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Draft Stock Watch: Week 2

Devy Breakout Player of the Week: Week 1

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Seven of the 20 games played this weekend resulted in a Vegas underdog victory. On Thursday night, the Miami Hurricanes and transfer quarterback D’Eriq King handled the UAB Blazers. Arkansas State’s two-quarterback system upset Kansas State due to a breakout performance from Jonathan Adams Jr. The upset of the week though was Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette taking down Brock Purdy and the 23rd ranked Iowa State Cyclones. Purdy, who was seen by many as a potential late first-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft threw for only 145 yards and an interception. It is worth noting that Purdy didn’t have his star tight-end Charlie Kolar, but the Cyclones had no answer for the special teams play of the Ragin Cajuns.

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Devy Breakout Player of the Week: Week 0

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During Week 0 we had several teams from Conference USA, the AAC, Ohio Valley, Southland, and the Sun Belt Conferences kick off their season. While this sample of schools does not typically offer many NFL prospects there are still takeaways from an exciting week. Many of these games were blowouts, so the players who participated need to be mentioned with a caveat that these performances do not necessarily reflect what these players will be capable of if they make it to the next level, some did show glimpses that they have what it takes.

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Sleeper Series: Tyrod Taylor

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After writing my redraft team breakdown series, I decided to start a new series as we approach the 2020 fantasy season. Every week, or probably more often than that, I’m going to bring you one fantasy sleeper representing a massive value in 2020 redraft leagues. All the links to previous articles are at the bottom of the article. In the first article, I detailed my methodology behind this series, so go back and read that piece if you haven’t yet! Now, I want to jump into the first quarterback of my sleeper series, Tyrod Taylor. While Taylor isn’t a great real-life quarterback, I think he could provide fantasy football value, especially in superflex or 2QB leagues. Let’s jump right in!

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Ryan Tannehill: 2020 Dynasty Profile

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The Dolphins drafted Ryan Tannehill out of Texas A&M with the eighth overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft to be their new long-term starting quarterback. While Tannehill decently filled that role from 2012-2016, he didn’t make much of an impact for fantasy owners. He ultimately failed to flash the upside he showed in college. Outside of 2014, Tannehill was nothing more than a back-end QB2, and he was a dynasty afterthought outside of superflex leagues.

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Lamar Jackson: 2020 Dynasty Profile

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Lamar Jackson was selected with the last pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. He was drafted after Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, and Josh Rosen at the quarterback position. Prior to being drafted in the first round, Lamar Jackson was a prolific quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals earning the Heisman Award in his true sophomore season. Jackson threw for over 9,000 yards to go with 69 TDs versus 27 interceptions. Jackson was truly electric rushing the ball, having two seasons with over 1,500 yards, finishing with over 4,000 yards and 50 TDs in his three collegiate seasons.

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Sam Darnold: 2020 Dynasty Profile

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Darnold hasn’t been a usable fantasy quarterback in his first two NFL seasons. The Jets picked Darnold with the third overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, and he immediately won the Week 1 starting job. However, the 2018 Jets lacked receiving weapons, and Darnold couldn’t overcome that obstacle as a rookie. There were a couple of bright spots in Robby Anderson, Quincy Enunwa, and rookie tight end Chris Herndon, but none of them were star players. The team fired head coach Todd Bowles after a 4-12 season.

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Patrick Mahomes Dynasty Profile

Patrick Mahomes: 2020 Dynasty Profile

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The Chiefs selected Mahomes with the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft as the long-term successor to incumbent starter Alex Smith. In 2017, Mahomes sat on the bench for almost the entire season, only playing Week 17 while Smith rested for the playoffs. After the 2017 season, the Chiefs decided to trade Smith to the Redskins, opening the door for Mahomes as the definite 2018 starting quarterback.

