Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford believes his offense will be tougher to defend without former WR Calvin Johnson. Stafford said defenses won’t know who the Lions will go to on offense, whereas most of the time in previous years Johnson was their go-to guy.
Footballguys View: Yeah, we’ll believe it when we see it. How can you lose a top WR in the game and be BETTER on offense? We’ll be skeptical about this, but at least Stafford is showing confidence as he moves forward without Johnson. Golden Tate and Marvin Jones will be the top two wideouts for the Lions in 2016. We see Tate as a low-end WR2 while Jones is more of a low-end WR3 for fantasy owners. The current ADP for Tate is WR22 (4.04) while Jones is at WR41 (9.03) in 12-team PPR leagues.