Over the past few years, there have been two very popular articles written by our very own Chase Stuart that look at an interesting approach to building a fantasy team with late value picks. Based upon the theory of using both Strength of Schedule ("SOS") and taking two players as a combination to build one very good player, he has discussed both Team Defense by Committee ("TDBC") and Quarterback by Committee ("QBBC") as a general fantasy league strategy. In general I think that this is a wise move because very early on in fantasy drafts there are a ton of RB and WR prospects to go after to build a great team. While there are a few studs at QB and also a few choice defenses, I do not see a huge need in leagues to pursue either too hard in the beginning stages of a fantasy draft.
So with this in mind, I started to think about what else can be done with the committee approach. Tight end? Perhaps. Running back? Maybe. Wide receiver? Hmmm, that's really intriguing, but we should probably look at say the third starting option - "Fantasy WR3". What if you could grab two wide receivers later in the draft that could combine to perform on a WR3 - or even WR2 - level, based solely on their current projections and their schedule? Now we're talking. This really got my attention, so I went after this. Let's take a look at how I went about this and then we can digest and discuss the results.
ELIGIBLE RECEIVERS
So how to begin? Defenses and quarterbacks are relatively easy to "committee" together. There's usually only one QB and certainly only one team defense per NFL club, so the approach is pretty simple as far as picking out which players / teams to try and pair up. When it comes to wide receivers, the line is not quite so easy to draw, but I needed some basis to pick which players it made sense to try and combine for a decent committee. I decided that I would use the following criteria to decide which players to start with for evaluating:
CRITERIA #1 - WR37 AND BEYOND
This seems pretty simple. If we want to have a duo that puts up WR3 numbers, that means we want WR36 or better production - else we would just draft WR36 or higher and forget the whole idea. So here is the list of players with which I started, based on their Average Draft Position (ADP):
ADP | Player | ADP | Player |
WR35 | Tyler Lockett | WR51 | Michael Thomas |
WR36 | Michael Crabtree | WR52 | Vincent Jackson |
WR37 | DeSean Jackson | WR53 | Phillip Dorsett |
WR38 | Marvin Jones | WR54 | Sammie Coates |
WR39 | Corey Coleman | WR55 | Kamar Aiken |
WR40 | Sterling Shepard | WR56 | Devin Funchess |
WR41 | Josh Gordon | WR57 | Mohamed Sanu |
WR42 | Laquon Treadwell | WR58 | Josh Doctson |
WR43 | Travis Benjamin | WR59 | Chris Hogan |
WR44 | Stefon Diggs | WR60 | Breshad Perriman |
WR45 | Willie Snead | WR61 | Pierre Garcon |
WR46 | Dorial Green-Beckham | WR63 | Terrance Williams |
WR47 | Markus Wheaton | WR67 | Rishard Matthews |
WR48 | Torrey Smith | WR73 | Bruce Ellington |
WR49 | Tavon Austin | WR78 | Robert Woods |
WR50 | Steve Smith | WR79 | Kenny Britt |
Table 1: Wide Receivers WR37-WR60+ Based on ADP
Notice that I went past WR60, as several wide receivers in thw WR61-WR79 range had projections comparable or better than WR60, so they deserved to be included (and highlighted for your drafting benefit). Also of note this year is that I included both WR35 (Tyler Lockett) and WR36 (Michael Crabtree) - more on that wrinkie in a bit.
Now we have 32 guys to pair up and see how they do. That makes 496 potential committees, so there had better be a decent one (or several, we hope) out of all of those couplets. Now, before I go over the method of how to pair them up and the results, we need one more rule:
CRITERIA #2 - NO MORE THAN ONE WR FROM ROUND 7 AND ONE FROM ROUND 8.
This could get tricky here, but understand the overall goal. The point of WR3BC is to "free up" the first 6 rounds of your fantasy draft to pursue 2-3 receivers after grabbing a stud RB in Round 1. After six rounds you can have 2-3RBs, 2-3 WRs and possibly even a stud QB or TE, depending on your personal preference, or even to get your WR3 have the "WR3BC" be your WR4. Flexibility is the name of the game here. We all want value in our drafts, and having the ability to grab two WRs in Rounds 7 and 8 to act as our WR3BC gives us that ability.
