2017 Outlook: Tom Brady

For the past two years, Fantasy owners didn't know how to approach Tom Brady on Draft Day. In 2015, there was the threat of a suspension for Deflategate, but Brady was able to play 16 games and finished as the No. 2 Fantasy quarterback in standard leagues. Then last year he was suspended for four games, but he still put together a successful campaign. He finished as the No. 15 quarterback in 2016, but he averaged just under 26 Fantasy points a game in the 12 games he was active. If you project that over 16 games, he would have finished as the No. 4 quarterback behind Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan and Drew Brees. And this year, he should be even better with the healthy return of Rob Gronkowski as well as the addition of Brandin Cooks from the Saints. Losing Julian Edelman to a season-ending knee injury will be an issue, but with guys like Chris Hogan, Malcolm Mitchell, Danny Amendola and running backs in James White and Rex Burkhead catching passes, his numbers should be solid. Really, the lone concern with Brady at this point is age since he'll be 40 in August, but his play last year and this preseason showed no signs of slowing down. We consider Brady one of the first two quarterbacks worth taking off the board, but not until Round 3 because of the depth at the position.