Receiving Ineptitude
When you’re rounding out your fantasy rosters, it’s a common practice to overrate the top receivers on bad passing teams. Logically, one assumes that SOMEONE has to be the top target and, as long as they’re getting thrown to, they have fantasy value. Well, year in year out there are a handful of teams that disprove that theory.
This year, five teams have a leading receiver that is on pace to finish with less than 60 receptions:
| First | Last | Team | Pos | Recs | Yards | ProjRecs | ProjYards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | Northcutt | JAX | wr | 23 | 323 | 46 | 646 |
| Bobby | Wade | MIN | wr | 24 | 291 | 48 | 582 |
| Bo | Scaife | TEN | te | 24 | 196 | 48 | 392 |
| Antwaan | RandleEl | WAS | wr | 27 | 479 | 54 | 958 |
| Arnaz | Battle | SF | wr | 28 | 273 | 56 | 546 |
Looking at that list, you see a number of receivers that were touted as “sleepers” this year; yet play for teams with challenged passing games. Let this be a lesson to you; not every team has viable fantasy options at every position.
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