Is Drake London a dynasty goldmine?

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3 days ago

Yahoo Fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Justin Boone look at the 24-year old receiver's fantasy future paired with quarterback Michael Penix. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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And I don't know if I've ever heard your take on Drake London, but man, to get a 24 year old receiver, a guy who's, you know, coming off this breakout year who before last year had terrible quarterback play and then last year gets decent quarterback play and explodes, right, has a ton of volume, a ton of production, you know, this season, finished 5th among PPR fantasy wide receivers.
He's behind only Chase, Jefferson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Byron Thomas.
Like, what a year for him.
He was 6th in targets per game on the year, and when they turned to Michael Penix at the end of the season for those last 3 games, he was actually tied.
London was tied for the number one fantasy wideout during those 3 weeks.
He was averaging 23.1 PPR fantasy points per game.
So I think, and again, this is not guaranteed to happen, this is not even likely.
It is a long shot, but I think he's a guy that people aren't talking enough about as somebody that could potentially push for that number one receiver spot overall.
Like this guy could lead the league in targets this year.
That is not a crazy thing to say in my mind.
He might have had like the quietest near 1300 yard season in NFL history.
Michael Penix is, what, like the I don't know, 18th best quarterback in the league, like, yeah, he could easily be a consensus first round startup pick in Drake London, frankly, like, I don't know, maybe he should already be there.
I think the fact that he got him, or that he went here in the, what, like, yeah, you got him in the late 2nd round.
That's great value because this is where I think people jump the shark with the age stuff.
Like, I think basically on most dynasty rankings, Drake London is behind neighbors who went in the first round here.
He's behind Brian Thomas Jr. Who did go in the 2nd round, and I'm very optimistic on I, he's gonna come up and that could be a 1st round pick next year.
But he's only 2 years older than Drake London than these guys.
It's not as if he's some like, all right, well, he's already cooked.
And there's every reason to think Drake London could be just as productive as those guys for the next three or so years.
So, yeah, I love your inclusion of him here.
He's a great football player, somebody I've been super high on as a very underrated, like separator, basically since he came into the league out of USC, the guy is awesome and I love the situation for him this year.
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