Colts WR fantasy values after Keenan Allen and Josh Downs shipped off
Fantasy managers are left wondering: "Can we trust any remaining Colts WR?" The difference is based on expectations: Allen and especially Downs were viewed as fantasy-relevant in a decent offense.
- Before their second game of the season, I shared blunt talk on the fantasy prospects of the Colts ' skill players.
- When the offense fell well short of expectations, Downs in particular lost much of his prior fantasy value.
- It was going to be a dumpster fire, and it's hard to rack up fantasy wins while getting burned.
If you want to go for broke (and if you're adding any Colts wideouts off waivers, you are by definition "going for broke"), snag Burks, whose elite speed gives him the boom that Dulin and Treadwell lack.
Essentially, after Week 1, I'd seen enough to sense that managers should sell high on Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Warren, Josh Downs, and everyone in between.
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- With both of them now gone, few managers truly expect Ashton Dulin, Laquon Treadwell, or seventh-round rookie Deion Burks to step up, and for good reasons.
- The fantasy market seems to think it's Dulin.
- Dulin is a 29-year-old product of Malone University whose best days came before missing the 2023 season with a torn ACL.
- Treadwell is a 31-year-old former first-round pick whose last 71 catches have come on six teams across eight seasons.
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