Emmanuel Sanders Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Emmanuel Sanders
WR
, New Orleans Saints

Age: 33
Weight: 180 lbs
Height: 5' 11"

ADP: 117
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
122	869	5	66	0

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Talent-wise, Sanders is a major upgrade over Ted Ginn and TreQuan Smith and is a good fit in the Saints' quick-hitting offense. He has played at a 78.3-catch pace over the last two seasons and should be a threat for 80 catches in New Orleans if he plays a full season.

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Saints Beat: WR Emmanuel Sanders could have big impact

ESPN

Jul 28 · 8:46 AM EDT

It’s quite possible New Orleans Saints receiver Emmanuel Sanders makes the biggest impact of any NFL free agent this year.

Sure, that might sound like hyperbole -- especially since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just added quarterback Tom Brady in the same division. But we’re talking about a Saints team that finished 13-3 in each of the past two seasons. And their lack of go-to receivers behind Michael Thomas was one of the few things holding them back in both playoff exits.

Fantasy Impact:

The story said Sanders should pick up the offense quickly in New Orleans. ESPN projects Sanders for a line of 56-746-6, while we have him for 67-904-6 line. We also think if he stays healthy he could catch up to 80 passes this season. Right now we rank Sanders 35th among our WRs in PPR league and he's going late in drafts, but there seems to be some potential value there.

Scouting report

by Bill Riccette

· Jul 31 · 10:17 AM EDT

NO WR Emmanuel Sanders - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Sanders has consistently been a very solid receiver over the past few years, whether he was in Pittsburgh, Denver or San Francisco. Now he is in New Orleans and will continue to be a very solid fantasy option. He gives Drew Brees something he hasn't had in a bit and that's a legit receiver opposite Michael Thomas (no offense to Ted Ginn or Tre'Quan Smith, the latter of which is still developing). Sanders should see plenty of targets from Brees and eat into some of Thomas' workload.

Fantasy Downside

Sanders is starting to get a bit up there in age, as he enters his age-33 season. He's also cooled off a bit after a strong start to last season with the Broncos, before being traded to the 49ers. In total, he had 10 games with under 50 yards receiving during the regular season and totaled just five catches for 71 yards during the 49ers' playoff run. It's quite possible he posts some quiet games with all the mouths to feed in New Orleans.

2020 Bottom Line

Sanders is going to be a very nice compliment to Michael Thomas and should be a nice compliment to your fantasy rosters as a flex play or WR3. He could end up in the 70-80 catch range with the high amount of opportunities he's bound to receive in the Big Easy.

2020 Strength of Schedule - NO

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
29 TB	27 @LV	16 GB	32 @DET	4 LAC	BYE	14 CAR	3 @CHI	29 @TB	9 SF	21 ATL	13 @DEN	21 @ATL	23 @PHI	5 KC	26 MIN	14 @CAR

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@LV	5	86	1	7	17.20	14.6	19.6	57/64	89.1%
2	CHI	11	98	1	13	8.91	15.8	26.8	76/82	92.7%
3	@GB	2	10	0	4	5.00	1.0	3.0	58/73	79.5%
4	JAX	5	104	0	9	20.80	10.4	15.4	44/55	80.0%
5	@LAC	1	9	0	1	9.00	0.9	1.9	39/61	63.9%
6	TEN	1	0	0	3	0.00	0.0	1.0	25/62	40.3%
7	KC	5	60	0	6	12.00	6.0	11.0	59/67	88.1%
8	CAR	4	25	1	5	6.25	8.5	12.5	55/67	82.1%
9	@ARI	7	112	1	9	16.00	17.2	24.2	70/74	94.6%
10	SEA	2	24	0	4	12.00	2.4	4.4	26/88	29.5%
11	ARI	3	33	0	5	11.00	3.3	6.3	36/77	46.8%
12	GB	1	15	0	1	15.00	1.5	2.5	32/48	66.7%
13	@BAL	4	41	0	6	10.25	4.1	8.1	56/57	98.2%
14	@NO	7	157	1	9	22.43	27.1	34.1	63/67	94.0%
15	ATL	2	9	0	4	4.50	0.9	2.9	61/64	95.3%
16	LAR	3	61	0	6	20.33	6.1	9.1	56/57	98.2%
17	@SEA	3	25	0	4	8.33	2.5	5.5	46/50	92.0%
Per game		3.88	51.12	0.29	5.65	13.17	7.19	11.08	50.53/65.47	78.29%
Totals		66	869	5	96	13.17	122.3	188.3	859/1113	78.29%