For those who suggest Julio Jones is worth just WR3/4 prices in dynasty, I suggest you stop thinking that now. The next-closest were Cole Beasley, Adam Thielen, Jones, Hilton, and Emmanuel Sanders. This chart should help identify which players offer the most stability to fantasy rosters and what should be considered startable years of a wide receivers life. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Dunlap has been one of the more overlooked defensive linemen in the league for much of his 10-year career in Cincy. Thats where well start today, the wide receiver position. Godwin was another easy choice here. The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. Moore has earned 62 targets on slant and in-routes since 2018 (fourth most in NFL), and his 94.9 receiving grade on those routes trails only Deandre Hopkins and Michael Thomas. Now that we know most wide receivers lose elite upside when they turn 32, what about performing as a consistent WR1 for your fantasy team? This was a no-brainer there is no quarterback in the NFL teams would rather have moving forward than Mahomes. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Since his surprising retirement in 2016, teams have followed suit: If Megatron cant play at 31, maybe nobody can., Just by the tone of his voice, I knew that he was done.@nateburleson recalls the moment he knew that Calvin Johnson was going to retire *NSFW*(via @LefkoeShow) pic.twitter.com/9CiKpphou1. What would they have to gain by telling you a player falls off a cliff at a certain age? You can drop this number down from 1,000 yards to 800 yards and it really will not make much of a difference. Wagner has been one of the constants on Seattle's defense since 2012 and has been an All-Pro in five of the last six seasons. If theres someone in your dynasty league who wants to sell a wide receiver because hes rebuilding, take advantage and buy wide receivers in the 27-30 age range. Tate is out of the NFL this year, so his career ended at 32. Who could have had a better argument as the next Chad Johnson or a mini-me version of Terrell Owens? As you can see from the chart above aging wide receivers isnt all rosy as we do see a steep decline in the quantity. 3 receiver in Las Vegas, but he had a really solid year in 2021 for the Raiders. The percentage of accurate passes he received dropped from 61.4% in 2017 and 2018 to 50.8% in 2019. Miller is one of the first pass rushers NFL fans think of because of his longevity and consistency, with eight Pro Bowls in nine seasons. pic.twitter.com/WrhsYbFYCD. His return to the field will give the Browns a boost as they look to realize the lofty expectations that they had heading into the 2019 season. *T.Y. His accomplished career includes two MVPs, one Super Bowl and eight Pro Bowls. Probably by a lot. The first- and second-year wide receivers in particular have great upside for their current ADP . Dont expect that to change on a defense that should only get better in 2020. This time last season, there were still a lot of questions about Jackson as a passer, but he answered some of those in 2019 with an 82.5 PFF passing grade that ranked sixth among qualifiers. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. Adams does it all on the Jets defense. Brandon Cooks already has an impressive 44 catches for 694 yards, a 15.8 yards per catch. Blame it on injuries if you want to, the fact is that one OBJ case would be an exception; when there isnt a single 30+ OBJ in the league, it means that the rule says: You cant be a wide receiver over 30 anymore. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. I cant tell you how many times Ive heard wide receivers start to decline around the 28-year-old mark, and many in the dynasty industry think you should consider selling before the cliff. But maybe the next generation of 30+ receivers was just starting to come into their own in 2017. However, the data says otherwise which means many people can find great value in both redraft and dynasty. By, Kareem Elgazzar / USA Today Sports Images, Douglas DeFelice / USA Today Sports Images, Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports Images, Vincent Carchietta / USA Today Sports Images, Robert Hanashiro / USA Today Sports Images, This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. To be as dominant as Nelson has been at his age is a rarity in the NFL. Heyward is entering his age 31 season. 