Who’s worth a sleeper pick?" NotesBuffalo Bills Fantasy FootballBuffalo Bills 2019 fantasy football previewNew Matt Milano Jerseys 2019 ,8commentsWho’s worth a high pick? Who’s worth a sleeper pick?EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Buffalo Bills 2019 fantasy football previewTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmail2019 is a year of possibilities for the Buffalo Bills. Josh Allen impressed in his final six games for the Bills, and with this retooled offense and rebuilt offensive line, Allen could make huge strides in the coming season. With that, Allen’s quartet of Frisbee dogs and the deep running-back room may see a spike in their production in 2019. Still, the two-part question is: Who should be drafted early, and who is a sleeper pick for your fantasy team?QB Josh AllenDespite a meager statistical year, Allen ranked higher in fantasy value because of his ability to run and truck defensive ends on the way to the end zone. He accrued 208 fantasy points in 2018 despite only playing in 11 games. His 631 rushing yards impressed analysts, and he finished the year with two more rushing touchdowns (8) than Ezekiel Elliot (6). Improving in the latter half of last season and with a year under his belt in Daboll’s offense, Allen’s numbers look to improve. If he can continue his rushing ways and stay healthy this season, Josh Allen would not be a bad option for a QB1 in most fantasy leagues.Wide ReceiversWR Robert FosterRobert Foster showed extreme growth in the 2018 season. The rookie barely showed up in the box score early in the season, but in the last seven weeks, Foster had four games of 94 yards or more and caught three touchdowns in that span. If Foster and Allen continue to grow in chemistry, he has the size, speed, and potential to become a number-one receiver in this league. Watch for him as a sleeper this season.WR Zay JonesJones made great strides in his sophomore season as compared to his rookie year, doubling his receiving yardage with 652 yards and more than tripling his touchdowns with seven. Look for Zay to continue to improve and grow with Allen as a trusted weapon, but with Buffalo’s deeper wide-receiver room, he may not get the targets in 2019 that he did last season. Jones could make a solid later-round selection as a WR3. WR Cole BeasleyBeasley finished the 2018 season with the Dallas Cowboys with 65 receptions for 672 yards and three touchdowns. He seems primed to emulate the Wes Welker-type role in Daboll’s New England-style offense. If Allen can learn to go to the underneath man, Beasley may become Allen’s security blanket in 2019. He’s a risky pick in fantasy, and his real value will be in PPR leagues. WR John BrownJohn “Smokey” Brown is an intriguing pickup for the Bills. Though he has only reached 1 White Vontae Davis Jerseys ,000 yards in one season during his career, he was having an impressive season with Joe Flacco until the Baltimore Ravens changed signal callers mid-season. Brown’s talents fit the strengths of Allen, but as the Bills open the season, he is likely to face the opposing team’s top cornerback. No Bills receiver is a sure thing for fantasy leagues, but Brown is the most proven as an outside receiver. Running BacksRB LeSean McCoyMcCoy’s numbers dropped precipitously in 2018. He finished the season with three total touchdowns, 514 rushing yards, and a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. With an improved offensive line, McCoy may bounce back in 2019, but it’s also possible he’s lost his fastball. With a deep RB room, McCoy’s fantasy outlook is not particularly good. Still, he may be worth the risk as an RB2 or a flex player. RB Frank GoreGore is the measure of consistency, and unlike Shady, Gore had his best yards per carry last season with the Miami Dolphins since 2012. Despite playing alongside speedster Kenyon Drake, Gore racked up 722 rushing yards—but only had one total touchdown in 2018. At the age of 36, is this the year Gore loses his fountain of youth? Time will tell.RB Devin Singletary“Motor” Singletary produced for Florida Atlantic in his time there. The third-round pick amassed 1,348 yards and 22 touchdowns in his final season in college. Singletary could be an excellent pickup in fantasy with the potential for both Gore and McCoy to start showing their age. The biggest drawback with Singletary is that in his final season at FAU, he only caught six balls, and in his three-year collegiate career, he had only one receiving touchdown. Still, Singletary represents a lot of potential as a rookie rusher Vontae Davis Jerseys 2019 , and his greatest value will be in standard or dynasty leagues.Tight EndsTE Tyler KroftWith Kroft’s foot injury, his ability to play early in the 2019 season is up in the air, and without the ability to practice or develop chemistry, he is hardly a top-tier option at tight end in fantasy leagues. Kroft’s best season was in 2017 when he caught 42 balls for 404 yards and seven touchdowns. If Kroft can recover by the beginning of the season and come back to form, he could be a solid TE2, but his injury history will leave many fantasy team owners wary. TE Dawson KnoxKnox, like Singletary, represents potential for the Bills in 2019. Rookie tight ends rarely burst onto the scene, but with injuries to Croom and Kroft, Knox has been playing TE1 in practice thus far this offseason and developing chemistry with Allen. Knox’s college stats do not jump off the page, but he is an athletic receiving tight end. If Kroft cannot play early this season, Knox could be an interesting pickup in the last rounds as a red-zone threat for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills DefenseOften referred to as the second-ranked defensive squad in 2018, the Bills could be fool’s gold for many fantasy owners. The team finished the year with 36 sacks, 16 interceptions, ten fumble recoveries, and zero defensive touchdowns. The Bills were also ranked 18th last season in points against them, and while the team is bringing back most of their starters and have made key additions in DT Ed Oliver, CB Kevin Johnson, CB E.J. Gaines, and some other defensive rookies with potential Youth Tre’Davious White Jersey , their current outlook is inflated because they allowed the second-fewest yards per game last season, which is not an important fantasy stat. It’s possible the Bills will make huge strides statistically on defense, but if last year is any measure, they’re not yet a top-tier fantasy defense. