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Why the NFL team I hate has the second-most fantasy football potential

Barry Gipson
6 min readAug 18, 2023

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Jalen Hurts was absolutely dominant last season, and fantasy managers that drafted him in the middle rounds most likely won their leagues because of him taking a massive step forward.

A Tale Of Two NFL Historical Stories

I never thought fantasy football would provide an avenue for me to share my hate for a NFC East rival. Since 1985 I have claimed the Dallas Cowboys. In the last few years, we have literally witnessed the NFC Least transform into the NFC Beast. Jalen Hurts is a major part of that equation.

For the record, the NFC East has not seen a repeat champion in 19 years. Andy Reid’s Bird Gang was the last 2 do it in the early 2000s. Although the Eagles won the division in 2022 history is not on their side this season.

When it comes to fantasy football, both of these teams are absolutely loaded with game-changing players to draft in earlier rounds of your fantasy football league this season.

Here are 3 reasons why the Philadelphia Eagles will rack up the second-most fantasy football points for your team this season. For the record, in ESPN mock drafts Hurts is going in the top 5 rounds of most 10-team standard PPR leagues.

Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones had to weigh in last season on Jalen Hurts potential.
  1. Jalen Hurts — The value difference with Hurts is stark this season, though, as he’s now…

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Barry Gipson
Barry Gipson

Written by Barry Gipson

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