As a free safety, Williams doesnt see the ball come his way all that often as the primary coverage defender, but he has put up at least eight combined interceptions and pass breakups (on 25 or fewer targets) in both 2017 and 2019. Sutton stepped into the No. Asked TY Hilton if he plans on playing next year, and he said it'll be something he weighs after the season. Which other receivers might join them on a list based on 2021 value? By doing that, were making it a stronger study, though its important to note that if we included everyone, the numbers would strongly help the older wide receivers who stuck around in the league, but we wanted to make this an even playing field. Receivers arent allowed to push off defenders. Godwin was another easy choice here. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. McLaurin entered the NFL landscape last season as an older rookie a third-round pick with limited expectations. Barring a dramatic turnaround in the next two months, Beckham should not be a priority free agent for the Rams or anyone else. Brandon Cooks already has an impressive 44 catches for 694 yards, a 15.8 yards per catch. 5. Always free! Turning 29 has not been kind: Wide receivers showing rapid decline, Rams facilities given a D+ grade in NFLPA survey, In a recent NFLPA survey, the Rams facilities were given a D+ grade by the players. One of those things was the age that fantasy players stop producing. Hilton (32), Antonio Brown (33), A.J. Again, the game we play doesnt care about whether or not a player is in his prime physical shape, because if it doesnt equal fantasy points, it doesnt matter to you, the fantasy player. Hilton. 1 receiver in Minnesota this year after the team traded Stefon Diggs. Then last season, at 31, Julio started to show signs of decline with the Falcons. The do-everything linebacker has only one Pro Bowl to his name, but he's recorded over 100 tackles in all but one of his eight NFL seasons. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of, Although the sample sizes for NFL wide receivers grows smaller as age increases, readers can apply this data to fantasy drafts because Mike Tagliere shows that wide receivers do not significantly decline until the age of, For truly elite (250+ PPR points) production, 68% of elite seasons are from players between the ages of. We only really have one season to go off with James as he missed most of 2019 with injury, but he did exactly what we expected him to do in that 2018 rookie season coming out of Florida State. At age 27, Calvin Johnson caught 122 passes for 1,964 yards, setting the single-season record that Cooper Kupp is looking to break in the next couple of weeks. With the speed Houston now has in its wide receiver room, that figures to be something they could feature heavily in 2020. Barkleys inclusion on this list is based on the obvious talent he showcased as a rookie in 2018 rather than the relatively disappointing, injury-plagued sophomore campaign we saw from him this past season. After removing the players with less than 50 targets, were left with a total of 1,168 individual seasons, more than enough for a conclusion. Wilson continues to be one of the NFL's best quarterbacks, making his sixth Pro Bowl last year and ending on the short list of Hall of Fame candidates. Dez spent his entire 20s with the Cowboys, peaking in 2014 when he was 26-years-old: 88 receptions, 1,320 yards, 16 TD. Wide receivers often take time to develop, so it makes sense to see just 81-of-208 (38.9 percent) receivers finish as top-36 options in-between the ages of 21-23, then seeing that number spike to 44.7 percent in their age-24-25 seasons. That could certainly be part of it, but the truth is, there were other contributing factors from injury to brutal quarterback play on the least efficient offense in the NFL. Metcalf, and Justin Jefferson the last couple years, but this chart is your friendly reminder that wide receivers typically take time to develop. That's because in his final season, 1995, he played one game for the Rams as a 41-year-old. Cooper Kupp is shift team certified pic.twitter.com/bO9RDMh2GU. Since his surprising retirement in 2016, teams have followed suit: If Megatron cant play at 31, maybe nobody can., Just by the tone of his voice, I knew that he was done.