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15 Fantasy Football Transactions for Week 1

JJ Zachariason  —  @LateRoundQB Sep 2nd, 2014
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Buy Russell Wilson

I’ve let it be known that Russell Wilson may be the greatest young quarterback we’ve ever seen. And after a Super Bowl victory, he somehow is still being undervalued in fantasy football, coming off the board at the end of Round 9 of 12-team drafts according to FantasyFootballCalculator.com.

In 2013, Wilson finished seventh in Passing Net Expected Points, which is a cumulative metric. This happened despite the fact that Seattle dropped back to pass fewer times than any team outside of San Francisco.

Wilson tied for fifth in the NFL in top-12 (QB1) weekly quarterback performances last year, and scored the eighth-most fantasy points at the position. Add in a healthy Percy Harvin, a potentially weaker defense and an upward pointing arrow in terms of passing plays run, and you’ve got recipe for a top-tier quarterback in 2014.

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