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — With little money to spend and few impact players interested in signing with the Bills given the uncertainty at quarterback this past offseason, general manager Brandon Beane understood Buffalo’s offense was going to struggle.Little did he realize how much.“There’s nobody that goes into a season and looks for either side of the ball to have a down year and to be statistically where our offense is,” Beane told The Associated Press during a wide-ranging interview before Buffalo entered its bye week.He then recalled something former coach John Fox once said when the two worked together in Carolina.“There’s nobody going to rescue you in-season,” said Beane, in his second year in Buffalo. “You’ve got to dig out of it yourself. And all you can do is put your head down and keep working.”Much of the heavy lifting will have to wait for the offseason when Buffalo is projected to be more than $90 million under the NFL’s salary cap, plus a current stockpile of 10 draft picks.Otherwise, a year after ending a 17-year playoff drought, the Bills (3-7) are realistically out of this year’s postseason conversation because of a young, patchwork lineup dragged down by an anemic offense that’s had four starters at quarterback.Whatever life that journeyman Matt Barkley breathed into the Bills during a 41-10 win at the New York Jets on Sunday, the 451-yard, five-touchdown outing that the Bills generated barely moved the needle on an offense that ranks 31st in total yards and points, and last in yards passing.The struggles reflect a combination of issues including:— Breaking in rookie quarterback Josh Allen.— Unexpected offseason personnel losses, such as center Eric Wood being diagnosed with a career-ending neck injury, and left guard Richie Incognito forcing his way off the team after being unhappy with taking a pay cut.— Beane’s intent to shed high-priced contracts in trading quarterback Tyrod Taylor to Cleveland and left tackle Cordy Glenn to Cincinnati, and not re-signing linebacker Preston Brown and cornerback E.J. Gaines.And there was one mistake the general manager owns up to making.Beane misjudged the team’s lack of experienced depth at quarterback after trading AJ McCarron to Oakland a week before the start of the season, leaving Buffalo with second-year player Nathan Peterman as the starter Tre’Davious White Jersey Stitched , and Allen as the backup.Once Allen was forced to take over after Peterman reverted to his turnover-prone ways midway through a 47-3 season-opening loss at Baltimore, Beane waited until Week 5 to lure Derek Anderson out of semiretirement.“Yes. One hundred percent. That’s on me, and nobody else,” Beane said. “I should’ve known better. I tried to push it off a couple of weeks. It was a mistake that I regret.”At least Anderson was on the roster in time to step in two weeks later after Allen sprained his right throwing elbow in a 20-13 loss at Houston. Even then, Anderson struggled in throwing four interceptions and losing two fumbles in his next two starts before being sidelined by a concussion.Peterman was cut this week, while Allen has resumed practicing and is in line to reclaim the job once Buffalo returns to host Jacksonville on Nov. 25.Though the Bills will likely endure more downs than ups with Allen over the final six weeks, Beane and McDermott stress the rookie’s development is critical to the team’s needs beyond this season.McDermott raised eyebrows when explaining his long-term vision following a 22-0 loss at Green Bay, in which Buffalo managed 145 yards and Allen threw two interceptions and lost a fumble.“There’s going to be some of these moments. As hard as it is, you’ve got to understand where we are in the build,” McDermott said. “We’re trying to develop a culture here. The culture, to me, trumps strategy.”There’s no magic wand Beane can wave to speed up the process, which was evident this past offseason in failing to add talent on offense.It’s not as if he didn’t try.“We were in on guys on offense. But it got to the point where they were either higher than we thought they were valued,” Beane said. “Or there were cases where we lost out. A guy wanted to go where there was an established quarterback.”Though Beane didn’t name which free agents the Bills expressed interest in landing, one is receiver John Brown, who signed a one-year, $5 million contract with Baltimore.The Bills were also interested in receivers Allen Robinson and Taylor Gabriel, who signed with Chicago. In 2017, the Bills were interested in re-signing Robert Woods, before realizing they weren’t in a position to get into a bidding war for a player who eventually signed a five-year White Star Lotulelei Jerseys , $34 million contract with the Los Angeles Rams.Instead, Buffalo committed its limited resources on defense in signing defensive tackle Star Lotulelei, pass-rusher Trent Murphy and cornerback Vontae Davis, who abruptly quit the team at halftime during a 31-20 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 2.Difficult as it’s been, Beane isn’t veering from his plan, and confident the Bills will improve.Rookies, such as Allen, linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, defensive tackle Harrison Phillips, cornerback Taron Johnson and guard Wyatt Teller, are gaining valuable on-field experience. The cap situation is being resolved, though Beane stressed he’s going to be “judicious” in spending, while continuing to focus on building through the draft.“You can’t just all of a sudden abort the mission because you’re 2-7 and start doing this or just trading away assets to bring in a guy,” he said, before the win at New York.“It will hurt you in the future, and you’re going to regret it,” Beane added. “We are frustrated. But I am wired that when you put a plan in place, you see the plan out.”