Previously in our One Week Season “Daily Dose” Draft Guide series, I gave you my “Seven Sleepers” – players to target late in drafts whose upside could change your roster in a positive way. Something that is just as, if not more, important in a fantasy football league is avoiding those players earlier in drafts who can tank your rosters. To help you with that, we are bringing you our “Five Fades” series and today’s article will feature five total quarterbacks/tight ends that I am fading based on where they are being drafted and concerns I have about their outlooks:
This is a “love the player, hate the cost” situation. While Stroud is a terrific young player who should have another strong season and a great career ahead of him, I prefer taking shots on QBs (Kyler Murray, Anthony Richardson) with higher rushing expectations at similar draft position or waiting and taking similar pocket-oriented QBs (Dak Prescott, Jordan Love, Joe Burrow) several rounds later.
This is the guy on this list I am most afraid of getting burned by, but sometimes you have to live a little. Similar to Stroud, I expect Kincaid to have a fine season and very good career. However, I think the tight ends taken after him (Pitts, Kittle, Engram, Ferguson, Njoku) have similar outlooks at cheaper prices, and the other tight ends taken near him (Andrews, McBride) have a better chance at a top-3 finish at the position.
