Melvin Gordon sucks the fun out of fantasy football. His entire career is nothing but limiting the upside of more dynamic running backs and occasionally plodding his way to a serviceable weekly points tally. In some ways, he’s sort of like the bizarro version of another Gordon who plies his trade on the gridiron.
Everyone gets all excited about the possibility of what Josh Gordon could do. Despite the fact he has literally contributed next to nothing for years now, managers can’t help but excitedly dream of massive scores when plucking him off waivers every time the wide receiver signs for a new team.
When it comes to Melvin Gordon and fantasy football, the situation is very dour. Some manager is forced to draft him; hates that the running back is on his or her roster all season; and only starts the guy during weeks he bombs. It’s not a very fun experience.
And we are going to run the misery back once again after Gordon resigned with the Broncos on a one-year contract. That crashing sound you hear in the background is Javonte Williams’ draft stock. Instead of unleashing what looks to be a potentially elite running back on the NFL, Denver would rather him split touches with a guy who is average at best.
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Seriously, what’s the upside here? How can the Denver Broncos possibly justify this roster decision? It’s one thing for the team to want to have depth behind Williams while limiting his workload to a certain degree. But a timeshare with an over-the-hill running back is just dumb.
So, congrats Melvin Gordon. You have once again sucked the fun out of fantasy football. More importantly, let’s send our thoughts and prayers to those poor souls who end up taking him this season. They are in for a year of desperately talking the running back up to other managers in hopes of a trade and painful sit/start decisions in which they almost always get burned.
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