Damiere Byrd Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 5'9" / 175 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- January 27, 1993 (29)
- Experience
- 7th Season
- Drafted
- 2015 / Rd. / Pk. (CAR)
- College
- South Carolina
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Damiere Byrd News
Free-agent wide receiver Damiere Byrd is signing with the Atlanta Falcons on an undisclosed one-year deal on Friday, according to a source. The Falcons lost Russell Gage to free agency and Calvin Ridley to a one-year suspension, and they've replaced them with the likes of Byrd, Auden Tate and KhaDarel Hodge. Not exactly household receiving names. Olamide Zaccheaus also remains in the fold for a team that will now turn to quarterback Marcus Mariota as their starter under center. Byrd had his best season with the Patriots in 2020, but he still only had 604 receiving yards and one touchdown on 47 catches that year. The 29-year-old speedster should have a starting role in Atlanta, but fantasy managers shouldn't be expecting much in terms of consistent weekly production.
The Atlanta Falcons hosted free-agent wide receiver Damiere Byrd on a free-agent visit on Tuesday. Byrd recently visited the Las Vegas Raiders as well after spending last year with the Chicago Bears, where he caught 26 of 38 targets for 329 yards and one touchdown in 17 games (four starts). In six seasons with the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots and Bears, he has 117 receptions for 1,421 yards and five touchdowns on 181 targets in 61 games (24 starts). There is opportunity in Atlanta with Russell Gage gone and Calvin Ridley suspended for all of 2022, but it's unlikely that Byrd becomes a viable fantasy asset with if he signs with the Falcons, especially with quarterback Marcus Mariota their new starter under center.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Damiere Byrd caught five passes for 62 yards in Monday's 17-9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. He finished third on the team with six targets. The 28-year-old had an expanded role with wide receivers Allen Robinson II (illness) and Marquise Goodwin (foot) sidelined. Byrd has caught 19 passes for 248 yards and a touchdown over 14 games in 2021. The South Carolina product is a boom-or-bust WR4/flex in the deepest of leagues against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 16 if Robinson and Goodwin remain out.
Depth Chart
| QB | Marcus Mariota |
| Desmond Ridder | |
| RB | Cordarrelle Patterson |
| Tyler Allgeier | |
| FB | Keith Smith |
| LWR | Bryan Edwards |
| Jared Bernhardt | |
| RWR | Drake London |
| KhaDarel Hodge | |
| SWR | Olamide Zaccheaus |
| Damiere Byrd | |
| TE | Kyle Pitts |
| Parker Hesse | |
| LT | Jake Matthews |
| Chuma Edoga | |
| LG | Colby Gossett |
| Elijah Wilkinson | |
| C | Drew Dalman |
| Matt Hennessy | |
| RG | Chris Lindstrom |
| RT | Kaleb McGary |
| Germain Ifedi |
| DE | Ta'Quon Graham |
| Matt Dickerson | |
| NT | Anthony Rush |
| Timmy Horne | |
| DT | Grady Jarrett |
| Abdullah Anderson | |
| JACK | Adetokunbo Ogundeji |
| Arnold Ebiketie | |
| WLB | Mykal Walker |
| Troy Andersen | |
| MLB | Rashaan Evans |
| Nate Landman | |
| SLB | Lorenzo Carter |
| Quinton Bell | |
| LCB | A.J. Terrell |
| Darren Hall | |
| SS | Jaylinn Hawkins |
| Dean Marlowe | |
| FS | Richie Grant |
| Erik Harris | |
| RCB | Casey Hayward |
| NB | Dee Alford |
| Mike Ford |
| PK | Younghoe Koo |
Journeyman wide receiver Damiere Byrd signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons this offseason. He will compete for the third or fourth wide receiver spot on the team against newly acquired Bryan Edwards, Auden Tate, KhaDarel Hodge, and Olamide Zaccheus. Byrd's best season came in 2020 with New England, where he had 47 receptions for 604 yards and one touchdown. While the negative game scripts could be there in the passing game for the Falcons to air it out, there is too much...