There is some good news – all of the WR3BC candidates have ADPs that are either just in Round 7, such as WR35 (Lockett) and WR36 (Crabtree), or barely after it (WR37, DeSean Jackson). There are some other wide receivers that might go in Round 8, so planning on taking two of them could leave you scrambling for your ninth pick if you wait too long for your WR3BC choice. I will have to keep all those details in mind when we look at the WR3BC result because it would not make sense to expect two of these receivers to make it into a committee combination based on their ADP.
So what do we do now to figure out some WR pairs?
CRITERIA #3 - USE FOOTBALLGUYS' WR STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
This sounds pretty simple, doesn't it? Just take the WR Strength of Schedule to figure out when certain players are more likely to score well. What I did is similar to what the Projections Dominator and Draft Dominator do for you - take the projected fantasy points and slice them up over 16 weeks based on the strength of schedule. I call this result the "distributed fantasy points" for each receiver.
After I had all 32 wide receivers with distributed fantasy points on a weekly basis, I just compared all of the possible WR pairs to find the best duos for WR3BC. So here we are - time for some results:
Rank | Wide Receiver 1 | Wide Receiver 2 | Value |
1 | Michael Crabtree | Josh Gordon | 213.1 |
2 | Tyler Lockett | Michael Crabtree | 210 |
3 | Michael Crabtree | Corey Coleman | 207.3 |
4 | Tyler Lockett | Josh Gordon | 206 |
5 | Josh Gordon | Willie Snead | 205.5 |
6 | DeSean Jackson | Josh Gordon | 205.1 |
7 | Josh Gordon | Tavon Austin | 203.3 |
8 | Michael Crabtree | Tavon Austin | 202.9 |
9 | Tyler Lockett | DeSean Jackson | 202.7 |
10 | Michael Crabtree | Willie Snead | 201.9 |
11 | Tyler Lockett | Tavon Austin | 201.7 |
12 | Michael Crabtree | Sterling Shepard | 201.6 |
13 | Michael Crabtree | DeSean Jackson | 200.6 |
14 | Josh Gordon | Travis Benjamin | 200.1 |
15 | Michael Crabtree | Stefon Diggs | 199.9 |
16 | Michael Crabtree | Torrey Smith | 199.4 |
17 | Tyler Lockett | Corey Coleman | 199.4 |
18 | DeSean Jackson | Willie Snead | 199.1 |
19 | DeSean Jackson | Corey Coleman | 199 |
20 | Michael Crabtree | Travis Benjamin | 198.8 |
21 | Corey Coleman | Willie Snead | 198.8 |
22 | Michael Crabtree | Michael Thomas | 198.5 |
23 | Michael Crabtree | Vincent Jackson | 198 |
24 | Tyler Lockett | Sterling Shepard | 197.7 |
25 | Michael Crabtree | Laquon Treadwell | 197.6 |
26 | Josh Gordon | Stefon Diggs | 197.5 |
27 | DeSean Jackson | Sterling Shepard | 197.2 |
28 | Michael Crabtree | Mohamed Sanu | 197.1 |
29 | Corey Coleman | Tavon Austin | 196.9 |
30 | Josh Gordon | Markus Wheaton | 196.5 |
31 | DeSean Jackson | Tavon Austin | 196.2 |
32 | Willie Snead | Tavon Austin | 196.1 |
33 | Michael Crabtree | Markus Wheaton | 195.9 |
34 | DeSean Jackson | Michael Thomas | 195.9 |
35 | Tyler Lockett | Torrey Smith | 195.6 |
36 | Michael Crabtree | Steve Smith | 195.4 |
37 | Marvin Jones | Josh Gordon | 195.1 |
38 | Michael Crabtree | Kamar Aiken | 195 |
39 | Michael Crabtree | Devin Funchess | 194.8 |
40 | Michael Crabtree | Dorial Green-Beckham | 194.6 |
41 | Josh Gordon | Torrey Smith | 194.4 |
42 | Michael Crabtree | Pierre Garcon | 194.3 |