9. We see a similar tier among top-24 production as we did in the top-12 tier, though it extends through age-34 on this chart. Granted, it was the run-heaviest team in the NFL, but Andrews still proved to be a legitimate downfield threat over the middle of the field. That means if you dont have a target baseline in the analysis then youre including a lot of young wide receivers who dont pan out. Its easy to forget that wide receivers take time to develop after watching guys like A.J. Hes been tested deep a fair amount since 2017, but Jacksons speed means that he rarely gets beaten over the top. There are sure to be outliers, but again, do not unload wide receivers who are 28- or 29-year-old studs. Then something interesting happened in 2017: the number of 1,000-yard wideouts dropped from 23 to 13. He's entering his age 30 season. Catching a TD with Larry Fitzgerald in EVERY Madden!https://t.co/kEUMoP37dL pic.twitter.com/Kbc9h0Jqo5. Hilton. Finally, the drop off isnt as steep as we might have thought. In fact, his 92.1 rushing grade over the last two years is the only mark above 90.0. Jordan was one of the Saints' most popular players, establishing quite a track record in nine seasons. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Google Podcasts|Stitcher|SoundCloud|iHeartRadio. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. The Falcons trade Julio Jones for a second round pick, draft Kyle Pitts, save a ton of money, The Bengals part with A.J. Running Backs The Miracle at the New Meadowlands. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. 11 years ago today, DeSean Jackson walked it off with a punt return TD! 5. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of, Although the sample sizes for NFL wide receivers grows smaller as age increases, readers can apply this data to fantasy drafts because Mike Tagliere shows that wide receivers do not significantly decline until the age of, For truly elite (250+ PPR points) production, 68% of elite seasons are from players between the ages of. He did much of the same upon his return to the field in 2019 (82.5 overall grade), and its hard to see him not playing at that same level next season. What trends have we seen in the last 10 years of football? That elusiveness both as a runner and a receiver is what makes him so dynamic in open space and what earns him a spot on this list. All three players can beat you deep, take a. The third-year receiver is only 24 years old and has shown flashes of being a dangerous weapon. 82 receptions for 693 yards and one touchdown in 2021. Average playing career length in the National Football League (in years). Ingram made his third Pro Bowl in his first season with Baltimore, rushing for 1,018 yards and 10 touchdowns in 15 games for the league's top rushing offense. Gronk is set to come out of retirement to join the Bucs in 2020. The 6'1 190 pound wide receiver will turn 29 this year. Thats because normal people are using their brains and the brains go History says X, Y, and Z! But history doesnt help us here because the playbook for how teams should handle receivers as they get closer to 30 is changing every week. Not only does he produce the jaw-dropping, highlight-reel plays, but he is just about as good as anyone in the league at hitting the easy throws and limiting mistakes. Green, Golden Tate, Doug Baldwin, Dez Bryant. Next year is a big year for JuJu to prove last season was an aberration, but were going to give him the benefit of the doubt after two strong seasons to open his career. His 16 forced missed tackles after the catch were a top-five mark at the position, as well. Whether it is dynasty or redraft understanding when the cliff typically comes for a fantasy asset is key to staying ahead of the game. He also appeared in his third Super Bowl. As you can see for the wide receiver position there is no major drop off. Slayton has four games of 20 or more fantasy points in his young career. Godwin was another easy choice here. The gregarious Kelce has established himself as one of the elite tight ends in football over seven seasons. If theres someone in your dynasty league who wants to sell a wide receiver because hes rebuilding, take advantage and buy wide receivers in the 27-30 age range, as thats arguably their prime. That number drops to only 21.9 for wide receivers in the 30-34 bracket. Some will say that its skewed results due to the players who are still playing at that age are likely top-notch, but you mustnt forget that we removed all players with less than 50 targets from every age. Jones needs little introduction as one of the most explosive wideouts in the NFL. With the speed Houston now has in its wide receiver room, that figures to be something they could feature heavily in 2020. Turning 29 may be just as bad. Nelson was about as easy an NFL projection as you can get coming out of Notre Dame, and its no surprise that he has wasted no time in cementing his spot as one of the best guards in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl at age 29, but Baldwin was not the same player at 30 and he never played in the NFL again after that season. If there's one reason to sell, it should be when a wide receiver is 30 or 31 years old . PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. This chart clearly shows that a wide receiver holds tons of value through his age-31 season, though thats where we start to see a drop-off in elite production. Upside is clearly ramped up for wide receivers from age 21 all the way up to age 27, with an odd dip at age 28, then the biggest number of them all at age-29, as a whopping 