@nateburleson recalls the moment he knew that Calvin Johnson was going to retire *NSFW*(via @LefkoeShow) pic.twitter.com/9CiKpphou1. Wants to chat with Jack Doyle first, as well. At age 30, David's play hasn't dropped off yet. For more from Mike, check out hisarchiveand follow him@MikeTagliereNFL. But then, turning 30 was not necessarily even the really big concern for a wideout then. By, Kareem Elgazzar / USA Today Sports Images, Douglas DeFelice / USA Today Sports Images, Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports Images, Vincent Carchietta / USA Today Sports Images, Robert Hanashiro / USA Today Sports Images, This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. In fact, his 92.1 rushing grade over the last two years is the only mark above 90.0. In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. He's made two Pro Bowls in four years and had a solid 2019 season at age 30. McCaffrey is the ideal modern NFL running back. There are things youre told when you start playing fantasy football that you believe to be true. We could start with those who were just named to the Pro Bowl: Combined with Kupp and Jefferson, thats eight solid receivers that virtually everyone can agree on. Surely these players would be valuable for many more seasons to come, if history was any indication of what we could expect in the future. Certain kinds of pick routes, in which receivers get in the way of DBs while the balls in the air, are illegal. His most recent game with 90 or more yards was October 13, 2019. The wide receiver must have had 50 or more targets to be included in the sample, as this will eliminate players who never get a shot at a young age, and those who fizzled out of the league after a few years. Below is a list of age 30+ wide receivers and where they finish in PPG in 2020 vs. 2021 ADP for redraft. . The final question you need to ask yourself is 92% of Julio Jones better than 100% of Amari Cooper in the 4th round of your fantasy draft? Signed as a free agent by the Jaguars, Jones has 56 catches for 624 yards this season. He has 81.5 career sacks, including nine sacks along with 63 tackles last season. Depending on what you want/need out of them, they really dont decline until theyre 33 years old. He is coming off a 2019 season that earned a 96.0 overall grade, and he produced two consecutive seasons with an elite pass-rushing grade (90.0-plus) and over 50 quarterback pressures. You don't currently have any notifications, Dont give up on Julio Jones just yet, dynasty managers. From the data above on average 96.1 wide receivers per year played in the NFL between the ages of 25-29. You dont want to make too many conclusions based on two-week sample sizes, but its hard not to see the kind of effect Fitzpatrick had on the Pittsburgh defense from his free safety position after joining the team. His return to the field will give the Browns a boost as they look to realize the lofty expectations that they had heading into the 2019 season. His 17.2% pressure rate trailed only his brother, Joey Bosa, and the aforementioned Smith among rookies with 250 or more pass-rushing snaps over that same time frame. As I do these studies annually, the average age becomes younger each season. From 2010 to 2013, the number of 1,000-yard wide receivers (not TE, not RB), rose from 16 to 17 to 19 to 23. Green, draft JaMarr Chase, get younger, healthier, and richer, The Giants sign Kenny Golladay and the Ravens add Sammy Watkins, but this doesnt prevent either team from drafting a wide receiver in the first round this year; which was smart because Golladay and Watkins do seem a lot older than their counterparts and theyve got a ways to go before turning 30. McCaffrey joins Alvin Kamara and Todd Gurley as the only three backs with 1,000 rushing yards between the tackles and 1,500 receiving yards over the last three seasons. What wide receivers are 29 years old? Running Backs Related Questions. Jefferson is now a 23-year-old with 196 catches, 3,016 yards, and 17 touchdowns in his career. 9. Julio Jones hamstring falling off the bone like perfectly cooked BBQ this season. If theres one reason to sell, it should be when a wide receiver is 30 or 31 years old and youre not going to be competing for two years. Ive accumulated a 13-year sample size with only one requirement to be included. Even at 29-years-old, he's still one of the best wide receivers in the league. Catching a TD with Larry Fitzgerald in EVERY Madden!https://t.co/kEUMoP37dL pic.twitter.com/Kbc9h0Jqo5. Superflex Dynasty Rookie Draft Rankings (2023 Fantasy Football), Fantasy Football Rankings: Dynasty Trade Value Chart (March 2023 Update), Video: Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings (2023), NFL Free Agency Rumors & News: Derek Carr, Leonard Fournette (2023 Fantasy Football), Early Draft Sleepers to Target (2023 Fantasy Football), Trending Up & Trending Down (2023 Fantasy Football), No, I'm a California resident looking for the California Consumer Privacy Act form. Beckham will likely spend next summer looking for the right fit for my talents instead of being subject to a bidding war for his services and that says A LOT. Here are the links to the study on other positions: Sutton dropped just three of his 115 targets last season. In August 2018, 29-year-old Julio Jones is the best receiver in the NFL. The average NFL career for a wide receiver is a little more than two years. Outside of that, veteran wide receivers are tremendous values. He made the Pro Bowl at age 29, but Baldwin was not the same player at 30 and he never played in the NFL again after that season. