Fantasy Football: 5 Late-Round Quarterbacks to Target

Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions

Matthew Stafford lost Calvin Johnson, who buoyed his quarterback's production for what seems like a decade, but Stafford can still be useful with his new cast.

Golden Tate can extend the running game with his short (short, very short) routes despite a Reception NEP per target of 0.50 (50th out of 54 receivers with at least 75 targets last year) and a Reception NEP per catch of 0.72 (53rd). Marvin Jones has some serious red zone potential, too.

Anquan Boldin was about as bad as Tate was last year (0.51 Reception NEP per target and 0.82 per catch), but he along with tight end Eric Ebron gives Stafford four potential options rather than his usual one elite option (Calvin Johnson). Throw in Theo Riddick out of the backfield, and Stafford (our QB15) is worth a shot at such a cheap price.

While his early-season schedule isn't as amazing as Tony Romo's or Kirk Cousins' (who are going off the board just before he is and missed our cutoff) -- at Indianapolis, versus Tennessee, at Green Bay, and at Chicago -- it should give us enough looks to see what Stafford will look like in the post-Calvin era.