11.6 percent of 29-year-old receivers have finished top-five, more than three percent higher than the next best mark. This is much different than the running back chart youll see tomorrow. The Giants are releasing wide receiver Kenny Golladay, The Post's Paul Schwartz confirmed. Razzball.com and the Razzball logo units are copyright Razzball LLC. Sources: Razzball.com, Pro Football Focus, Pro Football Reference, Football Outsiders and FFToday.com, Adam Thielen, Amari Cooper, Antonio Brown, Cole Beasley, Emmanuel Sanders, John Brown, Julio Jones, Marvin Jones Jr., T.Y. Over eight seasons with the Chargers, Ingram has 49 sacks, including 24.5 sacks over the last three years. Wide. Again, the game we play doesnt care about whether or not a player is in his prime physical shape, because if it doesnt equal fantasy points, it doesnt matter to you, the fantasy player. Rodgers had 4,002 yards passing and 26 touchdowns last year. The Stafford Effect could mean that Cooper Kupp just gets to be a much more dominant player for a few years and barring an injury, what would hold him back? 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There are a lot of things to like about his ability to stick with NFL wide receivers. He surpassed 1,000 yards receiving in six of his first seven seasons. Clark is an exception, as his 90.9 pass-rush grade when lined up over center in 2019 was tops among any player who had a significant sample size. It wouldve been hard to draw up a better debut for the Ohio State product. One of the biggest ones Id questioned was the timeline in which a player declined. That could certainly be part of it, but the truth is there were other contributing factors from injury to brutal quarterback play on the least efficient offense in the NFL that also played a role. The 31-year-old has made six consecutive Pro Bowls and finished last season with 99 catches for 1,394 yards and six touchdowns. A season ago, Browns 8.9 yards after the catch per reception led all wide receivers regardless of experience, and that came despite a healthy 13.6-yard average depth of target. Brown quickly showed he was already one of the better receivers in the league in that regard as a rookie in 2019. A normal, human Cardinals fan would have said the same about DeAndre Hopkins after he had 1,407 yards last year. Modern NFL nose tackles are rarely anything more than space-eaters and early-down run-stuffers. If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. Again, age-33 is the end for a wide receivers WR1 days, as just two of 56 wide receivers were able to finish as a WR1. Following that dip to only thirteen 1,000-yard wideouts in 2017, the number went back up to 18 in 2018, then 25 (nearly double the 2017 total) in 2019. Relive this Cowboys vs. Giants game from 2014 tonight at 7pm ET on #FootballWeekNBCSN. WRs who were 29 in 2017: Antonio Brown, A.J. Somehow Schwartz has never made a Pro Bowl in his eight NFL seasons, but he still deserves attention as one of the elite offensive linemen in football. Davante Adams, 29 Deebo Samuel, 25 Tyreek Hill, 27 Ja'Marr Chase, 21 Keenan Allen, 29 Stefon Diggs, 28 Combined with Kupp and Jefferson, that's eight solid receivers that virtually everyone. However, they do need to be quick. Please tell me youre going to stop selling wide receivers when they hit the age of 28 now. He's been an All-Pro in three consecutive seasons and has three Pro Bowls to his name over nine seasons in Philadelphia. Depending on what you want/need out of them, they really dont decline until theyre 33 or 34 years old. Together they're the longest-tenured Colts. Winning in the trenches at a young age is not easy to do. Turning 29 has not been kind: Wide receivers showing rapid decline, Rams facilities given a D+ grade in NFLPA survey, In a recent NFLPA survey, the Rams facilities were given a D+ grade by the players. Mahomes is among the five best quarterbacks in the NFL in negatively graded throw rate since 2018. The fourth overall pick in 2011, Green had every right to at least be the next Andre Johnson. The first chart will include the wide receivers (WR) age, the average total fantasy points those wide receivers had at that age and the average points per game those wide receivers (PPG) had at that age. For 225 PPR fantasy points per year (roughly top-24 production), the average age was 27 with 80% of peak seasons falling within the age range of 23-30. The right tackle has never missed a start in his career and was an All-Pro in 2018. Injuries have nagged Watt over the last few years, but he remains elite when he's on the field. Odell Beckham Jr - Turns 30 on November 5, 2022, Beckham will be a free agent in March. The do-everything linebacker has only one Pro Bowl to his name, but he's recorded over 100 tackles in all but one of his eight NFL seasons. No wide receiver has finished top-five in their age-21 season. Rice caught 1,023 career passes after turning 30: Skip forward to 2009, a decade after the GSOT, when Game of Throws became Game of Thrones, elder