As the calendar inches closer and closer to September, it is the return of football and that also means the return of America’s favorite couch potato past-time – fantasy football. Millions of people play fantasy football around the world and it has become a multi-billion-dollar industry.

For the fan bases of some teams, playing fantasy football allows them to connect to their team and favorite players more than simply watching the game. High powered offenses are ripe with multiple players starting in fantasy lineups. Teams like the Cincinnati Bengals and Detroit Lions and the Super Bowl winning Philadelphia Eagles saw most of their starting lineups in the starting lineup of everyone’s fantasy team.

For the New York Jets, the pickings are a little less common than that of the teams I mentioned above. But that doesn’t mean the Jets can’t contribute to your fantasy dynasty. With that in mind, here are two Jets players to target and two to avoid for your fantasy team this season.

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Target – Justin Fields

I haven’t been shy about my dislike of the move to sign Justin Fields to be the starting QB of the Jets. I think he is “fool’s gold” and that he makes dazzling plays, especially with his legs, but can’t run an NFL offense. Those dazzling plays are fantastic in your fantasy lineups.

Fields is currently the 15^th quarterback off the board, behind the likes of guys like Caleb Williams, Jared Goff, Drake Maye and Brock Purdy. I might arguably take Fields over all of those guys in fantasy (but I would take all of them over Fields on the Jets). Fields has an ADP of 103 overall. Smart fantasy players will use their early picks to build up their RBs and WRs and grab Fields with a smile in rounds 8-10 depending on your league’s size.

AVOID – Breece Hall

Listen, I love Breece. I think he is one of the better running backs in the league and I was so excited to draft him in the top-four last year when it was my turn to draft. But I was left disappointed like he was with how the season went.

The main issue for Breece is that we simply don’t know how much he will be used. His days of being a work-horse back are over thanks to the emergence of Braelon Allen (more on him in a minute) and Isaiah Davis. Aaron Glenn will be looking to duplicate the success of the Detroit Lions who start both Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery. The difference between the Jets and the Lions is the Lions have an offense that can also throw the ball, keeping them on the field for longer. The Jets will be a lot of three-and out.

It's not that I think Breece is washed. I just don’t trust the Jets to feed him the ball. His ADP is 30^th and I think that might be a little too high. Let someone else grab him and get frustrated when Justin Fields, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis are stealing his touches.

TARGET – Braelon Allen

For all the reasons I didn’t like Breece Hall as a fantasy player this year, I love Allen. Mostly because you can get him 157^th overall according to his current ADP.

The Jets are going to run the ball. With an offensive line built with three first-round picks, a second-round pick and high-priced free agent, they should be able to run the ball effectively. All of those carries are going to be divided up between Fields, Breece and Allen. We won’t know the split of those for a while, but if Allen can steal a third of those carries and be the goal line back, he is going to be a steal later in the draft.

AVOID – All Jets pass catchers

Garrett Wilson is going to be spoon-fed the ball in the passing game. You know it. I know it. The Jets know it. And you can best believe that opposing defenses know it. That means defenses are going to key in on him and he will see very few plays where he isn’t double or even triple covered. Drafting him in the top 30 (his ADP is 33) is going to be

Quite frankly, the Jets don’t have enough talent outside of Wilson in the passing attack for me to consider drafting on my fantasy team unless it is a really deep league. There may be some games where a guy like Josh Reynolds goes for 80 yards and two touchdowns, but it will be paired with another that is three receptions for 18 yards. It’s just not worth the headache.

There has been a lot of buzz around the Jets’ second round tight end Mason Taylor and you might even convince yourself he is a viable fantasy option. You will be wrong. Brock Bowers made people believe that tight ends can do more in their rookie season than is normal. Taylor will not be fantasy relevant this season.

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