October 10th 2017
Tuesday Late Night Edition
On
The Cover This Week
He is Mr.Under-rated
The Bengals wide receiver AJ Green is
probably the best least talked about receiver in the game. And he shouldn't be.
When fantasy analysts and Football experts are talking about Julio Jones,
Antonio Brown, and Odell Beckham Jr, most of the time Green does not get
mentioned.
The talented receiver has not played a
full season since 2015, but when's he's been healthy and on the field it's hard
to argue that's there's anyone better. In 2016 Green missed 6 games and in 2014
he missed three, but if you look at his numbers and project them out over a
full 16 games here's how they would have likely looked; 2016 numbers, 105
receptions for 1,542 yards and 6 touchdowns (295.2 fantasy points would have
ranked 5th), 2014 numbers, 85 receptions for 1,281 yards and 7 touchdowns
(255.1 fantasy points would have ranked 13th).
Except for his rookie season, his
projected 13th finished would have been his worst finish.
When he's played 16 games, three times in
2012, 2013, and 2015, here's how Green has finished; 2012 he finished with
299.8 fantasy points (ranked 3rd), in 2013 he finished with 306.6 fantasy
points (ranked 4th) and in 2015 he finished with .
Now let's look at the first five weeks of
this season. Currently Green is the No.3 fantasy receiver in PPR. His 32 receptions
ranked 3rd in the league, his 504 yards receiving are second to Antonio Brown's
545, and his 3 touchdowns are ranked 4th (also tied with players like Odell
Beckham Jr, Dez Bryant, and Nelson Agholor).
I believe the numbers speak for
themselves. Green has proven he's as good as anyone, yet we seem to hear his
name as much as we probably should. Maybe the next time we talk about the best
receivers in the game we should start with Mr. Underrated (AJ Green).
That's My Take.
~David Ortega
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