Social Distancing: 5 Names To Stay 6 Feet Away From This Fall

1. Aaron Jones

In 2019 Aaron Jones was RB 2 in PPR leagues with 314.8 points. But man, in 2020 this is one of the biggest names to stay away from. Almost all the time RB TD stats don't carry over from year-to-year, and Aaron Jones finished with 19 TDs overall in 2020. This means his ADP will go way up from last year and he is a total bust candidate. Especially with the addition of the 62^nd pick in AJ Dillion who is a pure power back and will take away multiple touchdowns from Jones this upcoming season. Stay away from Aaron Jones.

2. Julian Edelman

There are a few obvious reasons to stay away from Julian Edelman this upcoming season, let’s speak about the few glaring ones. First, his homeboy aka the GOAT aka Tom Brady has taken his talents to the south beach. Jarett Stidham does not look like a future star in the league and this will diminish Edelman’s production. Finally, Edelman is the only consistently viable star on the Patriots so unless N’keal Harry steps up it will be double team galore for Edelman. 

3. Mark Ingram 

The 2019 Pro-Bowler Mark Ingram will turn 31 this upcoming season, which means in running back years he will be turning around 60 years old. The Ravens knew this and pulled the trigger on the extremely versatile RB out of Ohio State, J.K. Dobbins. I believe that Dobbins will take about half the load of the carries away from Ingram and many of the receptions so if you’re going to draft one of these guys, draft the other. It’s less of a handicap situation and more of a hot hand type.

4. Joe Burrow

I shouldn’t have to be saying this, but if you’re interested in drafting Joe Exotic anywhere near the 6^th or 7^th round stop yourself and get checked out. It sounds terrible because it is basically opposite from real life but Quarterbacks are one of the least valuable positions in fantasy football. Even worse, rookie QB’s do not do well in fantasy football. The record for most TD’s in a season by a rookie QB is 27 by Baker Mayfield. This is not that good of fantasy production. Look for solid QB that puts up enough numbers to be above average, there is always great value in the back of drafts. Grab Josh Allen late, Kyler Murray mid-to-late, or even Ryan Tannehill way later. Just wait on a QB, it’s what’s best for your roster. 

5. Austin Ekeler

Austin Ekeler finished as the RB 4 in PPR leagues this last season. But as for 2020 I’d stay away from him as high as he is going to be drafted. He was a great value pick last season but this year he is not worth a second-round pick. Simply because the dump-off machine, Philip Rivers, has moved on to his retirement home in Indianapolis. We don’t even know the definitive QB in LA and we don’t know the kind of production they give to RB’s. So expect Ekeler’s targets to go down along with his production. He is just too risky to draft him where he is. Wait a few more rounds and draft Miles Sanders around round 5, he is poised to break-out and will have a similar role as Ekeler. It’s safer and is a better value pick.

By: Trevor Junt