43 | Michael Crabtree | Josh Doctson | 194.1 |
44 | Tyler Lockett | Marvin Jones | 193.8 |
45 | Tyler Lockett | Travis Benjamin | 193.2 |
46 | Michael Crabtree | Sammie Coates | 192.9 |
47 | Tyler Lockett | Stefon Diggs | 192.9 |
48 | Tyler Lockett | Vincent Jackson | 192.9 |
49 | Josh Gordon | Vincent Jackson | 192.8 |
50 | Tyler Lockett | Markus Wheaton | 192.3 |
51 | Tavon Austin | Michael Thomas | 192 |
52 | Corey Coleman | Travis Benjamin | 191.8 |
53 | Tyler Lockett | Willie Snead | 191.6 |
54 | Josh Gordon | Mohamed Sanu | 191.5 |
55 | DeSean Jackson | Torrey Smith | 191.3 |
56 | Tyler Lockett | Dorial Green-Beckham | 191 |
57 | DeSean Jackson | Stefon Diggs | 190.9 |
58 | Tyler Lockett | Laquon Treadwell | 190.5 |
59 | Tyler Lockett | Steve Smith | 190.4 |
60 | Tyler Lockett | Devin Funchess | 190.3 |
61 | Tyler Lockett | Kamar Aiken | 190 |
62 | Stefon Diggs | Tavon Austin | 189.9 |
63 | DeSean Jackson | Travis Benjamin | 189.8 |
64 | Tyler Lockett | Phillip Dorsett | 189.8 |
65 | Corey Coleman | Stefon Diggs | 189.5 |
66 | Tyler Lockett | Josh Doctson | 189.5 |
67 | Tyler Lockett | Michael Thomas | 189.4 |
68 | Tyler Lockett | Bruce Ellington | 189.3 |
69 | Tyler Lockett | Mohamed Sanu | 189.2 |
70 | Tyler Lockett | Sammie Coates | 189.1 |
71 | Tavon Austin | Vincent Jackson | 188.7 |
72 | Sterling Shepard | Willie Snead | 188.5 |
73 | DeSean Jackson | Laquon Treadwell | 187.9 |
74 | DeSean Jackson | Markus Wheaton | 187.9 |
75 | Michael Crabtree | Marvin Jones | 187.9 |
76 | DeSean Jackson | Vincent Jackson | 187.9 |
77 | Corey Coleman | Markus Wheaton | 187.8 |
78 | DeSean Jackson | Marvin Jones | 187.8 |
79 | Travis Benjamin | Willie Snead | 187.8 |
80 | Willie Snead | Vincent Jackson | 187.8 |
81 | Willie Snead | Rishard Matthews | 187.7 |
82 | Stefon Diggs | Willie Snead | 187.4 |
83 | Tavon Austin | Rishard Matthews | 187.2 |
84 | DeSean Jackson | Mohamed Sanu | 187.1 |
85 | Josh Gordon | Steve Smith | 186.6 |
86 | Marvin Jones | Corey Coleman | 186.6 |
87 | Willie Snead | Torrey Smith | 186.5 |
88 | DeSean Jackson | Steve Smith | 186.4 |
89 | Michael Crabtree | Phillip Dorsett | 186.4 |
90 | Corey Coleman | Torrey Smith | 186.3 |
91 | DeSean Jackson | Kamar Aiken | 186 |
92 | Laquon Treadwell | Tavon Austin | 186 |
93 | Marvin Jones | Willie Snead | 185.6 |
94 | Willie Snead | Markus Wheaton | 185.5 |
95 | Josh Gordon | Pierre Garcon | 185.3 |
96 | Marvin Jones | Tavon Austin | 185.3 |
97 | Josh Gordon | Rishard Matthews | 185.2 |
98 | DeSean Jackson | Phillip Dorsett | 185.1 |
99 | DeSean Jackson | Sammie Coates | 185 |
Table 2: Wide Receiver #3 Committee Pairs
As we can see from Table 2, we have some very good pairs to select from for WR3BC. Now, here is where I break from tradition. In previous years of looking for WR3BC, I often took the best pairs at the top of the list and also looked for the most frequent options on the table at this point and tried to zero in on the best pairings. I am still going to take a look at this, but what leaps off the table to me are four names - the Top 3 on the list (Lockett, Crabtree and WR37 DeSean Jackson) and Josh Gordon. Getting one of the first three guys on the list in Round 7 and then grabbing the next best available in Round 8 (preferably Gordon) should be the answer this year.
