The 2020 Julio Jones Fantasy football value remains strong, as he's set for another 1,500-yard campaign. He's undoubtedly a first-round candidate in most formats, but how high should he be in your 2020 Fantasy football rankings? Here's what you need to know:
So which players are poised for breakouts, which sleepers do you need to jump on, and which busts should you avoid at all costs in your Fantasy football league? Join SportsLine now to get early 2020 Fantasy football rankings, plus see which WR is going to come out of nowhere to crack the top 10, all from the model that out-performed experts big time last season.
Julio Jones Fantasy ADP & ranking (via SportsLine's projection model)
No. 11 ADP
No. 1 WR (non-PPR)
No. 2 WR (PPR)
Julio Jones Fantasy projections (via SportsLine's projection model)
178 targets, 112 receptions, 1,593 receiving yards, 6.4 receiving TDS
197.4 Fantasy points (non-PPR); 309.4 (PPR)
Julio Jones 2020 Fantasy outlook
Jones is currently being drafted as the WR4 behind Michael Thomas, Davante Adams, DeAndre Hopkins, and Tyreek Hill, despite averaging more Fantasy points than all but Thomas in 2019. You can make a case for any member of that group to finish ahead of Jones in 2020 (I would draft Adams ahead of him), but none have proven capable of sustaining top-of-the-position Fantasy value year over year like Jones has.
Only Thomas (180) and Allen Robinson (153) saw more targets than Jones (149) did in 2019. His 1,912 air yards led the NFL, and Mike Evans (1,779) was the only other player to top 1,750. His team ranked first in the NFL in pass-to-rush ratio in 2019, and it wasn't a product of playing from behind, as they also threw at the highest rate when playing with a lead. The Falcons threw at the NFL's second-highest rate when in the red zone, up from the third-highest rate in 2018.
Austin Hooper ranked second behind Jones in end zone targets in 2018, and he was Matt Ryan's most-targeted end zone weapon in 2019 despite playing just 13 games. With Hooper now in Cleveland, Jones could rank near the top of the league in red zone usage in 2020.
Unless you are expecting a massive drop-off in ability in his age-31 season, there are few-to-no reasons to believe Jones' streak of top-10 Fantasy finishes will end in 2020. He's locked into one of the highest volume roles of any wide receiver and should be selected in the first-round of any PPR-based Fantasy league. You can make cases for receivers such as Adams and Hill possessing more upside than Jones, but only Michael Thomas possesses a safer Fantasy floor among first-round receivers.
