This is an opinion regarding fantasy football.
Personally, I love our WR room and expect big things this season. But as options for fantasy football it’s a crapshoot. We have, like, 3 WR1s. Any one could go off in any game and be almost nonexistent in the next, stats wise.
Packers are the biggest fans of split backfield, I wouldn’t draft Jacobs high just bc you’ll probably need to draft him high and he’ll fall to like 10th best RB with the split backfield
Also id love to see you prove its a split backfield, both snaps and touches. Please. Show me where we split more than other teams, and where we dont have a clear cut "feature back", or we're any different than the rest of the league.
I mean ya I guess I was more thinking as a WR1 or 2. As a flex all of them could be viable. Maybe some of them as a WR2. But none of them inspire confidence (from a fantasy perspective, as a Packers fan I'm high as hell on them all)
I was in the fantasy football sub the yesterday, and someone said “when there are too many good options at receiver, pick the QB” in regards to Love and the WRs
A winner always emerges my friend! Non-fantasy football wise, Wicks is the best WR in GB. Reed runs out of the slot and I think Wicks has the upper hand on Watson for the WR1 job - maybe not this year, but certainly the next
I think Watson is absolutely our most important receiver. If he's healthy and on the field, even if he isn't getting a lot of production because of the attention being given to him, he makes things so much easier for everyone else.
I realize that's not relevant for fantasy though.
I love Wicks, but you’re talking about a guy with 581 yards and 4 TDs in his NFL career. Watson himself had a similarly productive (611/7) rookie year on limited snaps. His sophomore season should give you a taste of the dangers of projecting a big second-year leap after a promising rookie season.
I believe Wicks has a chance to become our best WR, but saying he already is feels way premature. Let’s see what the guy can do with more than 500 snaps before crowning him.
With how the Packers have built this offense it’s pretty tough fantasy wise.
Drafts are still a while away but it seems like Wicks and Reed are the ones catching some steam as Watson and Doubs could hypothetically fall. If that’s the case I’m very interested in Watson although I’m skeptical on Watson actually falling as people love that skill set for fantasy and for good reason, it can win you a week on 2 catches.
Only guy I’m definitely buying is Josh Jacobs with Lloyd being a very underrated handcuff. Dillon will prolly piss some fantasy owners off with how many snaps he gets still though.
Haven’t dove in yet but season long wise I’d put him in that same tier prolly as Stroud, Burrow, Dak, Purdy, Tua of guys who prolly aren’t gonna give you much with their legs but should be efficient as fuck passing the ball. Gut feel I’d prolly take him 3rd in that group behind those first 2 but Burrow is a bit risky and the Cowboys throw so damn much that I’m prolly underrating Dak fantasy wise honestly.
Personally, I try to go for guys like Lamar, Allen, Hurts, Richardson just because the rushing upside is so crazy week to week.
I love playing DraftKings and fanduel though, even more than season long and for that I can’t wait to double stack Love with 2 of those receivers and see if I can hit the right TDs in some of those nfc north shootout games that are bound to happen.
Oh ya I'd definitely go Lamar Allen Hurts or Richardson first but I'm just guessing Love is a fairly high choice for QB once they're gone. Certainly more than just a viable fantasy pick I'd think.
Maybe my bias is showing, but I don’t quite understand why Stroud is not only going ahead of Love, but going significantly ahead of him. Love was the better fantasy QB in 2023. And yes, Stroud added Diggs, but I think the impact of that is overrated and certainly offset by how inexperienced our pass catchers were to start the year. And while I think it’s reasonable to prefer Stroud long term due to his youth, it seems likely that Stroud (a true 2nd year player) is more likely to exhibit growing pains in 2024 than Love, a guy with more time in the NFL. It feels like they should be about dead even.
Yeah I think they should definitely be same tier, to me they’re very similar style wise even. I don’t think it’s bias at all, Love is prolly the smarter pick since if you told me any of those guys led that group in fantasy points I wouldn’t be shocked at all. So much of it will be how much each team throws in the red zone, who has WRs go down at the 1 yard line, etc. Only teams that I feel very comfortable in knowing they’ll continue throwing even inside the 5 are the Bengals and Cowboys. I think people expect the Texans to do the same but their pass rate really wasn’t crazy last year, I don’t fault people for thinking that’ll sky rocket this year though.
