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Fantasy Football: The Downside for Each Top-20 Pick

JJ Zachariason  —  @LateRoundQB Aug 29th, 2017
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Jordy Nelson, WR, Green Bay Packers

Downside: Age and Market Share

It's always a good idea to associate your running backs and wide receivers in fantasy football with good quarterbacks, and there's no better quarterback in the league than Aaron Rodgers. That helps Jordy Nelson tremendously.

Having a lot of mouths to feed in the offense doesn't.

Nelson will be playing this year at 32 years of age, while his wide receiver counterparts will be 24 (Davante Adams) and 27 (Randall Cobb). That's already -- naturally -- a strike against him.

And with the emergence of Adams, the addition of Martellus Bennett, and the potential for a stronger rushing attack, there's little chance Nelson hits the same 24.52% market share he saw a season ago. So that's some downside on top of the age factor.

Don't get me wrong: drafting Jordy Nelson is still a winning move. There are factors working against him versus last season, though.

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