Folks, it is already June and we are within double digit days from the regular season. Â When you’re in a dynasty league, the season never ends. Â I’ve been thinking about the 2017 season for my dynasty team since the day after week 16 ended. Â I guess that I’m like Bill Belicheck with four fewer titles. Â I may have won the championship, but I was 3 weeks behind everybody else in the fantasy football offseason. Â I’m just joking (kind of), that would be a bit obsessive.
Before I get into a few stand out players, I have just a little bit of house keeping. Â Zach and I started a podcast called Razzblitz and it’s really easy to find. Â If you subscribe to the Razzcast on iTunes or whatever app you download podcasts on, our podcast will be on that thread. Â Or, if you just click on the football side of the Razzball blog, our podcast will be up as posts as well. Â Zach and I want to provide you with as much fantasy knowledge as possible and keep each episode pretty digestible time-wise while doing so. Â We have two up so far this off season with Episode 3 and beyond coming soon…
I have Julio Jones as my number one wide out. Â In short, Julio proves time and time again to be the most talented and physical specimen on the offensive side of the ball in the NFL, but I don’t think you can go wrong anywhere in the top five. Â Speaking of top five, Michael Thomas comes in as the number five wide out for me after an exceptional rookie season. Â The departure of Brandin Cooks proves that he will be Drew Brees’ focus through the air in the coming seasons.
I’m a big fan of what I’ve been hearing about Devante Parker’s expected trajectory in the coming years. Â There has been a ton of reports that the injuries that Parker was playing through in the first two seasons of his career were no joke. Â To the knowledge of the Dolphins organization, he is now 100% and ready to rake. Â If you read my NFL draft preparation posts, you already know that I think Corey Davis is a home run and it was meant to be in Tennessee.
I love where Terrelle Pryor Sr. landed. Â Besides seeming like a doofus, Kirk Cousins throws for a lot of yards and Terrelle Pryor showed last year that he’s talented at putting himself in position to make great catches and has some speed for his size. Â Finally, I have Kelvin Benjamin in my top 25. Â Despite the reports of his Eddie Lacy pre-P90X diet, I think Benjamin bounces back nicely this season for those who keep the faith. Â Carolina added a lot of weapons through the draft giving Benjamin more room to breathe against opposing defenses, even if his arteries are clogged.
Here are a few players that I have ranked lower as opposed to other fantasy pros analyst on the dynasty side of things. Â I understand the Brandin Cooks love because he is a Patriot, but ranking him in the top 15 as most did is a head-scratcher for me. Â Tom Brady has a ton of weapons and a tendency to focus in on just a couple depending on the game plan for the given week. Â I don’t see Edelman or a healthy Gronkowski losing a lot of targets. Â Cooks will eat because he’s a home run hitter down the field but I would rather go a safer route.
Mike Williams worries me a little. Â Obviously not too much because he comes in just outside of my top 30. Â Rivers has a lot of mouths to feed and I feel like Williams was helped out a lot in college by playing with Deshaun Watson. Â Plus, he’s already having back issues, yikes. Â I threw a ridiculous amount of shade at Laquon Treadwell by ranking him at 86. Â I just don’t see his path to the field and it doesn’t seem like anyone ever goes out of their way to say anything good about him in Minnesota. Â If Laquon was going to be the Robin to Digg’s Batman, I don’t understand why they added Micheal Floyd.