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2018 FANTASY RECAP AND 2019 FANTASY PROJECTION

Adam Thielen was the #45 ranked fantasy player this season and the #7 WR. His elite ranking was helped by his higher games played (16). Based on average fantasy points he is the #8 WR. His production dropped throughout the season. In his first 5 games he averaged 15.4 FPs and that declined to 8.2 in his final 6 games. Based on a relatively low standard deviation, Thielen can be considered a consistent fantasy player. He averaged 12.1 FPs, but on any given day his projected ceiling is as high as 20 fantasy points. Adam Thielen (2019 Season Projection: 107 Rec, 1382 Yards, 6.6 TDs, 24 Rushyd) is projected to take a slight step downward in the upcoming fantasy season. His rank based on total projected fantasy points has him as the #10 player at his position.

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UPWARD STATISTICAL CAREER TREND

He has improved his fantasy point average for the past two seasons. His three season trend show an increase of 39% in fantasy points per game.

PAST FANTASY PERFORMANCE (2017 TO 2018)

He was the #7 ranked fantasy WR based on total fantasy points. He averaged 12.1 FP per game (#8 ranked based on average). He is trending up based on improved per game fantasy ranking from 2017 to 2018. He is relatively weaker than stronger in more categories. The strengths are bolded below.

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

His FanDuel average was 16.4 points and on DraftKings it was 21.8 per game. We used his second highest game as his ceiling and second lowest as his floor. On DraftKings his floor was 3.9 and on FanDuel it was 2.9 fantasy points. When he was good, he was very good with a DraftKings ceiling of 32.3 and 23.8 on FanDuel. He has had an equal number of good (20% above average) and bad games (20% below) on FanDuel, but on DraftKings he has had more good than bad games. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.