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This is an important one today. There are 7 players I'm hammering in every draft I'm doing right now, and each one has real league-winning upside.
Here's why:
#7 Rashee Rice
He only played 8 games last year and still finished as the WR5 in points per game and led the entire NFL in red zone target share (46.2%) and designed target share (54.8%).
His 17-game pace was 166 targets, 113 catches, 1,213 yards, and 13 TDs.
Mahomes is on track to return Week 1. Rice is elite when he plays…
#6 Luther Burden
His rookie year was quiet on the surface (39.7% snap share), but he ranked 3rd in yards per route run at 2.79.
Once Rome Odunze got hurt, Burden was the WR11 from Weeks 14-18. He capped it with a 138-yard game vs the 49ers in Week 17.
DJ Moore is now gone (85 targets vacated), Ben Johnson is calling plays, and Caleb Williams ranked 2nd in the NFL in deep balls last season. Burden could break fantasy…
#5 Kenneth Walker
He just walked into the Chiefs backfield with 0 competition on a 3-year, $45M deal. Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt are both gone.
Patrick Mahomes hasn't had a 1000-yard rusher since Kareem Hunt in 2017. Expect this offense to be built around Walker
#4 Tyler Warren
He was the TE10 as a rookie with 112 targets (3rd among TEs). From Weeks 1-13 with Daniel Jones healthy, he was a Top 6 Tight End.
Michael Pittman is now gone (111 targets and 283 slot snaps vacated). Jones is also coming back from an Achilles, which could push more passing volume underneath and over the middle, exactly where Warren operates…
#3 TreVeyon Henderson
He might be this year's Jahmyr Gibbs and you're getting him at a fraction of the price.
From Week 9 on last year, Henderson was the RB7 at 16 points per game.
Rhamondre Stevenson is now 28 and can't stay healthy. The Patriots added AJ Brown and Romeo Doubs to open up more space, and this offense already ranked 2nd in points per game last year.
Expect fewer stacked boxes and a potential breakout season from Henderson…
#2 DJ Moore
He’s 3 years removed from a WR1 season (WR10 with 1364 yards in 2023), and he did it with Justin Fields.
Now he's traded to the Bills on a $49M deal to play with Josh Allen.
Josh Allen hasn't had a real WR1 since Stefon Diggs, and Diggs never dropped below 155 targets in Buffalo with 4 straight Top-15 finishes. Moore has upside this season…
#1 Nico Collins
He was the WR10 last year and did it while CJ Stroud had the worst season of his career.
Collins 3-year averages project to 133 targets, 89 catches, 1384 yards and 9 TDs over 17 games. The Texans just paid him an extra $17M over 2 seasons to be their guy.
If Stroud even bounces back toward 2023 form, Nico is a Top-5 WR…
— Sal
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