![]() “I’m still in that stage of still learning and getting that confidence, but I’m definitely at a place I can carry a heavy load,” Morris, 29, said. His two best seasons were his first two in Shanahan’s scheme at Washington, rushing for 1,613 yards in 2012 and 1,275 in ’13. Morris, despite being signed only three weeks ago, has proven he can carry the load with veteran savvy. He's your late-round tight end streamer to begin the year, especially with matchups against the Panthers and Jets in Weeks 1 and 2.INDIANAPOLIS, IN – AUGUST 25: Alfred Morris #36 of the San Francisco 49ers runs with the ball against the Indianapolis Colts in the second quarter of a preseason game at Lucas Oil Stadium on Augin Indianapolis, Indiana. Pretty sure Deshaun Watson will find him reliable once he gets on the field late this year, too.Īfter rewarding Njoku with a rich extension this offseason, everything points to him being a volume-driven tight end with the Browns. In Kevin Stefanski's two years as coach, the Browns have been top four in target share to tight ends each season. But Brissett threw a preposterous 28.6% of his targets to tight ends last year while with the Dolphins, and 27.7% to Colts tight ends in 2019. Trusting him to cultivate Fantasy numbers for his pass-catchers is like trusting Jerry Jones to be quiet and humble. Expect most of those to fall to Njoku (a few will also end up in Harrison Bryant's hands - but those are the Browns' only two tight ends). Njoku's path to being the Browns' primary tight end was blocked by Austin Hooper in 20 - Hooper had 70 targets in 2020 and 61 targets in 2021. Expect a Flex starter return - at minimum. All you have to do is take him with a pick after 120th overall. A late-August lower-body injury is something the team is being careful with, but it's reportedly not a serious injury.Įverything is in line for the 27-year-old to take a step forward. There's room for three receivers to total 400 targets and still have a preposterous 200-plus to spread to everyone else.įinally, the Bills have given McKenzie the starter's treatment this preseason - he's worked with the first team in practice and only played in preseason games Allen played in. Their effort to improve their run game is proof of this. This team attempted 655 passes in 2021 and 596 in 2020. McKenzie's catch rate was at least 76.9% per year.Īs for a target crunch in Buffalo, remember that this offense is completely reliant on Allen. Beasley caught 82 passes in each of his past two seasons with at least a 73% catch rate per year.Of those six touchdowns, four came in the red zone, so he wasn't just a deep-ball guy. Naturally that doesn't include any scores he caught from out wide. Despite limited play, McKenzie actually led all Bills wideouts in touchdowns from the slot in 2020 (five).In fact, at least 25% of Allen's total throws went to a wideout who lined up in the slot in each of the past three years, though he was dramatically more efficient with them in 20.Allen was second among all quarterbacks in total targets to a wideout who lined up in the slot in 2021 (163), and first in 2020 (170). ![]() The whole goal is to find someone who would otherwise be the top waiver-wire pick after Week 1 and a potential starter for at least half of the year. We've had some hits ( Darren Waller, Kenny Golladay, Jonnu Smith) and some misses (do NOT me with Tajae Sharpe trash talk) with lots of guys in-between who were uneven as rookies but eventual NFL stars ( Tyler Eifert, Michael Gallup, Elijah Moore), but all in all we've taken some good shots on winning late-round picks. This is the 10-year anniversary of Alfred Morris' rookie year, which is when this annual deep sleeper thing got started (thanks, #ALF). And no one talks on the phone anymore, it's all texts and Twitter DMs. ![]() Reports from practice are plentiful and usually in agreement with each other, but those can be read by anyone. Practices are still musts for the starters but there isn't any film on that for Fantasy analysts to nerd out to. Not as many teams are putting their starters out there in preseason games. It used to be easy! Watch some preseason film, read some reports from training camp, see who fits in with their offense the best, make a couple of phone calls and foresee a pathway for a guy to make sweet Fantasy production.ĭon't get me wrong, that's still how I do things, but teams are making it harder and harder. Finding deep sleepers in Fantasy Football has gotten harder. ![]()
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