Every team will have a player that fails to meet their fantasy potential. Whether it’s sky-high expectations or an unforeseen decline, here is a complete list of players that have bust potential on every team along with their current FantasyPros Draft Rankings. Below we’ll take a look at a few of these 2023 fantasy football bust candidates.
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FP Rank: QB18
For all the hype surrounding Richardson after being drafted fourth overall by the Colts, it’s easy to forget that he has exactly one full season as a starter in college. The recent track record for quarterbacks with that little experience at the collegiate level includes Trey Lance – who hasn’t played enough to know how good he’ll be thanks to injuries – and Mitchell Trubisky who flamed out in Chicago in four seasons after being taken second overall. Richardson might be very good but could also be very bad.
FP Rank: QB11
Drafting Tagovailoa is inherently risky this season after suffering multiple concussions in his career to this point. Even so, it’s a huge risk for a player who isn’t throwing for 300 yards per game or throwing 30 touchdowns in a season. Additionally, Miami did nothing to help Tua out in the running game – short of drafting Devon Achane in the third round – which means he’s left throwing up to one of Tyreek Hill or Jaylen Waddle. That plan worked last year but banking on Tua to do it again AND last the entire season? No thanks.
FP Rank: QB12
Daniel Jones was a nice story last season. After three disappointing seasons to start his NFL career, the arrival of head coach Brian Daboll turned Jones’ career around and made him a viable starter. His passing stats weren’t spectacular, throwing for just over 3,200 yards and 15 touchdowns. But Jones ran wild to the tune of 708 yards and seven touchdowns.
The latter numbers helped Jones finish as a top-10 fantasy quarterback after never finishing in the top 20. 2022 has the makings of a fluke and couple that with the fact that the Giants (currently) have one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL, and Jones could disappoint a lot of people.
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