With leeway based on scoring format, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson was a top-10 overall pick in every fantasy football draft. Concerns about having a quarterback who had not started an NFL regular-season game yet were assuaged by the idea he had previously shown himself to be "quarterback proof."
Things started fine enough, with Jefferson saving what would've otherwise been a lackluster day (four catches for 44 yards) with a touchdown in Week 1 against the Chicago Bears. Week 2's statline (three catches for 81 yards) was bolstered by a 50-yard catch, and when Carson Wentz took over for an injured J.