Check out a few of my must-have fantasy football players that I’m targeting in dynasty startup drafts. And you can find all of my must-have dynasty startup targets in this article.
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Must-Have Dynasty Startup Targets
Here are the fantasy football players I’m targeting in my dynasty startup drafts.
Jerry Jeudy (WR – DEN)
Jerry Jeudy stands out to me as a dynasty target because he has full-blown breakout potential after an extremely underrated 2022 campaign. No player scored more fantasy points in PPR with a sub-75% overall route participation than Jeudy in 2022. He also finished 13th in target rate per route run (23%). And in Jeudy’s last six games: 25% target share and finished fifth in receiving yards overall. From Week 10 onward, the Broncos wide receiver led the NFL in yards per route run (2.71).
He’s going to turn 24 years old this season, and I can’t possibly envision Russell Wilson playing worse than he did in 2022 under Sean Payton’s coaching. There are also rumors that Courtland Sutton could be traded, fully solidifying the franchise’s faith in Jeudy as their looked-and-loaded No. 1 wide receiver. Jeudy’s dynasty trade value is WR23, two spots lower than my ranking of him at WR21.
Brian Robinson Jr.‘s status as the Commanders’ starter on early downs entering the season will surely make 2024 free agent Antonio Gibson an enticing buy-low running back target based on his pass-catching prowess and RB1 fantasy production during his first two years in the league.
Remember that J.D. McKissic was released, slating Gibson to reprise the full-blown receiving role for Washington. Gibson’s 80.5 PFF receiving grade ranked third among all RBs in 2022.
He is the RB37 in dynasty start-up ADP, the RB32 in the dynasty trade value chart and the RB18 in my dynasty rankings. If being too high on 25-year-old running backs with ideal size, a three-down skillset, and proven production is wrong, I don’t want to be right. I’d happily gift a 2023 2nd-round rookie pick or A.J. Dillon straight up for AG. I recently acquired Gibson in a trade for Dillon straight up.
The whispers of Gibson getting more involved coming from Ron Rivera was truly music to my ears.
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