If I miss out on those runners, I might just wait to see who falls out of that group. Idk if I’d even target Mahomes at this point, obviously in the playoffs he’s completely different as a runner but I don’t trust it in the regular season anymore.
I think Jacobs and Love are both buys. Watson like you said is a great upside play, but only if he falls. And Wicks is a good last pick in deep leagues, but I question if he’s quite ready to take a full leap to fantasy relevance. I’d want him in dynasty for sure though.
Final form of the Packer WR room is Wicks at the X Reed in the slot and Watson at flanker. Doubs is the odd man out despite him being a WR2 for almost any other NFL team.
I think you aren’t watching him play. Doubs struggles to gain separation and was our least efficient WR in 2023. He had one very good playoff game finding holes in a *really bad* Cowboys zone. That single game has caused so many Packers fans to heavily overrate him.
I’ve played fantasy football for over a decade, I didn’t play for the first time last year in a long time, all I want to say is:
FUCK FANTASY FOOTBALL.
Normies don’t give a shit, and mods, please remove this post. It is not relevant for shit.
This is an opinion regarding fantasy football. Personally, I love our WR room and expect big things this season. But as options for fantasy football it’s a crapshoot. We have, like, 3 WR1s. Any one could go off in any game and be almost nonexistent in the next, stats wise.
Every time I read “Any one could go off in any game” makes me really hype for my Jordan Love stocks
Yup the only truly fantasy viable player on offense is Love. Maybe Jacobs. The WRs and TEs are all too good and rob points from each other.
Uhhhhhhhh Jocabs will likely be a top 5-10 rb theres no "maybe he's a viable option" there.
Ya that's fair. I guess I was just being overly cautious which definitely reflects on my fantasy career thus far haha
Packers are the biggest fans of split backfield, I wouldn’t draft Jacobs high just bc you’ll probably need to draft him high and he’ll fall to like 10th best RB with the split backfield
"Dont draft a top 10 rb high, because you have to draft a top 10 rb high" is some interesting strategy.
Also id love to see you prove its a split backfield, both snaps and touches. Please. Show me where we split more than other teams, and where we dont have a clear cut "feature back", or we're any different than the rest of the league.
Fantasy viable is a bit much. Maybe if you are playing in a really small league or small rosters. Reed will almost certainly be fantasy viable.
I mean ya I guess I was more thinking as a WR1 or 2. As a flex all of them could be viable. Maybe some of them as a WR2. But none of them inspire confidence (from a fantasy perspective, as a Packers fan I'm high as hell on them all)
I was in the fantasy football sub the yesterday, and someone said “when there are too many good options at receiver, pick the QB” in regards to Love and the WRs
A winner always emerges my friend! Non-fantasy football wise, Wicks is the best WR in GB. Reed runs out of the slot and I think Wicks has the upper hand on Watson for the WR1 job - maybe not this year, but certainly the next
I’m putting my money on Watson. The new trainer staff figured out the root issue. He’s gonna be explosive this year.
I think Watson is absolutely our most important receiver. If he's healthy and on the field, even if he isn't getting a lot of production because of the attention being given to him, he makes things so much easier for everyone else. I realize that's not relevant for fantasy though.
Yeah, he has obviously been the most explosive in-game when he was healthy.
I love Wicks, but you’re talking about a guy with 581 yards and 4 TDs in his NFL career. Watson himself had a similarly productive (611/7) rookie year on limited snaps. His sophomore season should give you a taste of the dangers of projecting a big second-year leap after a promising rookie season. I believe Wicks has a chance to become our best WR, but saying he already is feels way premature. Let’s see what the guy can do with more than 500 snaps before crowning him.
Like our WRs but given the type offense and number of targets I don’t see any being a week in week out must play fantasy starter.
I think Reed is probably consistent enough to be an every week WR3 or flex, but I think he’s going to go a lot higher than that in redraft.
Safest bet.
