We recently had a chance to sit down and talk to Fantasy Football expert analyst Michael Fabiano and get his perspective on the Pittsburgh Steelers and their prospects for the upcoming fantasy season. If you have been a Steelers fan for any amount of time, you know that this team finds ways to win games but they haven't churned out fantasy football MVPs since the days of the Killer Bs.
Fabiano also told us about National Fantasy Football Draft Day. It's coming up on August 21st and while this year's even is set for Las Vegas, the goal is to make it national. You can read everything about it at Draft Nation and trust us, if you are a fantasy football player, you aren't going to want to miss this.
On the Steelers running backs:
You know, the Steelers had two running backs in the top 20. Ken Gainwell is obviously now in Tampa Bay. Rico Dowdle, I feel like, is a better fantasy option in standard scoring leagues where you're not getting points for catches, which is kind of like Jurassic at this point. Most leagues give points for catches. In PPR, it's going to be Warren, but remember, I mean, Dowdle has familiarity with this offense. He was a thousand-yard rusher in Dallas under McCarthy, so he knows this offense. So, much like a lot of backfields in the NFL, it's going to be maybe a little bit difficult to decipher who's going to be the guy that you want from one week to the next.
On QB Aaron Rodgers:
It's funny because, you know, you just think of Rodgers being old, but he was the QB 17 last year. It's not bad. I mean, it's not like he used to be, which was elite, but it's still not bad. I mean, he's going to get drafted as a low QB2 or a high QB3, as you mentioned. He's going to be a guy who's going to be utilized when the matchup's right. And I would think he'd be a little bit better statistically than he was last year
On a bounce back for DK Metcalf:
So, I have him ranked as a WR3, and I had him as WR2 last year. I thought he was going to be better than he was. And so, he comes with less risk because you're not drafting him to be necessarily a weekly starter. He's going to be a three or a flex. And maybe he bounces back, and he's more like the guy that we saw in Seattle. We'll find out."
National Fantasy Football Draft Day:
I'm so fired up for this. Uh first off, kudos to my pals, Billy Enright, Rick Wolf, and Ed Bunnel. I mean, they have put this whole thing together, Ian Richie, and it's going to be fantastic. I mean, Rick Wolf basically got us a national day. National fantasy football draft day, which to me should be a national holiday. You shouldn't have to work, but whatever. It is what it is. Imagine going to Vegas and drafting with your pals outside the stadium. You've got this gigantic, like just massive board of televisions, pools, you know, maybe have a few libations. There's going to be some great folks there. A lot of fantasy football analysts like myself will be there. A lot of celebrities, you know, Adrian Peterson's going to be there. Michelle Beetle, my pal, she's going to be hosting the whole thing. Richard Christie's going to be there. You know him from the Stern Show. James Rode Rodriguez, Thomas Everett Scott, there's going to be so many awesome people. They're all very passionate about fantasy football just like I am.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Fantasy Football expert Michael Fabiano talks Steelers and National Fantasy Football Day