I’ve gotten quite a few questions the past couple of months about what I will be writing on during the NFL season. My co-host on The FantasyPros Football Podcast, Mike Tagliere, obviously has The Primer and it’s an incredibly valuable asset during the season.

Well, this year, I will be writing an article every week that will give you a breakdown of every fantasy relevant player on every team and my projected stats for them in the upcoming matchup. I’ll be utilizing several resources at my disposal to make these as accurate as possible in hopes of helping you construct the best possible fantasy lineup.

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With that being said, I wanted to spend the next couple of weeks giving you a preview into my season-long projections and how I construct my rankings. Each day, you’ll find a different category highlighting ten players and a brief summary on my thoughts for them in 2020. If you’ve missed the previous articles in this series, you can find the links for those below.

Notable Quarterbacks
Notable Running Backs
Notable Wide Receivers
Notable Tight Ends
Notable RB Battles
Notable Rookies
Notable 2nd-Year Players
Notable Guys On New Teams
Notable Contract-Year Players

Let’s get right to it!

Adrian Peterson, Washington Football Team

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Would it be at all surprising to see AP still playing in the year 2030? All jokes aside, it’s incredible how well Peterson is still playing this far into his 30’s. He’s still averaging over four yards per carry and Peterson seems set on being the predominant ball carrier in this offense yet again. With that being said, Antonio Gibson should take away some touches and Peyton Barber should be involved as well. This limits Peterson’s overall upside, but he’s simply going to be too involved yet again to ignore for fantasy football purposes. He’s a low-end RB3 this season on the back of volume.

AJ Green, Cincinnati Bengals

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Green’s a dominant wide receiver when he’s fully healthy, but it’s been a long time since we’ve seen that version on the football field. Green missed all of 2019 and only played in 9 games in 2018. In addition to those missed games, Green is already reportedly dealing with some minor ailments that have me very concerned for his availability this season. If Green plays all 16 games this season, he’s going to outperform where he’s being drafted. However, that is a huge question mark at this time. Green lands at WR36 in my rankings with these projections.

Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons

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Until we see the drop-off from Julio, I’m not going to be comfortable projecting it. While he’s now 31 years old, there’s very little reason to doubt that Julio can still be a top-tier fantasy option this season. This Falcons offense is going to be passing the ball a ton this year and Julio’s going to be the main guy that Ryan looks to time and time again. Julio should easily see over 150 targets and he has the talent to turn those into ridiculous yardage numbers. The touchdown production is seemingly never there, but he more than makes up for it with receptions and receiving yards. Julio slides in at WR2 in my rankings behind only Michael Thomas.

Ty Hilton, Indianapolis Colts

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Hilton has been great for fantasy football in the past, but that was with a different QB and before his age caught up with him. Hilton hasn’t finished a full season since 2017 and he’s already reportedly dealing with some minor injury issues this season. With Michael Pittman Jr. and Parris Campbell both occupying key spots in this offense, Hilton will be moved to the outside receiver, which he has not been as effective at during his NFL career. Hilton, Campbell, and Pittman should all be in the same territory for targets in this offense. However, Hilton’s being drafted essentially 40 receiver spots higher than Pittman and Campbell. There’s a very narrow path for Hilton to return value on his WR26 ADP price tag in 2020.

Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota Vikings

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Rudolph’s been a good back-end TE1 in previous seasons, but it looks like he may be moving more into streaming TE territory moving forward. With Irv Smith involved in this offense, there’s a limit on Rudolph’s fantasy outlook for 2020 and beyond. He’ll still be involved, but we could very easily see Smith take over the majority of the receiving workload for the TE position. There are other places you can look to for tight end production this season.

Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs

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Kelce’s a top-3 lock at the tight end position. In this offense, there’s no way he doesn’t produce – outside of an injury – and he’s going to put up numbers that would put him as a top-6 WR in my rankings. With the tight end landscape being so unpredictable, it’s easy to talk yourself into drafting Kelce and not having to worry about the position again for the rest of the season. With these numbers, Kelce slides in at TE2 just behind George Kittle.

Tyrod Taylor, Los Angeles Chargers

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Taylor is currently down at QB30 in ECR, but that’s assumedly under the presumption that Justin Herbert steps in at some point this season. With that being said, I believe Herbert needs a lot more time to develop and the Chargers can absolutely be competitive with Tyrod and this incredible defense this year. As long as the Chargers stay above or around .500, Taylor will be the starting QB. If that’s the case, Taylor will absolutely return value for fantasy football this season with his rushing ability. While he doesn’t have top-5 upside or anything like that, he’s a perfect streaming candidate this year. Taylor lands at QB14 in my season long rankings, with the assumption that he starts all 16 games.

Cam Newton, New England Patriots

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Just like with Tyrod, Newton’s in a prime position to crush his ADP. While Newton’s has steadily risen since signing with the Patriots, he can still easily outperform it with his rushing upside. Newton’s on a mission to prove his doubters wrong and the Patriots can easily afford to run him into the ground this year and let him walk in free agency in 2021. While it’s unlikely that we see Newton get back up to the 139 rush attempts that he had in 2017, he’s still going to be utilized heavy in that fashion in this offense. We all know how important the rushing aspect is for fantasy production at the QB position. That’s why Cam lands at QB9 in my rankings.

Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Brady’s in Tampa now and he’s got an amazing supporting cast around him now. Rob Gronkowski, OJ Howard, Chris Godwin, and Mike Evans should help Brady put up great numbers again in 2020. While he should still be towards the top of the league in touchdown passes with these weapons, he lacks the rushing upside to get him into the top-5 at the position. Brady’s a back-end QB1 this season, but should be consistent for you week in and week out.

Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers

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Rodgers can still play at an elite level. The Packers absolutely should’ve drafted a wide receiver to help him in the first round, but they traded up to draft his successor instead. Rodgers is going to need one of Allen Lazard, MVS, or ESB to step up and contribute this season to finish inside the top-12 at the QB position though. On a team that seems committed to taking the ball out of Rodgers’ hands and relying on their committee of running backs, it’s hard to see the true upside with Rodgers this season. With all that being said though, he’s still one of the best pure passers the league has ever seen and he should be a fine streaming option again in 2020.

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