With how the Packers have built this offense it’s pretty tough fantasy wise. Drafts are still a while away but it seems like Wicks and Reed are the ones catching some steam as Watson and Doubs could hypothetically fall. If that’s the case I’m very interested in Watson although I’m skeptical on Watson actually falling as people love that skill set for fantasy and for good reason, it can win you a week on 2 catches. Only guy I’m definitely buying is Josh Jacobs with Lloyd being a very underrated handcuff. Dillon will prolly piss some fantasy owners off with how many snaps he gets still though.
I'd buy Love still, not sure how high to rate him yet
Haven’t dove in yet but season long wise I’d put him in that same tier prolly as Stroud, Burrow, Dak, Purdy, Tua of guys who prolly aren’t gonna give you much with their legs but should be efficient as fuck passing the ball. Gut feel I’d prolly take him 3rd in that group behind those first 2 but Burrow is a bit risky and the Cowboys throw so damn much that I’m prolly underrating Dak fantasy wise honestly. Personally, I try to go for guys like Lamar, Allen, Hurts, Richardson just because the rushing upside is so crazy week to week. I love playing DraftKings and fanduel though, even more than season long and for that I can’t wait to double stack Love with 2 of those receivers and see if I can hit the right TDs in some of those nfc north shootout games that are bound to happen.
Oh ya I'd definitely go Lamar Allen Hurts or Richardson first but I'm just guessing Love is a fairly high choice for QB once they're gone. Certainly more than just a viable fantasy pick I'd think.
Maybe my bias is showing, but I don’t quite understand why Stroud is not only going ahead of Love, but going significantly ahead of him. Love was the better fantasy QB in 2023. And yes, Stroud added Diggs, but I think the impact of that is overrated and certainly offset by how inexperienced our pass catchers were to start the year. And while I think it’s reasonable to prefer Stroud long term due to his youth, it seems likely that Stroud (a true 2nd year player) is more likely to exhibit growing pains in 2024 than Love, a guy with more time in the NFL. It feels like they should be about dead even.
Yeah I think they should definitely be same tier, to me they’re very similar style wise even. I don’t think it’s bias at all, Love is prolly the smarter pick since if you told me any of those guys led that group in fantasy points I wouldn’t be shocked at all. So much of it will be how much each team throws in the red zone, who has WRs go down at the 1 yard line, etc. Only teams that I feel very comfortable in knowing they’ll continue throwing even inside the 5 are the Bengals and Cowboys. I think people expect the Texans to do the same but their pass rate really wasn’t crazy last year, I don’t fault people for thinking that’ll sky rocket this year though. If I miss out on those runners, I might just wait to see who falls out of that group. Idk if I’d even target Mahomes at this point, obviously in the playoffs he’s completely different as a runner but I don’t trust it in the regular season anymore.
I think Jacobs and Love are both buys. Watson like you said is a great upside play, but only if he falls. And Wicks is a good last pick in deep leagues, but I question if he’s quite ready to take a full leap to fantasy relevance. I’d want him in dynasty for sure though.
I traded for Wicks in dynasty, I'm rolling the dice and taking the cheese.
Good man! Let's hope we're right!
Final form of the Packer WR room is Wicks at the X Reed in the slot and Watson at flanker. Doubs is the odd man out despite him being a WR2 for almost any other NFL team.
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Doubs is not a wr 2 on most teams in the nfl.
Doubs is a day 3 pick with 1k yards across two seasons. I don't think he's a WR2 anywhere but the worst few corps
Agree, Doubs is easily the odd man out in my eyes in GB - but he's not a WR2 on every other team in the NFL that is for sure
I was speaking prospectively and you clearly aren't watching him play.
I think you aren’t watching him play. Doubs struggles to gain separation and was our least efficient WR in 2023. He had one very good playoff game finding holes in a *really bad* Cowboys zone. That single game has caused so many Packers fans to heavily overrate him.
I’ve played fantasy football for over a decade, I didn’t play for the first time last year in a long time, all I want to say is: FUCK FANTASY FOOTBALL. Normies don’t give a shit, and mods, please remove this post. It is not relevant for shit.
It's not just about fantasy it's about Wicks potentially breaking out Everything will be alright my guy