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The Miami Dolphins selected WR Chris Bell in the third round of the NFL draft. What is his realistic 2026 fantasy outlook, and how might his presence impact Malik Washington, Jalen Tolbert, and other Miami wideouts?
Sometimes teams invest in a championship-caliber roster and win the title (like the Rams in 2020). Other times, teams go for broke... and end up broke.
Entering this season, no team has less cap space than the Dolphins, and aside from the Cardinals, no team has worse Super Bowl odds than the Dolphins. It is the ugliest combination in sports, and it’s setting up a multi-year rebuild for a franchise that only a couple of years ago was viewed as a title contender.
Drafting Bell and fellow rookie WRs Caleb Douglas in the third round, followed by Kevin Coleman Jr. in the fifth, was a bold move. For fantasy purposes, it’s awful news. Once Bell has recovered from his ACL tear, this franchise could have six wideouts competing for three spots, and none of them appear poised for fantasy relevance -- at least not this year. Perhaps a healthy Bell is the best of the bunch. But it might take a year or two before we see him at his pre-injury level.
The market appears confident in the futility of drafting any of these guys. Washington leads the way with a WR72 ADP, followed by Bell at WR84. Then, in the clearest sign that managers can’t figure out who will be the #3 WR, the market has positioned Coleman as the WR125, followed by Tutu Atwell (WR127), Douglas (WR132), and Tolbert (WR136).
Are we excited yet? Hopefully not. Whether or not Malik Willis’s brief forays into greatness last year can manifest into a full season of franchise-elevating quarterbacking, this is a receiving corps without a #1. Yes, Washington is technically the team’s best-ranked WR. But a WR72 ADP doesn’t make you a #1. It means no one else has stepped up yet.
If a manager wants to guess who that will be, they’ll surely find a bargain. But that bargain probably won’t be productive enough to elevate a fantasy roster.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: WR Chris Bell rookie fantasy outlook and impact on WR teammates
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Sometimes teams invest in a championship-caliber roster and win the title (like the Rams in 2020). Other times, teams go for broke... and end up broke.
Entering this season, no team has less cap space than the Dolphins, and aside from the Cardinals, no team has worse Super Bowl odds than the Dolphins. It is the ugliest combination in sports, and it’s setting up a multi-year rebuild for a franchise that only a couple of years ago was viewed as a title contender.
Drafting Bell and fellow rookie WRs Caleb Douglas in the third round, followed by Kevin Coleman Jr. in the fifth, was a bold move. For fantasy purposes, it’s awful news. Once Bell has recovered from his ACL tear, this franchise could have six wideouts competing for three spots, and none of them appear poised for fantasy relevance -- at least not this year. Perhaps a healthy Bell is the best of the bunch. But it might take a year or two before we see him at his pre-injury level.
The market appears confident in the futility of drafting any of these guys. Washington leads the way with a WR72 ADP, followed by Bell at WR84. Then, in the clearest sign that managers can’t figure out who will be the #3 WR, the market has positioned Coleman as the WR125, followed by Tutu Atwell (WR127), Douglas (WR132), and Tolbert (WR136).
Are we excited yet? Hopefully not. Whether or not Malik Willis’s brief forays into greatness last year can manifest into a full season of franchise-elevating quarterbacking, this is a receiving corps without a #1. Yes, Washington is technically the team’s best-ranked WR. But a WR72 ADP doesn’t make you a #1. It means no one else has stepped up yet.
If a manager wants to guess who that will be, they’ll surely find a bargain. But that bargain probably won’t be productive enough to elevate a fantasy roster.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: WR Chris Bell rookie fantasy outlook and impact on WR teammates
Continue reading...
