Fantasy Upside
When are we going to learn not to underrate Tyler Lockett? Last season, he was a forgotten man in fantasy drafts and he made many fantasy managers pay. He posted his fourth straight 1,000-yard season and found the end zone nine times. He has at least eight touchdowns in each of the last five seasons, the only such player to do so. He's somehow being undervalued again, going as WR33 in Underdog drafts. A wide receiver that has WR2 value being drafted as a low-end WR3? That's pretty good value.
Fantasy Downside
Lockett may not get as many targets this season -- he had 117 last year -- thanks to the addition of first-round rookie Jaxon Smith-Njigba and DK Metcalf -- 141 targets in 2022 -- is also still around. At some point, maybe age will start playing a factor for Lockett, now that he is 30 years old. Maybe.
2023 Bottom Line
It continues to be easy to forget about Lockett in fantasy football, but it may be time to finally stop that habit. Lockett is almost a lock (pun intended) for 1,000 yards and a healthy number of touchdowns. He's just as fine of an option as Metcalf despite going three rounds and 18 receivers later.
