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Fantasy Football winners and losers after the NFL Draft

By Ryan Morik

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: Michael Gallup #13 of the Dallas Cowboys scores a touchdown in the third quarter against the Washington Redskins in the game at AT&T Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: Michael Gallup #13 of the Dallas Cowboys scores a touchdown in the third quarter against the Washington Redskins in the game at AT&T Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 29: Courtland Sutton #14 of the Denver Broncos celebrates after a fourth quarter touchdown reception against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Empower Field at Mile High on September 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 29: Courtland Sutton #14 of the Denver Broncos celebrates after a fourth quarter touchdown reception against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Empower Field at Mile High on September 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /

Fantasy Football Winner: Courtland Sutton

Sutton was racking up 15.8 points per game when he was opposite Emmanuel Sanders. Since Sanders got traded to the San Francisco 49ers, Sutton put up just 12.4 points per game. From Weeks 12 to 17, he put up just 11 points weekly. That second drop-off could also be attributed to finding chemistry with then-rookie quarterback Drew Lock.

But now, Lock is the Week One starter, and the Broncos made a big splash in drafting Jerry Jeudy out of Alabama with the 15th overall pick of the draft. On top of that, they doubled down on receiver, snagging Penn State’s KJ Hamler.

Sutton performs better when he is not the clear-cut best receiver.

Of course, Lock needs to produce better than his 16-game pace of 3,264 yards and 22 touchdowns, otherwise this portion of this article will wind up on Freezing Cold Takes.

But the drafting of Jeudy and Hamler, along with potential increased production of second-year tight end Noah Fant, Sutton could produce numbers that he was racking up early on in the 2019 season.

While I’m at it, we could probably put Drew Lock down as a winner for the reasons listed above.

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