2018 Fantasy Football rankings and busts: Expert who warned about DeMarco Murray identifies picks to avoid
If you want to win your Fantasy Football league, you have to avoid busts throughout the drafting process. And nobody is better at identifying those busts than Jamey Eisenberg.
The award-winning CBS Sports Senior Fantasy Writer, recognized by Fantasy Pros as one of the nation's most accurate Fantasy Football draft experts, correctly predicted DeMarco Murray's down year in 2017 when he was being drafted as a consensus top-10 running back.
Months before training camps even started, Eisenberg urged readers to avoid using such a high draft pick on the aging running back.
"Murray struggled down the stretch last season with a foot injury that he played through, but he averaged just 3.5 yards per carry over his final six games, including just two with double digits in Fantasy points in a standard league in his final five outings," Eisenberg wrote in March 2017. "Maybe all the work he's had over the past three seasons (878 carries and 1,032 total touches in the regular season) could be catching up to him, but he feels a little risky heading into this year."
The result? Murray face-planted and failed to top 700 yards rushing, finishing the season as the No. 20 running back overall. Anybody who took Eisenberg's advice avoided a major bust.
Now, Eisenberg has released his highly anticipated 2018 busts list, and he's sharing it early over at SportsLine.
We can tell you Eisenberg is warning Fantasy Football owners about Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, noting his dependency on finding the end zone. "Of the top 20 Fantasy receivers in standard leagues last season, he had the fewest receptions," Eisenberg told SportsLine."He had just three games with more than 70 receiving yards in the regular season, and none of them after Week 9. It will be hard for Fantasy owners to count on Jeffery if he's not finding the end zone on a consistent basis."
Eisenberg also has a strong warning about a top-10 running back from 2017 who is about to be a massive bust this year. If you pick this player in the first or second round, your season could tank before it even starts.
Which top running back should you avoid at all costs? And which QB, RB, WR and TE will disappoint Fantasy Football owners? Visit SportsLine now to see Jamey Eisenberg's coveted 2018 busts list, all from the acclaimed Fantasy football expert who was all over DeMarco Murray's down year from the start!