King of the Jungle
Footballguy
Agree....I own Mahomes and love his upside. However the Dallas pass game success is predicated on the run game. When they lost Elliot it changed everything. The pass catching group is not threatening at all. They have nobody who threatens the big play. Witten is a legend but is past scaring anyone, Dez is great in the end zone but defenses have proven they can shut him down, Beasley is a nice slot guy, and who....is Terrence Williams he other outside guy?....oofSometimes I think fantasy owners confuse "upside" with "not shiny new anymore".
Dak was QB5 last year as a rookie, and was QB4 through the first half of this year prior to Zeke's suspsension, and was QB1 through the first 7 weeks of this year. He's 24 years old.
In what way is that a guy who lacks upside to be a top 3 option? He basically had a bad half season alongside 1.5 years of top 5 fantasy QB play to start his career. Russell Wilson at this point in his career was a similar style QB on a similar run first team who started his career with QB8 and QB10 finishes.
Elliot returns and Dallas adds some talent Dak can be a top 5-7 guy. Mahomes has everything your Madden video game likes but it remains to be seen if he can produce consistently on the field. Hope he does...but Dak should be the easy choice between the two at this point IMO.