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. If youre in a dynasty league and nobody wants those players, take advantage of that. Theres a steady arc in the percentages, and its clear that a wide receivers prime is from age-25 through age-32. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. Thats a lot of turnover and I guarantee that they will be on average, much younger than the 2021 list. When does a fantasy player stop producing like an elite option? Expect big things from McLaurin next year. 29 year old wide receivers in the afc. He recorded 19 sacks last year. Rice caught 1,023 career passes after turning 30: Skip forward to 2009, a decade after the GSOT, when Game of Throws became Game of Thrones, elder statesmen wideouts were still able to thrive in the NFL. What would they have to gain by telling you a player falls off a cliff at a certain age? This is a good time to remind everyone that JuJu Smith-Schuster is just 23 years old (will be 24 late this year). Those players were Jordy Nelson, Julian Edelman, Pierre Garcon, Fitzgerald, Mike Wallace, and DeSean Jackson, all names that most football fans are completely familiar with and they were playing just a decade after that Hines Ward/Reggie Wayne list that I mentioned earlier. When you breakdown the production 25-29 vs. 30-34 wide receivers age 30-34 still produce at just over 92% in points and PPG vs. their late 20 counterparts. Some will say that its skewed results due to the players who are still playing at that age are likely top-notch, but you mustnt forget that we removed all players with less than 50 targets from every age. Then something interesting happened in 2017: the number of 1,000-yard wideouts dropped from 23 to 13. Browns downfall began during the Steelers-Raiders-Patriots mayhem of 2019 and since then his numbers are: 14 games, 78 catches, 957 yards in three seasons. The 29-year-old found success with the Detroit Lions prior to his Giants stint. That elusiveness both as a runner and a receiver is what makes him so dynamic in open space and what earns him a spot on this list. And looking closer, it was just two receivers who accomplished that, though they both did it twice (Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Owens), and are both Hall of Famers. Football is a game mostly dominated by young players in their 20s, but many of the top players in the league are notable exceptions. ), surely you have noticed what Ive noticed. Mahomes is among the five best quarterbacks in the NFL in negatively graded throw rate since 2018. Hes been particularly adept pushing the ball down the field, with top-five marks in passing grade and yards per attempt (14.6) on passes thrown 20 or more yards downfield over the last two years. Updated September 08, 2021 Whether it is dynasty or redraft understanding when the cliff typically comes for a fantasy asset is key to staying ahead of the game. Wagner has been one of the constants on Seattle's defense since 2012 and has been an All-Pro in five of the last six seasons. This chart clearly shows that a wide receiver holds tons of value through his age-31 season, though thats where we start to see a drop-off in elite production. Big Ben is coming back in 2020 after missing most of 2019 to an elbow injury. The percentage of accurate passes he received dropped from 61.4% in 2017 and 2018 to 50.8% in 2019. Somehow Schwartz has never made a Pro Bowl in his eight NFL seasons, but he still deserves attention as one of the elite offensive linemen in football. Only five years ago, 26-percent of 1,000-yard receivers were at least 30 years old. . Whenever I hear such stereotypes, I want to do my best to set the record straight. That means if you dont have a target baseline in the analysis then youre including a lot of young wide receivers who dont pan out. In 2000, six of the eighteen 1,000-yard receivers were at least 30, including 34-year-old Tim Brown and 35-year-old Cris Carter. Wide receivers age 25-29 peak at age 26 but they remain stable up until their age 30 campaign. