Rating the Starters

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(12-21-2020, 02:01 PM)Wyche Wrote: Those are guys to consider keeping for sure. I don't have Mixon real high, but that's due to results. Is it him, or the blocking? I say blocking, but ya never know.  I'm not real high on WJIII or Lawson either, but that may be due to performance around them. Maybe better players around them make them "legit" instead of "a guy". Chances are, that's the case, but still a bit of a gamble. I also think Williams will be ok, he's just average right now.

The cats that are succeeding despite a poor cast around them are the ones I'm calling "legit", and to me, that's the four I named.

Mixon put up 1400+ yards both in 2018 and 2019, so I have confidence he's a 4.

Depending on definition, I guess Boyd and Higgins may not be a 4 since neither are Top 15 when it comes to WRs.
But given both are in the Top 30, I felt it was appropriate to put them both as 4.

Only the following teams have two players in the Top 30 receiving yards:
KC (Kelce, Hill)
CAR (Moore, Anderson)
BUF (Diggs, Beasley)
SEA (Metcalf, Lockett)
LAR (Woods, Kupp)
HOU (Fuller, Cooks)
DAL (Cooper, Lamb)
TEN (Brown, Davis)
CIN (Boyd, Higgins)

Lawson is Top 5 in pressures, so that's why I put him there.
WJ3 I could see arguing as 3+. He's very close to being Top 15 CB. He's 18th best CB in coverage and 21st best CB overall according to PFF.