{"id":17842,"date":"2020-02-17T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/?p=17842"},"modified":"2020-02-17T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:22:53","slug":"2019-fantasy-recap-top-heavy-lamar-jackson-christian-mcaffrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/2019-fantasy-recap-top-heavy-lamar-jackson-christian-mcaffrey\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Fantasy Recap: The Most Top-Heavy Fantasy Season Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hear it every year in the NFL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis season is so weird.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By now it\u2019s an old adage that every NFL season is a snowflake and provides its own distinctive fingerprint that impacts the fantasy landscape of that season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2019 season was no different in that regard with the exceptional component that this past season was arguably the most top-heavy season we\u2019ve ever had in terms of individual performances holding an advantage over the field of their respective positions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A top-scoring fantasy season doesn\u2019t always mean the same advantage. 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It was the first time since the 1987 season in which the WR2 produced fewer than 80% of the WR1\u2019s fantasy total. The previous all-time low was set all the way back in 1974 when there were just two 1,000-yard wide receivers. Godwin\u2019s 276.1 PPR points were the fewest in a season for a WR2 since 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve had some high-scoring wideouts over the past decade as the NFL game has changed, but no season had as much top-end dominance than what we just had from Thomas. Down the line this offseason, we\u2019ll cover how the top of the wide receiver position has had a decreasing advantage over the position in recent years, but even with that being true in bulk, Thomas was a bonafide league winner at his position to a degree we haven\u2019t seen before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you had one of Jackson, McCaffrey, or Thomas this season, you very likely had a good season. 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