Six Spicy Predictions For Week 2 of Free Agency
In today's Fantasy Life Newsletter, presented by Bud Light:
NFL Free Agency is mostly wrapped up, although we have a few stragglers still holding things up.
Fortunately, our guy Ian just put together a roundup of the best available free agents.
And although I’m loath to devote too much time discussing a certain QB who has become a pro at keeping their name in the headlines, I am interested in thinking through how these dominoes could reshape the fantasy landscape.
Here are my predictions (all from the gut, btw—there’s no “Petey Sources” here) for how this all plays out …
Aaron Rodgers - After the Vikings and Steelers both pass on him, Aaron spends a few months publicly pouting and drawing attention to himself. During training camp, some team will suffer an injury at QB and Rodgers will throw on his cape to lead another organization to a 5-12 finish.
Russell Wilson - The Steelers bring back Wilson for pennies and then draft Jaxson Dart with their 21st overall pick. Wilson throws three picks in Week 4 and the team turns to Dart.
Jameis Winston - The Giants sign Winston and draft Shedeur Sanders. Winston starts two games and throws for 4TDs and 4 INTs before getting benched for the rookie.
J.K. Dobbins - Dobbins signs with the Browns, beats out Jerome Ford for the starting gig, and dunks on all of the haters again while delivering a Top-24 RB finish.
Stefon Diggs - I like Ian’s suggestion of hooking up with his baby bro in Dallas. From there, he averages 2.4 targets per game, gets super mad at Dak Prescott, and finally quits football for good in an Antonio Brown-esque fashion.
Keenan Allen - He messages the WR group chat, “Screw it, y’all might not want nothing to do with ‘em, but I’m going to New England for some cash & clam chowder.” He proceeds to catch 80 balls as Drake Maye’s favorite WR.
If you want to see where we have these guys currently ranked, check out our rankings hub. With Fantasy Life+—which you can get 20% off with code RANKINGS20—you can see all four of our rankings sets along with a consensus rank.
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