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7 High-Ceiling Players to Target in Your Fantasy Football Draft
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6. Eric Decker, WR, Tennessee Titans

Ceiling Rank: 82; Actual Rank: 95

Ceiling Projection: 159.19 FP; Actual Projection: 125.79 FP

Eric Decker is looking to bounce back from what turned out to be an injury-ravaged 2016 season. The good news is that it shouldn't take much, as he totaled just 9 catches for 194 yards and 2 touchdowns in three games with the New York Jets.

As Marcus Mariota's potential number-one target in Tennessee, Decker finds himself staring opportunity in the face, and that comes in the form of a team-high 70 catches, 922 receiving yards and 5.6 touchdowns, per our projections. But that's just his base -- his ceiling is more than 30 points higher, and a brief look back into his career would tell us why.

Just two seasons ago, with Ryan Fitzpatrick as his primary quarterback in New York, a 28-year-old Decker caught 80 balls for over 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns. As a matter of fact, he has totaled 11 or more touchdowns in three of his past five seasons in the league. Currently sitting as the 39th wide receiver and 98th player off the board in standard drafts, he could prove a big value for your receiving corps.

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