{"id":20013,"date":"2020-05-28T11:43:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/?p=20013"},"modified":"2020-06-19T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T18:37:09","slug":"dynasty-buy-sell-or-hold-devante-parker-preston-williams-mike-gesicki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/dynasty-buy-sell-or-hold-devante-parker-preston-williams-mike-gesicki\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynasty Buy, Sell, Or Hold: DeVante Parker, Preston Williams & Mike Gesicki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that free agency, the NFL Draft, and the schedule release have all passed, we have our initial layout in place in team depth charts and strength of schedule. With that, we want to take a look at some players across the fantasy landscape that are either polarizing, over or undervalued, or just interesting topics of discussion and walk through some pros and cons of where those players are regarded in fantasy circles.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, we have explored players such as <\/span>Kenyan Drake<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>Austin Ekeler<\/b><\/a>, <\/span>Marquise Brown<\/b><\/a>, <\/span>Tyler Higbee<\/b><\/a>, <\/span>Mecole Hardman<\/a><\/strong>, and <\/span>Nick Chubb<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more fantasy content, check out our offseason fantasy football hub with rankings, strategy, and more.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

DeVante Parker<\/b><\/p>\n

Week 1 Age<\/b>: 27.6<\/span>
\n<\/span>Contract<\/b>: Signed through 2023 (potential out year after 2020)<\/span><\/p>\n

Preston Williams<\/b><\/p>\n

Week 1 Age<\/b>: 23.4<\/span>
\n<\/span>Contract<\/b>: Signed through 2021 (RFA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Gesicki<\/b><\/p>\n

Week 1 Age<\/b>: 24.9<\/span>
\n<\/span>Contract<\/b>: Signed through 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically, we have had an image of the player\u2019s average draft position over time here, but since we are covering three players at once, I did not want to add a wall of images. A year ago at this time, <\/span>DeVante Parker<\/b> was left for dead. After four years of failing to live up to his first-round pedigree, Parker had fallen to the lowest ADP of his career, being selected on average at No. 154 overall (WR68). As an undrafted free agent a year ago, <\/span>Preston Williams<\/b> was more of a flyer, with an ADP of 182 overall (WR78). Entering his second season, <\/span>Mike Gesicki <\/b>held an ADP of 159 overall (TE19). After strong pockets of production from all in 2019, the trio of Miami pass catchers have all increased their market value. Parker is now being selected at No. 70 overall (WR34), Williams at No. 106 (WR51), and Gesicki No. 115 (TE13).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All of these players are tethered together, but let us start off with Williams since weaving through the tapestry of this trio gets the most interesting around the time he was lost for the season a year ago. As a former four-star recruit to Tennessee, Williams played just one and a half seasons at Tennessee before transferring to Colorado State. After sitting out the 2017 season, Williams followed CSU star wideouts Rashard Higgins and Michael Gallup by posting a 96-1,345-14 line in 2018, but was not even offered a combine invite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During his rookie season, Williams did nothing but improve. After playing just 41% of the snaps in Week 1, he played 84% of the team snaps over the next seven weeks, leading the Dolphins in targets (60), receptions (32), and receiving yardage (428) through the opening eight games of the season to go along with three touchdowns. His final game played was one of his best yet. After catching 5-of-9 targets for 72 yards and two touchdowns in Miami\u2019s first victory of the season in Week 9, Williams tore his ACL on a punt return in the fourth quarter and was subsequently lost for the remainder of his rookie season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams is currently on schedule right now to tentatively be ready to return to the lineup in Week 1<\/span><\/a>. ACL recovery has been expedited in recent seasons. Just a year ago, we saw both <\/span>Will Fuller<\/b> and <\/span>Cooper Kupp<\/b> active in Week 1 after suffering ACL injuries in Week 8 and Week 10 the season prior. Williams did also tear his ACL in his senior season in high school, but I could not confirm if the current injury was to the same knee or not. While Kupp and Fuller are positive tales on getting back on the field quickly after ACL injuries, someone such as <\/span>Marqise Lee<\/b> (who suffered an ACL tear in the 2018 preseason) is still a cautionary tale that not everyone recovers at the same rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through eight games of his rookie season, Williams had scored 90.8 PPR points, the most by an undrafted rookie free agent receiver through his first eight games of his rookie season over the past 10 years. He was 23rd in overall scoring among all rookie wideouts over that span through eight games. Williams was on his way to being the focal point of the Miami passing game. Here are the overall splits for the Miami pass catchers through Week 9.<\/span><\/p>\n