Rishard Matthews (WR, TEN) - Fantasy Football Draft Value

BALLER MOVE: Target ~110

CURRENT ADP: ~125

ANALYSIS: It seems to me that we’re assuming a lot in disrespecting Matthews the way we, the fantasy community as a collective have disrespected him this draft season, drafting him behind both of his teammates, themselves new arrivals to Tennessee.

Like Hogan, Matthews is a guy who made hay on a pretty low volume of targets in 2016, but even with only 108 targets, Matthews’ tremendous efficiency metrics saw him finish as 15th overall among WRs in standard formats.

Corey Davis is a rookie who as yet has no rapport with Marcus Mariota and has missed essentially the entire preseason with a hamstring injury. Eric Decker is coming off two surgeries after missing 13 games in 2016, and has made one cameo appearance in Preseason Week 1. Yet we expect both of these guys to leapfrog the incumbent Matthews for the two presumptive starter spots?

Right now drafters are asleep at the wheel. Heading into Week 1, Matthews should be the highest ranked Titans WR and he isn’t even being drafted in every league. There is tremendous opportunity for him to reprise his role as Mariota’s go-to guy.