With this years football season starting on Thursday, many leagues wait till the last possible minute to do their draft as to avoid drafting while the preseason is going on, to avoid possibly drafting someone and having them get hurt before the season even starts. With this said, this season in particular is leaving fantasy team owners who posses their leagues first overall pick with a lot of tough options. In the past, there has always been a clear cut number one pick however, this year it is not that simple. To start, according to yahoo sports projections, Todd Gurley is the projected number one pick, which is understandable as he led the league in rushing TDs, receiving TDs (among RBs), and he was second in the league in both rushing yards and receiving yards (among RBs). With all that said it is a question of consistency with Gurley. Will he be able to follow up a career season with a just as strong or better season or will he fall back into the middle of the pack where before last season he was a regular. Next, the man that is synonymous with the top pick, Le'veon Bell. Bell has dominated the league over the past five years, resulting in three 1,000+ yard seasons. Bell ,coming off his first complete season in three years, is entering into his contract year, and like most NFL stars, Bell is making sure he is going to get paid to play. However, in his case, Bell is making sure that he is going to get paid before he even shows up to team camp. With the season starting Thursday, Bell is a huge question mark, I have no doubt that if he does come to a contract agreement he will continue to put up superstar numbers, but until he reports to team camp no one can know for sure if he will be ready for week one let alone the season. And Lastly, another RB throws his hat in the ring, David Johnson. After only playing in one game last year, Johnson suffered a season ending wrist injury, which has lowered his preseason ranking far lower then his projected draft ranking. This being said fantasy owners are forced to look back on the 2016 season, and the numbers speak for themselves, he rushed for 1,239 yards and rushed in for 16 TDs, while receiving for 879 yards and scoring 4 receiving TDs. The question remains as to who the most favored number one pick will be, but as it is for all fantasy football picks, its hit or miss.
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