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. The Ravens have one of the most talented secondaries in the NFL, and Humphrey has been a big part of that group. Get the comprehensive list of every Wide Receiver for each NFL pro football team 6 years later, we're still trying to figure out HOW @obj made this catch. Sutton wasnt sniffing this list after a rookie season where he earned just a 63.8 overall grade and dropped nine passes (second most in the NFL). Hes been particularly dangerous over the middle of the field. Kelce's brother, Travis, gets most of the attention in this prodigious football family, but Jason could have a better Hall of Fame case at the moment. The wide receiver must have had 50 or more targets to be included in the sample, as this will eliminate players who never get a shot at a young age, and those who fizzled out of the league after a few years. His PFF grade ranks fourth at the position since 2017, and hes been the eighth-most valuable safety in the league by PFF WAR over that same three-year stretch. Mike Tagliere is a featured writer at FantasyPros. Slot vs. Its merely meant to serve as a nod to the leagues best young players across all positions, and it considers PFF grades, signature stats and team impact over the course of the players' respective NFL careers. The Spartans ranked. He's coming off a season that saw him notch 1,138 yards and six touchdowns. For truly elite (250+ PPR points) production, 68% of elite seasons are from players between the ages of 23-26, and 87% take place prior to a player turning 29. On a side note, the fact that he wont even be 24 to start his fourth NFL season is absurd. After removing the players with less than 50 targets, were left with a total of 1,080 individual seasons, more than enough for a conclusion. All three players can beat you deep, take a. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. In saying nothing negative at all about Cooper Kupp whatsoever, I am confident that 2021 will be the best season of his career. The 31-year-old has made six consecutive Pro Bowls and finished last season with 99 catches for 1,394 yards and six touchdowns. Odds & lines subject to change. Dallas is the top unit because of its top three wide receivers. . It gets really ugly after that, though, as just 4-of-68 wide receivers who played at age-33 and beyond have finished as a top-12 option. This slight dip in production followed by a stability period does show that wide receivers in their early 30s who are still producing at a high level probably have a few more years left in the tank. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. 29: 505: 17.4: 36.1: 2: 0: 0: 0.0: 0: Billy Van Heusen: 14: 15 . He doesn't often Tweet, but when he does, you can find him on Twitter @sethroto. A couple of young receivers seem ready to explode! Miller is one of the first pass rushers NFL fans think of because of his longevity and consistency, with eight Pro Bowls in nine seasons. Dont expect that to change on a defense that should only get better in 2020. He was arguably football's best tight end prior to retiring, with four All-Pro designations in nine seasons as a great receiver and elite blocker. Maybe you do. This was a no-brainer there is no quarterback in the NFL teams would rather have moving forward than Mahomes. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Some, especially Jones and Hilton, look much worse. Wide receivers are in their prime fantasy years from age-25 through age-32, according to this chart. This list is meant to recognize the young players who figure to be the face of the game for years to come. Injuries have nagged Watt over the last few years, but he remains elite when he's on the field. Upon looking closer, it was just two receivers who accomplished that; they both did it twice (Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Owens), and are both Hall of Famers. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Edwards is the No. However, when they do, we can still see some level of production as they produce at roughly 75% vs. age 25-29. Youngs mention here was earned here by just how dominant of a prospect he was hes the best edge defender prospect that PFF has scouted since 2014. The Falcons trade Julio Jones for a second round pick, draft Kyle Pitts, save a ton of money, The Bengals part with A.J. To be as dominant as Nelson has been at his age is a rarity in the NFL. Its easy to get dispirited with Smith-Schuster after the 2019 season, attributing all his struggles in his third season to the fact that Antonio Brown wasnt there to draw away attention. In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. Relive this Cowboys vs. Giants game from 2014 tonight at 7pm ET on #FootballWeekNBCSN. