ESPN Fantasy Football on Emeka Egbuka

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When Emeka Egbuka begins on a historic hot streak -- his 102.4 fantasy points over his first five games were third most by any rookie wide receiver in history -- we giddily trade the farm to acquire him, only to see 42 other wide receivers outscore him from that point forward.

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Negative signalBust

Egbuka's early rookie surge led to overvaluation and subsequent underperformance.

Egbuka's historic hot streak to start his rookie season—102.4 fantasy points over his first five games, third most by any rookie wide receiver in history—led managers to overpay in trades, only to see 42 other wide receivers outscore him from that point forward; the source uses him as a cautionary example of recency bias in fantasy decision-making.

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