statesmen wideouts were still able to thrive in the NFL. This list is meant to recognize the young players who figure to be the face of the game for years to come. He will be 34 before Week 1, and the new Raven has made three consecutive Pro Bowls, including two double-digit sack seasons in Jacksonville. It gets pretty ugly after the age-32 season, though, as just 4-of-64 receivers finished as top-12 receivers. When drafting a wide receiver in the early rounds, you want to ensure they can not only live up to their draft position, but hopefully exceed it. Gambling problem? Its tough to get into elite territory, and Im sure many would take WR1 production, right? Since turning 30, Green has struggled to stay healthy and when hes on the field hes nowhere near the dominant presence he once was; even with a resurgence in Arizona this year, Green is still not one of the top 40 players at his position. This chart identifies when a player may lose some of that elite potential. Its a smaller sample size, sure, but seeing 34-year-olds posting top-24 numbers 38.9 percent of the time, the highest mark on the chart, it gives the older guys hope. Outside of that, veteran wide receivers are tremendous values. The 29-year-old found success with the Detroit Lions prior to his Giants stint. You don't earn the highest overall grade in the NFL among wide receivers at 24 years old as Godwin did in 2019 and miss out on this list. OBJ could once lay claim to being the most famous player in the entire National Football League, but even before he turned 29 he appeared to be a shadow of his former self. Big Ben is coming back in 2020 after missing most of 2019 to an elbow injury. Wide receivers dont decline after 28 years old from a fantasy perspective. He was traded to the Titans for basically a second round pick and here are his numbers with Tennessee: nine games, 26 receptions, 376 yards, 0 TD. Some, especially Jones and Hilton, look much worse. All rights reserved. that also played a role. The biggest takeaway while looking at this chart is something many have forgotten after watching a great rookie class in 2019. One of those things was the age that fantasy players stop producing. No position has seen more growth in the past two decades than wide receiver. Tyler Lockett, Seattle Seahawks. He appeared in 16 games, catching 34 passes for 571 yards. Hutson Benton Ferrante Rucinski Dewell Kavanaugh Chipley Beals Jansante North Kutner Shaw Swiacki Fears Box Mote Nickel Taylor Hirsch Lavelli Mann Pihos Wilkins Soltau Hoffman. Here are the 25 best players regardless of the position they play who will be under 25 years old by Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season, using September 10 as the presumed cutoff date. Even Stafford saw it happen when he played with perhaps the most respected wide receiver of the century. At just 23 years of age, Andrews was the clear-cut top receiving option on the most efficient offense in the NFL last season. Related Questions. Since he was drafted in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, no running back has graded out higher than Chubb as a rusher. Youve stumbled upon the correct article. Entering his age 37 season, Rodgers is still going strong in Green Bay. His 2.89 receiving yards per route run trailed only George Kittle at the tight end position in 2019, and he was one of three qualifying tight ends to put up an average depth of target of 11 yards or more, joining Jared Cook and Mike Gesicki. 29 year old wide receivers in the afc. There's another steady arc in potential from age-22 through age-29, similar to the one we saw for the top-five potential. Some will say that its skewed results due to the players who are still playing at that age are likely top-notch, but you mustnt forget that we removed all players with less than 50 targets from every age. He's made two Pro Bowls in four years and had a solid 2019 season at age 30. In some ways, Beckham kind of created this world of spectacular young wide receivers that we live in today. In 2000, six of the eighteen 1,000-yard receivers were at least 30, including 34-year-old Tim Brown and 35-year-old Cris Carter. Even at 29-years-old, he's still one of the best wide receivers in the league. He's made five Pro Bowls and been an All-Pro twice, with four consecutive 1,000 yard seasons. His 80 total pressures in 2019 were the most recorded by a rookie in the PFF era, easily beating out Aldon Smiths previous record of 64 in 2011. Youngs mention here was earned here by just how dominant of a prospect he was hes the best edge defender prospect that PFF has scouted since 2014. This is the list of rookies with receiving grades of 80.0 or higher on 250 or more routes over the past 10 years: Odell Beckham Jr., Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Doug Baldwin and the two 2019 rookies A.J. Speaking to Giants fans during a question-and-answer telephone session at the NFL . His one-handed catch against the Cowboys was arguably one of the top-five plays of the decade and even if he didnt invent the technique, he popularized outstanding grabs and suddenly the magic of the position grew by leaps and bounds in the seasons since. So the percentage of 1,000-yard wideouts went from 12.5-percent in 2010 to 26.3-percent in 2012, but then fell back to 13-percent in 2013. 