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Google Podcasts|Stitcher|SoundCloud|iHeartRadio. The right tackle has never missed a start in his career and was an All-Pro in 2018. Expect him to put up even bigger numbers in Year 3 with, Its easy to get dispirited with Smith-Schuster after the 2019 season, attributing all his struggles in his third season to the fact that, wasnt there to draw away attention. Maybe they will. He finished last year with 4,466 yards passing and 26 touchdowns at age 34. Speaking to Giants fans during a question-and-answer telephone session at the NFL . Its a smaller sample size, sure, but seeing 34-year-olds posting top-24 numbers 38.9 percent of the time, the highest mark on the chart, it gives the older guys hope. No wide receiver has finished top-five in their age-21 season. Allen Robinson will be 29 years old in August, and the wide receiver's list of starting quarterbacks he has played with are Blake Bortles, Mitchell Trubisky, Nick Foles, Andy Dalton and a. That number was just 376 over the remaining 14 games (second lowest). : #CINvsDEN -- Sunday 4:05pm ET on CBS : NFL app pic.twitter.com/znDCkg1M0r. With the kind of production hes put up, its going to be hard for the Packers not to get a new deal done with Clark. 9. Wide Rest of Season Strength of Schedules, Wide Receiver Fantasy Points Scored Slot vs. The third-year receiver is only 24 years old and has shown flashes of being a dangerous weapon. Its easy to forget that wide receivers take time to develop after watching guys like A.J. Some will say that its skewed results due to the players who are still playing at that age are likely top-notch, but you mustnt forget that we removed all players with less than 50 targets from every age. He will be 34 before Week 1, and the new Raven has made three consecutive Pro Bowls, including two double-digit sack seasons in Jacksonville. Hes put up three consecutive seasons with overall grades of 73.0 or higher on 750 or more defensive snaps, and that culminated in an 82.5 coverage grade this past season that ranked sixth among qualifying cornerbacks. Its tough to get into elite territory, and Im sure many would take WR1 production, right? As a rookie in 2018, Barkleys 86.3 receiving grade was a top-five mark at the position, and his 31 missed tackles forced after the catch led all NFL players by eight. Lattimore is part of the talented group of secondary players who were taken in the 2017 NFL Draft, and if you look back over his first three years in the NFL, his PFF grade of 84.9 ranks 10th at the cornerback position. Naturally, only some of the best receivers in the game last into their thirties and. Maybe they went RB-heavy in the first few rounds and want to choose some high-floor options at wide receiver. This chart clearly shows that a wide receiver holds tons of value through his age 31 season, though thats where we start to see a drop-off in elite production. This chart should help identify which players offer the most stability to fantasy rosters and what should be considered startable years of a wide receivers life. He's made two Pro Bowls in his career and is the clear No. Hilton was the Wide Receiver 22 weeks 9-17. Ive accumulated a 14-year sample size with only one requirement to be included. Tyler Lockett, Seattle Seahawks. Injuries have hindered Green over the last two seasons, but the Bengals are hopeful he can bounce back at age 32 this season. Williams has very quietly played like one of the best safeties in the NFL over the last three seasons. Not only does he produce the jaw-dropping, highlight-reel plays, but he is just about as good as anyone in the league at hitting the easy throws and limiting mistakes. Campbell is one of the rare defensive linemen who has aged like a fine wine. Youll take that as an NFL team 10 times out of 10. The 29-year-old wideout will be released on March 15, which marks the first day of the new league year . Thomas got back on track in his first season in Baltimore after missing most of 2018 due to a fractured leg. Next year is a big year for JuJu to prove last season was an aberration, but were going to give him the benefit of the doubt after two strong seasons to open his career. He had 85 tackles and three interceptions in 15 games at age 30. 29 year old wide receivers in the afc. Top 5 WRs age 30+AJ Green, 718 yardsThielen, 686Beasley, 640M Jones, 624E Sanders, 606WRs turning 30 next year:D AdamsK AllenLockettHopkinsWoodsOBJLandryTurning 29KuppDiggsCooksEvansGolladayWatkins. Going into the 2021 season, PFF ranked the top-32 wide receivers in the NFL and I want to highlight some of those names with updates on how their 2021 season is going: Of the 15 wide receivers on PFFs preseason list from this year who were over or nearing 30 (Davante Adams was ranked first and coincidentally today is his 29th birthday), I would argue that at least 12 have been disappointing for one reason or another. He did much of the same upon his return to the field in 2019 (82.5 overall grade), and its hard to see him not playing at that same level next season. The years sampled were 2011-2020 for the wide receiver position only. It would appear age doesnt make a whole lot of difference to wide receivers, though we do see the number ramp up from their age-21 to age-26 season, highlighting when most are at the tail end of their rookie contract. Ill