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6 Fantasy Football Losers From the 2016 NFL Draft

JJ Zachariason  —  @LateRoundQB May 3rd, 2016
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Jared Goff, QB, Los Angeles Rams

If there's one thing Jeff Fisher wants to do, it's win games 13-10, doing so by running the football.

Since 2000, a Fisher-led team has had a pass-to-run ratio above 1.50 just twice. For reference, 15 NFL teams hit that mark in 2015 alone.

Volume doesn't correlate strongly to fantasy success for quarterbacks game to game, but across the entire season, playing in a Fisher offense will hurt Goff, who was selected first overall to be the team's franchise quarterback.

On top of this, the Rams aren't deep at wide receiver...at all. Kenny Britt was the only pass-catcher on the Rams last year to exceed the 0.67 Reception NEP per target league average among wideouts, and while quarterback play had a bit to do with that, the Rams' pass-catchers were far below -- I'm talking two standard deviations -- the mark.

It'd be surprising if Goff was anything more than a streamer in deep leagues next year.



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