Jordy Nelson is someone who has not lived up to fantasy football expectations this year. He hasn't killed you in 3 out of 5 games this year, which is similar to his start last year. Last year, he was catching long TD passes. This year, the offensive line is not giving Aaron Rodgers enough time to throw deep on most plays.
Watching the week 5 coaches film, Nelson got open on several deep routes. Rodgers had to look to shorter passing routes on those plays, due to defensive pressure. There were also several shorter routes that Nelson was open on, but Rodgers went to different open targets. On the three out of five targets that Nelson did not catch, he was double or triple covered, and did not have much separation. Getting Greg Jennings back may help alleviate some of these double coverage situations.
In summary, Nelson is a volatile WR2 this year. The big plays won't be there as often this year. He won't perform as well against defenses that have good pass rushers. Getting Greg Jennings back will help a little bit, but it doesn't change the fact that Nelson's value comes from big plays and Rodgers doesn't have the time to wait for him to get open.
should i trade dez brayant for andre johnson?
ReplyDeleteI would do that trade. Both have been disapointments this year, and are low end WR2s to flex players now. Johnson is on a more consistent offense, even though they run the majority of the time.
ReplyDeleteeven now u would still do the trade? with dezz's big game?
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