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Philip Rivers Fantasy Outlook Suggests He's a QB2 With Colts in 2020

By Max Staley

Philip Rivers' fantasy football value suggests a potential down season in 2020.
Philip Rivers' fantasy football value suggests a potential down season in 2020. / Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
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The Indianapolis Colts made one of the splashiest signings of the offseason, inking Philip Rivers to a one-year, $25 million deal. While the addition will likely be a boon for Indianapolis, it could actually be a negative for Rivers' fantasy football value.

With the Los Angeles Chargers, he was playing with an elite skill-position group that included Keenan Allen, Hunter Henry, Melvin Gordon, Austin Ekeler and Mike Williams. With Indianapolis he won't be so lucky, and it's tough to view him as a legitimate starter for the 2020 fantasy season.

Philip Rivers Fantasy Football Value 2020

Outside of T.Y. Hilton, Rivers won't have many proven pass-catchers to work with. Last season, no Colts player racked up more than 607 receiving yards. In Los Angeles, a whopping four players reached that threshold. To make matters worse, Hilton has missed a combined eight games over the past two seasons.

Even though he was surrounded by a ton of talent in 2019, Rivers only finished as QB15 overall and QB23 on a per-game basis, putting him well outside of fantasy starter consideration in most formats.

He does have some room to improve in Indianapolis, though. Indianapolis had the 13th-best pass blocking offensive line last season, while Los Angeles was the second-worst pass blocking unit, per Pro Football Focus.

Coming off a season that saw him produce like a fantasy backup, a bounce-back season doesn't look like its in the cards for Rivers.

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Max Staley is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Max Staley also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username mstaley1212. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in their articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.