How Should Drafters Be Playing 2024’s Most Polarizing Rookie Wide Receivers? Part 1: The Next Tee Higgins or the Next Laquon Treadwell?
Image Credit: Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire. Pictured: Tee Higgins.

With as many opinions as there are people in the world, if we look hard enough we will always be able to find ample evidence to soothe our confirmation biases. In this regard, fantasy football reflects everything else. With seemingly as many sources for content as there are fantasy leagues at this point, if we’re seeking justification for our player takes, we’ll never have to look too hard to find it.

While most players’ fantasy value falls in direct relation to their ADPs, there are a select few that draw the adoration or ire of drafters regardless of how early or late they are drafted. Rookies can be particularly susceptible to these types of differing opinions due to the uncertainty involved in their profiles due to their complete lack of NFL experience. The conundrum can be further amplified when a player’s analytical profile has major holes in it, yet their real-world draft capital suggests that their red flags are not as large of a problem as some project them to be. With multiple early wide receiver picks from this year’s NFL draft currently offering a great deal of risk/reward at their current ADPs, should we be buying them as clear values, or letting them fall to our fellow drafters as land mines that will imminently sabotage rosters?

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