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Deep Sleeper potential: Jarius Wright video included.. (1 Viewer)

Carter_Can_Fly

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I just stumbled on something and this is a complete whim and long shot but who knows...

Watch the first minute of this video with Teddy Bridgwater and they show 5 passes. 4 of them to Jarius Wright, and look at the different places he makes the plays. It is all over the field. A quick hitter for a td, a seam route a sideline route. I get there are no pads on but he is making plays with the new franchise QB and this is a new regime.

Every year players come out of no where and you don't see it coming but when you look back at it there was signs pointing to it. Edelman, Welker, Cruz, Colston etc. Wright last year in his second year only got 43 targets but did manage to catch 26 passes for 434 yards and 3 td's. Nothing great but maybe he ends up turning into something viable. Jennings had 4 td's on 104 targets just for comparison sake.

Now Wright is a little guy, but perhaps he is a possession guy with the new regime and maybe him and Teddy work well together. Anything is possible, just throwing it out there. I mean he can be had for a bag of potatoes so he is worth the long shot roster spot if you have room.

Here is the video. Wright makes 4 nice catches in the first 1 minute and 10 seconds of that video. He is number 17. It is worth the watch.

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Pick-6-Video-Mailbag-Can-Teddy-Win-The-Job/c81511f8-a2ea-46a0-9b99-e93792fdcd36?campaign=social_20140624_26628186

 
I'm pretty sure Wright is making those catches because Teddy is working with the 2nd team and therefore neither Patterson or Jennings are even on the field.

 
I'm pretty sure Wright is making those catches because Teddy is working with the 2nd team and therefore neither Patterson or Jennings are even on the field.
True, but Wright is likely the 3rd WR on the team and although he is suited as a slot guy he did lead the Vikings last year in YPC at 16 which shows he can make some plays on the field.

 
Rotoworld:

ESPN Vikings reporter Ben Goessling thinks WR Jarius Wright could get 40 or 50 catches this season.

Wright has never seen 50 targets in a season, but he has flashed in his two-year career and has the skill set to be a weapon out of the slot. Wright's upside is capped, though, as at best the No. 4 passing option in what should be a run-heavy offense. He isn't worth a late-round flier in re-draft leagues.

Jun 7 - 11:45 AM

Source: ESPN.com
 
I do like Wright, I think he's a great buy target in dynasty right now. Have a feeling next season he could really blow up. I'd be throwing late pick fliers out on him in dynasty if you don't already own Patterson or Jennings though.

 
I hope so -- I was able to pick him up off the WW in a super-deep dynasty recently and I need one of my long-shot WRs to hit.

 
he's on my watch list, but i'm not interested in taking up a roster spot with him at this stage considering who is ahead of him and who(?) will be throwing him the ball.

 
he's on my watch list, but i'm not interested in taking up a roster spot with him at this stage considering who is ahead of him and who(?) will be throwing him the ball.
I think Teddy will be starting maybe even week 1.

Patterson and Jennings are ahead of him no doubt, but we really don't know how targets are going to shape up going forward with Turner now as the OC. I don't think Wright is going to develop into a 100 catch guy, but he may offer up some WR 3 potential.

 
Also, just a side note from the video and my belief on Teddy. Teddy looks great and I think Minny may have got the SOD with him.

 
I'm pretty sure Wright is making those catches because Teddy is working with the 2nd team and therefore neither Patterson or Jennings are even on the field.
This. Wright may have some good hands but he has no value since he is the 5th passing option on that team behind Patterson, Jennings Peterson and Rudolph.

 
I'm pretty sure Wright is making those catches because Teddy is working with the 2nd team and therefore neither Patterson or Jennings are even on the field.
This. Wright may have some good hands but he has no value since he is the 5th passing option on that team behind Patterson, Jennings Peterson and Rudolph.
Erm... no? Last season Peterson was the 6th receiving option on the team. He only had 3 more catches than Jarius Wright did last year. It went

Greg Jennings - 68

Jerome Simpson - 48

Cordarrelle Patterson - 45

John Carlson - 32

Kyle Rudolph - 30

Adrian Peterson - 29

Jarius Wright - 26

Simpson is still with the team but rumors are he'll be suspended for 4 games to start the season. Meaning Wright will be the #3 WR out the gate regardless. John Carlson is no longer with the team either now. So right there that frees up 80 receptions from last year. You figure Patterson will probably have anywhere between 70-100 catches dependent on how he's actually utilized in Norv's offense. I think Jennings stays the roughly same, Rudolph will likely catch 50-60 as well. So right there we're talking:

Patterson - 70 to 100

Jennings - 65

Rudolph - 50 - 60

Adrian Peterson - 30

Which means on the low end there's 63 left over balls if everyone hits their low end numbers. On the high end 28 left overs. Now, obviously they won't throw the same amount as last season and all of these guys aren't going to either hit their low or max but I'd say it's a safe bet that Jarius Wright can hit somewhere in that 40-50 range of receptions and if Jennings or Rudolph get hurt he might hit that 55-65 range instead.

 
I'm pretty sure Wright is making those catches because Teddy is working with the 2nd team and therefore neither Patterson or Jennings are even on the field.
This. Wright may have some good hands but he has no value since he is the 5th passing option on that team behind Patterson, Jennings Peterson and Rudolph.
This may be the case, hence the deep sleeper tag, but do we know for sure he is going to be 5th in targets?

Patterson is apparently going to be featured and rightfully so as he needs touches because when the ball is in his hands good things happen.

Jennings will be 31 and his last time catching more than 67 balls or breaking 1000 yards was 4 years ago.

Turner generally likes throwing to TE's so Rudolph is an interesting play in fantasy.

RB's tend to get theres as well in Turners offense.

As a deep sleeper though and at his current price tag Wright may have a couple things going his way. He could possibly pass Jennings in the pecking order of targets and or he is 1 injury away from being semi significant.

 
I could have sworn there was a thread on Wright in the past but nope, this was the first, great post. He had a couple good games subbing in for Harvin a couple years ago.

I think he and Teddy continue to post numbers. Anyone else?

 
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Looked pretty good to me and the absence of Kyle Rudolph seems to help his targets.

Might be just one game, but if I didn't own him already, I would try to get him in any league that has a deep bench.

Glad to have him and dying to wait if he can be effective in a long run?

 
Wright played pretty well last year and while I see his upside as limited I think he will be a pretty decent contributor while Rudolph is out. He will be the slot guy on a team with no real pass catching TE until Rudolph is back. I see him like an Andrew Hawkins during that time.

 
Looks like i was a year early again. Don't think he'll match other guys i gave up too early like cruz and gates but he's doing alright.

 
Great call by the OP.

I'd like to jump in (especially since I own Teddy) but I'd most likely have to drop Jarvis Landry. Thoughts?

 
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(KFFL) Minnesota Vikings WR Jarius Wright said he created a solid chemistry with QB Teddy Bridgewater during the preseason, which is why he caught eight passes for 132 yards in Week 4. "Teddy knew where to put the ball to me on a couple throws," Wright said. "I kind of knew where to expect the ball. Our reps paid off. A lot of trust."

 

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