So what makes Josh Gordon so special in 2016? Quite simply, his four game suspension. Gordon should be a WR1 in fantasy football this year, ro close to it, and the only thing holding him back (besides his off the field issues) is the fact that he cannot suit up and play until Week 5. That presents a very unique opportunity for a committee WR3 this year. Covering Weeks 1-4 with another wideout and then using Gordon most of the rest of the season creates a fantastic pairing for WR3.
Before I present the plan for 2016 for WR3BC, allow me to compare Table 2 with the projections for the Top 36+ wide receivers to see how a WR3BC lines up against the best wide receivers. Remember our goal - find a pair of wideouts that can combine for WR3 (or better) fantasy production. To figure that out we need a better metric, so here are the projections for WR10 through WR36 (and beyond), sorted by projected fantasy points:
ADP | WR Rank | Player | Team | FPs |
1 | 1 | Antonio Brown | Pit/8 | 335.4 |
3 | 2 | Julio Jones | Atl/11 | 316 |
2 | 3 | Odell Beckham Jr | NYG/8 | 295.8 |
7 | 4 | A.J. Green | Cin/9 | 272.1 |
5 | 5 | DeAndre Hopkins | Hou/9 | 272 |
11 | 6 | Dez Bryant | Dal/7 | 249.8 |
18 | 7 | Alshon Jeffery | Chi/9 | 246.1 |
12 | 8 | Allen Robinson | Jac/5 | 242.3 |
27 | 9 | T.Y. Hilton | Ind/10 | 242.3 |
15 | 10 | Jordy Nelson | GB/4 | 238 |
19 | 11 | Brandon Marshall | NYJ/11 | 230 |
35 | 12 | Jarvis Landry | Mia/8 | 229.4 |
29 | 13 | Demaryius Thomas | Den/11 | 228.9 |
21 | 14 | Amari Cooper | Oak/10 | 228 |
20 | 15 | Keenan Allen | SD/11 | 227.1 |
28 | 16 | Sammy Watkins | Buf/10 | 224.7 |
22 | 17 | Mike Evans | TB/6 | 220.4 |
43 | 18 | Jeremy Maclin | KC/5 | 220 |
33 | 19 | Randall Cobb | GB/4 | 214 |
23 | 20 | Brandin Cooks | NO/5 | 212.9 |
39 | 21 | Julian Edelman | NE/9 | 209.9 |
50 | 22 | Larry Fitzgerald | Ari/9 | 207.1 |
45 | 23 | Golden Tate | Det/10 | 203.1 |
47 | 24 | Doug Baldwin | Sea/5 | 199.8 |
53 | 25 | Eric Decker | NYJ/11 | 199.8 |
59 | 26 | Donte Moncrief | Ind/10 | 198.4 |
56 | 27 | Jordan Matthews | Phi/4 | 198.1 |
60 | 28 | Emmanuel Sanders | Den/11 | 187.5 |
81 | 29 | Michael Crabtree | Oak/10 | 186.7 |
71 | 30 | John Brown | Ari/9 | 185.7 |
67 | 31 | Allen Hurns | Jac/5 | 184.2 |
32 | 32 | Kelvin Benjamin | Car/7 | 183.7 |
78 | 33 | Tyler Lockett | Sea/5 | 181.9 |
66 | 34 | DeVante Parker | Mia/8 | 180.9 |
85 | 35 | DeSean Jackson | Was/9 | 177 |
54 | 36 | Michael Floyd | Ari/9 | 175.4 |
77 | 37 | Kevin White | Chi/9 | 174.6 |
Table 3: Projected Fantasy Points for WRs 10-36+
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
ased on Table 4, we see that WRs beyond the Top 15-20 are really bunched as far as projections. Golden Tate (WR21) is projected for 131.6 points, while Michael Floyd (WR31) and Emmanuel Sanders (WR33) are only 10-11 points lower. This screams opportunity for a strong WR3BC this season. If we can identify a pair of receivers that can get in this range, we are nearly there. Taking the 119.2 point target for a Top 36 WR based on projections and adding five points for a bye week filler, we next look at our possible pairs to see how many exceed 124.2 projected points for 2016, and the answer is an incredible 93 pairs. Raising the bar even further to a lower-end WR2 - Golden Tate once again at 131.6 - plus five points for a bye week WR and we see that the Top 5-6 pairs in Table 2 all hit that mark. That is a remarkable result, and strongly suggests that 2016 is a great year to go after a WR3BC option. Choosing the correct pair can give us the result we wanted – high end WR3 production (and borderline WR2) on the cheap.
