Diontae Johnson traded to Ravens: How will former Panther boost Baltimore’s offense? | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

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Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Sal Vetri break down the Panthers trading Diontae Johnson to the Ravens and what it means for both teams moving forward. Hear the entire conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Panthers trade Deontay Johnson and 1/6 round pick to Ravens for 1/5 round pick.

So this is basically just a pick trade and the Ravens get Deonte Johnson which leaves a hapless Carolina Panthers team going nowhere.

I don’t do that.

The Panthers are going to have to hope, you know, that Xavier Leggett and Jalen Coker really hit the rest of the way, because otherwise they’ll be looking at another rookie quarterback next year with no one to throw to.

So that’s a whole other conversation, but this one is kind of hard not to unravel here from a fantasy perspective in Baltimore.

Sal I wrote about this for the site so people can read the piece if they want, but I’m not sure how I’m going to feel about this again, pure imagination, because obviously the Ravens are getting another playmaker on the cheap here.

Why not?

You are already a great offensive.

Add another separator.

Sure.

But what do you think that does to both Deontay Johnson and of course the other guys there in Baltimore?

Yes.

My first thoughts are, I think this is a little bump like maybe the smallest bump for Deontay Johnson and it sounds crazy because yeah, real life right now he’s going from the 32nd ranked offense in the NFL to the no. a. ranked offense.

It got as good as it possibly could, lasting just eight games in Carolina.

And he said see you later.

So I honestly think it’s not that big of an upgrade by any stretch of the imagination because he’s going into an offense that passes the ball less than 30 times per snap. fight right now.

Just like we know Derek Henry is there, we know it’s always an offense, Lamar Jackson has been in a low-pass volume offense, and that’s a guy who accounts for 26 percent of his team’s goals in his career.

Obviously, the vast majority of that has been with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but it’s been across so many different quarterbacks now.

I mean we’re talking about six or seven different quarterbacks in his career continues to earn elite numbers in terms of targets because he separates versus man coverage he gets open and that’s what quarterbacks like.

So he goes into this offense, I think he’s going to continue to serve his goals.

But instead of seeing, you know, uh 25 to 28 to 30% of targets as a high number in an offense that could be throwing the ball 35 to 40 times a game, it now goes into a, that will probably lean closer to 2728 pass attempts a game most weeks, which just hurts his overall volume up top, but maybe a few more touchdowns, a few more efficient passes going his way down the field.

So I can see it’s a wash.

But I think it hurts guys like Z Flowers because you see weeks where he gets 89, 10 goals a game.

I have to imagine.

Now it drops by at least 1 to 2 goals per game and his projections go forward and if he loses targets he loses fantasy points and potential.

So it definitely hurts him.

So there goes my head immediately.

Rasha Bateman is coming off the field more, so it’s clearly hurting him.

I think a little bump to Deonte Johnson based on offensive environment and the rest of the guys here, I have to say they get a cross.