Fantasy Upside
Julian Edelman is a mainstay for Tom Brady and the Patriots up-tempo, pass-happy offense. He is a key member of the short-intermediate game and a security blanket who has averaged 7.0 catches and 75 yards per game over the past two seasons on just over ten targets per game.
Fantasy Downside
Edelman has battled injuries, in particular foot problems in which he had a second surgery on in the offseason. He also will have to deal with the four-game suspension of Tom Brady and could lose targets to newly acquired tight end Martellus Bennett.
2016 Bottom Line
When healthy Edelman is a low end WR1 in PPR formats but health has been an issue. He could provide good value at his current ADP but the intermediate targets in this offense suddenly have a lot of mouths to feed.