1 receiver in Minnesota this year after the team traded Stefon Diggs. Seth Trachtman is a fantasy sports expert and diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan. Kelce's brother, Travis, gets most of the attention in this prodigious football family, but Jason could have a better Hall of Fame case at the moment. Down from 26-percent only a couple of years earlier. [Editors note: Subscribe to PFF ELITE today to gain access to PFFs Premium Stats and new Player Grades experience in addition to the 2020 NFL Draft Guide, 2020 Fantasy Rookie Scouting Report, PFF Greenline, all of PFFs premium article content and more.]. His 110 missed tackles forced are more than any other player, and his 1,980 rushing yards after contact are fewer than only Derrick Henry. A person with knowledge of the situation had told . Its hard to understate how impressive three consecutive seasons of 80.0 overall grades out of the gate is for a player like Garrett. The reality is that you cannot adjust this by any measure and suddenly find a bunch of super talented 29+ year old wide receivers who I managed to cherry pick out of this article. NAME GP . All rights reserved. That mainly comes down to the fact that getting Chubb to the ground has been much easier said than done. It would appear age doesnt make a whole lot of difference to wide receivers, though we do see the number ramp up from their age-21 to age-26 season, highlighting when most are at the tail end of their rookie contract. Fine. This chart clearly shows that a wide receiver holds tons of value through his age 31 season, though thats where we start to see a drop-off in elite production. Its easy to get dispirited with Smith-Schuster after the 2019 season, attributing all his struggles in his third season to the fact that Antonio Brown wasnt there to draw away attention. He has three 1,000 yard seasons over the last four years as he enters his age 31 season. By doing that, were making it a stronger study, though its important to note that if we included everyone, the numbers would strongly help the older wide receivers who stuck around in the league, but we wanted to make this an even playing field. Tight Ends. You dont earn the highest overall grade in the NFL among wide receivers at 24 years old as Godwin did in 2019 and miss out on this list. The catch seen around the world. Meanwhile once they hit 30 instead of a steep decline, we find a slight drop in fantasy production, but it quickly stabilizes similarly to wide receivers in their late 20s. Similarly, he came close to leading the league in interceptions one year, recording an impressive eight interceptions during the same period. Odds & lines subject to change. The final question you need to ask yourself is 92% of Julio Jones better than 100% of Amari Cooper in the 4th round of your fantasy draft? Now that we know a wide receiver essentially loses his elite upside when he turns 32, what about performing as a consistent WR1 for your fantasy team? That number was just 376 over the remaining 14 games (second lowest). From age 28 through 31, we see three of the top four percentages on the chart. Justin Johnson sorts through the wide receiver corps of the NFC East. The only way to test whether this was true was to go through a large sample size of data. Jones is already a five-time Pro Bowler, and he led the NFL with 136 receptions in 2015. From 2010 to 2013, the number of 1,000-yard wide receivers (not TE, not RB), rose from 16 to 17 to 19 to 23. A rational Saints fan would have said the same about Michael Thomas after he had 149 catches and 1,725 yards in 2019. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. When you look at the company McLaurin is keeping when it comes to receiving grade as a rookie, its hard not to get excited about his prospects in 2020. In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. He has now graded above 70.0 in each of his first four NFL seasons and is coming off back-to-back years with pass-rushing grades above 87.0. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. He raised his grade from 79.4 as a rookie to 91.2 this past season, and his 88.8 grade over the last two seasons combined is higher than any other interior offensive lineman in the league over that span. Bosas 89.8 overall grade in 2019 ranked third among all edge defenders. Wide receivers dont necessarily have to be straight speed demons although it certainly doesnt hurt if theyre blazing fast. Veteran receivers were still quite valuable. Do you expect Justin Jefferson to be capable of starting for the Vikings in 2033, when he will be 35? In fact, their prime might be in-between 29 and 31. 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