New Headline: "Tight End Dominates NFC Titles, QB Secures 3-0 Streak Ahead!
If the season started today, one Cardinals player would be their biggest fantasy bargain, another a likely bust, and a third a likely wild card. Messy backfields create opportunities and challenges -- often at the same time. Nearly 31-year-old James Conner will be back after missing 14 games.
A still youthful (turning 24 this summer) Trey Benson will return after missing 13 games. The signing of nearly 26-year-old Tyler Allgeier muddies everything. Or does it?
That really depends on how the market sizes up these three somewhat comparable fantasy assets. Conner brings proven workhorse/scoring prowess, along with above-average injury risk. At only 111 career touches, Benson is still a relative unknown.
Allgeier might be declining, or he might be in his prime. My top fantasy target on this team -- relative to presumed ADP -- will be whoever is ranked lower between Benson and Allgeier. The assumption is that Conner will remain active as long as he’s healthy, but not as a workhorse.
There will be a role for a 1B who can ascend to the 1A, and there’s no guarantee the 1B in Week 1 will remain ahead of the third-stringer RB. In other words, the #3 RB will have the same ceiling as Conner and the 1B... but at a lower price.