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Ravens Add Diontae Johnson, Fantasy Fallout

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After a couple of months with the Carolina Panthers, is reportedly heading back to the AFC North, traded from the Panthers to the Baltimore Ravens Tuesday afternoon, . The trade includes a fifth-/sixth-round pick swap.

Johnson was traded from Pittsburgh to Carolina this offseason. He struggled while was the quarterback for the Panthers but had three top-12 PPR weeks once the team made the change to , scoring 26.2 in Week 3 (WR6), 21.3 in Week 4 (WR10) and 19.8 in Week 6 (WR12). Johnson had 1,161 yards in 2021 when he made the Pro Bowl, and he scored 7 and 8 touchdowns in 2020 and 2021 before going scoreless in 2022 and putting up 717 yards and 5 scores last year. So far in 2024, he has 357 yards and 3 touchdowns through seven games.

In Baltimore, he becomes the receiving thunder to ’ lightning, likely operating as the top contested-catch man. Of course, this offense runs through and first and last, so this move helps the overall Ravens offense more than it helps any individual fantasy asset. Johnson gets a small boost based on moving to a functional offense, but he still isn’t a fantasy starter. Jackson was already the overall QB1-or-close, so while this might help him with more touchdown luck a bit, there’s only so far he can move. Flowers and TEs and see their values take a hit, with only Andrews still a fantasy starter and him only barely if that.

Back in Carolina, rookie should take over as the WR1 until and unless returns from IR — and Thielen could find himself dealt before the deadline as well. is the likely WR2. Guaranteed targets are guaranteed targets, so Legette and/or Coker could certainly flirt with fantasy relevance, especially once is back under center. We have a lot of bye weeks coming up over the next month, so Legette and Coker could find themselves in fantasy lineups soon. But for the long run, this is a sign the Panthers will be looking hard at the receiver market this offseason, whether in free agency or the draft.

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