Overvalued Wide Receivers: Davante Adams, Mike Evans, DJ Moore (Fantasy Football)

The football season has finally reached the preseason, which, as fans, is a blessing. However, you must be cautious because the fantasy football player takes and analysis will skew to the recently seen footage during preseason games. You must make sure you create sound research to help guide you through the 2024 fantasy football season.

Today, we will help build your research for the wide receivers you must fade this season. Fading the correct wide receiver this year will help you gain an advantage against your league, as fantasy football has leaned heavily into Zero RB territory.

If you correctly identify the landmines throughout fantasy football drafts, you can elevate your chances of winning your league. Remember, you can’t win your fantasy football league on draft day, but you can lose your league by not correctly identifying and maneuvering past the pitfall players along the way. Here are overvalued wide receivers to avoid in fantasy football drafts.

Overvalued Wide Receivers to Avoid

Davante Adams (WR – LV)

A significant role in fantasy football is to draft great players from great offenses. Davante Adams is a great player, but sadly, he wastes away in a terrible offense. Pick your poison for the killing issue for Adams’ fantasy production: Either the quarterback play is sub-par due to Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell posting below-average stats or an extremely run-heavy offense takes his opportunities away.

At his average draft position (ADP) of 17th overall, there is a plethora of options later in the draft that can help elevate your fantasy football team in 2024.

Sadly, Adams is more of a floor play than an upside play, and we need to fade anyone who can not elevate our roster.

Mike Evans (WR – TB)

Mike Evans had an excellent 2023. He rose above his ADP and performed at the highest level to help elevate fantasy football teams. Evans was the WR4 overall last season. Because of that, he is being drafted at the ADP of 34th overall.

Evans can bring you 30 points or zero points in a week. We also have Baker Mayfield throwing to Evans. Although he had a great season last year, history has shown Mayfield is often a lousy bet. There is a minuscule possibility Evans can surpass/match 1,200 yards and 13 touchdowns again in 2024.

We also have Chris Godwin heading back into the slot position where he dominated a few seasons back. All the cards are showing for the Buccaneers and those cards are showing us not to draft Evans at his ADP in 2024.

DJ Moore (WR – CHI)

DJ Moore was hyper-targeted last season. He finished as the WR6 in fantasy points per game (PPG) with 14 PPG. Moore also dominated in air yards share (43%) and had a top-10 target share in the league with 29%. The issue is that his quarterback has changed from Justin Fields to Caleb Williams.

Rookie quarterbacks struggle to provide wide receivers with upside and WR1 potential. This year, the Chicago Bears added Rome Odunze in the draft and traded for Keenan Allen. Although helpful for Williams, these additions will lower the dominance of the Bears’ offense, which Moore had seen before. We should expect lower stats and recognize Moore leans more into a floor play than the upside play we love to chase.

NFL Davante Adams Gardner Minshew Aidan O’Connell Mike Evans Baker Mayfield Chris Godwin DJ Moore Justin Fields Caleb Williams Rome Odunze Keenan Allen