10 NFL sleepers to watch in the 2020 season
Kenyan Drake, Arizona Cardinals
After being traded to by the Miami Dolphins during the middle of the 2019 season, Drake amassed 643 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground in eight games for the Cardinals. He added another 170 yards receiving, and demonstrated why Arizona was willing to give up draft capital to acquire the fourth-year rusher.
The Cardinals’ offense, under the guidance of head coach Kliff Kingsbury and leadership of quarterback Kyler Murray, has just begun to scratch the surface of what it’s capable of. Arizona will have one of the top five offenses in football by season’s end.
In addition to the natural progression of such a young team, there were two major changes to the Arizona offense Drake will benefit from. First, the subtraction of running back David Johnson. Second, of course, is the mega addition of All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, for whom the team traded in the offseason.
The Cardinals offense will take huge steps in 2020 – and Murray, Hopkins and Fitzgerald will be big reasons why. And the biggest benefactors of all of their work, will be Drake.