Declaration Day 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Posted on January 17, 2020

Every year dynasty fans get excited about the potential and promise of the upcoming rookie draft class. Speed, power, agility, landing spot and the pure excitement these young college football stars possess have us itching to acquire rookie draft picks for the chance to add one of these pieces to our dynasty teams. The 2020 NFL Draft class has been viewed as the pinnacle of draft classes - or at least the best in a very long time top to bottom.

However, things don’t always play out the way we hope and prepare for, and this year is no different. There were some stars born over the course of the 2019 college football season, and we were able to watch them thrive, flourish and take their talents to the next level. We also had some dynamite prospects decide to return to school for another year. Let’s take a look at some of the most significant declaration decisions made this year - the good, the bad, and the ugly.

THE GOOD

CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE, RB LSU

I know the popular comparison for Clyde Edwards-Helaire is MJD or Ray Rice but is he more Austin Ekeler 🤔

Either way I want him on my dynasty rosters. pic.twitter.com/z7IAxpkxfe
— Ray G (@RayGQue) January 9, 2020

Coming off of a productive yet uninspiring 2018 campaign, many thought that the highly-touted, five-star running back recruit John Emery Jr. would be the starter in the backfield sooner rather than later for the Bayou Bengals. Not only did those hopes and dreams not come to fruition, CEH dominated the backfield rushing for 1,414 yards and 16 touchdowns, averaging 6.6 yards per carry. He also caught 55 balls for 453 yards and another score. After an outstanding breakout season, CEH said B-Y-E to LSU and we’ll have fun watching him in the NFL.

Rookie draft outlook – late first round pick.

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Declaration Day 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Steve Ross

3 years ago

I get Harris and Wallace returning, but the etienne thing doesn’t make any sense at all. Major bummer.

He’d have to have a historic season in 2020 to improve his stock, and it’ll be tough to do that with lawrence there. Not like they’ll ramp up the rushing.

Ray Garvin

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Reply to Steve Ross

3 years ago

I honestly doing understand why any RB with Top-3 round potential would return. The the the NFL is valuing the position I don’t see either of them jumping into RD1. They are betting on themselves so we’ll see. Like you said major bummer.

Slick M.

3 years ago

Excellent work Ray! You captured our sentiments well. I am still shaking my head about all of the returnees, especially the RBs! You could field an all star team of returnees, dam! I hope they all stay healthy but as you said I don’t see any of the top RBs raising their stock. I guess Etienne can chase another college championship (for what it is worth) and hopefully finish his degree. With the WRs I guess I can see some upside in returning. Appreciate the TE take. I will add him to my watch list. At least he is young.

Your devy work is good. I will make sure to follow you

Ray Garvin

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Reply to Slick M.

3 years ago

Appreciate you checking out the content and the feedback. You know it’s hard and I can only imagine what these young man go through in order to make these decisions, but man it’s just hard to see it was a good move for some of them. Time will tell how this will play out but we’ll be waiting. Oh write the TEs name down with a permanent marker because he’s LEGIT. Thank you for following this wild devy ride!