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Jamison Crowder

Short passes should make him top-25 wideout

Jamison Crowder should show up on a whole lot of Fantasy Index teams this year. He's not a particularly exciting option, but opportunity counts for a lot. He should lead the Jets in targets and catches, and those guys tend to be the best receivers (even if the receptions are of the short variety).

Even last year, with the Jets having a bottom-6 passing offense (and not having Sam Darnold for a chunk of games), Crowder finished as PPR's 26th-ranked wideout. He did that while finishing with a modest 833 yards, which barely snuck him into the top 40 (39th) in the league. But he was the league's 16th-most targeted wideout, helping him to finish well ahead of teammate Robby Anderson in fantasy arenas. With all those targets and catches he'll likely be considerably better than Breshad Perriman this year.

MOST TARGETED WIDE RECEIVERS, 2019
PlayerTgtRecYdsY/TgtTDRk
Michael Thomas, N.O.18514917259.391
Julio Jones, Atl.1579913948.963
Allen Robinson, Chi.1549811477.478
Julian Edelman, N.E.15310011177.367
DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.15010411657.874
Keenan Allen, LAC14910411998.066
Tyler Boyd, Cin.1489010467.1517
Robert Woods, LAR1399011348.2214
Jarvis Landry, Cle.1388311748.5612
DJ Moore, Car.1358711758.7416
Cooper Kupp, LAR1349411618.7105
Odell Beckham, Cle.1337410357.8425
DeVante Parker, Mia.1287212029.4911
Davante Adams, G.B.127839977.9523
Courtland Sutton, Den.1247211129.0619
Jamison Crowder, NYJ122788336.8626
Chris Godwin, T.B.12186133311.092
Amari Cooper, Dall.11979118910.0810
Mike Evans, T.B.1186711579.8815
DJ Chark, Jac.1187310088.5818
Kenny Golladay, Det.11665119010.3119
John Brown, Buff.1157210609.2620
Michael Gallup, Dall.1136611079.8624
Tyler Lockett, Sea.1108210579.6813
Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.109758047.4435
Christian Kirk, Ariz.108687096.6338
Cole Beasley, Buff.106677787.3634
Curtis Samuel, Car.105546276.0636
Dede Westbrook, Jac.101666606.5343
DK Metcalf, Sea.100589009.0729
Emmanuel Sanders, 2TM97668699.0532
Danny Amendola, Det.97626787.0149
Robby Anderson, NYJ96527798.1540
Stefon Diggs, Min.9463113012.0621
Calvin Ridley, Atl.93638669.3727
Terry McLaurin, Was.93589199.9730
Diontae Johnson, Pitt.92596807.4539
Marvin Jones, Det.91627798.6928
Mike Williams, LAC9049100111.1241
Chris Conley, Jac.90477758.6544
Sammy Watkins, K.C.90526737.5350
Tyreek Hill, K.C.89588609.7733
Mohamed Sanu, 2TM89595205.8258
Golden Tate, NYG85496768.0645
Anthony Miller, Chi.85526567.7256
A.J. Brown, Ten.8452105112.5822
Darius Slayton, NYG84487408.8837
Randall Cobb, Dall.835582810.0342
Sterling Shepard, NYG83575766.9348
Deebo Samuel, S.F.81578029.9331
James Washington, Pitt.80447359.2352
Auden Tate, Cin.80405757.2167

I understand there won't be much love for Crowder in drafts. Hard to overlook that he averaged just 6.8 yards per target, one of the worst figures among wide receivers last year. ADP data indicates he's just the 45th wideout off the board these days. But he should definitely outperform that status.

--Andy Richardson

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