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WR Drake London, ATL (1 Viewer)

Agree that he’s steady and solid, but not spectacular. Part of that may relate to him being used on short to intermediate routes where there aren’t as many YAC opportunities. Down the field seems to be Mooney’s role, and he’s been targeted more than I thought compared to London.
 
I have to admit I bought the hype on this guy. Very very high on many Draft Boards.
However, a pretty underwhelming season.
Many games he has been the 3rd most productive WR on his own team with Mooney AND McCloud outperforming him.
Lots of talent but not producing big numbers.
Broke 100 yard receiving just once this year. 1 TD in last 6 games.
Disappointment.
 
togo said:
I have to admit I bought the hype on this guy. Very very high on many Draft Boards.
However, a pretty underwhelming season.
Many games he has been the 3rd most productive WR on his own team with Mooney AND McCloud outperforming him.
Lots of talent but not producing big numbers.
Broke 100 yard receiving just once this year. 1 TD in last 6 games.
Disappointment.
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This is an overreaction. He's still a WR1 on the season, and only in his 3rd year.
 
With Michael Penix starting what do we think it does for London’s outlook this week vs the NYG?

Personally I feel like London’s most likely outcome is a little bit less than his expected output with Cousins. I assume more of a commitment to the run while seeing what Penix has.
 
Max55 said:
With Michael Penix starting what do we think it does for London’s outlook this week vs the NYG?

Personally I feel like London’s most likely outcome is a little bit less than his expected output with Cousins. I assume more of a commitment to the run while seeing what Penix has.
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Agreed - I think short term it actually may be a downgrade for London as they build chemistry and the Falcons lean on the run game to not overburden Penix. Hard to bench London though because I imagine Penix leans on him when he does air it out.
 
Max55 said:
With Michael Penix starting what do we think it does for London’s outlook this week vs the NYG?

Personally I feel like London’s most likely outcome is a little bit less than his expected output with Cousins. I assume more of a commitment to the run while seeing what Penix has.
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having the same debate. My thought process....London has been decent with a horrible Cousins...can Penix be worse? Probably not but does Penix spread it out more? run more? and as mentioned, do they lean on the run more vs a bad Giants run defense? probably. I have McLaurin, Jennings, Jonathan Taylor and London to choose between....all are ranked basically within a point of one another. Having a good bench is great except when it comes to the playoffs and these tough calls....pulling my hair out.
 
Cousins has been cratering for the last month, and London's production has been hanging by a thread (see the wide open 30 yard TD saving his 3 target day last week). Maybe London won't hit what he was doing in the middle of the season, but I am more comfortable starting him then I was before the news.
 
jtd13 said:
Cousins has been cratering for the last month, and London's production has been hanging by a thread (see the wide open 30 yard TD saving his 3 target day last week). Maybe London won't hit what he was doing in the middle of the season, but I am more comfortable starting him then I was before the news.
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Same. I also don't think he will rely on Mooney as much as K-Chainz did.
 
Jacob Gibbs
Drake London has played 50 career games.

Dating back to 2013, there are only three WRs to draw targets and convert first downs at a higher per-route rate than London through an initial 50 career games.

It's flown under the radar because his offenses have been terrible, but London has flashed elite WR1 target-earning ability early in his career.
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Drake London's initial 50 games produced per-route data nearly identical to Amon-Ra St. Brown and Michael Thomas

With wayyy worse QB play
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Faust said:
Jacob Gibbs
Drake London has played 50 career games.

Dating back to 2013, there are only three WRs to draw targets and convert first downs at a higher per-route rate than London through an initial 50 career games.

It's flown under the radar because his offenses have been terrible, but London has flashed elite WR1 target-earning ability early in his career.
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Drake London's initial 50 games produced per-route data nearly identical to Amon-Ra St. Brown and Michael Thomas

With wayyy worse QB play
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Good stuff. Wouldn’t be shocked at all if he leads the league in targets this year. Mooney needs to get healthy to draw some attention away, but volume should be huge for Drake this year.
 
Coming off an awesome year with Cousins at QB for a good chunk of it.

Over his final 3 games witih Penix, he had 39 targets, 22 receptions, 352 yards, and 2 TD's
Extrapolated over a 17 game season: A ridiculous 221 targets, 125 receptions, 1994 yards, 11 TD's.

Obviously, that's skewed by a monster 187 yard game. But he had another 13 target, 7 catch, 106 yard game in that stretch.

I've got him at WR9. And as I've said with BTJ/Nico, it keeps feeling too low. Crazy to get this good of a player as the #9 receiver.
 
jm192 said:
Coming off an awesome year with Cousins at QB for a good chunk of it.

Over his final 3 games witih Penix, he had 39 targets, 22 receptions, 352 yards, and 2 TD's
Extrapolated over a 17 game season: A ridiculous 221 targets, 125 receptions, 1994 yards, 11 TD's.

Obviously, that's skewed by a monster 187 yard game. But he had another 13 target, 7 catch, 106 yard game in that stretch.

I've got him at WR9. And as I've said with BTJ/Nico, it keeps feeling too low. Crazy to get this good of a player as the #9 receiver.
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He seems like a pretty safe bet to perform at ADP.
 
Every Titans reporter was impressed with London the last two days.
He had a day yesterday and Titans D stunk.
They stepped up today and Brownlee was showing why he's probably the next top CB in the league.
Per TD- Falcons started calling plays where one of Pitts or London shifts and they run routes close to each other then break-off. The Titans had problems with this and then put a CB at LB and LB at CB presnap and were able to shut it down. Orlando called it piggybacking.
Whatever, they seem to have a plan and defenses aren't stopping London this year
 
Bri said:
Every Titans reporter was impressed with London the last two days.
He had a day yesterday and Titans D stunk.
They stepped up today and Brownlee was showing why he's probably the next top CB in the league.
Per TD- Falcons started calling plays where one of Pitts or London shifts and they run routes close to each other then break-off. The Titans had problems with this and then put a CB at LB and LB at CB presnap and were able to shut it down. Orlando called it piggybacking.
Whatever, they seem to have a plan and defenses aren't stopping London this year
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I'm thinking London ends up as a top 5 WR this year, it just seems like so much of the volume is going to go his way, and he will win a lot.

100/1400/12 kinda stuff is what I'm thinking
 
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