Fantasy Football: The best sleepers on the Baltimore Ravens
Hayden Hurst:
Being a first round NFL Draft selection garners all sorts of expectations, which leaves us wondering how much the Ravens will plan on using Hayden Hurst in 2018. If previous offenses have any say in what to expect in 2018, we can get pretty excited over Hurst’s Fantasy Football value.
The Ravens love using their tight ends in the underneath game and in the red-zone. Guys like Todd Heap and Dennis Pitta made their names fantasy relevant during their careers and Hurst may be the no exception. Baltimore has had a tight end finish first in team receptions each of the last two seasons, with Pitta leading the team in 2016 and Benjamin Watson doing the same in 2017. Could 2018 continue this trend.
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Four of the teams top-five receptions leaders from 2017 are gone, save for Javorius Allen (more on him later). This leaves plenty of room for someone to step in and absorb those targets. With tight end being a position highly up for grabs in Baltimore, a guy like Hayden Hurst could easily slip into this role and dominate.
With some red-zone prowess, Hurst could easily be a top-ten Fantasy Football tight end in 2018. 50+ receptions seems very reasonable, as does ~11.0 YPR and five-to-six touchdowns. Hurst shouldn’t be a starting option in most leagues, but he can certainly be a valuable back-up at worst.