Strong Starters / Weak Finishers – Wide Receivers – 2020

Too many times in a fantasy season, you draft the perfect team destined for the championship, only to have them sputter when it means the most. A strategy often used by the savvy fantasy manager is the to sell high and snag the early under performers from another team. The charts below expose those players who started fast in 2019 but in crunch time were a major let downs. The analysis includes game to game comparisons rather than a week to week. Bye week and injuries misses aren’t included in the trend.

Strong Starters / Weak Finishers – Quarterbacks – 2020

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Strong Starters / Weak Finishers – Tight Ends – 2020

Amari Cooper started the season as one of the hottest wide receivers in football with an average of 14 fantasy points per game in the first nine. He literally exited stage left for the next seven games averaging 5.8 fantasy points per week. Cooper scored only once in the stretch and failed to top 100 yards.  

Courtland Sutton had a nice run in his first ten games and was a mad waiver wire pickup by week four. Sutton flopped down the stretch with a little over 5 fantasy points a week average for the playoff stretch. What’s even more concerning is the final four games were with this year’s starter Drew Lock under center.  

D.J. Chark was also a very hot commodity early in the season with almost 13 fantasy points a week in the first 10 games. Unfortunately for those who didn’t sell high, Chark finished his fantasy playoff run averaging under 5 fantasy points a game.

Adding Sammy Watkins to the list may be a little unfair with a monster game one and nothing but leftovers the rest of the season. T.Y. Hilton’s 2019 year was a tale of two season in the ten games he played. In his first five Hilton managed an average of 12 fantasy points a game and finished his final five under 4 fantasy points a game.  

 

YEAR	GAME	POS	TEAM	PLAYER	FPTS	AVG FPTS	LOW RANGE	HIGH RANGE	STD DEV
2019	1	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	16.6	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	2	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	10.4	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	3	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	20.8	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	4	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	4.8	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	5	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	28.6	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	6	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	0.3	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	7	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	10.6	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	8	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	14	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	9	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	20.7	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	10	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	3.8	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	11	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	0	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	12	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	8.5	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	13	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	14.3	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	14	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	1.9	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	15	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	2.4	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05
2019	16	WR	DAL	Amari Cooper	9.8	10.47	2.42	18.52	8.05

 

YEAR	GAME	POS	TEAM	PLAYER	FPTS	AVG FPTS	LOW RANGE	HIGH RANGE	STD DEV
2019	1	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	12	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	2	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	4	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	3	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	8.7	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	4	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	18.2	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	5	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	15.2	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	6	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	7.6	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	7	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	8.7	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	8	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	7.2	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	9	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	12.3	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	10	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	13.82	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	11	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	2.7	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	12	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	19.4	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	13	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	3.4	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	14	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	7.9	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	15	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	4.1	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08
2019	16	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	5.2	9.4	4.32	14.48	5.08

 

 

YEAR	GAME	POS	TEAM	PLAYER	FPTS	AVG FPTS	LOW RANGE	HIGH RANGE	STD DEV
2019	1	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	20.6	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	2	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	11.5	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	3	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	13.6	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	4	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	4.4	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	5	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	28.4	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	6	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	4.3	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	7	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	7.3	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	8	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	13.9	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	9	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	3.2	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	10	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	22.4	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	11	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	5.8	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	12	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	4.7	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	13	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	7.5	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	14	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	1.8	10.19	2.38	18	7.81
2019	15	WR	JAC	D.J. Chark	3.4	10.19	2.38	18	7.81

 

YEAR	GAME	POS	TEAM	PLAYER	FPTS	AVG FPTS	LOW RANGE	HIGH RANGE	STD DEV
2019	1	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	37.8	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	2	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	4.9	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	3	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	6.4	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	4	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	3.4	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	6	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	4.5	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	7	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	6.3	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	8	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	5.1	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	9	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	2.6	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	10	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	0	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	11	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	5	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	12	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	6.9	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	13	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	2.8	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21
2019	14	WR	KC	Sammy Watkins	0.8	6.65	-2.56	15.86	9.21

 

YEAR	GAME	POS	TEAM	PLAYER	FPTS	AVG FPTS	LOW RANGE	HIGH RANGE	STD DEV
2019	1	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	20.7	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	2	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	10.3	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	3	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	12.5	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	4	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	3.7	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	5	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	13.4	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	6	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	5.4	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	7	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	1.8	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	8	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	2.5	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	9	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	2.6	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83
2019	10	WR	IND	T.Y. Hilton	7.2	8.01	2.18	13.84	5.83