Coops Fantasy Fiasco 7/20: The Perfect Fantasy Football Draft - Round By Round Picks

A toe injury dating back to his days at LSU has limited Nabers throughout offseason activities. Despite this, The Athletic’s Dan Duggan notes that Nabers “typically came onto the field an hour into offseason practices” and would take reps during the team’s walkthrough periods. Earlier in the offseason, Daboll said the team was being “smart” with Nabers’ injury, which explains his limited activity. Given how he has performed in recent years despite this injury, it’s safe to assume Nabers will be good to go come training camp and should again perform at a high level after going for 109-1,204-7 last season.

According to Yousuf, Turpin has handled rush attempts out of the backfield this offseason and more quick routes near the line of scrimmage that allow him to operate more in space. One of the league’s most explosive players, Turpin posted career highs in receptions (31) and receiving yards (420) last season while also seeing a career-high 52 targets. Whether or not this role leads to more fantasy production is unknown at this time, but the team’s underwhelming backfield makes any reports of additional rush attempts and interesting note worth monitoring. Turpin won’t be threatening for high end work in the receiving game, and he had only one top-24 PPR game last season. It seems unlikely he would turn into a fantasy relevant asset outside the deepest of league’s but Turpin’s playmaking abilities makes any reports of an increased workload interesting. This will be worth monitoring as we draw closer to training camp.

This goes against everything we believe about No. 6 overall pick Ashton Jeanty and his impending usage. Billed as a legitimate third-down back who racked up 80 receptions and 862 yards in three seasons at Boise State, Jeanty’s profile coupled with his high draft capital have led many to believe he would be the unquestioned bell-cow in the Raiders’ backfield. While that may still be the case, Reed suggests Mostert, 33, could see a reasonable amount of work on third down. Jeanty is 12 years younger than Mostert and should see plenty of work to be worth the high-end draft picks fantasy managers are using on him. Any news of Mostert possibly seeing some work on third down shouldn’t be enough to detract fantasy managers from Jeanty at this time. Let’s see how things play out in training camp.

In a mailbag article where DeFabo was questioned about the current state of the Steelers’ receiver room, DeFabo didn’t shy away from suggesting there could be some validity to any “smoke” around a potential trade for a receiver. Behind DK Metcalf is a group of unproven playmakers in Calvin Austin and Roman Wilson, and Robert Woods will be 33 at the start of next season. DeFabo noted that Jets receiver Allen Lazard, a long-time teammate of Aaron Rodgers’ remains an “obvious target” but adds that he believes the team wants to see how things look in camp before looking to upgrade. This is clearly a wait-and-see decision that could take several weeks to play out, but it wouldn’t be surprising if a trade, or a free agent signing (Amari Cooper, Gabe Davis, etc.) were in the Steelers’ future.

The state reportedly purchased Burnham Yard, a former rail yard, four years ago for $50 million. The Broncos are also “exploring other areas, including a 36-acre Denver Water campus located close to Burnham Yard.” Properties in Lone Tree and Aurora are also reportedly up for consideration.

Both Rodgers and OC Arthur Smith are students of “Matt LaFleur’s Shanahan-style offense,” so the two should theoretically gel well, conceptually. Rodgers is well past his prime, however, and DeFabo believes Metcalf’s speed could help alleviate age-related concerns. Though Metcalf performed poorly on slant routes last year, he has generally performed very well on them throughout his career. On qualifying routes, he’s caught 75-of-109 targets for 844 yards and six touchdowns while averaging more than 2.55 yards per slant-route run in 4-of-6 seasons.