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High Upside Late-Round Redraft Targets

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In the late rounds of redraft leagues, I’m always hunting for upside. There’s no point in playing it safe and taking boring contributors that provide no opportunity to make a difference or to be league-winners. These four players are an example of what I’m talking about, one at each position. I’m not saying that any of these players will hit, and I would bet against some of them doing so. However, they all have high-end potential. If I’m wrong about one of them, I can cut them after a week or two with little to no harm.

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To Cam or not to Cam? That is the Question!

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The NFL’s big news of Carolina Day is New England’s acquisition of former Panthers QB Cam Newton. On June 28, 1776, American patriots rebuffed a British attack on Charleston harbor. The key to success was a remarkably resilient fort built of palmetto logs that repelled cannonballs. Cam Newton and his fantasy football value have been similarly under siege for nearly two years. He has an opportunity to silence critics and achieve ultimate victory with the New England Patriots in 2020.

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Don’t Count Out Jalen Hurts

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Jalen Hurts came onto the scene as a true freshman for Alabama in 2016 and immediately captured the attention of the college football world after scoring four times in Alabama’s 52 to 6 beatdown of USC to start the season. Hurts was a four-star recruit, but very few expected that he would play right away for Alabama when he initially made his commitment (for context, he was only the 15th ranked Alabama commit according to the 247 consensus rankings). Hurts was considered to be a dual-threat quarterback, so it wasn’t entirely clear how he would fit into Lane Kiffin’s offense. If you had for some reason forgotten that Lane Kiffin was the offensive coordinator for Alabama at that time, I apologize for reminding you.

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Sticking Out: NDSU’s Easton Stick is a Franchise QB in the Making

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No, NDSU QB Easton Stick is not Carson Wentz. Let’s make that clear right off the top. Stick, like Wentz, however, has delivered the Bison a dazzling record, a national championship, and plenty other memorable moments during his collegiate tenure, showing off NFL caliber traits in the process. He’s earned every right not just to

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Injury Impact: Aaron Rodgers

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Sunday’s action brought yet another catastrophic injury for the NFL and fantasy football. [profiler]Aaron Rodgers[/profiler] was lost in the first quarter to what was later confirmed to be a broken collarbone. Rodgers will miss most if not the rest of the regular season, eliminating him for the rest of the fantasy season. Anthony Barr did the

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Scouting Notes Flashback/Update: QB Kevin Hogan

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Despite popular thought and fan pressure, the Cleveland Browns did not draft a QB in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Instead, they opted for the raw but promising golden domer [profiler]DeShone Kizer[/profiler] of Notre Dame. This was a surprising move especially considering they had three first round picks. Then, in possibly the the

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Player Profile: Mitchell Trubisky

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So, [profiler]Mitchell Trubisky[/profiler] will start Monday night for the Chicago Bears . . . FINALLY!  Bears fans, NFL fans, and fantasy football players around the world have been waiting for this day. Glennon hasn’t been good (I’m trying to be nice here), and Trubisky showed great potential in the preseason. 2017 Preseason Stats: Comp Att

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Production Partners: Quarterbacks

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  This is another four-part series on fantasy production that is partially linked to my previous “Breaking” series. In this series, I will be looking at fantasy production per team. Specifically, what proportion of fantasy top-12 players at each position play on the same team as other fantasy top-12 players. Kicking off this series I

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Must See QB: Quinton Flowers

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If you’re a college football fan who enjoyed following the illustrious and highlight filled careers of a Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel, and Lamar Jackson… let me introduce you to a little known South Florida Quarterback named Quinton Flowers. He’s the kind of player that makes every game a must watch, and every play potentially memorable.

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Long Term Value of the 2017 Rookie QB Class

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In any draft class, there are usually two or three quarterbacks who are highly touted and spoken about as “The future of the position.” However, with the class of 2017, there are FOUR options that the dynasty community can’t seem to get enough of. Mitchell Trubisky (CHI), Deshaun Watson (HOU), Patrick Mahomes (KC), and Deshone

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