Considering all of the results, there are four distinct plans that make sense for 2016:
Plan A: Draft Michael Crabtree in Round 7. Crabtree is WR36 on the ADP list, but his ADP puts him in the window of Round 7 (ADP of 81 overall). Note that I am taking Crabtree ahead of Tyler Lockett (WR35, ADP 78) because Crabtree is in the Top 3 pairs on Table 2 and appears seven times in the Top 12 on the list while Lockett appears just four times.
Plan B: Draft Tyler Lockett in Round 7. Lockett is WR35 on the ADP list, but his ADP also puts him right in the sweet spot window of Round 7 (ADP of 78 overall). Lockett represents 50% of the Top 4 pairs in Table 2, all projected for 206-210 points, putting any of these duos in the WR2 range.
Plan C: Draft DeSean Jackson in Round 7. Jackson is WR37 on the ADP list, but his ADP also puts him in the window of Round 7-8 (ADP of 85 overall).
Taking any of these three wideout in Round 7 sets you up to secure a Top 5 WR3BC with Josh Gordon (taking Gordon in Round 8, ADP of 99 overall). If Gordon is not available (although he should be, Tavon Austin (ADP of WR49, 114 overall) makes for a reasonable fallback to complete the "disaster scenario" WR3BC. Even in this worst of all cases, the WR3BC is still a Top 11 combination. Not bad at all.
For completeness, I have included Tables 4-9 below, showing the best combinations of WR3BC with each of Michael Crabtree, Tyler Lockett and DeSean Jackson, and the suggested weekly usage for each receiver. Note that any combination that is highlighted is not suggested due to a shared bye week.
Rank | Wide Receiver 1 | Wide Receiver 2 | Value | ADP1 | ADP2 |
1 | Michael Crabtree | Josh Gordon | 213.1 | 36 | 41 |
2 | Tyler Lockett | Michael Crabtree | 210 | 35 | 36 |
3 | Michael Crabtree | Corey Coleman | 207.3 | 36 | 39 |
8 | Michael Crabtree | Tavon Austin | 202.9 | 36 | 49 |
10 | Michael Crabtree | Willie Snead | 201.9 | 36 | 45 |
12 | Michael Crabtree | Sterling Shepard | 201.6 | 36 | 40 |
13 | Michael Crabtree | DeSean Jackson | 200.6 | 36 | 37 |
15 | Michael Crabtree | Stefon Diggs | 199.9 | 36 | 44 |
16 | Michael Crabtree | Torrey Smith | 199.4 | 36 | 48 |
20 | Michael Crabtree | Travis Benjamin | 198.8 | 36 | 43 |
22 | Michael Crabtree | Michael Thomas | 198.5 | 36 | 51 |
23 | Michael Crabtree | Vincent Jackson | 198 | 36 | 52 |
25 | Michael Crabtree | Laquon Treadwell | 197.6 | 36 | 42 |
28 | Michael Crabtree | Mohamed Sanu | 197.1 | 36 | 57 |
33 | Michael Crabtree | Markus Wheaton | 195.9 | 36 | 47 |
36 | Michael Crabtree | Steve Smith | 195.4 | 36 | 50 |
38 | Michael Crabtree | Kamar Aiken | 195 | 36 | 55 |
39 | Michael Crabtree | Devin Funchess | 194.8 | 36 | 56 |
40 | Michael Crabtree | Dorial Green-Beckham | 194.6 | 36 | 46 |
42 | Michael Crabtree | Pierre Garcon | 194.3 | 36 | 61 |
43 | Michael Crabtree | Josh Doctson | 194.1 | 36 | 58 |
