was assumed that he was a sell in dynasty formats. What we were unable to account for was that Green Bay would all but abandon the run this season, which has resulted in Nelson getting one of the biggest target totals of his career. His per-target numbers are down just as they were expected to be though, so those dynasty concerns remain intact despite his big 2016.
Buy him. Do what you have to do to get him in your redraft leagues, daily fantasy, dynasty leagues, keeper leagues. Green has been waiting his whole career to work with an elite quarterback, run routes, and be trusted. I said before the season (and before he got injured) that he would finish with the second-most receiving fantasy points on the Steelers, and honestly at this pace he still has a chance to catch Sammie Coates. We'll have to wait until 2017 for the full Green experience, but it will be real and it will be glorious.
