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The sleeper to end all 2020 sleepers: STEVEN SIMS JR.
(A THREAD)...
(A THREAD)...
For starters, there were very few WRs more productive than Sims over the last quarter of the 2019 NFL season. From Weeks 14-17, Sims was the 9th-leading scorer in PPR formats, averaging 9 targets, 5 catches, and 57.5 yards over those 4 games.
He also hauled in 4 TDs over that time and was perhaps Washington’s best RZ target last season. Of the 27 RZ routes he ran in 2019, he was targeted on over 33% of them - the 4th overall mark in the entire league. He had 6 RZ catches on the year in total.
For comparison, Terry McLaurin had 8 total RZ grabs on the year, but he saw 37 more total targets. McLaurin also saw a target on just 12.9% of his total routes run (56th in the league) as compared to the 19.5% rate for Sims (5th).
Sims truly might’ve been Haskins’s most trusted target in key situations last year, as he also saw a pass thrown his way on about 30% of the routes he ran on 3rd and 4th down.
Let me be clear: TERRY MCLAURIN IS THE NO. 1 ON THIS TEAM, AND IN NO WORLD SHOULD STEVEN SIMS BE DRAFTED OVER HIM. In fact, I think McLaurin is a top-20 receiver this year. Please don’t get it twisted.
What I am saying is that there is a ton of opportunity for someone to establish themselves as Haskins’s clear-cut No. 2 option, and Sims unquestionably has the inside track from what we saw from him at the end of last year. (Yes, even over the rookies they drafted this year.)
From Weeks 1-13, Sims saw a total of 136 offensive snaps. Over the last four games - when he was a top-10 PPR WR - he saw 174. Sims can clearly produce when given the opportunity.
Right now he is going as the WR99 (!!!) in PPR formats, per his ADP on Fantasy Pros, which is absolutely mind-blowing when you look at the numbers. There is absolutely no better late-round flier in any draft this year, in any format. GO GET STEVEN SIMS!
