2023 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 2023. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
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| Cleveland Browns | Def | CLE | 55 | Def - #3 | |
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The Bengals fell to 25th in rushing yards allowed (2,295), with ball carriers gaining 4.7 yards per rush with 22 rushing touchdowns. Opponents averaged 28.7 rushes against them.
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| Kyler Murray | QB | ARI | 27 | 4 | QB - #10 |
After an excellent season in 2020 (4,790 combined yards with 37 touchdowns), Murray missed three matchups midseason with an ankle issue that lingered for the remainder of the year. He had regression rushing the ball (88/423/5 – 133/819/11 in 2020), but his completion rat... Read More | |||||
D'Andre Swift  |
RB | CHI | 26 | 3 | RB - #25 |
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Over his three seasons with the Lions, Swift has 11 missed games.
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| Kyle Pitts | TE | ATL | 24 | 2 | TE - #5 |
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After showing growth in his sophomore season (54/649/5) at Florida, Pitts dominated over eight games (43/770/12) in 2020. His season started with an explosive showing against Mississippi (8/170/4) and ended with three more strong outings (5/99/3, 7/128, and 7/129/1). Then, i... Read More | |||||
| Chase Claypool | WR | --- | 26 | 3 | Unranked |
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Pittsburgh invested in Claypool in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. I don't expect him to outwork any defenders over the short areas of the field due to questionable explosiveness out of complicated routes. His release will also be an issue when facing physical defend... Read More | |||||
| Davante Adams | WR | LAR | 32 | 9 | WR - #9 |
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Over his last four seasons in Green Bay, Adams caught 432 passes for 5,310 yards and 47 touchdowns on 614 targets. He secured 70.4% chances while averaging 7.8 catches for 93 yards and 0.82 touchdowns over 57 games. In 2021, Adams finished with new tops in catches (123) and ... Read More | |||||
| Michael Pittman |
WR | IND | 27 | 3 | WR - #19 |
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Pittman more than doubled his rookie production (40/503/1 on 61 targets) in 2021 (88/1,082/6). His best stats came first 10 games (55/729/5 on 76 targets), highlighted by four weeks (8/123, 6/89/1, 4/105/1, and 10/86/2). However, once the Colts shifted to their run game and ... Read More | |||||
