MINNEAPOLIS, MN – DECEMBER 06: Minnesota Vikings Wide Receiver Justin Jefferson (18) catches this pass from Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) for 40-a yard gain as Jacksonville Jaguars Cornerback Luq Barcoo (36) defends during the 3rd quarter of a National Football League game between the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars on December 6, 2020, at US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) In Episode 122 Sully brings you his 2020 Fantasy Football RB Awards.

2020 Fantasy Football WR Awards

Hello Heat Seekers, welcome to episode 123 of Sully’s 2 Cents Fantasy Football Podcast.  I am your host, Rob Sullivan.  The Sully’s 2 Cents Fantasy Football Podcast is a proud member of the RotoHeat Family of Podcasts. 

Alright, episode 123, picking up my four-part series, recapping the fantasy season.  Each episode will cover one of the four skills positions.  Episode 3 in the series is Wide Receiver position.

I will give you Sully’s MVP, Rookie of the Year, Comeback Player, Breakout and Bust for each position.  For the Dynasty fantasy managers, I provide a buy and a sell at each position as well.

Wide Receiver

MVP: Devante Adams – Green Bay Packers

There were a few different ways that I could have gone with this one, Adams, Tyreek Hill, and Stefon Diggs.  I even had a scenario in which Justin Jefferson grabbed this award but that was a tad ridiculous and more of a Viking’s fan trying not to award a Packer the MVP. 

As good a season as those two had, there is no denying Adams here.  For the record I believe that Devante Adams is the best WR in football. So, handing him this award was fairly straight forward. 

He finished his season with 358.4 PPR points, 29.5 points clear of Tyreek Hill who played one more game and 29.8 clear of Diggs who played in two more contests.  Adams averaged 25.6 points per game compared to Hill’s 21.9, and Diggs’ 20.5. 

When Defensive Coordinator’s draw up a plan to defend the Packers they key on Adams, he sees every type of coverage imaginable on a weekly basis and it simply does not matter.  Adams gets open, Rodgers hits him, wash, rinse, repeat. 

Aaron Rodgers targeted Adams 149 times this season, only three times was he targeted less than 10 times this season and one of them was week 2 when he left early due to injury.  Adams turned those 149 targets into 115 catches for 1374 yards and 18 scores.  5 times he gained more than 40 yards and 73 of his 115 grabs moved the chains. 

In the end this award goes to Adams with my utmost confidence and in reality, upon further review it wasn’t close.

Rookie of the Year:  Justin Jefferson – Minnesota Vikings

Awarding Justin Jefferson the Fantasy MVO at WR was a stretch, awarding him Fantasy WR ROY was a slam dunk.  Honestly no other rookie WR came close and this was a hell of a rookie WR class.

Jefferson appeared in all of the Vikings 16 games in 2020.  He finished the season with 88 receptions on 125 targets for 1400 yards and he scored seven touchdowns.  He wasn’t a starter in Vikings offense until Week 3

His 1,400 receiving yards were the most all-time among rookie receivers, surpassing Anquan Boldin. His 88 receptions set a new rookie mark in Minnesota, surpassing Randy Moss, you may have heard of him. 

Jefferson was labeled as a slot receiver only but thankfully t...