44 | Michael Crabtree | Sammie Coates | 192.9 | 36 | 54 |
45 | Michael Crabtree | Marvin Jones | 187.9 | 36 | 38 |
46 | Michael Crabtree | Phillip Dorsett | 186.4 | 36 | 53 |
Table 4: Michael Crabtree WR3BC Options for 2016
Wk | Suggested Player | Opponent |
1 | Michael Crabtree | New Orleans |
2 | Michael Crabtree | Atlanta |
3 | Michael Crabtree | at Tennessee |
4 | Michael Crabtree | at Baltimore |
5 | Josh Gordon | New England |
6* | Michael Crabtree | Kansas City |
7** | Michael Crabtree | at Jacksonville |
8 | Michael Crabtree | Tampa Bay |
9 | Josh Gordon | Dallas |
10 | Josh Gordon | at Baltimore |
11 | Josh Gordon | Pittsburgh |
12 | Michael Crabtree | Carolina |
13 | Michael Crabtree | Buffalo |
14 | Josh Gordon | Cincinnati |
15 | Josh Gordon | at Buffalo |
16 | Michael Crabtree | Indianapolis |
*Week 6 = Close call with Gordon at Tennessee | ||
**Week 7 = Close call with Gordon at Cincinnati |
Table 5: Suggested WR3BC Schedule Plan - Michael Crabtree and Josh Gordon
Rank | Wide Receiver 1 | Wide Receiver 2 | Value | ADP1 | ADP2 |
2 | Tyler Lockett | Michael Crabtree | 210 | 35 | 36 |
4 | Tyler Lockett | Josh Gordon | 206 | 35 | 41 |
9 | Tyler Lockett | DeSean Jackson | 202.7 | 35 | 37 |
11 | Tyler Lockett | Tavon Austin | 201.7 | 35 | 49 |
17 | Tyler Lockett | Corey Coleman | 199.4 | 35 | 39 |
24 | Tyler Lockett | Sterling Shepard | 197.7 | 35 | 40 |
35 | Tyler Lockett | Torrey Smith | 195.6 | 35 | 48 |
44 | Tyler Lockett | Marvin Jones | 193.8 | 35 | 38 |
45 | Tyler Lockett | Travis Benjamin | 193.2 | 35 | 43 |
46 | Tyler Lockett | Stefon Diggs | 192.9 | 35 | 44 |
47 | Tyler Lockett | Vincent Jackson | 192.9 | 35 | 52 |
48 | Tyler Lockett | Markus Wheaton | 192.3 | 35 | 47 |
49 | Tyler Lockett | Willie Snead | 191.6 | 35 | 45 |
50 | Tyler Lockett | Dorial Green-Beckham | 191 | 35 | 46 |
51 | Tyler Lockett | Laquon Treadwell | 190.5 | 35 | 42 |
52 | Tyler Lockett | Steve Smith | 190.4 | 35 | 50 |
53 | Tyler Lockett | Devin Funchess | 190.3 | 35 | 56 |
54 | Tyler Lockett | Kamar Aiken | 190 | 35 | 55 |
55 | Tyler Lockett | Phillip Dorsett | 189.8 | 35 | 53 |
56 | Tyler Lockett | Josh Doctson | 189.5 | 35 | 58 |
57 | Tyler Lockett | Michael Thomas | 189.4 | 35 | 51 |
58 | Tyler Lockett | Bruce Ellington | 189.3 | 35 | 73 |
59 | Tyler Lockett | Mohamed Sanu | 189.2 | 35 | 57 |
60 | Tyler Lockett | Sammie Coates | 189.1 | 35 | 54 |
Table 6: Tyler Lockett WR3BC Options for 2016
Wk | Suggested Player | Opponent |
1 | Tyler Lockett | Miami |
2 | Tyler Lockett | at Los Angeles |
3 | Tyler Lockett | San Francisco |
4 | Tyler Lockett | at New York Jets |
5 | Josh Gordon | New England |
6* | Tyler Lockett | Atlanta |
7 | Josh Gordon | at Cincinnati |
8 | Josh Gordon | New York Jets |
9 | Josh Gordon | Dallas |
10 | Josh Gordon | at Baltimore |
11 | Josh Gordon | Pittsburgh |
12 | Josh Gordon | New York Giants |
13 | Tyler Lockett | Carolina |
