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 | 49 | Def - #8 | |
| 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 | |||||
| Seattle Seahawks | Def | SEA | 49 | 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 | |||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | Def | PHI | 49 | Def - #20 | |
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 | |||||
| Josh Rosen | QB | MIA | 22 | 1 | QB - #31 |
| In his rookie season, Rosen started 13 games. He finished with a 3-10 record with weakness in his completion rate (55.2) and yards per pass attempt (5.8) while throwing more Ints (14) than TDs (11). Over his last five starts, Josh only tossed one TD, but he did lower his mistakes (three Ints). Over this stretch, Rosen took 21 of his 45 sacks. He had over one TD in ... Read More | |||||
| Joe Flacco | QB | DEN | 34 | 11 | QB - #32 |
| After a successful career over 11 seasons with the Ravens, Flacco starts the back nine of his career with the Broncos. With the Ravens, he went 96-67 in the regular season and 10-5 in the playoffs that Included a Super Bowl title in 2012. Only once in his career has Joe passes for over 4,000 yards (4,316 in 2016) while consistently ranking below the league average... Read More | |||||
| Chris Carson | RB | SEA | 24 | 2 | RB - #25 |
| Fair Evaluation: I'm banking on his price point on draft day being too high for his 2019 opportunity.
Heading into 2018, I didn't expect Carson to offer consistent, playable value at the running back position. In his 14 starts, Chris finished with 1,314 combined yards with nine TDs, and 20 catches to rank 15th at the RB position in PPR league (about a top 1... Read More | |||||
| Jordan Howard | RB | PHI | 24 | 3 | RB - #33 |
| After shining in his rookie season (1,611 combined yards with seven TDs and 29 catches), Howard had back-to-back years of regression for the Bears despite plenty of touches (2016 - 281, 2017 - 299, and 2018 - 270). His slide is clearly tied to his yards per rush (3.7 in 2018 and 5.2 in 2016). In his career, Jordan averages 18.1 touches per game. Last season he had two... Read More | |||||
| LeSean McCoy | RB | BUF | 31 | 10 | RB - #38 |
| 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 | |||||
| Duke Johnson | RB | HOU | 25 | 4 | RB - #46 |
| 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 | TEN | 28 | 8 | RB - #52 |
| 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 | |||||
| Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TE | --- | 26 | 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 | |||||
| Jimmy Graham | TE | GB | 32 | 9 | TE - #17 |
| Graham's days as an upside TE are over. Last year he caught 55 of his 89 targets for 636 yards and two TDs. His best four contests (6/95, 6/76, 5/104, and 4/55/1) came over the first eight games of the season. In his other 12 games, Jimmy posted nine empty games (2/8, 1/21, 1/14, 1/13, 2/34, 2/13, 3/32, 3/34, and 3/21). Graham caught only 23 passes for 211 yards on... Read More | |||||
| Luke Willson | TE | OAK | 29 | 6 | TE - #37 |
| 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 | |||||
| Donte Moncrief | WR | PIT | 26 | 5 | WR - #45 |
| 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 | |||||
| Nelson Agholor | WR | PHI | 26 | 4 | WR - #66 |
| Over the last years, Agholor delivered two similar seasons (62/768/8 and 64/736/4) while averaging six targets per game. The difference in TDs (4) and yards (52) in 2017 led to him finishing 23rd in WR scoring in PPR leagues compared to 34th last season. Nelson started all 16 games in 2018 while expecting to have a bump in chances over the first three games (8/49, ... Read More | |||||
| Demaryius Thomas | WR | NE | 31 | 9 | WR - #88 |
| 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 | |||||
