Jordan Matthews

Fantasy Football: Old Faces, New Places: Wide Receivers Most of the wide receivers below you'll recognize from the 2014 draft class: Sammy Watkins, Brandin Cooks, Jordan Matthews, Paul Richardson, Allen Robinson, Jarvis Landry, Donte Moncrief, John Brown and Ryan Grant. All of them, including Allen Hurns and Albert Wilson, who were signed in 2014 as undrafted free agents, will put on a new jersey in 2018. For some wide receivers, this will be their third NFL team already due to trades (Watkins, Cooks, and  Matthews).…

Last week, I discussed my strong preference for drafting a large number of running backs and wide receivers in a draft as opposed to other positions. This is because each year players emerge from seemingly out of nowhere and into fantasy relevance. Last season, Jordan Howard went largely undrafted in fantasy and wound up as a top-10 running back. The NFL is a “next man up” league, where injuries and poor performance force teams (and fantasy owners) to quickly seek out the next big thing. In this column, I will highlight some…