Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs was a solid option in fantasy football over his career with the Vikings. Now turning the page to the Buffalo Bills, things might not be so pretty, according to ESPN.
The world-wide leader has their projections out for the upcoming 2020 fantasy football season and Diggs doesn’t even rank as a No.1 wide receiver in those. The 26-year-old is outside the top-32 wide receiver rankings.
Overall, Diggs in listed at No. 35:
Diggs was traded to Buffalo during the offseason and will now operate as the Bills’ top target. The 26-year-old posted a trio of top-25 fantasy campaigns during his final three seasons in Minnesota, but now moves to a low-volume, run-first Buffalo offense led by the inefficient and scramble-heavy Josh Allen. That figures to lead to a decrease in production for Diggs, which is a concern considering he was only the WR24 last season — despite Kirk Cousins’ extremely efficient campaign and with Adam Thielen sidelined. Diggs, who has never appeared in all 16 games of a regular season, is likely to be over-drafted and is best viewed as only a WR3.
Unfortunately, you’d have to be extremely optimistic to consider Diggs a No.1 wide receiver in fantasy football offense until he proves it. In reality, he’s the clear-cut No.1 for Buffalo, but we all known fantasy football differs.
Allen hasn’t been a good deep-ball passer yet in his career, and Diggs will live off of such plays in terms of fantasy football value. It remains to be seen if he fixes that part of his play, but because of that, both Allen and Diggs could really become steals in fantasy football drafts in 2020. If not over-drafted as ESPN anticipates, keep Diggs and your radar. Saying he’s a No.3 wide receiver might be a little far-fetched, but he should be a solid No.2, just don’t take him with your first pick.
With Diggs’ 35-overall ranking in mind, who are among those ahead of him that could be considered… questionable? Ravens receiver Marquise Brown lands at No. 33 despite his mixed results in 2019, while both Bengals targets AJ Green and Tyler Boyd land at No. 30 and 31, respectively, despite a rookie in Joe Burrow tossing them passes. The Redskins’ Terry McLaurin is very talented in his own right, but his suspect QB play might may him an ambitious choice for the No. 21 overall slot.
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