It’s the middle of fantasy football draft szn and there’s no better time to take a strong stand on our most trusted picks to kick the hell out of 2020, along with the ones we simply avoid at all costs. Ranking is one thing, but which players consistently draw you the most when you’re on the clock and pressure is shifting?
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I have constantly found myself losing the next 10 players throughout the season in best ball, dynasty and redraft formats. Note that the rows are not in a particular order. You can check me out top-10 “my boys” that I have consistently selected here.
1. Leonard Fournette
Fournette (341) finished with more touch than anyone except Christian McCaffrey (403) and Ezekiel Elliott (355) in 2019. Only CMC (142), Austin Ekeler (108) and Tarik Cohen had more goals than Fournette (100). The Jaguars’ workhorse somehow found the past season on three occasions last season and was easily one of the most unlucky players in the league.
Somehow this was not a TD-lmao rule.
And yet Fournette finished as the PPR RB7.
The question is whether this kind of elite practice remains under OC Jay Gruden, who made a habit of using commissions during his time in Washington. Fournette scored 37th among 38 players with three-digit goals in yards per goal; Chris Thompson will be eating heavily in this part of Fournette’s workload. Somehow, only Ekeler and McCaffrey had more goals than Thompson in weeks 1-5 last season before Gruden was fired.
The chance for fewer touches, combined with the former No. 4 overall tendency to ruffle feathers in Jacksonville, makes him a risky high-round pick, despite the potential for another monstrous role in a bad foul. Fournette will run behind PFF’s No. 26 ranked offensive line in an organization that seems to be hoping to lose as many games as possible by 2020. Note: Jacksonville did not grab Fournette’s fifth-year option and tried to act as soon as last spring .
Chase volume, not talent, but there is a line. I like Fournette a bit for Todd Gurley and Le’Veon Bell, but behind the likes of James Conner, Melvin Gordon, David Johnson, Chris Carson and David Montgomery. WR-heavy early in runs can make these cunning workhorses RBs more attractive in the middle laps; simply do not reach out to Fournette about absurdly talented WRs and / or similar projected RBs in significantly better crimes.
2. Todd Gurley
Back in May, OC Dirk Koetter made headlines by stating that the Falcons really have no idea about Gurley’s health situation. A passing physique is good news, although it is not clear if a three-down roll is on the horizon. This has been a backfield that has historically involved multiple backs. Sure, both Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman got featured roles when the other was injured, but Freeman played at least 60% of the offensive snaps in just 14 of 36 games (39%) with Coleman and / or Smith healthy compared to 13 of 15 games (87%) with the Falcons’ back-up RB injured.
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