Tyler Boyd....The man I took in the first round in my dynasty drafts several years ago, and in his third NFL season. I am expecting a big leap from Boyd and the Bengals this year. Why? Because there really aren't excuses anymore. This is a put up or shut-up year for Boyd, and he has to know that. Let's start with what we know as fantasy football owners.

In the 2016 NFL draft, Boyd went 55th overall in the second round, and people expected big things from this player. After a solid rookie performance, he fell off the face of the earth because of the Bengals signing LaFell, and with various legal issues surrounding him and distracting him from on-field play. With LaFell gone his only real competition for second WR duties is John Ross, a speedster who also had issues performing last year, and a player who I foresee being like a Mike Wallace. Sure, every 6 weeks he'll put up 14-20 points, but the other 5 weeks in between will be frustrating 0-5 point no man's land.

Boyd has impressive hands, and I think he could be a factor this year with nobody ahead of him on the depth chart. With attention from the defense going to AJ Green (never forget the fight with Ramsey last year) this leaves the door open for Boyd. Before LaFell showed up his stat line his rookie year was 603 yards with 1 TD. Not beautiful, but you can see the skill set being there. Realistically, in PPR, Boyd could be a factor with not pretty stat lines, but pretty enough to be a reliable WR 3 or Flex option. His ADP is 357 so round 35? Give or take? What do you have to lose? I also consider him a great buy low candidate. Give up a 2nd or two 3rd rounders in a dynasty rookie draft, and people will part with Boyd.

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