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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver (WR) Sammy Watkins is a fantasy football sleeper and ADP value for the 2019 season. Antonio Losada breaks down Watkins's value in fantasy drafts.
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~67 Overall
Current ADP: ~90
Currently, Sammy Watkins is barely a tier-five WR in our rankings with an ADP around 90. All of this while being the number three receiver on a Chiefs team that will have the undisputed QB1 of the league at the helm. Production is coming, whether you want it or not.
Watkins could only play in 10 games last year due to injury. He's not the least risky of options out there, but I can easily see him as a WR1 if things click for him in Kansas City this season. Most of this hinges on whether his health stays up.
This will be the first season in which Wakins come back to the same team for a second time since he left Buffalo in 2016. He connected nicely with Mahomes last year and his short routes were used frequently, which helped massively in making him finish with a 73% catch rate on 55 targets. If he can stay on the field for 16 games we could be talking about reaching 1,000 yards and scoring 8 touchdowns.
Just on those yards and TD projections alone, we would be talking about a top-12 WR season in PPR leagues. Add the reception numbers to that and you have a top-tier player in your hands.
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