use a combination of FootballOutsiders DYAR (Defense-adjusted Yards Above Average) and regular yards to include eight more players and their current age: While we can quibble of the names who are on and the ones who are not (Marquise Brown, Michael Pittman, DK Metcalf, Tee Higgins, Darnell Mooney, A.J. His 80 total pressures in 2019 were the most recorded by a rookie in the PFF era, easily beating out Aldon Smiths previous record of 64 in 2011. The fourth overall pick in 2011, Green had every right to at least be the next Andre Johnson. He made the Pro Bowl in his first eight seasons as a lockdown cornerback who also contributed as a returner. You dont want to make a habit of letting multi-faceted, elite defenders like him walk. Jones is already a five-time Pro Bowler, and he led the NFL with 136 receptions in 2015. (via @NFLonCBS) Special. Of the 69 wide receivers to play at age 29, weve watched 11.6 percent of them finish as a top-five fantasy option, the highest mark on the chart, putting the idea that wide receivers fall off at age 28 to bed. Reggie Wayne, Randy Moss, Hines Ward, Donald Driver, Chad Johnson, and Derrick Mason were all at least 31, and had at least 1,000 yards. Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup and CeeDee Lamb may be the top trio in all of the NFL. And that is what has made him the most valuable player in the NFL over the last two seasons by nearly a full win above replacement. Seth Trachtman is a fantasy sports expert and diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan. Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Jameson Williams (1) runs onto the field with his teammates prior to the CFP National Championship college football game | Joe Robbins/Icon . Peterson is coming off the worst year of his career at age 29, but hopes the transition to his 30s holds a brighter . If this chart wont do it, nothing will. To be clear, Im not telling you a wide receivers body doesnt start breaking down or fatiguing once he gets to a certain age (believe me, that starts before 28 years old), but it doesnt mean they cant produce more fantasy points per game with the experience theyve gained over the years. Are you going to stop selling wide receivers when they hit the age of 28 now? Those players do not exist like they did 20, 10, or even five years ago. You dont earn the highest overall grade in the NFL among wide receivers at 24 years old as Godwin did in 2019 and miss out on this list. Brown, Will Fuller, Courtland Sutton) and who knows, we might see more than 20 new names in PFFs rankings to open next year. The analysis benchmark we will be discussing today is 100 targets. that also played a role. He put . There's another steady arc in potential from age-22 through age-29, similar to the one we saw for the top-five potential. Godwin was another easy choice here. He turns 32 in November. The New York Giants are planning to release wide receiver Kenny Golladay after two seasons with the team, . (Dec. 19, 2010) pic.twitter.com/tcQOG44Dm3, (Fitzgerald fits in the mold with Moss, Rice, and his career went 17 seasons, all with Cardinalshes currently 38). So the percentage of 1,000-yard wideouts went from 12.5-percent in 2010 to 26.3-percent in 2012, but then fell back to 13-percent in 2013. Go back to the year 1999, the season in which Kurt Warner changed everything just so that he could one day inspire a movie that be directly targeted to Brenda and Kurt Warner, and of the 26 players to cross the 1,000-yard threshold, seven were at least 30 years of age: Jimmy Smith*, Tim Brown*, Cris Carter*, Rocket Ismail, Tony Martin, Ed McCaffrey, and Terance Mathis. Is there a player falling down draft boards due to his age and perceived drop-off? Today, well talk about the wide receiver position. The gregarious Kelce has established himself as one of the elite tight ends in football over seven seasons. 11 years ago today, DeSean Jackson walked it off with a punt return TD! Every wide receiver ages 21-37 had to have at least 100 targets to qualify, When conducting the analysis it was important to have a baseline for targets as many wide receivers who dont make it typically only play 3-4 years in their early 20s. Ill either debunk them as something someone made up one day that everyone believed to be true, or Ill prove theyre right. Jackson doesnt get enough appreciation for how solid hes been to start his NFL career. Probably by a lot. The Steelers didnt have a first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, but thats because they spent it on a 23-year-old safety whose 84.4 overall grade ranked sixth at the position after landing in Pittsburgh prior to Week 3. The first- and second-year wide receivers in particular have great upside for their current ADP . 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