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Ryquell Armstead 2019 Player Outlook: One of the Better Pure Handcuff Options
5 years agoWhen it comes to Ryquell Armstead in 2019, we can be absolutely certain that he will have zero fantasy value as long as Leonard Fournette is playing football. The thing with Fournette is he doesn't have a particularly good track record of playing football. Fournette missed three games as a rookie and half the season as a sophomore. For those of you disinterested in doing any math, he has missed 11 out of a possible 24 games. Enter Armstead, a fifth round rookie with 94th percentile speed and 60th percentile agility. Armstead is the quintessential two down grinder (he only caught 29 passes in 46 collegiate games). The competition behind Fournette is between Alfred Blue, Benny Cunningham, and Thomas Rawls. It is not a stretch to suggest that Armstead can and should beat out all of them. We know who these guys are at this point (not good). Armstead could enter the season one Fournette injury away from a 50-60% opportunity share. In standard sized leagues, he should not be drafted, but in deeper leagues, you won't find 18th-20th round picks with any real plausible upside. He's a very deep sleeper, but one to be cognizant of as training camp and the preseason move along.
