{"id":186781,"date":"2024-08-25T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=186781"},"modified":"2024-08-25T17:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T21:12:34","slug":"2024-fantasy-football-profile-russell-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/25\/2024-fantasy-football-profile-russell-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Fantasy Football Profile: Russell Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russell Wilson<\/a> was benched and then ran out of Denver by Sean Payton after last year. He found a new home in Pittsburgh, but what does his fantasy outlook look like in 2024?<\/p>\n

2024 Fantasy Football Profile: Russell Wilson<\/b><\/h2>\n

Fantasy Football Draft Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

2023 in Review<\/b><\/h3>\n

Wilson finished his 2023 season with 3,070 yards along with 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions. That earned him a QB14 finish behind guys like Baker Mayfield<\/a> and Trevor Lawrence. He averaged 17.7 fantasy points per game, a pace that would\u2019ve seen him crack the top 10 if he wasn\u2019t benched.<\/p>\n

His performances weren\u2019t the most eye-opening, but he was consistent. More often than not, Wilson finished every matchup with a total between 15 and 18 fantasy points. He fell victim to Payton thinking the grass was greener on the other side with Jarrett Stidham to finish out the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

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Wilson wasn\u2019t as bad last year for fantasy as people made him out to be. His performances could get you through a few weeks for byes or an injury.<\/p>\n

2024 Projection<\/h3>\n

Wilson is expected to be the Steelers starting quarterback at least for the beginning of the year. Even though Fields showed bigger flashes at times in the preseason, the job was Wilson\u2019s to lose. He\u2019s now in an offense where he can keep things simple and run the ball more often than not.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkKaboly\/status\/1827397154651967511<\/p>\n

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His primary targets are going to be George Pickens and Pat Freiermuth, but there\u2019s not much talent behind them. That means Wilson will have to be careful and not put them in danger. However, it also means he\u2019ll have to buy a little more time for those two to get open.<\/p>\n

Wilson is at the point in his career where he\u2019s going to need to earn each start. With Justin Fields breathing down his neck, it may only take a few bad starts for the Steelers to make a change. Assuming Wilson remains the QB1 for all of 2024, expect him to throw for at least 3,500 yards and 25-30 touchdown passes.<\/p>\n

Even if it\u2019s a down year for Wilson, fantasy football fans are still going to see an upgrade at the quarterback position in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Russell Wilson Fantasy Football ADP<\/b><\/h3>\n

Wilson\u2019s ADP sits at 216 with a range of 124-307. He\u2019s in a position where he\u2019s either going undrafted or being taken in the final round of the draft. He\u2019s not a Top-20 fantasy quarterback<\/a> anymore, but he\u2019s a player that can be grabbed on waivers if needed.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoyalJRicksJr\/status\/1827396608486731819<\/p>\n

Those who are drafting him are taking a flyer and hoping he gets back to the level he used to be at in Seattle. The likelihood of that is slim, but it doesn\u2019t mean he won\u2019t produce consistently. Given his ADP, he\u2019s a player that you can look into if you want to stockpile your bench with wide receivers and running backs. He\u2019s a stop-gap guy at quarterback to fill in on a short-term basis. Keep him on your radar in the event of an injury to one of your quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Courtesy of Lon Horwedel – USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a new year and a new team for Russell Wilson to have a fresh start in his career and fantasy. Can Russ cook in black and gold?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5206,"featured_media":186789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,9],"tags":[32545,237],"class_list":["post-186781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy","category-steelers","tag-fantasy-football-2024","tag-russell-wilson"],"modified_by":"Drew VonScio","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}