Most Underrated AFC West Players: Courtland Sutton, Skyy Moore, Hunter Renfrow, Keenan Allen (2023 Fantasy Football)

As the NFL offseason presses on and the 2023 fantasy football draft approaches, the key to a championship-winning season may hinge on identifying overrated and underrated players. The data shows that some players are overrated, and some are underrated. Identifying these players can be the difference between winning your league and missing the playoffs altogether, especially if you have that knowledge prior to your draft and can use it to your advantage.

Our featured experts take a closer look at the AFC West’s rosters and discover who might just be the underrated game-changers of the 2023 fantasy football season.

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Most Underrated Player on Each AFC West Team

AFC West

TEAM	Andrew	Derek	Pat
Denver Broncos	Marvin Mims	Courtland Sutton	Courtland Sutton
Kansas City Chiefs	Skyy Moore	Skyy Moore	Kadarius Toney
Las Vegas Raiders	Hunter Renfrow	Michael Mayer	Michael Mayer
Los Angeles Chargers	Keenan Allen	Quentin Johnston	Quentin Johnston

Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)

Courtland Sutton is coming off a disappointing season, but when we peer at deeper efficiency metrics, it’s easy to see the problem wasn’t him. Sutton ranked 21st in total route wins and tenth in win rate against man coverage (per Playerprofiler.com). If Sean Payton can get Russell Wilson and this offense back on track, Sutton’s stock will surely rise. – Dbro

Our featured experts take a closer look at the AFC West’s rosters and discover who might just be the underrated game-changers of the 2023 fantasy football season.

Best Ball Draft Primers: QB | RB | WR | TE
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Most Underrated Player on Each AFC West Team

AFC West

TEAM	Andrew	Derek	Pat
Denver Broncos	Marvin Mims	Courtland Sutton	Courtland Sutton
Kansas City Chiefs	Skyy Moore	Skyy Moore	Kadarius Toney
Las Vegas Raiders	Hunter Renfrow	Michael Mayer	Michael Mayer
Los Angeles Chargers	Keenan Allen	Quentin Johnston	Quentin Johnston

Courtland Sutton (WR – DEN)

Skyy Moore (WR – KC)

A lackluster rookie season has everybody writing off 2022 second-round WR Skyy Moore. But the young WR showed bright spots as the season progressed. After JuJu Smith-Schuster got hurt in Week 10, Moore went on to lead all Chiefs WRs in targets over the next two weeks (12 targets, 10 catches for 99 yards, 3.19 yards per route run) as the team’s primary slot receiver. Moore was hyper-targeted on 36% of his routes (25% snap share, 4 targets) in Week 17 vs. the Broncos when, again, he saw high usage from the inside. And in the conference championship game, Moore once again commanded 6 targets, while running 12 routes from the slot (second-most in 2022). Many draft pundits and Chiefs beat writers are crowning Kadarius Toney as the heir to the KC WR1 chair, but Moore looks like the dark horse to earn starting slot duties that Smith-Schuster and Mecole Hardman left behind. Simply put, Moore saw 6 targets in the games where he ran at least 10 slot routes. He also had at least 2 receptions in five games where he ran at least 7 slot routes. Hardman and Smith-Schuster averaged 13.5 slot routes per game last season. Therefore, don’t count Moore out quite yet. Recall, Moore ranked second in college football in his final year in yards per route run from the slot. – Erickson

Hunter Renfrow (WR – LV)

Hunter Renfrow is this year’s Curtis Samuel. Everybody is just going to completely forget that Renfrow leveraged his savvy route-running to a 111-1096-9 stat line in 2021 because he was never healthy at any point in 2022. Don’t be that person who overlooks Renfrow. He showed in Week 18 that he still had “it” going a perfect 7-for-7 for a season-high 63 yards and 1 TD. – Erickson

Keenan Allen (WR – LAC)

Keenan Allen is perennially underrated. He got hurt last season but was hyper-targeted and productive whenever he suited up. The WR10 in points per game. Over his last 9 games played healthy, Allen averaged 84 receiving yards, 7.3 catches and just south of 10 targets per game. – Erickson