14** | Tyler Lockett | at Green Bay |
15 | Josh Gordon | at Buffalo |
16 | Josh Gordon | at San Diego |
*Week 6 = Close call with Gordon at Tennessee | ||
**Week 14 = Close call with Gordon vs. Cincinnati |
Table 7: Suggested WR3BC Schedule Plan - Tyler Lockett and Josh Gordon
Rank | Wide Receiver 1 | Wide Receiver 2 | Value | ADP1 | ADP2 |
6 | DeSean Jackson | Josh Gordon | 205.1 | 37 | 41 |
9 | Tyler Lockett | DeSean Jackson | 202.7 | 35 | 37 |
13 | Michael Crabtree | DeSean Jackson | 200.6 | 36 | 37 |
18 | DeSean Jackson | Willie Snead | 199.1 | 37 | 45 |
19 | DeSean Jackson | Corey Coleman | 199 | 37 | 39 |
27 | DeSean Jackson | Sterling Shepard | 197.2 | 37 | 40 |
31 | DeSean Jackson | Tavon Austin | 196.2 | 37 | 49 |
34 | DeSean Jackson | Michael Thomas | 195.9 | 37 | 51 |
35 | DeSean Jackson | Torrey Smith | 191.3 | 37 | 48 |
36 | DeSean Jackson | Stefon Diggs | 190.9 | 37 | 44 |
37 | DeSean Jackson | Travis Benjamin | 189.8 | 37 | 43 |
38 | DeSean Jackson | Laquon Treadwell | 187.9 | 37 | 42 |
39 | DeSean Jackson | Markus Wheaton | 187.9 | 37 | 47 |
40 | DeSean Jackson | Vincent Jackson | 187.9 | 37 | 52 |
41 | DeSean Jackson | Marvin Jones | 187.8 | 37 | 38 |
42 | DeSean Jackson | Mohamed Sanu | 187.1 | 37 | 57 |
43 | DeSean Jackson | Steve Smith | 186.4 | 37 | 50 |
44 | DeSean Jackson | Kamar Aiken | 186 | 37 | 55 |
45 | DeSean Jackson | Phillip Dorsett | 185.1 | 37 | 53 |
46 | DeSean Jackson | Sammie Coates | 185 | 37 | 54 |
Table 8: DeSean Jackson WR3BC Options for 2016
Wk | Suggested Player | Opponent |
1 | DeSean Jackson | Pittsburgh |
2 | DeSean Jackson | Dallas |
3 | DeSean Jackson | at New York Giants |
4 | DeSean Jackson | Cleveland |
5 | Josh Gordon | New England |
6* | DeSean Jackson | Philadelphia |
7 | Josh Gordon | at Cincinnati |
8 | Josh Gordon | New York Jets |
9 | Josh Gordon | Dallas |
10 | Josh Gordon | at Baltimore |
11 | Josh Gordon | Pittsburgh |
12 | Josh Gordon | New York Giants |
13 | DeSean Jackson | at Arizona |
14** | DeSean Jackson | at Philadelphia |
15 | Josh Gordon | at Buffalo |
16 | Josh Gordon | at San Diego |
*Week 6 = Close call with Gordon at Tennessee | ||
**Week 14 = Close call with Gordon vs. Cincinnati |
Table 9: Suggested WR3BC Schedule Plan - DeSean Jackson and Josh Gordon
The committee approach is not a perfect one, but having this knowledge prior to your fantasy draft can prove to be invaluable if you decide to adopt this approach. If all the players on your starter list are gone, goiong with a committee can save your team and help you deal with the loss of bigger names. The method is also a big help in "Best Ball" leagues, where lineup decisions are not necessary every week. That's exactly where a committee can do the best, as either player can count for you each week.
Questions, suggestions and comments are always welcome to pasquino@footballguys.com.