2019 Fantasy Football Busts
Bust: A player who is predicted to have a poor season compared to general expectations. The player might be injury-prone, have a future star behind them in the depth chart, or just won't be able to live up to their hype. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
Our writers have classified the following players as busts for 2019. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | Def | DEN | 51 | Def - #9 | |
| The Broncos fell to 21st defending the run (1,913 yards) in 2018 with ball carriers gaining only 4.5 yards per rush. They allowed 11 TDs with 15 runs over 20 yards.
Denver ranked 20th in the NFL in passing yards allowed (3,929) while allowing 26 TDs and 17 Ints. The Broncos finished with 44 sacks. QBs gained 7.7 yards per pass attempts with 56 completions o... Read More | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | Def | PHI | 51 | Def - #15 | |
The Eagles slipped to 7th in rushing yards allowed (1,551 yards), which was helped by a league-low 20.8 rushing a... Read More | |||||
| Seattle Seahawks | Def | SEA | 51 | Def - #17 | |
| Fair Evaluation: I'm sure the Seahawks' coaching staff will get the most out of their defensive players, but I don't see any Fantasy excitement in 2019. Seattle is in rebuilding mode on defense, which means they'll be a ton of moving parts this year.
Seattle climbed 20th in rushing yards allowed (1,811 yards) with nine TDs and 14 runs over 20 yards. Rusher... Read More | |||||
| Josh Rosen | QB | ATL | 24 | 1 | Unranked |
| CLICK HERE TO GO TO THIS PLAYER PROFILE: STATS, NEWS, ADP & MORE! Update 09/29/19 There was much excitement in Rosen’s game in his first start (200/0). His completion rate (43.3) in 2019 is weak while gaini... Read More | |||||
| Joe Flacco | QB | NYJ | 36 | 11 | QB - #55 |
| CLICK HERE TO GO TO THIS PLAYER PROFILE: STATS, NEWS, ADP & MORE! Update 10/12/19 After five games, Flacco only has six TDs while averaging 252 passing yards per game. His only game of value came in Week 4 (... Read More | |||||
| Jordan Howard | RB | PHI | 27 | 3 | Unranked |
| CLICK HERE TO GO TO THIS PLAYER PROFILE: STATS, NEWS, ADP & MORE! Update 11/16/19 After ten weeks of the NFL season, Howard is the 18th ranked RB in PPR leagues. Over his previous two games, the Eagles gave... Read More | |||||
| Duke Johnson | RB | MIA | 28 | 4 | Unranked |
| The change in offensive structure at RB in Cleveland in 2018 led to Johnson losing more than 50 percent of his rushes on early downs plus more than 35 percent of his catches. Duke gained 5.0 yards per rush and 9.1 yards per catch, which shows his explosiveness. Over the last ten games with Nick Chubb moving into the top role at RB, Johnson had two rushes per game a... Read More | |||||
| Dion Lewis | RB | --- | 31 | 8 | Unranked |
| Tennessee had visions of Lewis being an impact change of pace back, but he struggled to make big plays. He finished with 917 combined yards with two TDs and 59 catches on 214 combined touches. Dion gained only 3.3 yards per rush and 6.8 yards per reception. Over the first nine games last year, Lewis had six games with 15 touches or more highlighted by two active ga... Read More | |||||
| LeSean McCoy | RB | --- | 33 | 10 | Unranked |
| After two excellent seasons for the Bills, McCoy struggled to get on track in 2018. He gained a career-low 3.2 yards per carry while averaging only 13.9 touches per game. LeSean has six seasons in his career with over 1,000 yards rushing and five years with 50+ catches. When at his best, McCoy would receive well over 300 touches per season. A rushing QB does steal ... Read More | |||||
| Chris Carson | RB | SEA | 27 | 2 | RB - #19 |
| CLICK HERE TO GO TO THIS PLAYER PROFILE: STATS, NEWS, ADP & MORE! Update 12/21/19 Carson was indeed a free square last week (137 combined yards with two TDs and a catch) based on his salary ($7,500), but th... Read More | |||||
| Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TE | --- | 29 | 5 | Unranked |
| (Update: ASJ was waived.)
The void created at TE by the retirement of Rob Gronkowski may be a win for Seferian-Jenkins. Injuries tend to limit his playing time while never posting a playable Fantasy season. In 2017 with the Jets, Austin caught 50 of his 74 targets for 357 yards and three TDs. He missed 23 of 48 games over his first three years in the league... Read More | |||||
| Luke Willson | TE | --- | 31 | 6 | Unranked |
| Over six years in the NFL, Willson has never been a starting TE. Luke caught 22 passes or less in each year with his best success coming in 2014 (22/362/3 on 40 targets. Last year Oakland had a top passing catching TE, which led to 92 catches for 1,113 yards and ten TDs on 131 targets. There is a massive void at TE for the Raiders in 2019, and Willson has no chance of... Read More | |||||
| Jimmy Graham | TE | CHI | 35 | 9 | TE - #35 |
| CLICK HERE TO GO TO THIS PLAYER PROFILE: STATS, NEWS, ADP & MORE! Update 11/09/19 Graham still has the avoid smell for me in the daily games. He scored fewer than eight Fantasy points in six of his nine game... Read More | |||||
| Donte Moncrief | WR | --- | 28 | 5 | Unranked |
| For much of his career, Moncrief underachieved his skill set while being a Fantasy tease in drafts. In his only season with the Jaguars, he caught 48 of 89 targets for 668 yards and three TDs. In his career, Donte has a short catch rate (57.8) while scoring 21 TDs in 69 games. Moncrief offers size and speed while receiving a significant upgrade in QB play. He's young ... Read More | |||||
| Demaryius Thomas | WR | --- | 33 | 9 | Unranked |
| Decline has set into Thomas's game over the last two seasons, which wasn't helped by poor QB play in Denver. After a slow start with the Broncos (36/402/3 on 56 targets) over eight games), Demaryius was expected to see a bump in value after his trade to the Texans. In Houston, he caught about 70 percent (23) of his 33 targets for 275 yards and two TDs over seven ga... Read More | |||||
| Nelson Agholor | WR | NE | 28 | 4 | WR - #62 |
| CLICK HERE TO GO TO THIS PLAYER PROFILE: STATS, NEWS, ADP & MORE! Update 10/04/19 The fun ride for two weeks (8/107/1 and 8/50/2) for Agholor ended with a kick to the Jimmies for Fantasy owners in Week 4 (0... Read More | |||||
