Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Dez Bryant over DeSean Jackson

When it comes to wide receivers in the game of fantasy football, no player has personified high-risk, high-reward quite like the Philadelphia Eagles' DeSean Jackson.

2010 proved to be a mixed bag of production from the high-profile Philly wideout, where he posted five games of 100 or more receiving yards and seven games of 50 or less.

The upside to D-Jax has always been the fact that he's one of the best deep threats in the NFL. In fact, in Week 14 against Dez Bryant's Dallas Cowboys, Jackson needed just four receptions to put up 210 receiving yards.

The issue with Jackson is most of his value comes from the deep ball alone.

The California-born wideout had just one game last season where he posted more than four receptions, and Bryant had just two fewer receptions over the 2010 season than Jackson despite missing the final four weeks due to an ankle injury.

If you're in a PPR league, Bryant is the way to go.

His receptions per game will equal out or better Jackson's yardage output on many occasions this season.

The Cowboys may have Miles Austin lining up alongside Bryant, but the former Oklahoma State standout is deadly in the open field, and Big D will look to create as many of those opportunities as possible.

Bryant had three games with seven or more receptions in his rookie season.

If you find yourself in a non-PPR league, however, the debate isn't as clear cut.

Currently, ESPN has Jackson ranked just one spot above Bryant in their wide receiver rankings.

But in those same rankings, they estimate Bryant getting more touchdowns, receiving yards, targets and receptions than his Eagles' rival.

Then there's the Michael Vick factor.

Vick is far from the conventional quarterback, and he's going to take off and run if he believes it to be the safer option, which devalues the Philly receiving corps in general.

While Tony Romo will do some Vick-style improvisations if necessary, he's not going to turn a passing play into a quarterback sneak seven to 10 times a game.

Thus, Bryant will certainly have more targets and receptions than Jackson at the year's end and ample opportunity to rack up the receiving yards and touchdowns.

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