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As we race toward August, Footballguys.com will examine one team per weekday with our quick-hitting Team Sleepers feature. These players might not be complete busts, but we will be highlighting players our staff thinks will disappoint this year and underperform their average draft position (ADP).
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This is a weekday series that will stretch through August 1. If you like this and want another, come back the next workday. Another will be here.
Please note that our staff has identified the players listed below. The official Footballguys stance for every Raven can be found on our projections page.
Busts on the Baltimore Ravens
- WR Zay Flowers - 5 votes
- WR DeAndre Hopkins - 3 votes
- TE Mark Andrews - 3 votes
- RB Derrick Henry - 2 votes
- LB Trenton Simpson - 1 vote
- S Kyle Hamilton - 1 - vote
Reasons WR Zay Flowers Could Be a Bust
- Jason Wood: Flowers has ranked WR36 and WR34 on a per-game basis the last two seasons, yet drafters keep viewing him as a fringe WR1. The Ravens offense spreads the ball around by design, and if Flowers were capable of target dominance, we would've seen it by now. He's a rock-solid WR3, at a WR2 price, unfortunately.
- Meng Song: Baltimore's defense and ground game are perennially too good for Flowers to see enough volume and red-zone looks to be more than a boom/bust WR3.
- Phil Alexander: Awesome real-life player being drafted at his ceiling in fantasy. Basically, a zilch in the red zone, and volume is unreliable from week to week.
- Hutchinson Brown: The Ravens offense does not pass a ton, and Derrick Henry and Mark Andrews steal a lot of touchdowns. This leaves Flowers in a role that leaves us with little upside in fantasy football.
- Colton Dodgson: He led the team in target share, but his touchdown volume was among the lowest at the position. His role in the offense projects for modest reception and touchdown production.