What You Need to Know:

• Wilson has turned in 3 straight top-10 fantasy finishes.
• That includes leading his position back in 2017, when he set a career high with 553 passes.
• OC Brian Schottenheimer, who returns for 2020, has curtailed Wilson’s volume the past 2 years.
• But Tyler Lockett and D.K. Metcalf might be the most talented WR duo Wilson has ever worked with.

3 straight top-10 seasons

Only 1 QB has finished top 10 in fantasy scoring in each of the past 3 seasons. This guy.

Wilson led all QBs in fantasy points back in 2017, finished 10th in 2018 and ranked 4th this past year. He’s benefitted from playing all 48 games across that stretch — but he also sits 4th behind only Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson and Andrew Luck in fantasy points per game since 2017.

And that’s despite ranking just 8th in total pass attempts over the past 3 seasons. Wilson produces with efficiency and rushing production. Among 40 QBs with 500+ pass attempts since 2017, Wilson ranks 20th in completion rate, 9th in yards per attempt and 4th in TD rate. He also sits 3rd at his position in rush attempts, 2nd in rush yards and 10th in rush TDs over the past 3 seasons.

A volume problem

Only pass volume has prevented Wilson from being more of a fantasy force lately. The 2019 Seahawks ranked 28th in pass rate and 23rd in pass attempts. That followed 32nd-place finishes in both departments in 2018.

2017 showed us Wilson’s ceiling. That Seattle team ranked 11th in pass rate and 14th in pass attempts. Wilson turned a career-high 553 passes into 3,983 yards and 34 TDs. He added a 95-586-3 rushing line to finish #1 among QBs in fantasy points. And that was just with th…