Redskins Worth A Roster Spot
Dwayne Haskins
Steven Sims Jr.
Antonio Gibson
Adrian Peterson
Whereas you could plug both Guice and McLaurin into your roster from Day 1, it might be smarter to draft these four guys and wait a couple of games to see just how they perform before rolling them out there. Let’s start with Haskins. In 2019 he struggled, to say the least, but all reports show that he is significantly improving so far this offseason, and he might make a jump in his second year. With the multitude of weapons that he has around him, that could definitely lead to some nice fantasy performances, but I want to see it before I trust him with a start.
The same can be said for Sims Jr. and Gibson, both of whom are projected to be incredible gadget players for Scott Turner and the Redskins offense. While they will surely find their ways into big plays, it’s hard to know how effective they will be as fantasy players just yet, though. Until we can see just how Turner plans to use them in the offense, you’d be banking on a big run or catch to be broken off for a score to give your start value. That’s a risky play until we know more.
As for AP, counting on him to be productive in his 14th career season is a bet against Father Time, who has never lost. However, Peterson hasn’t shown any sign of letting up just yet, and while he eventually will lose the battle to father time, there’s nothing that says he can’t delay the outcome a little bit. In his two years with Washington, he’s been a solid fantasy player, though nobody that will win you your league. I have no problem with drafting him and holding onto AP as a safety net in case Guice suffers another injury, but I predict that this is the year where his fantasy numbers finally fall off, though his contributions to the team will be as valuable as ever.