2019 Fantasy Football Gambles
Gamble: A player with both high potential and high risk. Players in this category are usually injury-prone, have a high probability for being suspended, or are approaching the end of their career. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Fournette | RB | JAX | 24 | 2 | RB - #16 |
| Despite missing three games in his rookie season, Fournette was the 9th highest scoring RB in PPR leagues. He finished with 304 touches for 1,342 yards with 11 TDs and 36 catches. His success projected over 16 games would have led to 1,652 combined yards with 13.5 TDs and 44 catches. Most Fantasy owners were surprised with his value in the passing game. Leonard has... Read More | |||||
| Kareem Hunt | RB | CLE | 23 | 2 | RB - #46 |
| With no suspension, a Fantasy owner could argue that Hunt is the top RB on this roster after his 27 games of success with the Chiefs. In his career, Kareem averaged 111 combined yards, 2.9 catches, and 0.93 TDs per game or 19.58 Fantasy points per game in PPR leagues. He'll miss the first eight games of the season, which makes him a tough to roster if he's overpric... Read More | |||||
| Delanie Walker | TE | TEN | 34 | 13 | TE - #10 |
| Walker broke his right ankle one game into 2018 leading to a lost season. In Week 1, he caught four of seven targets for 52 yards. Over the previous five seasons, Walker has been the best receiving option in Tennessee. With the Titans, he's averaged about 4.5 catches for 55 yards and 0.33 TDs per game or 12.0 Fantasy points in PPR leagues. He has over 100 targets in f... Read More | |||||
| Tyler Eifert | TE | CIN | 28 | 6 | TE - #20 |
| Injuries crushed Eifert again in 2018. Over the first four games of the season, he caught 15 balls for 179 yards and one TD on 19 targets with his best success coming in Week 3 (6/74). His downfall last year was a broken right ankle. Tyler played only 14 games over the previous three years, which led to 48 catches for 619 yards and six TDs on 71 targets. Eifert was... Read More | |||||
| Demaryius Thomas | WR | NE | 31 | 9 | WR - #44 |
| 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 games... Read More | |||||
| Zay Jones | WR | BUF | 24 | 2 | WR - #45 |
| After a rocky offseason, Jones made strides in his second year in the league. He finished with 56 catches for 652 yards and seven TDs on 102 targets. His catch rate (54.9) was much better than his rookie season (36.5). His best success came in in four of his last seven games (8/93/1, 4/67/2, 5/67/1, and 6/93/2). Over four seasons at East Carolina, Jones caught 399 ... Read More | |||||
| Jamison Crowder | WR | NYJ | 26 | 4 | WR - #46 |
| Disappointment is the word to use to describe Crowder over the last two years. His game was trending forward in 2016 (67/847/7 on 99 targets). His final stats in 2017 (66/789/3 on 103 targets) were comparable, but Fantasy owners priced him as a breakout player. Last year he missed seven games with an ankle injury. When on the field, Jamison only caught 29 of 49 cha... Read More | |||||
| Emmanuel Sanders | WR | DEN | 32 | 9 | WR - #49 |
| After three strong seasons for the Broncos (101/1404/9, 76/1135/6, and 79/1032/5), Sanders had a huge step back in production in 2017 (47/555/2). Emmanuel was well on his way to a rebound season last year (71/868/4 on 98 targets) before suffering an Achilles injury in Week 13. His catch rate (72.4) was a career high. He finished with four plus games (10/13/1, 7/115/1,... Read More | |||||
| Tyreek Hill | WR | KC | 25 | 3 | WR - #64 |
| In his two seasons as a starter for the Chiefs, Hill developed into an impact player. He broke through for 75 catches for 1,183 yards and seven TDs in 2017. His greatness pushed even higher with Patrick Mahomes behind center last year. He finished 2018 as the second highest scoring WR in PPR leagues with 87 catches for 1,479 yards and 113 TDs on 137 targets. Tyreek ha... Read More | |||||
| Marqise Lee | WR | JAX | 27 | 5 | WR - #65 |
| A torn ACL in his left knee cost Lee this whole 2018 season. He'll have a full year to recover, which is plenty of time to get healthy. Over the previous two seasons, Lee caught 119 passes for 1,553 yards and six TDs on 201 targets. In 2017, Marqise had seven games with five catches or more, but he never gained over 90 yards in any contest. Lee had five games with ... Read More | |||||
