When I first started playing fantasy football as a kid, I would use depth charts as one of my main methods of ranking players. "This guy is a starter, he's good, I'll take him," was my methodology, which helped me wind up with some awful teams, usually loaded with Buccaneers (my favorite team growing up) and without any Cowboys (because who likes them?).

But even the most novice of fantasy players these days knows that flipping to the depth chart section of your fantasy preview magazine or having rosters open on your computer during your draft doesn't actually help pick the best team. Opportunity trumps position on a depth chart, especially when it comes to pass-catchers.

This is especially true in San Diego, where the second wide receiver spot would seemingly be an attractive fantasy prospect. Playing with Fantasy Football Calculator, Floyd is barely being drafted in 14-team PPR mocks held on their site, and not being drafted at all in 12-team standard mocks. This means that, for all intents and purposes, Floyd is free for the taking in fake football leagues at the moment.

And if he plays most or all of the season starting ahead of Brown and Royal, he should get some of the 22 red zone targets they'll leave behind. Danny Woodhead, Keenan Allen and Antonio Gates were three of the four most-targeted Chargers in the red zone last year, but a quarter of the looks inside the 20 went to receivers other than Allen, something that Floyd will likely see thanks to his size advantage over defenders.

Floyd has always been overshadowed by Antonio Gates (and Vincent Jackson while he was still in San Diego) for end zone targets, and the same will likely be true in 2014 as Gates, Allen and Ladarius Green will take a majority of those chances. But Eddie Royal was still used heavily in the red zone last season, and there's more than an outside chance that Philip Rivers will look at his taller veteran receiver in Floyd this season when the team is trying to score.

So don't expect a flex-worthy play every week, but be aware of the upside that Malcom Floyd presents. Forgotten due to injury, the towering touchdown-maker for the Chargers should be on your watch list if he starts the season across from Keenan Allen in the San Diego offense.