Fantasy Football: Hot Take Predictions for Every AFC South Team

#4 Tennessee Titans

Rishard

Matthews will finish as the highest scoring Titans WR

Rishard Matthews is an absurdly underrated Wide Receiver in this league. He has been a consistent weapon for Mariota in the passing game and caught 53 passes for 795 yards in 2017.

Everyone is projecting Corey Davis to have his breakout season in 2018, after struggling with a hamstring injury for the majority of his rookie season. I do expect Davis to improve on his 2017 displays as he is a talented Receiver. However, he will face some tough coverage from opposing Cornerbacks.

Davis will have to face up against the best CB in the league, Jalen Ramsey twice, as well as Casey Hayward, Tre’Davious White, Xavien Howard, Trumaine Johnson, Josh Norman, Stephon Gilmore, Jimmy Smith plus others. That’s eight of the Top 20 CBs in the league. I think he might struggle in a few of these matchups, meaning Mariota will look to Matthews more often than not. I am hoping that I’m wrong and Davis breaks out, and goes on to show the world why the Titans drafted him with fifth overall pick in 2017.

However, he has struggled with two separate injuries since being drafted and could end up getting the ‘injury prone’ tag if it continues.

Matthews is currently going at pick 11.12 according to FFCalculator, compared to Davis’s 6.05. I know who I will be drafting with those ADPs.