Fantasy football – Players who won’t bounce back in 2023
Once upon a memorable time, the great Odell Beckham Jr. burst onto the NFL scene with the 2014 New York Giants and wowed NFL fans and fantasy football managers alike for three consecutive Pro Bowl seasons, finishing as a top-five PPR wide receiver each time. Beckham was a marvelous talent and during those first three campaigns, in which he averaged 96 often-acrobatic receptions on a bountiful 152 targets, with at least 1,300 receiving yards and double-digit touchdowns each season, he was one of the top players in the sport, a likely future Hall of Famer.
Those days, unfortunately, appear to be long gone, and fantasy managers should be realistic about expectations this season.
Beckham, 30, is now a highly paid — for one season, at least — member of the Baltimore Ravens, and while we always hope a once-prominent player can return to health and statistical dominance, well, this sure does not seem like one of those situations. Beckham has remained consistently in the news since his well-publicized days with the Giants ended prior to the 2019 season, though he has barely played since his quasi-productive debut with the Cleveland Browns. The wondrous Beckham so many fantasy managers expect to return to glory has played in 21 regular-season games over the past three seasons, catching 67 passes.
Still, in part because so many know his famous name, many a fantasy manager continues to dream of Beckham playing a key role on this season’s Ravens and returning to active fantasy lineups, which seems a bit of a…
