Courtland Sutton
Drafted 2018 2.08
The most expensive option on this list but a clear example of the dynasty community’s “what have you done for me lately” mindset. Sutton is a player that can be bought for a late first or early second who has already produced multiple fantasy-relevant seasons, including a 72/1,112/6 season in 2019. Going into his age 26 season this year, he is a player that offers a much safer floor than others going in that ADP range having already proven he can do it with a rookie QB in Drew Lock. Sutton offers genuine WR1 upside. It would be remiss to not mention the fact that this offense has more targets than it did in 2019 now boasting Noah Fant, Jerry Jeudy, & Javonte Williams, but for a QB like Lock that is fighting for his job, he will be looking to a guy like Sutton who has performed for him before.
Anthony Miller
Drafted 2018 2.19
Miller has looked good at times in the NFL producing multiple 480+ yard seasons dancing around the edge of NFL fantasy relevance in an offense that has not looked like a team that can pass the ball. But in an offense that has just had a massive QB upgrade, receivers for the first time will look relevant in the 2021 season.
Allen Robinson is the obvious first-choice receiver, but Anthony Miller offers legitimate upside on a scheme that should seek to pass the ball more with Justin Fields under center. With back-to-back 1,400-yard seasons in college leading to being a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, Miller has the NFL size and skills to succeed.
You are probably looking at giving up a 2022 second to get Miller as owners who hold him probably drafted him with no window to cut or trade him. Yet but he only needs a 250-yard season boost to move into that WR3/Flex relevance.
Michael Gallup
Drafted 2018 3.17
You’re buying this man for 2022. That Dallas WR room is crowded, loaded with CeeDee Lamb, Amari Cooper, and Gallup all vying for targets. And when you add in Dalton Schultz, Blake Jarwin, Ezekiel Elliott, and Tony Pollard, it is arguably one of the most fantasy-relevant offenses in the NFL.
A free agent at the end of this season, Gallup has already shown that he can perform in NFL putting up 1,100 yards in 2019 and 843 in 2020 with questionable QB play and plenty of competition.
Definitely worth starting the offer with a second and a third, and if that misses revisit it during the season. Gallup will likely be relevant this season but as a free agent in 2022 could move into a situation as a genuine alpha.
Phillip Lindsay
Drafted 2018 UDFA
If there was ever a player who highlighted the need to sell James Robinson at the end of last season, this was the man. A UDFA out of Colorado, Lindsay made history when he broke onto the scene becoming the first UDFA rookie to make a Pro Bowl.
In his first two seasons in Denver, he combined for 416/2,048/16 @ five yards per carry and 70/440/1 before he was displaced by Melvin Gordon going into the 2020 season.
He moves onto a team that is in absolute shambles. Sharing a backfield with 31-year-old Mark Ingram and soon to be 30-year-old David Johnson, Lindsay can be bought for dirt cheap and as little as 2023 third. He will likely face a shared backfield in the 2021 season but for a team that has no real options at QB, no pick in the first three rounds until 2023, Lindsay offers RB2 back upside at a bargain price and is a buy for rebuilding teams to flip and win now teams for the stretch.
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