Tyrod Taylor Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Tyrod Taylor
QB
, Los Angeles Chargers

Age: 31
Weight: 217 lbs
Height: 6' 1"

ADP: 237
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
6	33	1	0	7

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Like Ryan Fitzpatrick, there’s a good chance that Taylor loses his job to a rookie at some point in 2020, but he’s a proven fantasy commodity and will likely produce as long as he’s the starter. Taylor started for three years in Buffalo, but didn’t have much of a receiving corps in 2017, so looking just at 2015 and 2016, Taylor generated 18.5 fantasy points per game thanks in large part to his 40 yards rushing and 0.35 rushing touchdowns per game. He also limited negative plays (0.41 interceptions per game) while throwing for 1.28 touchdowns per game. He was the No. 15 fantasy quarterback in 2015 and No. 8 in 2016, and has one of the better receiving corps in the league (Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Austin Ekeler and Hunter Henry). If the Chargers stay competitive for a playoff spot, he could play a full season.

Latest news

Anthony Lynn on Tyrod Taylor: 'He’ll probably be our Day 1 starter'

Gilbert Manzano

Aug 01 · 2:20 PM EDT

Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn was asked Saturday about quarterback Tyrod Taylor and said “he’ll probably be our Day 1 starter”.

Fantasy Impact:

Not very surprising Lynn would say this. He raved about Taylor during the Scouting Combine and Justin Herbert won’t be supplanting him anytime soon, especially after not having much of a rookie offseason. Taylor has some intriguing sleeper and weekly value in what could become a more upbeat offense for the Chargers and having weapons such as Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Hunter Henry and Austin Ekeler. The downside, of course, is if Taylor struggles, the pressure will mount to put Herbert in. He’s currently our No. 31-ranked quarterback.

Scouting report

by Bob Harris

· Aug 01 · 10:43 AM EDT

LAC QB Tyrod Taylor - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
In a normal year, the Chargers would have gotten three months of offseason work with first-round draft choice Justin Herbert. This isn't a normal year. That's why head coach Anthony Lynn conceded the obvious as training camp opened: Herbert “can’t make up the physical reps” he missed due to the restricted offseason. So Tyrod Taylor will have a big advantage going into training camp. “He’ll probably be our Day 1 starter,” Lynn said on Jul. 29. This isn't a huge surprise. Lynn suggested the same in April. Lynn told Albert Breer of SI.com that Taylor remains in the No. 1 spot, but that he's not ruling out anything once the players get on the field. So Taylor almost certainly opens the season as starter. Beyond that? As ESPN's Matthew Berry noted, the Chargers have some very nice pass-catching weapons (Keenan Allen, Hunter Henry, Mike Williams and Austin Ekeler, for starters) and we all know Taylor can run.

Fantasy Downside
Taylor will be a fantasy factor for as long as he has the job, but how long will that be? As Profootballtalk.com suggested, the circumstances of this offseason may work against Herbert’s chances of pushing Taylor aside at any point in the near future, but the Chargers didn’t use such a high pick on a player they think is incapable of handling the job.

2020 Bottom Line
Given the seemingly tenuous grip on the job, Taylor ranks at the bottom of the list of likely Week 1 NFL starters for the very reason in the "Downside" above.

2020 Strength of Schedule - LAC

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
28 @CIN	15 KC	9 CAR	16 @TB	18 @NO	21 NYJ	27 @MIA	22 JAX	29 LV	BYE	11 @DEN	4 @BUF	1 NE	25 ATL	29 @LV	11 DEN	15 @KC

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

2019 Game Stats

Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	IND	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	1/64	1.6%
2	@DET	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	HOU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	@MIA	1	1	7	0	0	7.00	7.00	4	-1	0	0	-0.25	0.2	7/67	10.4%
5	DEN	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	1/70	1.4%
6	PIT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	@TEN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	@CHI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	GB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	@LV	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/77	0.0%
11	KC	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/80	0.0%
12	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	@DEN	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	1/66	1.5%
14	@JAX	3	5	26	1	0	5.20	8.67	4	10	0	0	2.50	6.0	20/63	31.7%
15	MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/62	0.0%
16	LV	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	-2	0	0	-1.00	-0.2	2/61	3.3%
17	@KC	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/77	0.0%
Per game		0.67	1.00	5.50	0.17	0	5.50	8.25	1.67	1.17	0	0	0.70	1.00	5.33/65.17	8.33%
Totals		4	6	33	1	0	5.50	8.25	10	7	0	0	0.70	6.02	32/687	8.33%