Should Amon-Ra St. Brown jump into the top 5 in fantasy drafts?
Yahoo Fantasy's Josh Norris and Hayden Winks decide if they can trust the Lions receiver as a first round pick in fantasy drafts. Check out the full conversation on "Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
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I thought to myself, I, I just trust ARSB in this situation more than I do others.
I mean, 100 plus catches in each of the last four seasons, and just the environment that he's in is fantastic.
I mean, we're talking about also the team that shares, you know, the number one overall player in fantasy football this year.
12 of 16 games in the fantasy season will be played indoors.
I already mentioned how many games they're gonna be favored in.
And I keep talking about, you know, red zone and end zone targets because guess what?
That's where the majority of touchdowns are scored.
There are a lot of differences between Amon-Ra St. Brown and someone like Zay Flowers, for example.
Mm-hmm.
But one of them is that red zone work.
I mean, Amon-Ra St. Brown led the NFL with 34 red zone targets last season.
Comparably, Zay Flowers had 10.
Amon-Ra St. Brown had 66 red zone targets over the last two seasons.
Zay Flowers had 17.
So this is someone who, from your own end zone to the other end zone, is going to be heavily featured and heavily target.
And he even scored as the wide receiver four last year when the play caller was fired mid-season, and I expect a lot more stability from the offensive line and a coaching standpoint in 2026 here for the line.
As safe as it gets in his prime.
The offense is completely loaded.
Three straight seasons with double-digit touchdowns and 115 plus receptions.
That's incredible stuff.
There's also splits without David Montgomery as well.
So his 10-game sample where D-Mont either missed the game or finished with five carries, like left the game early.
In those games, Amon-Ra St. Brown averaged 21 PPR points on 22 expected points.
Both of those would be the wide receiver one overall if you extrapolated to that.
He's averaged eight receptions, 102 receiving yards in those games.
Like he hasn't even run hot in, in touchdowns in those ones.
Yeah, this one's like a, a total layup.
I, I have him eighth overall.
Um- Yeah I think I can make the case with him, JSN, Jonathan Taylor, they're kind of all in that range, where I feel very good about them.
Amon-Ra's floor is just like so incredible and obviously better in full PPR.
