HOUSTON – Fantasy football writer and insider Scott Barrett of Fantasypoints.com talked with me this week on how he believes various Texans players will fare in the 2020 football season from a fantasy standpoint. I think Bill O’Brien sees Will Fuller as the Wide Receiver 1 over Brandin Cooks and Cooks is hurt right now. Tight Ends“I think it’s (Jordan) Akins over (Darren) Fells, but I don’t think you want any of those guys. You haven’t seen a Texans tight end produce starter numbers in a number of years. Probably just steer clear of those tight ends, unless someone explodes in week 1.”Defense/ Special teams“They’re somewhere in the middle.

These are questions that fewer people are asking during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to fantasy football industry experts. “Just talking to people inside the industry people are saying this is our worst season in a number of years,” said Scott Barrett, the co-owner of Fantasypoints.com, a fantasy football advice subscription website. “The numbers have actually been going up the past few weeks as we’ve gotten closer to the season,” said Barrett. “But if you just search ‘fantasy football’ on Google, searches are 40% to 60% down from where they were last year.”Barrett is one of many fantasy football professionals hoping that people re-discover their interest in fantasy sports. “My friends joke around that all I do is sit on the couch, watch football and tweet in my boxers.”